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	• Live In San Francisco Neil Young Phantom Sound & Vision, 2007 average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Way Better Than I Expected

I was a skeptic when I saw this listed. Neil's website and various fanatic fan sites didn't have any mention of this. I decided to take a chance hoping I wouldn't get ripped off. The cd label, Immortal, is somewhat suspect maybe because I never heard of it and I've been following news of Neil fairly closely ever since he made what seemed like annual Archives comments which has been over a decade or more.

The 2 cd set sounds fantastic to my ears and the packaging is so lovingly put together. It is the almost complete soundtrack of the Cow Palace 22nd of October 1978 show. My rating of 4 out of 5 stars is mainly due to the exclusion of 1 song - Already One.

This puts Live Rust to shame with it's editing (more like butchering) to fit into one cd. But a comparison between this and Live Rust may not be fair since Live Rust never claimed to be a complete show from one source. Analysis on fanatic fan sites (hyperRust;humanhighway) show that Live Rust is a compilation of what - 6 or 7 different shows? If Live Rust gets remastered and reissued on 2 cds and the missing music restored, I'll go for it but this will remain a very essential part of my collection. When I have worn this 2 cd set out from numerous listens over the years, I hope it's still available on Amazon at it's present very reasonable price.

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Classic Rock at it's Best

If you already have Live Rust you really don't need this unless you're a huge fan of Neil. You get two more tracks on this one: Thrasher and Welfare Mothers. Else,it's the same concert as on the Live Rust album. Cow Palace, San Francisco,1978.

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this is a must for any neil young nut, like me. i agree with what all the others have posted,

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A great BOOTLEG of a classic Neil Young concert...

This is not an official release by any means, nor is it as some seem to think, the same concert as the Rust Never Sleeps film, but rather a different concert at the same venue 6 days later. These are not the same performances but it is an excellent performance well worthy of release.

However, Neil and co. NEVER RELEASED THIS. This is a BOOTLEG. Keep that in mind before you decide to spend money on it.

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Nice Try, But....

I was also skeptical about this curious CD...and the timing of it's release, here (hopefully) just before Archives volume I is a reality. We all know what a control freak NY is, and I feared that this would be "boot quality", but was pleasantly surprised that it has a decent sound to it.

Basically, it's a soundtrack for the concert film "Rust Never Sleeps", since their setlists are identical. On a positive note, though, it is not exactly the same as "Live Rust", with its inclusion of Thrasher and Welfare Mothers, not included on LR. Also, Live in San Fran avoids some of the editing snafus of LR, for example, Cortez the Killer is restored to its full length.

My advice is to stick with the DVD of "RNS", and skip this, unless you want to replace your copy of "LR' with Live in San Fran.

Save your money for Archives...it promises to be quite pricey!

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A mind-blowing 1978 concert from the mighty Neil Young, at once the culmination of his classic 1970?s period, and the establishment of his singing, songwriting, and acoustic and electric guitar playing as permanent fixtures in Rock. Shot with enthusiasm at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, before an amped-up audience, the show features six opening songs with a solo Neil accompanying himself on twelve-string acoustic guitar, piano and harmonica - with ?Sugar Mountain? and ?After The Gold Rush? especially benefiting from this stripped-down treatment. When Crazy Horse joins Neil onstage, the rocking really begins. ?When You Dance,? ?Hey Hey,? ?The Needle And The Damage Done,? ?Welfare Mothers,? ?Cortez The Killer,? ?Cinnamon Girl,? and more get extended, passionate expression, with many trademark guitar solos from Neil. The whole experience is dramatized by the presence of a hooded, masked crew known as ?Road-Eyes? - as well as a characteristically Neil Young blend of cynicism and nostalgia that comes with playing snippets of ten-year-old public-address announcements from the Woodstock Festival. Immortal. 2007.

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