Neil Young - Transmission Impossible (4 CD, 2019)

 

This Four disc collector's box set features rare broadcast recordings by Neil Young, originally transmitted from live shows the great man performed in the 1970s and 1980s + a Bonus fourth from 2012; Â Disc One includes two such superb performances : the first a short set Neil played alongside Bob Dylan and members of The Band at the San Francisco SNACK Benefit concert in 1975, and secondly his legendary acoustic set from the late show he gave at Boston's Music Hall in November 1976. Disc Two features Young's marvellous appearance on the Austin City Limits programme in 1984. Including recent cuts mixed with NY classics, this is perhaps Neil's finest performances of that period. Disc Three houses another '80s gig, played at the end of the decade in Hamburg, Germany, on 8th December 1989, shortly after the release of his dynamic Freedom album.
Deluxe Disc 4 Neil Returns to Austin TX in 2012 and Just Proves once again that he has not lost a step or a note over the years and Crazy Horse with him as usual are his greatest co conspirators. 





Disc 1

1. Are You Ready For The Country? (04:03)
2. Ain't That A Lot Of Love (04:49)
3. Lookin' For A Love (04:09)
4. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (04:03)
5. I Want You (03:52)
6. The Weight (05:00)
7. Helpless (04:31)
8. Knockin' On The Dragon's Door (03:55)
9. Tell Me Why (04:07)
10. Roll Another Number (For The Road) (02:48)
11. Journey Through The Past (03:38)
12. The Needle And The Damage Done (02:21)
13. Harvest (03:09)
14. Campaigner (03:37)
15. Pocahontas (03:37)
16. A Man Needs A Maid (04:32)
17. Sugar Mountain (06:21)

Disc 2

1. Are You Ready For The Country? (03:25)
2. Hawks And Doves (04:29)
3. Comes A Time (03:35)
4. Bound For Glory (06:11)
5. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking (03:46)
6. Are There Any More Real Cowboys? (03:13)
7. Heart Of Gold (04:02)
8. Amber Jean (04:21)
9. band intro (01:54)
10. Roll Another Number (For The Road) (03:03)
11. Southern Pacific (08:27)
12. The Needle And The Damage Done (02:33)
13. Helpless (06:18)
14. California Sunset (04:13)
15. It Might Have Been (03:54)
16. Soul Of A Woman (05:23)
17. Field Of Opportunity (03:33)
18. Old Man (03:53)
19. Powderfinger (05:48)

Disc 3

1. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (04:30)
2. Rockin' In The Free World (04:56)
3. The Old Laughing Lady (04:40)
4. Don't Let It Bring You Down (03:22)
5. Someday (07:07)
6. Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part I) (08:31)
7. Eldorado (06:45)
8. Too Far Gone (03:38)
9. This Note's For You (03:28)
10. The Needle And The Damage Done (03:05)
11. No More (05:35)
12. F*!#in' Up (03:47)
13. After The Gold Rush (05:52)
14. Ohio (03:05)

Deluxe Disc  4

01 Love and only love
02 Powderfinger
03 Born in Ontario
04 Walk like a Giant
05 The Needle and the Damage done
06 Twisted Road
07 Ramada Inn
08 Cinnamon Girl
09 Fuckin Up
10 Psychedelic Pill
11 Down by the River
12 Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
13 Thrasher (Bonus)



Disc 1
(Tracks 1-8) SNACK Benefit, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco 23rd March 1975 with Bob Dylan and members of The Band
(Tracks 9-17) Boston Music Hall, 22nd November 1976

Disc 2
Austin City Limits Studio, Austin, Texas 25th September 1984

Disc 3
Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany 8th December 1989

Deluxe Disc 4
Austin City Limits  Festival Austin, Texas 2012
Bonus Track 13 San Francisco 1978