Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at the Bottom Line)

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at the Bottom Line)

by Neil Young
Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at the Bottom Line)

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at the Bottom Line)

by Neil Young

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

Long bootlegged but escaping official release until it became part of Neil Young's Official Bootleg Series in 2022, Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at the Bottom Line) captures Young giving a surprise solo acoustic show after Leon Redbone and Ry Cooder wrapped up their sets at New York's The Bottom Line on May 16, 1974. Neil finished the sessions for On the Beach the previous month, but it was still a few months away from release, so the audience isn't familiar with the wealth of material from the record. Young plays most of On the Beach, including "Revolution Blues" and the entirety of its dark, sludgy second half, all of which sounds brighter when delivered on-stage. The attentive audience doesn't treat "On the Beach" or "Motion Pictures" as apocalyptic messages; they laugh at the pissing in the wind line on "Ambulance Blues." The audio has been cleaned up considerably, but Citizen Kane Jr. Blues still feels like a bootleg recording: the crowd noises are prominent and Neil sounds just slightly pushed back in the mix, as if you're listening from the back of the audience, instead of the front. All these slight aural imperfections emphasize the extraordinary casualness of the gig. Young is loose but not sloppy as he plays songs largely unknown to his audience. In addition to the On the Beach material, he opens with "Citizen Kane Jr. Blues," which would later morph into "Push It Over the End," leads into "Long May You Run," covers the folk standard "Greensleeves," and rambles through "Roll Another Number" and "Pardon My Heart," leaving "Dance Dance Dance" and "Helpless" as the only tunes recognizable to the 1974 crowd. Far from sounding restless, the audience pays rapt attention, and Young responds with an openhearted, slightly buzzed performance that shines light on this period of gloom. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 05/20/2022
Label: Reprise
UPC: 0093624885108

Tracks

  1. Pushed It Over the End
  2. Long May You Run
  3. Greensleeves
  4. Ambulance Blues
  5. Helpless
  6. Revolution Blues
  7. On the Beach
  8. Roll Another Number (For the Road)
  9. Motion Pictures
  10. Pardon My Heart
  11. Dance Dance Dance

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