The one and only Neil
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I have a lot of Diamond CD's but like this one the best.
2659472
Big Levon fan. I only wish he was still with us. I was fortunate to see The Band perform just before they broke. One of the best concerts I ever saw.
119144
Sure the box set is great and sure there is room for the aforementioned criticism. That said, does anyone know where to get versions of Neil singing (rather than Richie) the Neil songs: "On The Way Home", "...Clancy...", & "Do I  Have To Come Right Out and Say It?"? I'm kind of surprised such is not in this box set and wonder if they exist. Are they being saved for Neil's own box set?
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NEIL YOUNG IS SUCH A BADASS ,WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS FLUFFY & SINGING OVERBLOWN ROCK ANTHEMS HE
WAS COMING INTO HIS OWN BRILLIANT SONGWRITING
WORLD WITH IMMACULATE DEXTERITY . ON THIS DISC
HE IS SOLO (GUITAR/PIANO & VOCAL) AND LIKE HIS
MUSIC IT SHINES TOO BRIGHT FOR THE NAKED EYE .
HIS VOICE IS ONE OF A KIND , HIS LYRICS DARE
IMPROVEMENT , HIS STRIPPED DOWN SHOWS (LIKE
THE BBC CROWN JEWELS) ARE NOT TO BE MISSED .
THIS CD IS A MUST IF YOU LIKE NEIL'S MUSIC !
THE ONLY THING I MISS IS HIS HAUNTING HARMONICA
PLAYING THAT HE DOES SO WELL , BUT HEY , MAYBE
HIS LIPS WERE SORE , IT HAPPENS ! NEIL RULES
IF YOU LIKE GREAT SONGWRITERS , HE'S ON THE SHORT
LIST OF THE BEST & "LIVE AT MASSEY HALL" SHOWS
HIM WITH HIS GENIOUS IN FULL BLOOM , AMAZING !!!!
4510132
I like his guitar playing.  Who wrote the songs and lyrics?  Just kiddin' this is a very moving performance.  I'd suggest anyone who enjoys Neil Young's music should give this a listen.  The understated explantion of The Needle and the Damage Done is worth the price alone.
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Neil is in fine voice for this wonderful CD package.  The CD includes the entire show from the tour that he did across most of the States in 2008.  I was lucky enough to see two of the shows and the CD's bring back wonderful memories.  I only question the timing of the release. The shows were a year and half ago and most of the hype is pretty much gone by now. It would have made for sense to release it along side the DVD release and TV special from last August.  For Neil collectors, try and get the import set of this CD (released many months ago and available on Amazon) for it includes one extra song (Lady Oh, Antwerp 2008). That song is not on the US release. Though the extra cuts on the US release don't appear on the import. So to be complete, you need both sets.  The UK version has a different cover.
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"This Notes for you" was largely overlooked when it was released. Much was the same for other releases from this period in Neil's career; such as "Life", "Landing on Water",and  "Everybody's Rockin'. For these three records Neil was in the process  of getting out of his creatively constricting contract with Geffen Records.  "This Notes For you" was his return to his original label  "Reprise". Many had written him off; but for those of us who knew  Neil; this was a triumph. Never one to become stuck in a rut, Neil came in  screemin'. "Ten Men Workiin'" opens with a vengeance. A heavey  guitar and blasting horns prepare the listener for what awaits. The title  cut is one of Neil's many "ANTHEM" songs, and was accompanied by  a music video that was quickly banned from MTV. It portrayed many famous  look-a-likes, selling their souls for various products. "Coupe de  Ville" must be one of Neil's finest moments. Smooth as silk; this song  transports you. He creates an audio painting of love and pathos rare in  modern music. This song contains an absolutely beautiful guitar solo. Neil  shows how LESS is so much MORE. It may be what he doesn't play that makes  this perticular solo so completely satisfying. "Life in the City"  is brass infused rock at it's finest. Big, brash, and makes your feet  dance. "Twilight" is  another brilliant ballad which puts guitar  and horns together in a way that I've never heard before, and with amazing  results. This disc has some of Neil's most adventures work to date. Check  out "Lucky Thirteen" to hear some "Live" work from this  "BIG" band. If you like "BIG" music, you'll love  "This Notes for You". Neil's only record with that "Big  Band" sound, and one where the whole band shines. Think of it as a  quick bend in the road towrads "Ragged Glory". Enjoy the ride!
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I  have  read  some  of  the  less  then  glowing  reviews. They  fail  in  empathy  AND  in  perspective.  Now  I  will  tell  you  I  doubt  there  is  anyone who  loves  Neil  more  then  I,  but  I'm  also  objective. This  is  at  least  a  4 star  effort(I've  listened  to the  album  3  times!)......ie....  this  means  over  time  this  WILL become  a  5-star  glancing  back. "Ordinary  people"  is the  "throb  and  pulse"  that  will  bring  you  back  it  is  stellar  and  fermented  perfectly...18+minutes of work  for  this  albums  "single". I'm  a  Family  Doctor  and  also  stroke  victim.  I  have  seen  this  tour  twice(LA and  St. Louis). Neil  is  still recovering  from  that recent aneurysm-surgery on his  "national treasure"  of  a  BRAIN!!!. He  still ROCKs....the  "Sultan"  song  in  St. Louis  was  unreal (Neil  jumping  out alone  to  play  the  song  behind  a  250+lb "sultan" with  curled tip  shoes  banging  a  Gold  GONG!)...AFTER  people  were leaving thinking  the  show  was  over!!!.
Neil  goes  above  all  expectations  sometimes  you  have  to  listen  in  a  quiet  room (Prarie Wind/Silver  and  Gold).....Sometimes  you've  got  to  CRANK  a  large  AMP.  4+++  loud.....Rust/ FREEDOM/Everybody Knows.etc ...all  in  all  remarkable  he  is  still  alive not  to  mention  still ruling  the  grunge-world AND the  mellow-muse.
Check  out "no hidden path". No  regrets  here. Viva  Neil's neurons!!!.
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Is this a joke? I have been a fan of Neil's first two CHristmas CD's. This is simply another way for the record company to bilk his fans.
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Love it, as always - just a couple of tracks not to my taste.  Flying to New York next March to see Neil in concert!
4700288
For those who think David Gilmour was(and is) obscured by Roger Waters and others, this album is the complete proof of is great power as song writer and guitarrist.
 No one can forget that he's the author of the greatest piece of music ever written(in my opinion) and produced by Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.
 My very best to David Gilmour.
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Recently received this and have not started to seriously read it, what i have read so far is pure Neil
1020132
The "One for All" concert is even more fun than "One Night Only" because the (younger)Bee Gees performed new songs such as "Juliet," "Giving up the Ghost," and other songs from the "One" CD and Robin's solo CD "How old are you?" The Bee Gees were animated, relaxed, and very soulful. The band rocked. I agree with one fan that Barry hogged the camera; I wanted more Maurice and Robin. Robin was in excellent voice -- his vibrato was under control and he just poured out pure tones. "Juliet" and "I Started a Joke" were highlights of the show, and Robin deservedly earned his ovation. Maurice finally got to display his harmonic skills with Barry on "Island in the Stream." Loved the visuals and harmonies on "You win again," a number One hit in Europe but hardly heard of in the US. If anyone wants to know what the big deal was about the Brothers Gibb, head for the "One for All" DVD to see them in their prime.
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This looks like it could have versatility to it, even though there aren't any of the extended jamming numbers Neil gives us a la Crazy Horse. I absolutely love those. I've known that Neil is listenable solo with guitar ever since I heard his Woodstock rendition of "Cowgirl In the Sand" back in '69, not to mention his "Long May You Run" in the snow in 2010 at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. And the original "Harvest" album proved that he can work with orchestral backing as in the songs "A Man Needs a Maid' and "There's a World". Somehow that thin whiny voice, long the target of musical comics, comes across. After all, Dylan proved that having a voice that isn't technically all that great isn't always an obstacle to recording his music himself rather than always handing it over to other people to sing. That's why when I do a Neil Young number myself, it takes an effort not to slip into caricature. But I also can't help but grab everything of his that comes out. That's why only four stars right now--I don't have it yet, due to Christmas shopping's drain on the wallet. But it wouldn't surprise me a bit once I've grabbed it next month if I come right back in here and tack on that fifth star.
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I've always preferred loud, fuzzy Neil to sensitive, folky Neil and Harvest has never really been one of his albums I cared all that much about.

Digression - I spent a year or so in my mid teens disliking Neil Young because I thought he was America. Man, did I hate Horse with No Name and Ventura Highway. Sorry, Neil.

Sam Inglis' book on Harvest is almost stunningly short, but a worthy read. Not caring much for Harvest, I'd never paid much attention to. I bought it years and years ago out of fealty to Young, and as a completist, than out of any great appreciation for it. I did like a couple of the songs, but it has pretty much been my least-listened to NY album up until those that, later on in his career, I didn't pick up. Inglis, however, is sending me back to it. Like some of the others in the 33 1/3 series, this is, in some ways, its real value.

But that is selling it short. Inglis is persuasive in presenting the album as an underrated entry in Young's catalog - often overlooked by the simple virtue of being popular: the Neil Young album for those who don't really like Neil Young. He leads us through a track-by-track tour of the album, presenting it not as Young's best by any means, but as, perhaps, his most well-crafted, and featuring a few of his finest songs. He relates the background of the recording of the album, places it both within Young's catalog and the framework of the (musical) times in which it was released. 40 years on, it hard to remember that when this record came out, Young was best known for his sometime collaborations with Crosby, Stills, and Nash. (We used to refer to them as "Moe, Curly, Larry and Young".) If nothing else, this is the album that firmly established Young as a solo artist to the mass of listeners at the time.

I still prefer Tonight's the Night, On the Beach, Time Fades Away, Ragged Glory, and any number of other Neil records to Harvest. Harvest doesn't care. It keeps on selling and being proud of its songs and performances. And this slim, but worthy little volume about it will keep signing its praises. Rightly so.
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The Neil Young is an artist that has taken chances and shown chameleon tendencies. Young is seemingly always looking elsewhere for new ideas and fresh impetus-and, that can even mean ways to re-interpret the past to forge an alternative present. An eighties concentration also had Neil celebrate the work of a number of acts that would not necessarily dovetail with his output but who have influenced his train of thought. Henceforth, The Clash, Human League, Devo and even Flock of Seagulls (who had a massive US fan base) could get namechecks from the great man. There is also respect for other solo stars and that leads us to Neil Young and his album: Under the Covers: The songs he didn't Write (which covers the period 1970 to 1993).
 Whether it is Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; solo: with a group; or collaborations this guy has some CV! However, the twenty songs on offer here demonsttrate a capacity to jam with a variety of artists across an array of songs. This catalogue of characters include: His Crazy Horse band, Booker T & the MGs, The Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tom Petty and more.
 The tunes on the other hands feature several Bob Dylan endeavours and other efforts made famous by the likes of: Elvis, Otis Redding and a cast of characters.
 Neil Young never sleep! Watch this work and discover more about the man and other's music and how this seminal singer songwriter has continued to deliver music over half a century. Young flitters from folk father to gringe godfather and can alter styles quicker that he could to change his socks. From Young to older, Neil has not burnt out or faded away!
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Great songs by Neil diamond. I loved the version Neil Diamond did of Love to Love. And surprisingly Red Rubber ball is good version of that song. But there is all the hits by Neil in this CD at well. Any fan of Neil Diamond should get this CD