Below is the second half of the Neil Young soundboard-derived live collection A Perfect Echo Vol. I. capturing the years 1974 - 1976. Look for the first part of Vol. I to be posted here in the future. Parts I and II of Vol. II can still be found here and here. For those interested in the back story, here are notes on the series via sharing the groove:
“Braden Strickler has done it again. He’s compiled and lovingly mastered, almost exclusively from soundboard recordings, an 8-DISC SET which runs chronologically from August 1967 to January 2001. It’s like an expanded version of the “Rock ‘n’ Roll Cowboy” concept, but with far superior sound.
This is a compilation of soundboard recordings from 1967-2001. The term soundboard is a bit of a misnomer. By soundboard I mean, basically, not an audience recording. Some are true soundboards, while others are FM, TV, ALD, or video-sourced recordings. The recordings were all taken from cdrs or videos that are circulating in the trading community. There are a total of 115 tracks (109 songs, as 6 get repeated). Some years were heavy with available recordings (1976 and 1989 come to mind). I tried to balance the set by not using too many songs from a single show. The entire 8 discs run in, roughly, chronological order.
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MP3: Neil Young :: Walk On (csny - westbury, ny, 8-sep-1974)
MP3: Neil Young :: Ambulance Blues (csny - westbury, ny, 8-sep-1974)
MP3: Neil Young :: Lookin’ For A Love (san francisco, ca, 23-mar-1975)
MP3: Neil Young :: No One Seems To Know (tokyo, japan, 10-mar-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Human Highway (london, england, 31-mar-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Cortez The Killer (london, england, 31-mar-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: White Line (fort worth, tx, 10-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Don’t Cry No Tears (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Peace of Mind (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: A Man Needs A Maid (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Give Me Strength (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Lotta Love (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Like A Hurricane (chicago, il, 15-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Harvest (boston, ma, 22-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Campaigner (boston, ma, 22-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: Here We Are In The Years (atlanta, ga, 24-nov-1976)
MP3: Neil Young :: The Losing End (atlanta, ga, 24-nov-1976)
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Thank you so much for posting these! Your blog is incredible… keep up the great work! Neil, Wilco, Ryan and so many other faves of mine and they’re all here…
1 | champaignofblogs June 4th, 2007 at 2:48 pmSome really amazing performances in this post, and Braden Strickler is deserving of more than a simple congratulations for the incredible job he’s done compiling and cleaning up the archived material. Thanks again for putting it out there.
2 | ib June 4th, 2007 at 3:01 pmi found a good resource for ‘echo’ tracklists and album covers, if anyone is interested- http://jack.mauveweb.co.uk/artists/young/echo.html
3 | theMike June 4th, 2007 at 3:04 pmThank you very much for the N Young posts, this will be one excellent collection to have. Please keep up the good work
4 | T June 4th, 2007 at 8:03 pmThanks for the greatness.
You had posted these before, yes?
5 | Dan June 5th, 2007 at 9:48 amDan, yes, but I had so many requests for a re-post (and the material is so good) I threw them up again.
6 | Satisfied '75 June 5th, 2007 at 12:49 pmWell if you have to throw up anything, this is nice to throw up.
7 | Dan June 5th, 2007 at 1:29 pmMan, this stuff is just keeps rocking my (free) world: thanks for making it available, it has made a big difference for me on what has been, in many ways, a rather shitty day.
8 | Paul June 5th, 2007 at 3:49 pmI just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this blog and all the good music you put out there. Keep it up!
9 | Tim June 7th, 2007 at 5:11 pmGreat share. I’m a really BIG Neil Young fan. Looking forward for more Neil Young from this site.
10 | dob June 10th, 2007 at 2:25 am