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Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD-A) | 
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| Artist: Neil Young
Label: Reprise Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 22
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.8 x 0.3
MPN: 516758
UPC: 093624983989
EAN: 0093624983989
Release Date: December 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | On The Way Home | | • | Mr. Soul | | • | Expecting To Fly | | • | The Last Trip To Tulsa | | • | The Loner | | • | Birds | | • | Winterlong (excerpt) | | • | Out Of My Mind | | • | If I Could Have Her Tonight | | • | Sugar Mountain | | • | I've Been Waiting For You | | • | Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing | | • | The Old Laughing Lady | | • | Broken Arrow |
Disc 2
| • | On The Way Home (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Mr. Soul (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Expecting To Fly (CD/DVD-A) | | • | The Last Trip To Tulsa (CD/DVD-A) | | • | The Loner (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Birds (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Winterlong (excerpt) (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Out Of My Mind (CD/DVD-A) | | • | If I Could Have Her Tonight (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Sugar Mountain (CD/DVD-A) | | • | I've Been Waiting For You (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (CD/DVD-A) | | • | The Old Laughing Lady (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Broken Arrow (CD/DVD-A) | | • | Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 Trailer (CD/DVD-A) |
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Product Description
Now greet the arrival of 'Sugar Mountain- Live At Canterbury House 1968,' another singular installment in the continuing Neil Young Archives Performance Series. On this CD+DVD set, recorded in Ann Arbor, MI, November 9-10, just days before the release of Young's self titled solo debut, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in rock history is heard solo and acoustic at the height of one of the must tumultuous and creative periods ever experienced both in music and culture. This set contains a CD featuring 14 tracks, a DVD disc including a high resolution audio mix of the album plus a 5 minute trailer for the archives set.
Album Description
Recorded over two nights in November 1968 at The Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Sugar Mountain album documents the launch of Neil Young's career as a solo artist following his departure from Buffalo Springfield just six months earlier. Captured on a TEAC two track tape recorder, the album offers a glimpse into the development of a legendary artist. The album includes songs written during his Buffalo Springfield tenure and newly written material for future solo albums. There are several moments of witty, engaging banter. These shows were an experiment to Neil would be received by an audience who knew him as part Buffalo Springfield. The experience erased all doubts.
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 Canterbury House still rocks! December 3, 2008
90 out of 95 found this review helpful
As the current Chaplain of Canterbury House, I can offer a little bit of history on this performance.
Canterbury House was then and is now the Episcopal campus ministry at the University of Michigan. In 1968 the Chaplains were the Revs. Dan Burke and Martin Bell, and the student House Manager was Ed Reynolds. These three remarkable persons turned Canterbury House into an innovative coffee house ministry, oriented toward those who were turned off to all things establishment, including main-line churches. The stellar musicians who performed here included Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Odetta, Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, the Byrds, and Janis Joplin. Many of these concerts were recorded, and the tapes given to the artists. The venue was intimate, as can clearly be heard on this recording of Neil Young's performance here on Saturday, 9 November 1968. This was his first performance as a solo artist after the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, and indeed this recording includes many of the songs that were hits for the group, including "On The Way Home," "Mr. Soul" and "Broken Arrow." All of the songs on this album, stripped to the bare essentials of voice and guitar, demonstrate the purity and simplicity that has made Neil Young a wonderful songwriter for decades. The dialogue on the recording demonstrates a youthful shyness and a natural ability to connect with his audience.
Canterbury House remains to this day a venue for prophetic music. Our concert series features primarily jazz and experimental idioms. Those of us who were young people in 1968, Neil Young included, "can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain" any more; but it's nice to know Sugar Mountain is still there.
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Essential for any Neil Young fan December 7, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you are a Neil Young fan my advice is not to hesitate in buying this. Granted it is not as an assured a performance as Massey Hall but as a historical document of one of the most important artists of the 20th Century it is essential. This is Neil Young as a shy unsure 22 year old stepping out of the shadow of Stephen Stills in his first solo concert since the break up with the Buffalo Springfield, It's fantastically intimate with a lot of amusing anecdotes and stories even taking requests at one point. He audibly displays a nervousness in his ability that no release has ever highlighted, it is utterly compelling. The material is taken mostly from his first solo album but includes his best known Springfield tracks (a lot of which were sung by Richie Furay and not Neil) also includes Birds which was re-recorded for After the Goldrush and Sugar Mountain the same version which was included on Decade.
A word of warning....the DVD is a DVD-Audio disc (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) and is a digital format for delivering very high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio is not intended to be a video delivery format and should not be confused with video DVDs containing concerts and music videos. In saying this it's actually very good value for money and gives you the same material on 2 different formats. If you don't have a DVD-Audio player then play the CD, as someone who has a DVD-A player I have the CD to enjoy in the car.
THE BIRTH OF FOREVER YOUNG December 6, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is a school of thought among rock journalists (and rock fans) that Neil Young did the right thing by going solo right after the demise of the Buffalo Springfield instead of forming another group like Stephen Stills did.He was one of the first artists signed to Frank Sinatra's Reprise label.The rest,as they say, is history.There was no such term as a "singer-songwriter" in 1968.Dylan,Freddy Neil,Richie Havens and other songsmiths of the times were still being called "folk singers";Jimmy Webb was writing NOT singing and James Taylor was still an unknown commodity. Enter Neil Young...twenty two years old and armed with only a Martin acoustic guitar. Despite the fact that this recording is over forty years old,the songs hold up.If you know Neil Young,you already know these songs.This is THE birth of a solo career that has kept him and us "forever Young".1969 was just around the corner and Neil was just a few months away of joining the biggest group in the world. Cherish the fact that these recordings are still around for us to savor and enjoy...1968 was truly an eventful year in the history of our planet and this man's music helped dispel some of the darkness.An awesome preservation...and yes,Rassy,he did kinda look like a dark John Davidson in those days.
Early Neil. December 13, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Sugar Mountain is a piece of history, essential for any Neil Young fan. Listen to this recording and then listen to Massey Hall recorded 3 years later and hear how much Neil's guitar playing has developed.I found it fascinating, listening to his youthfull,funny and open onstage patter and interaction with the audience.
Recorded at a time when the 21 year old Young was striking out on his own, after leaving Buffalo Springfield, and just prior to the release of his first solo album. Young, his record company and the venue itself were unsure how popular Young's performance would be, listen to the MC as he introduces Young,expressing surprise at the size of the audience. Hear Buffalo Springfield songs and songs from Neil's forthcoming album.
The CD/DVD was recorded over the two night engagement and sound quality is good,although there is some tape hiss.Given the length of time since it was recorded and equipment available it is not surprising.
The DVD is not a video. It is for sound quality i.e.5.1 surround sound which is excellent if you have the equipment.
Another priceless gem in the continuing Neil Young Archive Series.
Engaging Early Neil Classic December 6, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Neil is in top form in this intimate setting that sounds like it could have been recorded in a large living room. As a result he engages the audience in a very personal way, stopping on a couple of occasions to ask for requests. Highlights include Neil's introduction of an "oldie" which turns out to be the classic title tune "Sugar Mountain" and his version of the first Springfield single "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", originally performed by Richie Furay. Pay the extra $4.00 for the DVD--it's well worth the added price to get a piece of rock history.
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