Live at Massey Hall 1971

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live album
First released:
Mar 13 2007

Overview Edit

Live At Massey Hall 1971 is a live album by Neil Young. Released in 2007, the album features a solo, acoustic performance from Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada on 19 January 1971 during the Journey Through the Past Solo Tour. It is the second release in Young's Archives Performance Series.. It reached #1 in Canada with 11,000 units sold in its first week. It debuted at #9 on the Irish Charts, and #30 on the UK albums chart.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 31 March 2007 at number 6, with 57,000 copies sold. It spent 11 weeks on the chart. In 2009, the album was named by Fretbase as one of the all-time 10 best albums featuring a singer-songwriter on acoustic guitar.

The CD release is paired with a DVD featuring footage of the show with the exception of the three tracks which were not recorded visually.

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
43328
Release dates:
  • Mar 13 2007 in United States

Genres

Classic Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Hard Rock, Rock, Pop. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Honest, earnest (yet humorous), intimate, folksy...still wonderful.
This is Neil on stage with just a guitar, a piano and a mike, playing in front of a very appreciative and proud Canadian audience. Though relatively young in age to us at 26 years, Neil sounds mature and seasoned here, and is comfortably "in control" of this crowd. He talks in a down-home manner to the crowd between almost every song, occasionally to introduce a song that they (and sometimes we) have never heard before. The acoustics and mic'ing are fantastic, and Neil is in great voice througho…
Written by Squire Jaco
3 stars Vanilla
Nothing wrong with the music offered here,it is just not a set which offers much in the way of real satisfaction.Would be much better viewed as a concert dvd,but I only bought the cd only issue.Way too much banter between songs to make this a really enjoyable listening experience,at least to me.Still it is a decent snapshot of Neil in his acoustic mode,which is always worth a listen.
Written by Karl Buckholtz

Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. engineer

    1. David Briggs [mix]
  2. performer

    1. Neil Young [vocals and instrument]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Live at Massey Hall 1971 17 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Reprise Records
catalog number: 9362-43327-2
release dates: Mar 19 2007 in Europe
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