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A mind-blowing 1978 concert from the mighty Neil Young, at once the culmination of his classic 1970?s period, and the establishment of his singing, songwriting, and acoustic and electric guitar playing as permanent fixtures in Rock. Shot with enthusiasm at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, before an amped-up audience, the show features six opening songs with a solo Neil accompanying himself on twelve-string acoustic guitar, piano and harmonica - with ?Sugar Mountain? and ?After The Gold Rush? especially benefiting from this stripped-down treatment. When Crazy Horse joins Neil onstage, the rocking really begins. ?When You Dance,? ?Hey Hey,? ?The Needle And The Damage Done,? ?Welfare Mothers,? ?Cortez The Killer,? ?Cinnamon Girl,? and more get extended, passionate expression, with many trademark guitar solos from Neil. The whole experience is dramatized by the presence of a hooded, masked crew known as ?Road-Eyes? - as well as a characteristically Neil Young blend of cynicism and nostalgia that comes with playing snippets of ten-year-old public-address announcements from the Woodstock Festival. Immortal. 2007.