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  | 60% Recommended by our customers. Label: Reprise / Wea Catalog: Music Release date: 2001-02-27 Media: DVD Audio discs number: 1 Format: Enhanced Ean: 0093624803690 Upc: 093624803690  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (8) |
 Cowgirl in the Sand Walk On Fool for Your Love | Peace of Mind Words (Between the Lines of Age) Motorcycle Mama | Tonight's the Night All Along the Watchtower |
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| This souvenir from Neil Young's Y2K Music in Head tour shines brightest when it reaches what in a vinyl world would have been side two's opening cut: "Words" starts out as a reminder of the depth and genius of Young's Harvest album, and then grows, over the course of its 11 minutes, into a fractured waltz that shows just how nicely a bunch of good old boys and girls can breathe new life into classic rock. Instrumental demons Donald "Duck" Dunn, Spooner Oldham, Jim Keltner, and Ben Keith (along with the Young family backup singers, sister Astrid and wife Pegi) perform similar miracles on "Tonight's the Night," "Cowgirl in the Sand" (18 big minutes!), and a crowd-pleasing "All Along the Watchtower" featuring tour-mate Chrissie Hynde. The shorter cuts are less remarkable, from the previously unreleased "Fool for Your Love" to a draggy "Motorcycle Mama" that barely warrants its four minutes. But when Young and company crank it up on the open highway, rock doesn't get much better than this. -Bill Forman |
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Written on May 8, 2001 Summary: Another Live Record Just three years after the lackluster Year Of The Horse, Neil Young released another live set, Road Rock, Vol. 1. The record is another good, but not great live set. There are some great tracks including the mammoth 18 minute opening track "Cowgirl In The Sand". The song, even at its tremendous length, does not seem drawn out or over extended. "Words" is a great old chestnut from Harvest and is a treat as is "all Along The Watchtower" which is a duet with The Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde. The rest of the album is okay.  Written on March 2, 2001 Summary: Neil still rocks This DVD is great. Neil Young still rocks just like 25 years ago. Sounds a lot like the Crazy Horse years. Much better than Silver and Gold DVD. The best part is the 21 minute version of "Cowgirl in the Sand" played outside during a driving thunderstorm. It was incredible. Be careful if you order this to not order the "DVD-audio" version. That makes no sense to me at all since the DVD-video has the same songs (DTS and Dolby surround) and the incredible video to go with it at the same or cheaper price. Amazon has been confused about this since the video version was released in December so make sure they are sending you the right one. Written on February 21, 2001 Summary: Neil Young Friends and Family Review (DVD-audio) The sound quality is excellent, but why did Neil put this album on DVD-audio? He should have put the music from the video onto DVD-audio or maybe put one of the "missing six" onto this format. This is a good album, which all Neil Young albums are, but the choices for the songs could have been better. I would only recommend this one for the true Neil Young fan. Written on February 17, 2001 Summary: At times brilliant but overall inconsistent Any live Neil Young release is worthy of attention and this one is no different. However "Road Rock Vol 1" doesn't quite match up to previous live NY albums such as Live Rust, Weld or even Year of the Horse, which itself was patchy in places. Of course the obvious difference is the absence of Crazy Horse on "Road Rock". For the most part though, that's not the problem here and that's not the reason I have accorded this release a measly three stars. The problem lies squarely with the material. When Road Rock is good it is awesome. The 18 minute opener "Cowgirl..." is superb and worth the price of admission alone. Also mighty impressive are "Words" and "Tonight's the Night" which seems to have metamorphised into a bluesy, swampy jam of epic proportions. It's one of the album's true surprises. "All Along The Watchtower" is pretty good and seems to benefit from the presence of Chrissy Hynde. However the rest of the material here (another 4 tracks) is well below par and basically spoils what could have been an utterly brilliant live set. Pity. Performance wise, Young is outstanding. His guitar work is the central focus of the best tracks and one would at times imagine Crazy Horse was present! The rest of the band including some long time Young cohorts put in excellent performances also. The sound on the album is impressive - the bass and bass drums are huge and of course Young's guitar dominates the mix at times. It comes across as a little heavy handed occasionally, but the rockers amongst us will find no fault with this. To conclude, "Road Rock Vol 1" is worth purchasing for those tracks highlighted, but overall it could have and should have been so much better with the inclusion of some more strong material.  Written on January 24, 2001 Summary: Better than Live Rust. Better than YOTH. Almost beats Weld. I don't understand the negative tone many of these reviews have taken. This is PRIME Neil Young here! In fact, I am absolutely amazed that Crazy Horse was not present - this sounds very much like a NY and Crazy Horse album. Which means: wild, thrashing guitars, notes out of place, voice out of pitch...but always in tune. This live CD exemplifies the raw, wild, almost naive soul of the very best NY recordings. I saw Neil Young on this tour, and though it was great, this live CD makes you feel like you're in the 1st row...as opposed to the 56th row where I was sitting. This is the kind of album where the individual songs build up, getting better and better as the majority of them reach the 10+ minute mark. All the while, you are turning up your volume knob from 6...to 8...to 10...to 11, baby. As far as official live recordings go, Live Rust is incredible, and YOTH is absolutely amazing, but I would have to say Road Rock Vol.1 is better than either one. Not quite as good as Weld, but then again, what is? Road Rock features the upteenth version of "Tonight's The Night," but it's also the best version I've heard. It features an incendiary "Cowgirl In The Sand." But the true show-stopper here is Neil Young & Chrissie Hynde's cover of "All Along The Watchtower." The fact that their duet isn't in sync with each other only adds to the immediacy of it. Yes, Road Rock is at times shambling, flawed, and uneven. But isn't that exactly what makes Neil Young so great? Road Rock is not for Neil Young fans who only prefer his lighter, acoustic material (Silver & Gold, for instance). This is the Neil Young of Rust Never Sleeps, back in all his ragged glory. |
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| Lowest used price | $20.49 | $1.49 | $7.52 | $3.95 | $4.89 | $1.21 |
| Lowest new price | $29.74 | $4.99 | $15.98 | $5.40 | $5.92 | $3.93 |
| Collectible price | - | $11.98 | $24.99 | - | $10.00 | $16.98 |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2001-02-27 | 1997-06-17 | 1991-10-22 | 1991-11-12 | 2003-08-19 | 1996-07-02 |
| Media | DVD Audio | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | Enhanced | Live | Live | Live | Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | - |
| Ean | 0093624803690 | 0093624665229 | 0075992667128 | 0075992676922 | 0093624849827 | 0093624629122 |
| Upc | 093624803690 | 093624665229 | 075992667128 | 075992676922 | 093624849827 | 093624629122 |
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