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Neil Young   05/16/1974

The Bottom Line, New York, NY
Media SHN   1 disc
Notes Citizen Kane Jr. Blues
Tech Notes 05-16-1974, The Bottom Line, New York City, New York
Neil Young - vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboards, harmonica
Solo

Source: AUD>???>bootleg 'Citizen Kane Jr. Blues'>CD-Rs>EAC>Soundforge (edited to remove TAO gaps)>SHN

1. Pushed It Over The End
2. Long May You Run
3. Greensleeves
4. Ambulance Blues
5. Helpless
6. Revolution Blues
7. On The Beach
8. Roll Another Number
9. Motion Pictures
10. Pardon My Heart
11. Dance, Dance, Dance
Filler:
12. For the Turnstiles (studio outtake?)
13. Flying on the Ground is Wrong (12-04-1970, Late Show, Carnegie Hall, NY, NY)

Setlist from Sugar Mountain: http://www.cruzio.com/~tah/sugarmtn.html

Review from the Old Grey Cat:
http://www.geocities.com/%7Eoldgreycat/csny/neilcitizen.htm

Citizen Kane Junior Blues captures Neil's 5/16/74 acoustic performance at New York's Bottom Line, along with a pair of additional tracks. In my opinion, the excellent bootleg Rock 'n' Roll Can Never Die, the commercially released Time Fades Away, and Citizen Kane Junior Blues form a trilogy of recorded works that perfectly document the live side of Neil's mid-1970s' "Dark Period" of intense introspection. As such, Citizen Kane Junior Blues (the CD's title comes from Neil's alternate title for "Pushed It Over The End") is essential.

With the exception of "Helpless," all of the songs were unreleased at the time of this performance, making for some interesting first impressions by the crowd. Indeed, two songs ("Greensleeves" and "Dance, Dance, Dance," which isn't listed on the label) remain unreleased today; a third, "Pushed It Over the End," was put out as a CSNY 12-inch single in Italy. On The Beach is the backdrop for this recording, with four of its songs performed live and a fifth ("For the Turnstiles") appearing as a low quality recording of what I believe to be the actual studio version (the label doesn't say). Renditions of "Pardon My Heart," "Long May You Run," "Roll Another Number" and "Flying on the Ground Is Wrong" (recorded in a 1970 Carnegie Hall performance) round out the songs.

Through the steady clanging of glasses and beer bottles, this unusual, but decent, audience recording conveys the ambience of this intimate venue. In contrast to the heaviness of many of the song lyrics, Neil is extremely light-hearted and talkative, adding a dimension to this CD that is uncommon in Neil's live work. Ironically, if I have a criticism of Citizen Kane Junior Blues, it's that Neil is so relaxed that his performance lacks the intensity that some of these songs demand. That, however, doesn't take the sparkle off this unique gem. (A)
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