Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 the third installment from Neil Young's Archives -- although through some weird filing system this is Vol. 00, possibly because this dates before either of the previously released volumes in Archives Performance Series -- culls highlights from Neil Young's two shows at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, MI on November 9 and 10, 1968. Like its two predecessors in the Archives series, the concerts captured on Sugar Mountain are legendary among Neil Young collectors, in this case because of the gentle, tentative version of the title track that showed up on Decade -- prior to this, the only official release from the concert. At first glance, Sugar Mountain might seem similar to Live at Massey Hall 1971, as they're both solo acoustic sets, but the tenor of the two shows is quite different. Massey Hall captured Neil in full flight, just before the release of Harvest, whereas the concerts on Sugar Mountain were just a month or two shy of the release of his first solo album. He had hits with Buffalo Springfield -- much of the set list leans heavily on Springfield songs, such as "Mr. Soul," "Expecting to Fly," "Birds," "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," and "Broken Arrow" -- but he had yet to prove himself as a solo artist, so the endearing tentative quality of his performances shouldn't come as a surprise, and yet it does: Young's reputation as a steely renegade often suggests that he never second-guesses his moves. Neil doesn't second-guess here but he is fragile and human, telling stories (sometimes at considerable length) before sliding into these delicate songs, wryly lamenting that he should have some happy songs to sing before testing out the melody for "Winterlong," stopping short because the song isn't quite written yet. It's a marvelously intimate performance, unguarded and open-hearted, unique in its delicate touch: it's Neil Young before the myth crystallized, and listening to it anew, it's easy to fall in love with him all over again.
Neil YoungSugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968When I was a kid I bought this bootleg live Neil Young album and it had this song on it that hadn't been released on any of Young's studio albums. I really dug that song, and I couldn't figure out why he hadn't put it on an album.That song was "Sugar Mountain." Young had written it when he turned 21, and it was, as Joni Mitchell once said, a...
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This track is from the latest album in Neil Young's archival series. It's his1968 live acoustic performance at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just six months after Buffalo Springfield broke up. This is a beautiful version of "Expecting To Fly," a song that he had recorded and performed with the Buffalo Springfield.
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Neil YoungSugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968When I was a kid I bought this bootleg live Neil Young album and it had this song on it that hadn't been released on any of Young's studio albums. I really dug that song, and I couldn't figure out why he hadn't put it on an album.That song was "Sugar Mountain." Young had written it when he turned 21, and it was, as Joni Mitchell once said, a...
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Neils latest archive series release. Love this, especially the dialogue. This is pre Massey Hall, right after he left Buffalo Springfield and before he hit big as a solo artist. This CD is a keeper in more ways that I can enumerate.
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I am blown away by this cd. Neil's songs are always so deeply personal and this recording is no different. It's just Neil and a guitar singing from the heart and playing so soulfully. This is so well engineered and produced that one can imagine oneself there in the audience in an intimate setting with Neil and a few friends.
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From the Rev. Reid Hamilton: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 in...
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The Archives have been postponed yet again, but there is some vintage Neil Young coming soon. Sugar Mountain Live will be released November 25th.Young played two solo gigs at the The Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 9 and 10, 1968 and recorded those nights on a TEAC 2 track tape recorder, which until now have never been released. The 23-track, 13 song, Sugar Mountain Live alb...
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"A lot of people have asked me what I get from writing, besides residuals," Neil Young cracks wise in the early minutes of Sugar Mountain -- Live at Canterbury House 1968 CD/DVD, currently streaming on NPR ahead of its December...
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While we were quite bummed (and annoyed) that Neil Young's Archives project got delayed again, it's nice to know we're gonna have a new vault release to tide us over. On November 25, Reprise Records releases Sugar Mountain Live At Canterbury House 1968 culled from 2 track recordings of shows performed 40 years ago on [...]by Scott Bernstein Leave A Comment
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