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Solo Trans
''Solo Trans'' is a concert film by Neil Young, directed by Hal Ashby and released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on September 18, 1983, during Young's ''Solo Trans'' tour. Originally released on only LaserDisc, the film went out of print until 2024, when it was included on Blu-ray in Neil Young Archives Volume III: 1976–1987. The film also saw a release on Neil Young's online archive on November 16, 2019. Information During a typical show, a "live" video broadcast made up of various video clips from Young's career, old TV shows, and commercials were played on a giant screen in the background, dubbed ''Trans TV''. This film is presented as an episode of ''Trans TV''. After Young would finish his "solo" portion of the show, The Shocking Pinks would come out for the encore, as he was promoting '' Everybody's Rockin''' at the time. As the tour progressed, Young got more and more into making the encore section a full-on stage act. Friends and family were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Ashby
William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an Cinema of the United States, American film Film director, director and Film editing, editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, and Sidney Lumet. Before his career as a director Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably ''The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966), which earned Ashby an Academy Awards, Oscar nomination for Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Editing, and ''In the Heat of the Night (film), In the Heat of the Night'' (1967), which earned him his only Oscar for the same category. Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for ''Coming Home (1978 film), Coming Home'' (1978). Other films directed by Ashby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greendale (album)
''Greendale'' is the 27th studio album by Neil Young. Young and Crazy Horse's ''Greendale'' is a 10-song musical novel set in a fictional California seaside town of the same name. Based on the saga of the Green family, ''Greendale'' combines numerous themes on corruption, observation of the passing of time, environmentalism and mass media consolidation. Recording and writing Young recorded the album between July and September 2002 at his Broken Arrow Ranch. The sessions were produced by Young and filmmaker L.A. Johnson. The sessions feature Young on guitar, organ and harmonica backed only by drummer Ralph Molina and bassist Billy Talbot of longtime collaborators Crazy Horse. Unlike other works credited to the band, it does not feature a rhythm guitarist. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro does not appear on the album but did perform with the group during the album's tour. Young chose to record the songs with a stripped-down production team with minimal backing from other musicians to all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaserDisc Releases
LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United States in 1978 under the name DiscoVision, a brand used by MCA. As Pioneer took a greater role in its development and promotion, the format was rebranded LaserVision. While the LaserDisc brand originally referred specifically to Pioneer's line of players, the term gradually came to be used generically to refer to the format as a whole, making it a genericized trademark. The discs typically have a diameter of , similar in size to the phonograph record. Unlike most later optical disc formats, LaserDisc is not fully digital; it stores an analog video signal. Many titles featured CD-quality digital audio, and LaserDisc was the first home video format to support surround sound. Its 425 to 440 horizontal lines of resolution was nearly double that of consumer competing consumer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Hal Ashby
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert Films
A concert film or concert movie is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert, by either a musician or a stand-up comedian. Early history One of the earliest-known concert films is the 1944 film '' Adventure in Music''. Another early film is the 1948 picture ''Concert Magic''. This concert features virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) at the Charlie Chaplin Studios in 1947. Together with various artists he performed classical and romantic works of famous composers such as Beethoven, Wieniawski, Bach, Paganini and others. The earliest known jazz concert film is the 1959 film ''Jazz on a Summer's Day''. The film was recorded during the fifth annual Newport Jazz Festival. The earliest known rock concert film is Rock’n’Roll, a 1959 feature film produced by the promoter Lee Gordon. As it also features some Jazz performances and was released prior to Jazz on a Summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio (1970 Song)
"Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 16 in Canada. Although live versions of "Ohio" and "Find the Cost of Freedom" were included on the group's 1971 double album '' 4 Way Street,'' the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation '' So Far'' was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation album ''Decade,'' released in 1977; his compilation album ''Greatest Hits'', released in 2004; and on his album '' Live at Massey Hall,'' recorded in 1971 but unreleased until 2007. In 2025, the publication ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song at number 9 on its list of "The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time." Recording Young wrote th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helpless (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Song)
"Helpless" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) on their 1970 album ''Déjà Vu''. Young played the song with The Band in the group's final concert with its original lineup, ''The Last Waltz'', on American Thanksgiving Day 1976 at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, with Joni Mitchell providing backing vocals offstage. Composition and lyrics In 1951, there was a polio epidemic in Canada and Neil Young contracted polio at the age of five. The left side of his body was permanently damaged, leaving him with a slight limp to this day. He later processed his memories of this time in the song Helpless. The "northern Ontario town" mentioned in the first line of the song has often been assumed to be Young's Ontario hometown. Young said in a 1995 interview in Mojo magazine: The song had already been recorded with Young's band Crazy Horse in early 1969. After Young joined the band CSNY in mid-1969, his new bandmates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man (song)
"Old Man" is a song written and performed by Canadian Rock music, rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Neil Young from his 1972 album ''Harvest (Neil Young album), Harvest''. "Old Man" was released as a single (music), single on Reprise Records in the spring of 1972, reaching number 4 in Canada, and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending June 3. Background The song was written for the caretaker of the Northern California Broken Arrow Ranch, which Young purchased for US$350,000 in 1970 (). The song compares a young man's life to an old man's and shows that the young man has, to some extent, the same needs as the old one. James Taylor played six-string banjo (tuned like a guitar) and sang on the song, and Linda Ronstadt also contributed vocals. In the film ''Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Heart of Gold'', Young introduces the song as follows: He tells a similar story when introducing the song at a February 23, 1971 performance broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of Gold (Neil Young Song)
"Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. From his fourth album '' Harvest'', it is Young's only U.S. No. 1 single. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the '' RPM'' national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972, on which date Young held the top spot on both the singles and albums charts, and No. 1 again on May 13. '' Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1972. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it No. 297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, No. 303 in an updated 2010 list, and No. 259 in 2021. Description The song, which features backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down. He also played his harmonica during the three instrumental portions, including the introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Wanna Dance?
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States ''Billboard'' Top 100 Sides pop chart, No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart, and No. 1 in Canada. Cliff Richard and the Shadows' version of the song reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1962, despite being a B-side. The Beach Boys notably covered the song in 1965 for their album ''The Beach Boys Today!''; retitled "Do You Wanna Dance?", their version reached No. 12 in the United States. A 1972 cover by Bette Midler with the original title restored reached No. 17. Bobby Freeman version San Francisco-born teenager Bobby Freeman had been a member of doo-wop groups the Romancers and the Vocaleers. When asked by a local DJ if he had written any songs, he wrote several and recorded them as solo demos. These included "Do You Want to Dance", which was heard by a visiting record label executive, Mortimer Palitz of Jubilee Records. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Thirteen (Neil Young Album)
''Lucky Thirteen'' is a compilation album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released in 1993. It contains thirteen of Young's Geffen-era songs between 1982 and 1988, including five tracks that were previously unreleased, and three that are slightly different edits to their original versions. It was the first Neil Young album (solo or otherwise) not to be distributed by Warner Music Group. Two years after Young's departure from Geffen, the label, originally distributed by Warner Bros. Records, was sold to MCA Music Entertainment. Young's Geffen-era recordings, now owned by Universal Music Group, represent the only works in his catalog that are not owned by Warner Music Group, with which he has had a long-standing relationship, dating to when his first band Buffalo Springfield was signed to Atco Records (which was actually not a sister label to WBR at the time of the signing, only becoming so in 1967). Track listing Personnel *Neil Young – guitar, bass, synclavier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landing On Water
''Landing on Water'' is the 16th studio album by Neil Young. The album was released on July 21, 1986, by Geffen Records. The album represents a return to a contemporary rock sound after the 1985 country album '' Old Ways'' and 1983 rockabilly album '' Everybody's Rockin'''. Young's record company, Geffen famously had sued the artist for creating albums unrepresentative of his familiar style. For ''Landing on Water'', Young employed producer Danny Kortchmar, engineer Niko Bolas and studio drummer Steve Jordan. The album is noted for its unique production and synthetic 1980s sound with prominent drums, synclavier and synthesizers, giving it a "claustrophobic" feel. According to Young in a 2009 interview, "one record company president in Europe told me it was the most claustrophobic record he had ever heard, and I thought that was pretty cool. He put it on in his Porsche and would turn it up real loud. He just felt like it was all over him." Recording First attempts Like its prede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
