''Solo Trans'' is a

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, directed by

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and released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in

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on September 18, 1983, during Young's ''Solo Trans'' tour. Originally released on only

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, the film went

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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.

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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 called in for parts, such as The Pinkettes, The Shocking Pinks' squad of cheerleaders, consisting of Young's wife Pegi, bass player

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's wife Inez and three other young women. Bandmate

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's lawyer Craig Hayes was brought in to play Vito Toledo, the Pinks' fictional manager. Young would revisit this territory years later with the stage show for his '' Greendale'' album. Notable songs included in the film are "I Got a Problem", a

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piece which appeared three years later on '' Landing on Water'', as well as "Get Gone" and "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me", which were not released until 1993 on the compilation '' Lucky Thirteen''. The song " Do You Wanna Dance?", a frequent cover during Shocking Pinks shows, was never released in another format.

Track listing

#" Heart of Gold" #" Old Man" #" Helpless" #"

" #"Don't Be Denied" #"I Got a Problem" #" Hello Mr. Soul" #"Payola Blues" #"Get Gone" #"Don't Take Your Love Away from Me" #" Do You Wanna Dance?"

Additional songs played during the concert but not included in the movie

#"Comes A Time" #"Love Is A Rose" #"Down By The River" #"Too Far Gone" #"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" #"Old Ways" #"Dance Dance Dance" #"Sail Away" #"Powderfinger" #"After The Gold Rush" #"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" #"Sugar Mountain" #"Jellyroll Man" #"Wonderin'" #"Everybody's Rockin'"

References

External links

Sugar Mountain - Neil Young Set Lists
* Neil Young Concert films Films directed by Hal Ashby LaserDisc releases 1980s English-language films English-language documentary films {{music-documentary-film-stub