Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD-A)

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Product Description
Now greet the arrival of 'Sugar Mountain- Live At Canterbury House 1968,' another singular installment in the continuing Neil Young Archives Performance Series. On this CD+DVD set, recorded in Ann Arbor, MI, November 9-10, just days before the release of Young's self titled solo debut, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in rock history is heard solo and acoustic at the height of one of the must tumultuous and creative periods ever experienced both in music and culture. This set contains a CD featuring 14 tracks, a DVD disc including a high resolution audio mix of the album plus a 5 minute trailer for the archives set.

Album Description
Recorded over two nights in November 1968 at The Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Sugar Mountain album documents the launch of Neil Young's career as a solo artist following his departure from Buffalo Springfield just six months earlier. Captured on a TEAC two track tape recorder, the album offers a glimpse into the development of a legendary artist. The album includes songs written during his Buffalo Springfield tenure and newly written material for future solo albums. There are several moments of witty, engaging banter. These shows were an experiment to Neil would be received by an audience who knew him as part Buffalo Springfield. The experience erased all doubts.

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5 out of 5 stars

Canterbury House still rocks! December 3, 2008
90 out of 95 found this review helpful

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 into an innovative coffee house ministry, oriented toward those who were turned off to all things establishment, including main-line churches. The stellar musicians who performed here included Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Odetta, Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, the Byrds, and Janis Joplin. Many of these concerts were recorded, and the tapes given to the artists. The venue was intimate, as can clearly be heard on this recording of Neil Young's performance here on Saturday, 9 November 1968. This was his first performance as a solo artist after the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, and indeed this recording includes many of the songs that were hits for the group, including "On The Way Home," "Mr. Soul" and "Broken Arrow." All of the songs on this album, stripped to the bare essentials of voice and guitar, demonstrate the purity and simplicity that has made Neil Young a wonderful songwriter for decades. The dialogue on the recording demonstrates a youthful shyness and a natural ability to connect with his audience.

Canterbury House remains to this day a venue for prophetic music. Our concert series features primarily jazz and experimental idioms. Those of us who were young people in 1968, Neil Young included, "can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain" any more; but it's nice to know Sugar Mountain is still there.

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4 out of 5 stars

The sweet sounds of Neil Young December 2, 2008
32 out of 35 found this review helpful

The sweet sounds of Neil Young.

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 I can imagine myself there in the audience in an intimate setting with Neil and a few friends.

The recording was made after the breakup of The Buffalo Springfield. There is some Springfield stuff here as well as some songs that would make it on to his first solo album like Last trip to Tulsa. The last trip to Tulsa is every bit as good live here as the studio recording. The acoustic Mr. Soul has a very different feel here. Expecting to fly is also every bit as beautiful and pleasing to listen to as the Buffalo Springfield studio version.

There is some funny and interesting banter between the songs along with Neil making some anecdotal comments about the songs. At one point he takes requests from the audience. With the CD you get to hear the entire show from beginning to end.

The DVD is only so-so. It does contain the entire audio track of the CD but other then that It's mostly just short clips and an advertisement for his upcoming anthology (archives). I too wish the DVD concert footage, that was part of my expectation when I bought the CD\DVD but the reality is that this concert probably wasn't video taped.

The sound is very good for 1968. While it is a live recording there is very little crowd noise. There is also a little hiss but it doesn't distract from the listening pleasure.

The time is a little more then 70 minutes........... but it's easy to lose track of time while listening to the CD because it totally immerses the listener in the beauty of Neil's voice, song writing and performance. Find the one you love, put on the cd, turn the lights down low and have an introspective, romantic evening courtesy of Neil Young.

5 out of 5 stars

DVD is not just for video people!!!!! December 3, 2008
18 out of 26 found this review helpful

This is another release from the Neil Young Archive Performance Series, which was recorded in November in 1968 at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor Michigan. This live show produced the other side to the "The Loner" single in 1969. The recording was made not too long after his final departure from the Buffalo Springfield and before his first self-titled album so most of the songs hear are being heard by the audience for the first time. Due to the format at the time (portable reel-to-reel) and the intimate nature of the venue there is some tape hiss audible but not enough to take away from the enjoyment of the music. Look at it as an historical document.

To make it clear as possible:

1.This set comes as a CD/DVD package!
2.The CD is in standard audio!
3.The DVD contains the same program in High Resolution audio just like the previous releases in this series!
4.The only "video" on the DVD is a trailer for the "Neil Young Archives Vol.1 (1963-1972) box set. The rest is just images and menu options!
5.There was never a film of this concert to the best of my knowledge!
6.You are getting (2) discs (one for the car and the other for your home) for $14.99. That is LESS than a regular CD! To those who have complained about being "ripped off," you people are NUTS!

According to a Q & A on the Neil Young fan-site "Thrasher's Wheat" this set and the previous releases in the "Performance Series" will be included in the often-delayed "Neil Young Archive Box Set Vol. 1 1963-1972." And if you were wondering why certain songs are on not some of the NYAPS releases is probably due to the fact that it was held back and to be used for the Blue Ray version. You will be able to download content via the internet and included it into the "timeline" which is a feature only with the Blue Ray version. So "I Am A Child" from the "Canterbury House" recordings may be used for that purpose.

So as for "Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968" Buy it, sit back, SHUT UP! and enjoy the music.

1 out of 5 stars

You call this a DVD? December 3, 2008
17 out of 39 found this review helpful

What a ripoff! Yes, the CD is very good, Neil in his early days doing music the way he's always done it best, stripped down to its essentials. A man alone with just his voice and guitar. It makes a perfect duet partner with his first solo album.

But this is billed as, and priced as, a "CD/DVD." A double disc set.

THIS IS NOT A DVD.

I thought something was wrong with the DVD player I put it in, so I put it in another one. Then I put it in my computer. NOPE...there is no video footage of the concert, just a static still shot of Neil. Believe it or not, there is a director listed on the DVD...Bernard Shakey, which most Neil Young fans will recognize as one of Neil's pseudonyms. Come on man.

I am so disappointed in Neil Young for foisting this so-called DVD on his fans. This is the one guy from his era that I thought would not sell out.
What rubbish.

Neil and company: PUT THIS OUT AS A SINGLE DISC CD, PRICED APPROPRIATELY, AND FORGET THE SO-CALLED DVD. YOU HAVE DAMAGED YOUR REPUTATION FOR HONESTY, FORTHRIGHTNESS AND REFUSING TO SELL OUT WITH THIS.

Damn, buddy...what a letdown.

3 out of 5 stars

What's the use? December 2, 2008
16 out of 32 found this review helpful

If you put out a cd/dvd, I would think the purpose of the dvd is to have the visual concert footage, right? Wrong. What they give you is audio only. It's 24 bit! Who cares. What's the purpose of the dvd for sound only. The entertainment business cries poor, always, yet they're the biggest crooks with these overpriced scams and they deserve the drastic decline they're experiencing. The concert was great, it's 5 stars, but that's not the point here. When releasing an "archive" type of recording like this in two formats, they should be different.

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