Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Los Angeles 1991 2nd Night Mike Millard Master Tapes / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA 27th April 1991
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In the ongoing release of Mike Millard Master by JEMS, the sound sources he recorded after 1990 tend to contain many surprising artists and concerts. This week too, a live recording of 1991, which can be called a typical example, was released. That is Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s 1991 “SMELL THE HORSE” tour. At the same time as Neil told himself that it was “one of the best tours”, the live album “WELD” was released less than half a year after the end of the tour, which is one of the legendary tours among fans. It has penetrated as.
In addition to such a blessed release situation, the fact that it was a tour that went around only large venues was a disaster, and there was no audience recording with good sound quality, and there were no underground items or sound sources. bottom.
Under these circumstances, it was the masterpiece “HARTFORD 1991” of the UXBRIDGE label that released an audience recording with surprisingly good sound quality. No way, the audience recording of the “SMELL THE HORSE” tour will be released now … It has been highly evaluated as a release received by experts.
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And although it is a rainy day 1991 tour recording by the mirrored recording excavated this time, it was not possible to secure a good position on the same tour with him, and it is a state with a sense of distance as a mirrored recording (recording of the mirrored later years). In proportion to the unexpectedness of the artist’s selection, many sound sources in this state can be seen).
However, it is just a proviso that “as a mirrored recording”, and this is a quality that can reign at the top level from the whole “SMELL THE HORSE” tour of the large venue only, and surpasses “HARTFORD 1991”.
It’s true that I’m not used to the sound of the venue right after the start of the live, so I feel a sense of distance, but the cover of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’In The Wind”, which symbolizes this tour, makes a loud sound. Sound pressure is also improved with Mashimashi. Even if you are not a maniac, you can enjoy the quality with plenty of room, and at the same time, even in such a recording environment, the level of picking up the surrounding sounds is low and it is easy to hear.
And it was a very important day for him to record. Because it was the last day of the “SMELL THE HORSE” tour, and he revealed the whole picture of the day when only two takes were adopted in the album “WELD”.
Neil is fully interspersed with the performance of Crazy Horse, which can be said to be rock solid, as it is the final day of the tour where the heavyweight and roaring sound that was called “Godfather of grunge” at that time became a legend. Immerse yourself in play. In addition, it is unique to mirrored recording that it captures the power and vividness of the roaring sound that echoed at the venue when the deadly “Like A Hurricane” started.
As a matter of fact, the backing chorus of Crazy Horse was almost re-recorded on the album “WELD”, and it was neatly summarized by the effect. When I hear this now, it just feels strange, and the fact that it records the performance status that is unique to an actual live performance is another great thing for the audience. Also, if you compare it with “HARTFORD 1991” which was the record of the first half of the tour, you can see how the performance has evolved.
On the final day of the “SMELL THE HORSE” tour, which saw the light of day with the mirrored recording, the first appearance of the mirrored sound source, where you can fully enjoy the whole picture and the vividness of the heavyweight sound, this is another side of “WELD”!
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