''Return to Greendale'' is a live album from American-Canadian folk rock musician

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...

and American rock band Crazy Horse recorded in 2003 while touring to promote the album '' Greendale''.

Recording and release

Young announced the ''Greendale Live'' album on his website on January1, 2020 with the intention to release it in the year, alongside '' Way Down in the Rust Bucket'', a 1990 recording of his tour with Crazy Horse supporting '' Ragged Glory''. The album was initially announced for release on June19 before being delayed until its release on November6. A

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edition was screened in SanFrancisco and via the ''Movietone'' section of Neil Young's Archives website. On September25, Young revealed that the album would be released on

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, and the concert film edition on

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and

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with the documentary ''Inside Greendale''.

Track listing

#"Falling from Above"– 7:41 #"Double E"– 5:31 #"Devil's Sidewalk"– 6:22 #"Leave the Driving"– 6:33 #"Carmichael"– 10:39 #"Bandit"– 6:34 #"Grandpa's Interview"– 13:23 #"Bringin' Down Dinner"– 3:16 #"Sun Green"– 12:18 #"Be the Rain"– 8:19

Personnel

Neil Young and Crazy Horse *

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– drums, vocals *

Billy Talbot William Hammond Talbot (born October 23, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse. Music career Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age o ...

– bass guitar, vocals * Frank "Poncho" Sampedro–

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electric piano *

– guitar, organ, harmonica, vocals, art direction, design Additional personnel *Chris Bellman– mastering at Grundman Mastering *Gabe Burch– mixing assistance on "Bandit" * dhlovelife– art direction and design * John Hanlon–

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and mixing on "Bandit" at The Village and master transfer assembly *John Hausmann– mixing assistance, except on "Bandit" *James Mazzeo– illustration *The Mountainettes (Twink Brewer, Nancy Hall, Susan Hall, Pegi Young)– backing vocals *Tim Mulligan– editing and mixing at Redwood Digital, except on "Bandit" *John Nowland– mixing assistance *Harry Sitam– technical support

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2020 live albums Neil Young live albums Crazy Horse (band) albums Concert films Warner Records live albums