''Weld'' is a

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and

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released in 1991, comprising performances recorded on the tour to promote the ''

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'' album. It was initially released as a limited edition three-disc set entitled ''Arc-Weld'', with the '' Arc'' portion being a single disc consisting in its entirety of a sound collage of guitar noise and feedback. ''Arc'' has since been released separately. ''Weld'' consists of rock and roll songs by Young and Crazy Horse, duplicating seven that had appeared on either ''

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'' or ''

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'' from twelve years earlier. It also echoes those albums as Young, in both cases having spent most of a previous decade pursuing different musical avenues, returned to straightforward rock and roll via the ''Ragged Glory'' album with Crazy Horse, then celebrating that return with an accompanying live document and concert film. The album includes Young's "

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" version of

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's "Blowin' in the Wind", which has air raid sound effects. Weld was recorded by David Hewitt on Remote Recording Services' Silver Truck. Neil Young states that he permanently damaged his hearing while mixing this album. There was a brief release of the concert on VHS and laserdisc. The mix on the video is by longtime Young collaborator David Briggs and is a harder-edged, superior mix, according to biographer

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in his book ''Shakey''. The video was re-released in May 2009 for digital download.

Track listing

All tracks written by

except where noted.

Disc one

# "

Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" is a song written by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Combined with its acoustic counterpart " My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)", it bookends Young's 1979 album '' Rust Never Sleeps''. The song was influenc ...

" (Young, Jeff Blackburn) – 5:42 (from ''

'') # " Crime in the City" – 6:32 (from ''

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

'') # "

Blowin' in the Wind "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about ...

" (

) – 6:49 # "Welfare Mothers" – 7:04 (from ''Rust Never Sleeps'') # "Love to Burn" – 10:01 (from ''

'') # "

Cinnamon Girl "Cinnamon Girl" is a song by Neil Young. It debuted on the 1969 album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'', which was also Young's first album with backing band Crazy Horse. Songwriting Music Like two other songs from ''Everybody Knows This ...

" – 4:45 (from ''

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' is the second studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released in May 1969 on Reprise Records, catalogue number RS 6349. His first with longtime backing band Crazy Horse, it peaked at number 3 ...

'') # "Mansion on the Hill" – 6:14 (from ''Ragged Glory'') # "Fuckin' Up" – 7:09 (from ''Ragged Glory'')

Disc two

# "

Cortez the Killer "Cortez the Killer" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young from his 1975 album, '' Zuma''. It was recorded with the band Crazy Horse. It has since been ranked No. 39 on '' Guitar World's'' 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and No. 329 on '' Ro ...

" – 9:46 (from '' Zuma'') # "

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer ...

" – 5:58 (from ''Rust Never Sleeps'') # "Love and Only Love" – 9:17 (from ''Ragged Glory'') # "

Rockin' in the Free World "Rockin' in the Free World" is a song by Canadian-American singer, musician and songwriter Neil Young, released on Young's seventeenth studio album ''Freedom'' (1989).Buckley, 1206 Two versions of the song bookend the album, similarly to "Hey Hey, ...

" – 9:22 (from ''Freedom'') # " Like a Hurricane" – 14:00 (from ''

American Stars 'n' Bars ''American Stars 'n Bars'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian folk rock songwriter Neil Young with , released on Reprise Records in 1977. Compiled from recording sessions scattered over a 29-month period, it includes " Like a Hurricane", one o ...

'') # "

Farmer John Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia, in the United States, and an independent subsidiary of WH Group. Founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packing Company by Joseph W. Luter ...

" ( Don Harris, Dewey Terry) – 5:00 (from ''Ragged Glory'') # " Tonight's the Night" – 8:45 (from '' Tonight's the Night'') # "Roll Another Number" – 5:19 (from ''Tonight's the Night'')

Vinyl edition

Disc one

# "

" – 5:36 # "Crime in the City" – 6:33 # "

" (

) – 6:36 # "Love to Burn" – 9:49 # "Welfare Mothers" – 7:08 # "

" – 4:39 # "Mansion on the Hill" – 6:13 # "Fuckin' Up" – 7:08 Written on the inserts and labels as "F*!#in' Up" # "Farmer John" ( Don Harris, Dewey Terry) – 4:26

Disc two

# "

" – 9:47 # "

" – 5:46 # "Love and Only Love" – 9:40 # "Roll Another Number" – 5:20 # "

" – 8:44 # " Like a Hurricane" – 13:16 # " Tonight's the Night" – 8:07

Personnel

–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, vocals ;Crazy Horse *

Ralph Molina Ralph Molina (born June 22, 1943) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse. Born in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth o ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals *

Frank "Poncho" Sampedro Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (born Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria, February 25, 1949) is an American retired guitarist and member of the rock band Crazy Horse, known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young. Samp ...

– guitar, Univox Stringman synthesizer, 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, vocals

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References

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