Neil Young – 1976, Acoustic Young or The Joel Bernstein Tapes

Neil Young
The Complete Joel Bernstein tapes (all 22 songs)
Acoustic soundboard compilation, November 1976

Sources: Tracks 1-9 and 12-22: “Acoustic Young” bootleg Tracks 10 and 11: “River of Pride” bootleg

1. Campaigner, Boston 11/22/76 E
2. Old Laughing Lady, Atlanta 11/24/76 E
3. Human Highway, Madison, Wis. 11/14/76
4. Tell Me Why, Chicago 11/15/76 L
5. After the Goldrush, Houston 11/11/76
6. Harvest, Boston 11/22/76 L
7. Mr. Soul, New York City 11/20/76 E
8. Here We Are in the Years, Atlanta 11/24/76 L
9. Journey Through the Past, Boston 11/22/76 L
10. Heart of Gold, Fort Worth, Texas 11/10/76
11. A Man Needs a Maid, New York City 11/20/76 L
12. White Line, Fort Worth, Texas 11/10/76
13. Give Me Strength, New York City 11/20/76 L
14. No One Seems to Know, Boulder, Colo. 11/7/76
15. Mellow My Mind, New York City 11/20/76 E
16. Too Far Gone, Boulder, Colo. 11/6/76
17. Needle and the Damage Done, Atlanta 11/24/76 E
18. Pocahontas, Atlanta 11/24/76 L
19. Roll Another Number, Boston 11/22/76 L
20. Losing End, Atlanta, 11/24/76 L
21. Love is a Rose, Houston 11/11/76
22.Sugar Mountain, 11/24/76 L

A compilation of acoustic songs from the 1976 tour with Crazy Horse
(the first Crazy Horse tour with Frank “Pancho” Sampedro taking the place of
the late Danny Whitten). Joel Bernstein first connected with Neil a few years
earlier as a photographer, and has played a lot of roles in Neil’s career,
including, most relevant, official archivist.

I don’t know if there’s one agreed upon story about how this tape got out to
traders, one version is that Joel gave the tapes to the roadcrew at the end of the
tour as a souvenir. At any rate, it’s been bootlegged for many years now. Sound
quality is excellent, as it should be for a soundboard recording (Neil records
essentially all of his concerts).