Neil Young (Solo)
April 18, 2014
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
Eugene McDermott Concert Hall
Dallas, Texas

Grand Tier F Row F seat 5
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a "time was just a joke" production
edited and uploaded by Patrick the Nowhere Man

Set 1 (51:57):
01. From Hank to Hendix
02. On the Way Home [originally performed by Buffalo Springfield]
03. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04. Love in Mind
05. Philadelphia
06. Mellow My Mind
07. Reason to Believe [Tim Hardin cover]
08. Someday
09. Changes [Phil Ochs cover]
10. Harvest
11. Old Man

Set 2 (49:11):
01. Cortez the Killer
02. Pocahontas [cuts in]
03. A Man Needs a Maid
04. Ohio [originally performed by CSNY]
05. Southern Man
06. Mr. Soul [originally performed by Buffalo Springfield]
07. If You Could Read My Mind [Gordon Lightfoot cover]
08. Harvest Moon
09. After the Gold Rush [cuts in]
xx. Heart of Gold

Encore:
xx. Thrasher


I recently kindly received this recording from timewasajoke. His recording of the preceding night was posted shortly after the show, but no recordings of this second show have surfaced. This happened to be the night I attended, and I always wondered if it had been recorded. Much to my delight, most of it was. However, there are some problems, some minor and some not.

On the bright side, the setlist was a bit longer: he added "Philadelphia", "Reason to Believe", and "Cortez the Killer" and only skipped "Are You Ready for the Country?". Also, the crowd did not heckle Neil as much as the previous night, so he talked a bit more.

The sound is good, but the audience applause is loud. I resisted my urge to smooth those regions, since I figured it was better to leave the sound comparable to the previous night, and I don't think there was much editing of that recording, either. The levels of the music are just a touch lower than the prior night, which might be because timewasajoke was sitting one balcony level lower on the first night.

Now for the problems:
* There were some power issues, and the last two songs were not recorded. (At least they were the same songs played the night prior!)
* Someone can be heard moving down the aisle past the recorder after "Someday" and again after "Changes". Thankfully, this does not interfere with the music.
* The vocals in the chorus of "Old Man" clip in a few places.
* "Pocahontas" cuts in.
* "A Man Needs a Maid" has a series of very brief dropouts at about 1:40.
* "Harvest Moon" has a brief cut at 5:33 (thankfully after the music). There was another dropout in the applause that I repaired.
* "If You Could Read My Mind" has cuts at 5:39 and 6:19-6:23 (again, after the music).
* "After the Gold Rush" cuts in and has another cut at :02. I faded out the applause since the recording cut off during it anyway.

I wrote a contemporaneous review, including a couple pictures. It just so happened that I was sitting two rows in front of the taper, so you can get idea of the view from that part of the venue. Here's the link:
http://patricksmusic.blogspot.com/2014/04/neil-young-live-20140418.html