Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968

The Latest Installment in Neil Young's Critically Acclaimed Archives Performance Series - Warner Brothers First Release in Their Limited-Edition Japanese Vinyl Series! Do Not Miss This!

In early 2007, Neil Young’s extraordinary Live At Massey Hall 1971 flashback debuted on the Pop chart at #6, a stunning success for an archival release. Now greet the arrival of Sugar Mountain Live At Canterbury House 1968, another singular installment in the continuing Neil Young Archives Performance Series featuring a 22-year old Neil Young solo and acoustic just days before the release of his self-titled solo debut.

Recorded over the 9th and 10th of November, 1968 at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sugar Mountain documents the launch of Neil Young's legendary career as a solo artist following his departure from Buffalo Springfield just six months earlier. The album includes songs that were written during his Buffalo Springfield tenure as well as newly written material that would appear on his future solo releases. The Canterbury House shows were considered to be an experiment at the time to see how Young's solo performances would be received by an audience who only knew him as part of the Buffalo Springfield band dynamic. The experience erased all doubts and set the stage for an artist that what would become one of the greatest singer/songwriters in music history.

Few people outside of those in attendance at the Canterbury House shows would have known about this performance if it weren't for a 1970 single Young released called "The Loner." The B-side of that 45 was "Sugar Mountain." The live recording of "Sugar Mountain" reappeared as a B-side to the "Cinnamon Girl" single in 1970 and again in 1977 on the greatest hits compilation Decade. Now, over 40 years later you can finally hear the entire long-awaited Canterbury House performance in all its glory here on 200g Japanese HQ Vinyl!

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