Randomly Blogged: Paris Photo Gallery, TRANS, ATGR Acetate

Like A Hurricane
Brother Ben & Uncle Neil
Zénith - Paris, France, June 4th, 2009
Photo by Guino Patrice

Nice photo gallery of Neil Young at Paris Zénith, Paris, France, June 4th, 2009 by Guino Patrice on RockerParis.

Thanks Guino!

Also, see Concert Reviews of Neil Young in Paris, France on 6/4/09.

Upon release in 1982, TRANS was pretty much assailed by both fans and critics.

And -- like so much of Neil's '80's work - it has slowly come back in vogue. Particularly in the dark post 9/11 days.



So here's a rather clever animation of "We R in Control" by Christian Madsen of Villainous Turtle Cinema, who made this in 2004 for a talent show in his senior year of high school.

More on TRANS and TRANS videos on The Cedar Lounge Revolution.

A rather remarkable story on a mega rare item listed on eBayof a After The Goldrush acetate:

I purchased this item from Jeff Gold, former Executive Vice President/General Manager of Warner Bros. Records and Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services at A&M Records, who has been collecting records for nearly 40 years. Jeff is a highly knowledgeable individual regarding the music industry and was profiled by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top collectors of high-end music memorabilia in the world.

According to Jeff 's account from Joel Bernstein (musician, rock & roll photographer and good friend of Neil Young), Neil and Joel were at Neil's ranch going though Neil's vast amount of vinyl. Apparently, Joel was helping Neil sort vinyl into a save pile and a discard pile. Jeff's understanding was that Neil tossed this acetate in the discard pile, from which it was then salvaged by Joel. Jeff Gold bought it from Joel, I bought it from Jeff, and such is the history of this unique collectible.

Thanks Robert!

New French Neil Young website: Purple Words on a Grey Background. Merci Jacques-Eric!

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