NEIL YOUNG - Wet Show - Japan 1976

Neil Young - Wet Show - Japan 1976


Neil Young’s extensive tour with Crazy Horse in 1976 comes after the release of On The Beach in 1974 and two albums, Tonight’s The Night and Zuma, the following year. These two together represented an interest by Young in resurrecting his collaboration with Crazy Horse. The former was actually recorded several years before and the latter, releases six months afterwards in December 10th 1975 represents, in the view of many, the pinnacle of Young’s recorded output with the band. The first live appearances with the new Crazy Horse with Frank (Poncho) Sampedro replacing the deceased Dan Whitten consist of four shows in ten days in little clubs and bars in northern California, dubbed the “Rolling Zuma Revue.” An extensive world tour was booked, called “The Year Of The Horse,” beginning on March 3rd, 1976 in Nagoya.

This was Young’s first visit to Japan and he played seven shows in Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Tokyo. All of the shows have been taped and many pressed. The most recent releases include Another Osaka (Screamer), which contains half of the March 4th show, and GFK (Watch Tower) containing the Fukuoka tape. Wet Show, one of two recent Neil Young releases on the Tarantura label, contains a brand new complete audience recording. An older excellent audience recording exists and was released several years ago on You Are Just A Dream (F*!#in’ Up FUPCD-2001/2002), but is missing the second encore “Cortez The Killer.” Wet Show legitimately has the second encore and for the first time this show is complete.


Aichiken Taiikukan,
Nagoya, Japan
March 3th, 1976



Opening,
Tell Me Why,
Mellow My Mind,
After The Goldrush,
Too Far Gone,
Only Love Can Break Your Heart,
A Man Needs A Maid,
No One Seems To Know,
Heart Of Gold
intermission,
Country Home,
band introduction,
Don’t Cry No Tears,
Down By The River,
Lotta Love,
Like A Hurricane,
The Losing End,
Drive Back,
Southern Man,
Cinnamon Girl,
ending mc,
Cortez The Killer

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