Neil Young's first ever performance of Harvest (Royal Festival Hall 1971)

[biblerockets]

this guy should start a band

[LeahRayMendez]

I love his intro to the song..."won't remember all the words."

[peteyhook]

im tingling with excitement thinking about hearing this song for the first time ;) jk but the first live performance

[jabuhrer1]

I'm only 6 weeks old & I love Neil Young! I was born 2 months premature & I'm still in the nursery, where all the other babies listen to crap like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Rock a Bye Baby & Lady Gaga. I obviously deserve a pat on the back from random internet commentators for my good taste in music, which will no doubt make such commentators feel good that appreciation of their generation's music is still alive, and make them feel better about their inability to understand today's music.

[CassandraAntares]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

[theBESTdustyrose]

What an honor is it to hear the very first performance of "Harvest". Thank you rammestuss for posting. This is so beautiful.

[tpkat12]

it's a remarkable experience to hear the first performance of a song of such beauty. neil gives of himself in this vocal.

[hdwmn]

I saw CSNY at the one and only get together In Atlanta....what an awesome show....I love Neil!!!

[charles98888]

I saw him at mariposa that summer..unanounced until the end of bruce coburns performance..anyone ot the vid of that?...dylan,joni,lightfoot..­jammed incognito that day..audience of 6...never forget that day

[danpeak]

This song comes from one of my top 10 stranded on a deserted island albums

[prinzonyx1]

beautiful

[PerignonPop]

May this never be taken down!

This version is like a series of colourful flags, all of Peace. And Love.

[j4ck2234]

great upload, ty!

[erielackman]

Simply amazing, I never heard this before. It seems like some of the words in the opening lyrics were changed. Anybody know how to get this recording?

[hugosalarm]

If in 2411 Dylan is thought of as being the Shakespeare of this time, then Neil will surely be the "William" part of that great dramatist's name.

[ArchangelBoab]

A marvellous thing of outstanding natural beauty.

I can't actually listen to this in any way 'under the influence' as it has me howling with tears and alarming the neighbours once more.

Just magnificent.

[fainelovesdimes]

@ArchangelBoab oh yes



[zemzami1]

@ArchangelBoab What do you mean?

[ArchangelBoab]

@zemzami1 Ehm... well, something along the lines of... If this track plays at home when I'm a little 'tired and emotional' (euphemism for hammered drunk) then I will undoubtedly sing along loudly and badly and then probably cry a bit. It has that effect (the booze and the music together)

Which will reach the ears of my long-suffering neighbours who will then wonder who in the building is killing a cat. Do you follow? No? Don't worry about it too much zemzami1...

[gnirogniro]

Stupenda ! Questo album ha segnato la mia adoloscenza..

[11xzxzxz]

Neil is the best of all time in my book and has such a great sense of humor . Not so much here but the guy is very clever in so many ways. 

[sugstal]

Wow....amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)

[MegaCalabash]

I love these spare accoustic sets from the 70s. Are they available on CD?

[timages19]

My favorite song of all time, hands down. I don't care what decade it is, this one never gets old to me. The simplicity is what makes it so beautiful and the words can make me cry instantly.

[jscbloom]

Wow! What a treasure. I hope this recording is archived someplace special (other than on YouTube, of course).

[BhoganFaceBook]

@jscbloom it is :)

[papasieg]

omg almost made a big man cry

[cleanandsober4ever]

Absolutely brilliant!

[MrAndersoncouncil]

I truly pity those incapable of appreciating the brilliance of Neil Young.

[krystelblary]

this is too gorgeous!

[CosmosOfBeauty]

Do you have the file of this that you can send me?

[CosmosOfBeauty]

Fantastic!

[MrBdevine]

Nice recording