Neil Young - A Man Needs a Maid

February 23, 1971 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.... Watch the full show: http://thesixtiesarchive.blogspot.com/2010/12/neil-young-live-in-concert-1971...

"A Man Needs a Maid" and "There's a World" were recorded by Jack Nitzsche with the London Symphony Orchestra, and "The Needle and the Damage Done" was taken from a live performance at UCLA. Background vocals by Crosby, Stills & Nash were recorded by Mazer in New York.

Mixing was done at both Quadrofonic and at Young's house. During playback at the ranch, Mazer ran the left channel into the PA speakers still in the barn and the right channel into speakers in the house. With Crosby and Nash beside him Young sat outside listening to the mix. When asked about the stereo balance, he called out, "More barn."

According to a Rolling Stone interview, Young had wanted the album sleeve to biodegrade after the shrink-wrap was broken, but was overruled by the record company on the basis of expense and the possible product loss due to shipping accidents.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Harvest the 64th greatest album of all time. In 1996, 2000 and 2005, Chart polled readers to determine the 50 greatest Canadian albums of all time — Harvest placed second in all three polls, losing the top spot to Joni Mitchell's Blue in 2000, and to Sloan's Twice Removed in the other two polls. In 2003, Rolling Stone named Harvest the 78th greatest album of all time. In 2007, Harvest was named the #1 Canadian Album of All Time by Bob Mersereau in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.

On October 15, 2002 Harvest was digitally remixed and remastered for the DVD-Audio format. The new 5.1 mix was a minor subject of controversy due to its unconventional panning, with the vocals in the centre of the room and the drums in the rear speakers. Harvest was remastered and released on HDCD-encoded CD and digital download on July 14, 2009 as part of the Neil Young Archives Original Release Series. It is also planned to release the remastered version on audiophile vinyl and in high resolution digital on Blu-ray disc, although release dates for those formats have not yet been announced.

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[leplover1983]

Masterful and stunning. Doesn't get any better.

[mythtree]

Thank you for sharing - just what I needed!

[CassandraAntares]

SO beautiful!!!

[aime1030]

The passion behind the song brings me to tears.

[patjepatatje1958]

ONe of his best songs ever, what a sound, what great lyrics , especially this : A while ago somewhere

I don't know when

I was watching

a movie with a friend.

I fell in love with the actress.

She was playing a part

that I could understand.

In Belgium our artist "DAAN" made a very good cover of this song, also acoustic, on piano, but i don't find it here... up til now...

[BrythonDude]

Truly a legend, Neil you've changed my life and millions around me for the better. Thank you.

[EKArgyropoulos]

So beautiful. So sincere. So human. I adore this song...

[fortepian100]

And I love him for what it is as a man

[NCSpacey19]

Leplover1983 said it best. Doesn't get any better.

[TheChevaldefeu]

émouvante ..sincère ..sublime ....merci !

[EddieKuntz94]

He kinda looks like the cat lady from the simpsons

[samsmumable]

what a sad song :( the girls sat near him looked like they were going to burst into tears .