High Flyin' Rainbow

Neil Young is releasing a new 'Original Bootleg Series' release called "Somewhere Under The Rainbow" in April. This album features Neil Young with the Santa Monica Flyers, recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London on November 5th, 1973.

The band featured Neil Young (vocals, guitar), Nils Lofgren (lead and rhythm guitar, piano, accordion, vocals), Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar, vocals), Billy Talbot (bass, vocals) and Ralph Molina (drums, vocals).

The setlist features most of the "Tonight’s The Night" album, which had only been recorded a few months earlier, along with a few classics such as "Helpless", "Don’t Be Denied" and "Cowgirl In The Sand". This show is well known for its completely spontaneous and high revved performance and this release comes with sleeve notes from recording engineer Pete Long’s who tries to help listeners relive a place and time that won’t be repeated.

The album is available as a 2 CD or 2 LP set, with "Tonight’s The Night" material on disc one and the other songs on disc 2.

Another 'Original Bootleg Series' release is The Ducks’ "High Flyin’". The Ducks was a band that often made unannounced appearances in their own backyards at clubs like the Back Room, The Crossroads Club, The Catalyst and others, featuring Neil Young (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Bob Mosley (bass and vocals), Jeff Blackburn (guitar and vocals) and Johnny Craviotto (drums & vocals).

This new collection, on a 3 LP and a 2CD set, of those nights, as well as 2 evenings at the nearby Magical Devices studio have been bootlegged for decades, and "High Flyin’" is now an official release.

"Somewhere Under The Rainbow" and "High Flyin’" will both be released on April 14th, 2023, via Reprise Records and Warner Music.