1) Sixty To Zero (Toronto 8-19-88)
2) Box Car (Spokane 2-23-89)
3) Traces (Studio 1973)
4) Sad Movies (London, 3-28-76)
5) I’m Goin’ (Wantagh, NY 9-27-88)
6) I Wonder Why (Studio 1986)
7) Don’t Pity Me, Babe (demo 1965)
8) Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay
(Santa Cruz 6-13-93)
9) Evening Coconut (Springfield, MA 6-27-76)
10) Fingers (Austin 9-25-84)
11) I Wonder (Studio/Winnipeg/4-23-64?)
12) Mediterranean (Studio, mid 1970s)
13) Greensleeves (NYC 5-16-74)
14) Dead Man, Acoustic Theme (promo, 1995)
Sixty To Zero: All 19 minutes of it; this is the complete song. It’s amazing Neil had this one memorized. No wonder he shortened it into Crime In The City. There are some pretty interesting verses here though. I feel bad for the guy who now has no ears.....
Box Car: Train song original with the Restless.
Traces: From the original Tonight’s The Night acetate. This one was also played during the 1974 CSNY tour.
Sad Movies: Picture show tune. A favorite, played early in ‘76.
I’m Goin’: A studio version of this was released on the b side of the Ten Men Working single. It’s rare enough that it was included here.
I Wonder Why: This one has never been played live. A very private song about the challenges of raising a handicapped child.
Don’t Pity Me, Babe: Early demo.
Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay: Written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper (who plays guitar on the original and here), this song was released on Booker T. & The MG’s boxed set, but isn’t in Neil’s catalog yet.
Evening Coconut: A bright moment from the Stills/Young tour of ‘76 before Neil quit the tour....
Fingers: Throwaway/novelty tune; kind of entertaining and humorous though.
I Wonder: Let’s say you are one of Rassy Young’s friends in 1964. You listen to her on the phone talking about her son Neil and his musical combo, the Squires. And she plays a tape of one of their songs on the phone. This is what it would sound like. Recently uncovered from a basement, I’m expecting a clean version of this in the box set.
Mediterranean: Stills was in the studio with Neil when he recorded this extremely rare solo acoustic tune.
Greensleeves: There is a released version of Greensleeves with Neil singing lead on Ben Keith’s Christmas album Seven Gates, sung with Christmas lyrics. This one from the famed Bottom Line show has the original, traditional lyrics some say were written by Henry VIII.
Dead Man, Acoustic Theme: How this one didn’t get on the soundtrack album is a real mystery. The spoken words here were read by the actor Johnny Depp who stars in the Dead Man movie.