Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 is a live album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. On November 8–10, 1968, Young performed three solo acoustic shows at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The album is compiled from the performances on the 9th and 10th.
Recording The recording of the song "Sugar Mountain" from this appearance was previously released as a single B-side and on Young's 1977 compilation album Decade.
Release This album is Volume 00 in the Archives Performance Series. Since volumes two and three had already been released, this album, though performed earlier chronologically, is the third release from the Series. The Riverboat 1969, released in The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 in 2009, is the fourth Archive Performance Series released but was performed earlier chronologically than volumes two and three.
The album was released only as a CD/DVD set, with the DVD containing a high-definition audio version of the album, playable on standard DVD players. The DVD also contains a trailer for Young's Archives Vol. 1 box set.
A vinyl record version of the album, pressed on 200-gram Japanese vinyl, was released in April 2009.
The album's cover is a photograph of Young taken in 1967 by Linda Eastman, later the wife of Paul McCartney.
Track listing All compositions written by Neil Young except where indicated. Disc 1 (CD) Emcee intro – 0:45 "On the Way Home" – 2:52 Songwriting Rap – 3:13 "Mr. Soul" – 3:14 Recording Rap – 0:30 "Expecting to Fly" – 2:49 "The Last Trip to Tulsa" – 8:36 Bookstore Rap – 4:27 "The Loner" – 4:41 "I Used to..." Rap – 0:38 "Birds – 2:17 "Winterlong" (excerpt) and "Out of My Mind" Intro – 1:38 "Out of My Mind" – 2:07 "If I Could Have Her Tonight" – 2:34 Classical Gas Rap (Mason Williams/Young) – 0:41 "Sugar Mountain" Intro – 0:29 "Sugar Mountain" – 5:47 "I've Been Waiting for You" – 2:04 Songs rap – 0:38 "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" – 4:43 Tuning Rap and "The Old Laughing Lady" Intro – 3:06 "The Old Laughing Lady" – 7:26 "Broken Arrow" – 5:09
Bonus tracks "I Am a Child" (iTunes-only bonus track) – "#1 Hit Record Rap" (hidden MP3 bonus track) –
Disc 2 (DVD-Audio) Emcee intro – 0:45 "On the Way Home" – 2:52 Songwriting Rap – 3:13 "Mr. Soul" – 3:14 Recording Rap – 0:30 "Expecting to Fly" – 2:49 "The Last Trip to Tulsa" – 8:36 Bookstore Rap – 4:27 "The Loner" – 4:41 "I Used to..." Rap – 0:38 "Birds – 2:17 "Winterlong" (excerpt) and "Out of My Mind" Intro – 1:38 "Out of My Mind" – 2:07 "If I Could Have Her Tonight" – 2:34 Classical Gas Rap (Williams/Young) – 0:41 "Sugar Mountain" Intro – 0:29 "Sugar Mountain" – 5:47 "I've Been Waiting for You" – 2:04 Songs rap – 0:38 "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" – 4:43 Tuning Rap and "The Old Laughing Lady" Intro – 3:06 "The Old Laughing Lady" – 7:26 "Broken Arrow" – 5:09
Personnel Neil Young – guitar, vocals, production
Additional roles Joel Bernstein – archiving John Nowland – analog to digital transferring Tim Mulligan – editing and mastering John Hausmann – assistant engineering Harry Sitam – engineering Linda McCartney – cover photograph
DVD production Bernard Shakey (Neil Young) – direction L.A. Johnson – production Elliot Rabinowitz – executive production Toshi Onuki – art direction Will Mitchell – production coordination
Charts +Chart performance for Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 Chart (2009) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 93
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