Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts @ Chicago, IL 2025-08-27

 

LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME

this was pretty good. I also listened to The Dead Weather today but realized Jack wouldn't approve so I deleted it. 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/qkmeYWyb

https://neilyoungarchives.com/

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2025-08-27

Taped by:
EnglishSkylarking
https://etreedb.org/EnglishSkylarking
https://www.youtube.com/@EnglishSkylarkingLive

Location:
Far left side grandstands near the front

Gear:
> Audio-Technica AT943/Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8 w/ 4.7k mod
> Sony PCM-A10 (Input level 9, 24/48 WAV)

Processing:
*tested through Etymotic ER4s and Sony SS-CS5 bookshelf speakers
> iZotope RX 11 (Claps attenuated with de-click module, some whistles and wind rumble removed with magic wand and lasso, 24/48 WAV)
> Sound Forge Pro 16.1.4 (Right channel advanced 2 samples, minor EQ, minor limiting, normalization, fades, 24/48 WAV)
> Audacity 3.7.5 (Ducked a few loud sections of cheering, 24/48 WAV)
> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, 24/48 WAV)
> TLH 2.8.4.185 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)
> Sound Forge Pro 16.1.4 (Resampled, dithered, 16/44 FLAC)
> TLH 2.8.4.185 (SBEs fixed, FFP)

On this night Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts was:
Anthony LoGerfo - drums
Corey McCormick - bass
Micah Nelson - guitar, lap steel, backing vox
Spooner Oldham - organ
Neil Young - vox, guitar, harmonica, reed organ

Play Time - 01:48:58
-intro- ~
Ambulance Blues ~
Cowgirl in the Sand
Be the Rain
-banter-
Southern Man
Ohio
Silver Eagle
Looking Forward
One of These Days
Harvest Moon
Singer Without a Song
-banter-
Mr. Soul !
-banter-
Sun Green
-banter-
Big Crime
Like a Hurricane
Name of Love
Old Man
-banter, band intros, encore-ish-
Hey Hey, My My
-outro-

~ due to technical difficulties there is a 40s cut and crossfade after coming onstage and into
  Ambulance Blues, then another 10s cut and crossfade 6 minutes into the remainder of the tune.
! Buffalo Springfield
@ New tune; see lyrics on the 8/28/25 post of the Times-Contrarian https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1

Notes:
Neil made it to Chicago this time! There is some minor phasing throughout from the persistent mild breeze
along The Lake. There are some spots of minor wind rumble, but it's not really that distracting; I removed
the few really bad spots in iZotope. The band never left the stage between Old Man and HHMM, possible since
Spooner is in a wheelchair after breaking his pelvis several days ago while balling too hard- thus my use of
"encore-ish." Good sound overall.