Solo Trans

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Solo Trans
Solotrans2.jpg
LaserDisc Front Cover
Directed by Hal Ashby
Written by Newell Alexander
L.A. Johnson
Neil Young
Produced by Jeanne Field
L.A. Johnson
Elliot Rabinowitz
Neil Young
StarringNewell Alexander
Inez Drummond
Craig Hayes
Rosemarie Lovell
Connie Simmons
Neil Young
Pegi Young
Cinematography Bobby Byrne
Music byNeil Young
Elliot Mazer
Tim Mulligan
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
60 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Solo Trans is a concert film by Neil Young, directed by Hal Ashby and released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on September 18, 1983, during Young's Solo Trans tour. Originally released on only LaserDisc, the film has since gone out of print.

Contents

Neil Young released the film exclusively on his on-line archive, Neil Young Archives on November 16, 2019.

Information

During a typical show, a "live" video broadcast made up of various video clips from Young's career, old TV shows, and commercials were played on a giant screen in the background, dubbed Trans TV. This film is presented as an episode of Trans TV. After Young would finish his "solo" portion of the show, The Shocking Pinks would come out for the encore, as he was promoting Everybody's Rockin' at the time. As the tour progressed, Young got more and more into making the encore section a full-on stage act. Friends and family were called in for parts, such as The Pinkettes, The Shocking Pinks' squad of cheerleaders, consisting of Young's wife Pegi, bass player Tim Drummond's wife Inez and three other young women. Bandmate Ben Keith's lawyer Craig Hayes was brought in to play Vito Toledo, the Pinks' fictional manager. Young would revisit this territory years later with the stage show for his Greendale album.

Notable songs included in the film are "I Got a Problem", a Synclavier piece which appeared three years later on Landing on Water , as well as "Get Gone" and "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me", which were not released until 1993 on the compilation Lucky Thirteen . The song "Do You Wanna Dance?", a frequent cover during Shocking Pinks shows, was never released in another format.

Track listing

  1. "Heart of Gold"
  2. "Old Man"
  3. "Helpless"
  4. "Ohio"
  5. "Don't Be Denied"
  6. "I Got a Problem"
  7. "Hello Mr. Soul"
  8. "Payola Blues"
  9. "Get Gone"
  10. "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me"
  11. "Do You Wanna Dance?"

Additional songs played during the concert but not included in the movie

  1. "Comes A Time"
  2. "Love Is A Rose"
  3. "Down By The River"
  4. "Too Far Gone"
  5. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
  6. "Old Ways"
  7. "Dance Dance Dance"
  8. "Sail Away"
  9. "Powderfinger"
  10. "After The Gold Rush"
  11. "My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)"
  12. "Sugar Mountain"
  13. "Jellyroll Man"
  14. "Wonderin'"
  15. "Everybody's Rockin'"


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