Neil Young goes record shopping, finds his own bootlegs (1972)

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

This video made me feel like I was actually standing in that record store in 1972 watching everything take place. What a great piece of historical footage.

[@BillySBC]

Definitely

[@ruste9565]

Exactly! Really nice, and Neil Young is the same asshole in 1972 that he is in 2022

[@jlambe19]

Yea i can smell Neil Young through my computer.

[@robertjames7389]

100%

[@Voodoo66Chile]

100% felt like I was standing in there seeing shit go down. It's like peering thru a window in time, Neil was not having that bootleg.

[@NeilTaylor1]

That note from Neil to the store owner would now be worth a lot more than a bootleg LP.

[@startervisions]

Well, yeah...but he didn't know, poor guy lol

[@andrewcross8244]

That note ain’t worth a roll of toilet paper

[@NeilTaylor1]

@@andrewcross8244 whatever you’re paying for toilet rolls, you must have the world’s most pampered bottom.

[@animaljustice7774]

Yep

[@RareVBlue]

@@andrewcross8244 if it had his autograph on it its about 300 bucks.

[@davidsax4460]

The most uncomfortable moment of that poor record store clerk's life captured on 16mm film 50 years ago.

[@gregduffell234]

I don't think that was 16mm film. I think it was video and probably a professional video company Young hired going by the brief shot of the boom mic. Probably shot on 3.4" U-matic.

[@studio11_]

@@gregduffell234 It looks like film. It has dirt specks and it appears to be playing at 24 frames per second which is the standard frame rate for film.

[@gregoryduffell71]

@@studio11_ I stand corrected. I also noticed that in the opening footage, and carrying on for a little while, there's a hair fluttering in the gate at the bottom. Also, a flash frame is visible between the shot of the record store without Young and the one of him in the store. There is a frame line visible in the early footage. Interestingly, the hair in the gate disappears (which is a little unusual because once present they almost never go away on their own). I see the 24 FPS you speak of (the repeated 4th frame going frame by frame). I also notice what might be an A-B roll edit artifact on the cut when he's showing the bootleg to the guy over by the bin. But otherwise this is extraordinarily clean 16mm footage with very little grain noticeable. The dirt specks you refer to occur very rarely. I also find it odd that the transition from the lighting of the record store and the outdoor night footage is so seamless. Usually with film there would have to be a major adjustment. Also, in filming under florescent light, there's usually a green tinge. 16mm reversal stock was common in this era (no negative). It would be very interesting to know how this footage survived in such a pristine condition for so long and how it was transferred to video.

[@FCBfullMatch]

@@gregoryduffell71 also, at 10:03 the roll of film runs out and you can see them quickly putting the camera down to change the film before Neil gets on the phone with the manager.

[@jb6879]

he seemed to handle it alright. I suspect he was worried it would be deducted from his own pay.

[@simplechronology2605]

For anyone curious, this shop existed for several years in the late 60's/early 70's. It was called "Stereo Cartape", which originally had the address of 1454 N McCadden Place, around the corner from Sunset Blvd, which is the side entrance of this building. By 1972, the main entrance was on Sunset Blvd. Due to its proximity to Sunset Strip, it actually wasn't all that unusual for a Neil Young to stop in. The building has since been demolished.

[@allancerf9038]

Great information, thanks. I love the small size of the shop, but very, dunno 'attractive,' that little shop.

[@kevinbishop7512]

Was there a Metrodome in LA? This is pin pointed to either November or December of 1971. The Rolling Stone December 1971 issue with Pete is on display. They usually get them earlier then the month and then leave them up during the current month. The clerk mentioned the Swap meet at the Metrodome, so I am guessing Minneapolis?

[@simplechronology2605]

@@kevinbishop7512 I'm not sure I understand what you are asking...? Minneapolis Metrodome was not constructed until 1979-1982. And this is quite clearly Sunset Blvd, not Minneapolis.

[@kevinbishop7512]

@@simplechronology2605 Thanks! I heard him say the Metrodome Swapmeet. I did watch Journey through the Past last night.

[@KeizerHedorah]

@@simplechronology2605 hopefully they went out of business shorty after this was filmed🤘☮️☮️

[@alejandrocastillo9209]

Imagine Neil Young walking into the Spotify headquarter offices pulling this shit

[@evancrouch9939]

He did haha

[@alejandrocastillo9209]

@@evancrouch9939 some men just stick to their guns 💪

[@frankrizzo5710]

The part of his catalog he still owns?

[@naui_diver9290]

It would take forever to violate their servers

[@John6-40]

Neil Young = Good music and bad politics.

[@RODRIGOR300]

The atmosphere of this video is amazing and represents the 70's more than Taxi Driver.

[@נירבראהרון]

Just watched Taxi Driver for the 1st time, amazing movie

[@JL-mu9sl]

The 'atmosphere' is the tracking shot. No edits. No cues. It was a 70's staple to achieve cinematic realism.

[@flutebasket4294]

Scorsese would be proud of this cinematography

[@Rickie_Speed]

Probably because it’s real life…..

[@rocknepoovey4381]

Without a .44 magnum inside a woman’s cunt

[@leokimvideo]

I would be more worried if I wasn't finding my stuff bootlegged

[@robertmcmanus9185]

Yeah, maybe not back on 1972. Record sales were the way bands made their money, as opposed to touring like today. My September 1982 ticket for The Who and The Clash (with David Johansen) was $15.

[@leokimvideo]

@@robertmcmanus9185 And today it's iTunes and Spitify who milk the money as the bands slave away touring. Sad how the whole music game flipped

[@robertmcmanus9185]

@@leokimvideo Spitify. Hmmm I love that! Did you coin the term? Copyright it now, it's great. That said, lots of one hit wonder bands (okay, some of them had some minor hits to be sure) back from the 70's got the gold ring with that one killer 45 that is still played every day across North America and they still make a living off their catalogue. Minor bands can play 10-20 dates in a small geographic region hitting the larger bars and get $30,000+++ each night. If they keep their road costs down they can do very well. That said, leokimvideo, Spitify should be against the law. They need to pay bands a fair share.

[@gadblatz4841]

@@robertmcmanus9185 Man, 30k a night is a stretch for a minor band. Last show I played at a "major bar" in a big city paid out 300 dollars. Split that three ways and it doesn't matter what your road costs are.

[@realscience948]

Yes..he should be proud! I have bootlegs that you simply can’t get…period! Worth a fortune to a collector!

[@ParamotorSteve]

The fact that Neil Young is walking around a record store and no one is freaking out or hounding him shows how different life was back then.

[@jissanhuq3792]

This was in LA. Even now that would not happen with the biggest stars… That why they like it here, they can go on with their lives and not really be hounded

[@andy8073]

They didn't even know who he was..lol The one guy says 'What's with the camera?' lol

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@jissanhuq3792 ....Not true, it depends on the artist. You think if Beiber walked around by himself people would leave him alone...not a chance.

[@jissanhuq3792]

@@Johnnywhamo in a record store in LA. Yes. I’ve seen huge pop stars in grocery stores. Nobody does anything cuz it’s just not cool unless you’re a tourist

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@jissanhuq3792 ......Really, exactly which huge pop stars have you seen alone in grocery stores?

[@tfd829]

Neil Young berating a record store employee about a bootleg while "Your Mother Should Know" plays in the background is the perfect summatioon of 1971.

[@robertmcmanus9185]

If Neil was berating him, it would have been a lot more severe. Neil was pretty level throughout.

[@southernbreeze3278]

@@robertmcmanus9185 he was absolutely berating him, way more than an hourly employee there deserved

[@robertmcmanus9185]

@@southernbreeze3278 Look, if you work in the record world (and I have for many decades) and you're not prepared to acknowledge that bootlegs exist, I just don't know what to say. That said, as I mention further on, I don't believe this clip is "as represented". It all seems staged to me. Someone comes into the store with a camera (they were large and impossible to hide in the 70's and there's not a single reference to "What are you doing with a camera in here?"). Neil walks out and then the employee follows slowly and Young is just sort of hanging around. I didn't get it at first, but I think we've been conned! Hahahaha.

[@JMarinelli]

Imagine if Croz had walked in instead.

[@dezznutz3743]

@@robertmcmanus9185 Just stop. Neil Young is an a-hole and every objective person understands this.

[@isrulius]

I wish we had more footage like this from the past. It’s a snapshot of history and I love it.

[@Humma_Kavula]

Theres TONS of footage from then. What on earth are you talking about lol Acting as if the 70's were a hundred years ago

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

@@Humma_Kavula They mean more along the lines of the candid type stuff like we have nowadays. Most of what everyone sees from the past are in books, news broadcasts, or government curated snippets of the world state. What a lot of people really take for granted right now is the fact that we are going to have TOO MUCH documentation of this era because everyone now has a half-professional camera in their pocket. Options like that did not exist until a little over a decade ago. This is the immersive type of footage that really puts you there in that moment. Kind of the same effect videos have on me that are just a guy walking around Japan, at night, in the rain.

[@seanx666]

Same vein kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCTi2aJjt1ritk

[@mmaaggiiccddjj]

@@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls yall need to look into the internet archive

[@ibm_businessman6033]

Well said man​@@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls

[@mylo9753]

dude the way this is filmed and the quality makes me feel like im actually there, so sickk

[@sstaners1234]

I like how he respected the shop worker enough to not want to get him in trouble that he brought the record back.

[@timprescott4634]

He didn’t give a FUCK. Young was being his typical dick self…

[@skyhigh6089]

Well, I don't like how he took the record in the first place. I think he realized he was stealing something and could get in serious trouble.

[@reddkard]

@@skyhigh6089it was an illegal Live Bootleg. The only person getting in trouble would have been the store owner

[@vinto34]

Plus a broken candle that one of the film crew knocked off the shelf.

[@reddkard]

@@vinto34 Neil paid for the broken candle

[@scottblack9213]

Wasn't it so cool that record stores opened at night? Take me back to 1972!

[@rockingtr1]

Yeah man. All those vampires in 72. Shit was real.

[@knottsscary]

What time would they usually open?

[@hellrazorofficial9178]

Scammers are open 24/7

[@animaljustice7774]

Yes

[@Valkonnen]

In NYC in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's , many record stores were opened at night. Bleeker Bob's and all of the record stores on St. Marks Place were hot at night.

[@mrcumberbottom6561]

One of the the best rock history moments captured on film, absolutely incredible, and almost 15 mins to boot. Green eyed lady playing, looking at the "new" Dylan record, seeing how popular 8-tracks were getting, how calm and chill everyone was even when someone was trying to "steal" a record, or seeing how artists used to fight back against pirates, to the god damn Craig display in the background, truly amazing piece of footage.

[@raffaelevalente7811]

I have a few of the vinyls you can see at 0:44 _Sunfighter_ (1971) by Grace Slick and Paul Kantner I was 14 back then. We were poor and my music was on cassettes recorded by richer friends. I started buying my vinyl when I was 19

[@justicegusting2476]

I have a copy of Captain Beyond and Glass Harp you can buy. $46. Let me know.

[@konstantinov]

@@justicegusting2476 Phil Keaggy is GOD!!!

[@tomlovejoy1534]

I recall Sugarloafs Green Eyed Lady was released in 1970..and A.M. radio played the song 24/7! 😎

[@aquatarkus2022]

Today there would be a lot of screaming and cursing by both parties. Reality TV has corrupted people's minds to the point they think that's normal and accepted behavior.

[@fartkerson]

That timing on Strawberry Fields was beautiful. And then they walk back in and "Strawberry fields forever." That was killer.

[@wungabunga]

Mad to think that it hadn’t been released all that long before this was taking place.

[@sorendomaschofsky6617]

The "mother should know" when he's explaining it's a bootleg is a weird timing also

[@MIKE-TYTHON]

@@sorendomaschofsky6617 the weirdest timing is bluejay way with the lyrics please don’t be long as soon as he starts sifting through the records aha

[@ifinitesimilarity]

Also "Your mother should know" as the clerk is being chastised!! Haha

[@CycolacFan]

What’s amazing is the video hasn’t been pulled down for the Beatles copyright violation 🙂

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

He didn't go record shopping. He went looking for the shop with his bootleg that someone snitched on. He took a cameraman.

[@jerryjonas8178]

snitched ? Sorry that store is taking away his livelihood

[@allancerf9038]

Someday you'll utter another non-sequitur and again, the universe will take no notice. We thought you a fool until you typed your remarks - and removed all doubt.

[@Chris-lm5dp]

@@jerryjonas8178yeah man someone who makes a lot of money is surely gonna go broke over…checks notes…. A bootleg that sells for like $20

[@22NL22NL]

Kudos to the shop assistant for handling a difficult situation with professionalism, respect , manors and decency.....

[@hihunter7]

People just had more decency back then

[@thegrandpencil4374]

@@hihunter7 The internet has taught everyone to be assholes.

[@broncobalboa]

@@thegrandpencil4374 wrong, the internet gave assholes around the world a platform where they can be assholes anonymously.

[@yesterdaze114]

It was the 70s when being a decent human being wasn’t unusual.

[@cbf63]

Now todays owners would call the cops because someone was recording!!

[@keithclark486]

Meanwhile the dude standing there waiting has a box full of his bootlegged 8 track tapes he's delivering.

[@MrJjs77]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@richmoreno9938]

Totally! 😂

[@stevieG.]

Yes, Neil let that one go I think he might have sensed trouble otherwise.

[@kevsta67]

were they bootleg 8 tracks or just used. some places used to buy and sell used casettes,8 trackas and albums

[@legacyXplore]

What made me feel very small was glimpsing the cars driving by outside. I just thought they all had life on their mind and felt whatever they were going to do was important. Little did they know 50 years later someone would glimpse them passing for fraction of a second from inside the record shop. It’s just crazy. Life goes by so fast.

[@MelodicBox]

I know right? The fact that the camera could only capture this little moment in time inside that store, and the fact that, meanwhile, the world kept going on outside... It's like realizing your own world it's not so important after all. A couple of streets away there's another story to be told and a huge world to discover. A world that won't ever be the same again tomorrow... There's something so beautiful yet terrifying in the concept of time

[@legacyXplore]

@@MelodicBox well said thanks. I was struggling with trying to convey my point. You helped.

[@TRJ2241987]

I remember being at my grandparents once , they were both such sharp people to the end, when they were in their mid 80s and they were talking about their parents, my Grandma's brother was there too, who was about 15 years younger than her, and at one point she turned to him and said, "Ohh....I really miss Daddy" and the way she said it was as if the six year old version of herself was still inside that elderly body as if it were yesterday......that always kind of haunted me. The guy would have been like 120 years old and she still missed him.

[@xxczerxx]

YES. That's what it is exactly, that particular thing (cars moving by) felt so surreal to me that I actually felt dizzy. Something about them being in motion, doing their own thing outside of this video, in 1972....and here I am watching it in 2022.

[@orfeo793]

There's a word for that feeling (one of my personal favorites): sonder

[@CrisPinto]

Wow. That one moment where they stood out of the store, I could literally feel like I was there with them. 1972. What a time it must have been to be alive. So nostalgic.

[@goldenhourkodak]

Any time in the past is nostalgic. And it would be unremarkable and boring to be there at the time. People will say the same of today.

[@johngore7744]

@Al Swedgen I don’t agree. I think the passage of time brings nostalgia. I’m 61 and my folks ( who lived til their 90s) used to say how much fun they had growing up. Yet they were born in 1918 and 1925.In lower working class east end Montreal. Mom too. Both to British immigrants. Dad was born during the last year of the Spanish flu and WW1 He worked at 12 to help support his family and did high school at night. My Moms parents were equally poor. Her Dad got a job as a machinist because he was a good footballer and the company team needed one. That was during the depression. My Dad told me they got welfare and he described how it worked. The welfare people came over , went thru the ice box and pantry , made his Mom empty her purse his Dad his wallet and then they’d decide how much to give them. It was a government thing just city volunteers. Pretty humiliating. Still they both talked about how great their childhood was and all the things they did. Dances. Skating skiing going ‘up town’ visiting the countryside. Listening to Big Band tunes. My Dad was in the RCAF during WW2 and eventually became an educator. We had a small house on the suburbs growing up and didn’t have a lot but didn’t really care. So really I think we nostalgicize our youth regardless of its short comings.

[@DeathByDegrees10]

@Al Swedgen That’s kinda the conundrum though, right? You can’t imagine people being nostalgic for now because you’re living in the now

[@liquidbraino]

I was two years old when this was filmed and have very few; very faint memories from that era. I'm not obsessively nostalgic like most Millennials are but damn, if I had a time machine I'd love to go back. Much simpler times, before the internet; cell phones and the government spying on everyone then calling it "bulk collection". There was no censorship on social media because we didn't have social media. It's not like people didn't have problems back then but if I could have known then what I know now... and relive those years knowing everything I know now, I'd probably do a few things different.

[@musicom67]

@@goldenhourkodak Yup. and that other dude just wanted to unload his 8-track tapes and was getting impatient..."What's with the camera?". Thought maybe Allen Funt was gonna come in next (old timers joke)...😜

[@BarberBobDetecting]

Love the way the employee is unimpressed by “the artist.”

[@alaindounont4310]

@@howardkleger Perhaps he don't know Neil Young !!!

[@brandonvalentine2555]

@@alaindounont4310 he works in a record store. In the 70s. Of course he knows who neil young is

[@melodymakermark]

I don’t think he did. Didn’t he say “I’ll look you up” or something as Neil was leaving.

[@leahflower9924]

Employee didn't realize this guy sang cowgirl in the sand lol

[@alaindounont4310]

@@brandonvalentine2555 Are you sure at 100 % ??

[@collinmc90]

I bet that guy behind the counter still tells this story to people. "one time Neil young tried to shop lift from me"

[@alanmalcheski8882]

You mean one time he caught him shoplifting. The other times he would just walk outside and sell the album, then get another one. I mean, it's his album, so...

[@erepsekahs]

This is a clip from a movie made by Neil Young in 1973. It is a film autobiography by the name of Journey Through The Past. You can read more about it in Wikipedia. Neil Young owns the rights to it which is probably why, when it was originally posted, it was removed...and probably will be again.

[@erepsekahs]

@@scooter2163 It has been misrepresented and the source obfuscated. As I believe I mentioned, I have a strong feeling because of that Mr. Young will ask that it be removed.

[@cowanthegreat8966]

@@erepsekahs yeah, whiny little bitch.

[@erepsekahs]

@@cowanthegreat8966 You are very amusing. May I take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones Happy and prosperous New Year. Much love to all of you from The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. May God bless you and relieve you of all your sins.

[@susanneosborne7861]

Big fat nugget of gold is this. I grew up in L.A.; 16 at that time, so in a flash I'm right back there. Giant hit of nostalgia to my core.

[@User0000000000000004]

You see people? THIS is the correct usage of the word nostalgia. This person was alive at the time and experienced the world as it was at the time this was filmed. Young people pay attention, you can't feel nostalgia for something you never experienced. The word you're looking for is history, not nostalgia.

[@TylerSparks]

@@User0000000000000004why do you have so much hatred for young people?

[@chaliwen7217]

@@User0000000000000004 if you , like me grew up in LA in the 70's then I am pretty sure you know that Prince Andrew was the Least of the offenders, not saying he is not a bad guy - just sayin...and this is a great vid!

[@erikrhafer6644]

Is this in la ?

[@johnwilkesbo]

Well isn't that special!

[@williammeier4534]

It's hard to believe this footage is now over half a century old! I was 4 going on 5 at the time this was filmed and was barely aware of Neil Young back then. The other comments below by other viewers are priceless and very informative of the time and place. I almost felt as if I was there myself! Thanks for sharing this.

[@williammeier4534]

@@redbug3777 I turned 5 that month.

[@williammeier4534]

@John Smith The album cover of his I remember seeing back then was After The Gold Rush. Whether Harvest or After The Gold Rush, you win either way!

[@reginaltkoralewski2944]

A ja 16 !- i już słuchałem Younga bo film z Woodstock i jak zagrali CSN&Young i inni na tym już wtedy legendarnym koncercie zaszczepił mi jeszcze większą chęć poświęcenia się muzyce( słuchaniu i przemyśleniu co jest co )!- Rengi Kid from Poland!🤠👍🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@hollygolightly7475]

That kid was so lucky being 3” away from Neil Young, Great clip

[@stevedrums1675]

I was 2!!!😂😂😂

[@turnerthemanc]

He broke the candle and paid for it. He's got a heart of gold.🤣

[@wildmano1965]

Neil Young was kind of a dick...I mean, if you want to investigate copyright theft, go to the source, not the vendors.

[@BlackRider115]

Even gave it a sniff

[@paulgentile1024]

" fool on the hill"... soundtrack to this in the background..😂

[@hogwash3337]

Great musician... But he's a cunt

[@wesleychang1142]

"I always wanted a candle'"

[@Fordham1969]

The thing I love about this on a personal note is the way it transports me back to my 8 year old self in 1972 living in a house with Beatlemaniac older siblings and listening to the Magical Mystery Tour album as they are here when it was only a five year old record.

[@johngore7744]

Yeah same here I was 11 the youngest of 4. There was always music.

[@hihunter7]

I know, I loved hearing those songs. It really put into perspective for me how revolutionary their music was for their time. People today don't have as good a grasp at really understanding that. Just incredible.

[@hotliner2872]

Yeah, seemed an odd choice to be playing in a record shop when so much good current music existed. Guessing the guy just liked it, but still weird.

[@pradabears]

⁠​⁠@@hotliner2872What would you consider normal if The Beatles are a weird choice?? Lmao

[@davidevans3175]

For context this record store was only about a mile from Laurel Canyon Blvd, where the entire early 70s singer songwriter movement lived - Joni Mitchell, Neal, Stills, Crosby, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Mama Cass, etc. Then further down Sunset another mile was the Sunset Strip with everybody else. "Blue Jay Way", playing on the radio, is just above Sunset in an area called "Birdland" where all the streets have bird names. George Harrison was renting a house from the Beatles US attorney Robert Fitzpatrick and wrote the song waiting for Eric and his buddies to get the house, very difficult to find up there. In 1971 this area was ground zero for the music business and for the whole 70s music scene. You could see anybody on the street - Hendrix, Townsend, Donovan, anyone. Though this record store thing was obviously staged, it was certainly not uncommon to see him walking around. At the Country Store on Laurel Canyon you could easily run into Jim Morrison buying a sandwich or Crosby buying munchies at midnight. In the other direction on Sunset a few miles down was the entire TV industry. All that stuff has mostly moved away.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

It wasn't stage/. The guy in the store must know it is Neil but plays dumb to avoid being responsible for the bootleg. A friend of mine told me George Harrison once walked into a Russian record store in 1980 took like a dozen bad boots of himself. He told the guy in the store "I'll be back one day better not be restocked. I dont care about the Ringo or Paul boots just mine"

[@djtoona]

Did you become particularly familiar with any artist in the music scene back then? Any stories you care to relate?

[@oyajiblues]

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink He means that Neil set it up. Going in with a camera.

[@harveycan5820]

Great point David. I used to go up to Blue Jay Way to get high with friends or make out with a girl. It's a cul de sac at the top and had an amazing view of the city. Two of the streets on the way up are Oriole and Thrasher, I remember that. You start from a corner on Sunset where there is a famous liquor store. It's a few blocks west of where the Roxy and the Rainbow were located.

[@spiritof6663]

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink George Harrison was never in Russia in 1980. The story is apocryphal. Besides, bootlegs were the ONLY way Russians could hear rock music at that time, I can imagine Harrison having some sympathy for that fact.

[@earthtobellapt.2]

neil young really pulled a “i’d like to speak to the manager”

[@MichaelC1998x]

Total Karen, "i played on it , that means its mine"

[@hotliner2872]

@@MichaelC1998x Correction, I think you misunderstood. This is total Neil: You stole my music, which is mine and I'm taking it back (fair enough, it was an unlicensed bootleg after all, guessing you missed that part? This is why in the day of videotapes and DVD, they all started out with that weird "FBI $250,000 piracy fine" message. This is why Napster was shut down. This is stolen property after all?).

[@gusto401]

@@MichaelC1998x it's a BOOTLEG album, they aren't allowed to sell it. They stole his music and had it in the store for purchase.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@gusto401 nope. Karen.

[@romeisfallingagain]

everyones got a little bit of karen inside them

[@bhamacuk]

I'm not into Neil Young but watching this it's fascinating and really does take you back in time. Store guy did good. Wasn't fazed and stood his ground. I wonder if he's still alive and recollects this moment

[@henrikpersson4698]

if he's alive i'm pretty sure he'll remember, lol

[@runningkirkwa2934]

Probably about 75 years old now.

[@fartkerson]

Not even Buffalo Springfield?

[@alcoholya]

Store guy was a fucking idiot.. what in the hell are you babbling about.. he's selling illegal bootlegs. He knows what's up.

[@charleswillsonpeale5739]

How could one forget this experience ? Having Neil Young personally come in and, claim his ownership to his copy righted material. IMO the shop owner got off easy, after all, he was caught red handed in possession of stolen intellectual property. Moreover, the shop was trying to profit off of said stolen intellectual property. It's an open and, shut case IMO, Young has the evidence documented in this video.

[@timbir]

I love how songs from Magical Mystery Tour are just playing in the background

[@robgriffin4801]

Surprised youtube didn't pull the video in a meta version of what Neil is doing here

[@allancerf9038]

Also Green-Eyed Lady with the heavy dissonant chord.

[@shyman99]

This video was originally removed from KZbin because it was a bootleg video of a Neil Young performance. ;)

[@daveidmarx8296]

Plus in the background the 8-track of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour was playing.

[@djtoona]

And then Paul McCartney sues Neil Young for posting Beatle songs on KZbin?

[@shyman99]

@@djtoona - Don't degrade Paul by believing he could have the same temperament as Neil Young .

[@djtoona]

@@shyman99 Well, when he met at the station,, I was standing with a bootleg in my hand. However, he had his polygon in his hand, so I booked out of there.

[@mogasmpig5196]

@@shyman99 Faul.

[@sunnyd6019]

LOL what is even better is that the guy working did not even know who this was. Man could you imagine having that note still, what a treasure to have all these years later.

[@danielk9067]

I think that guy definitely knew who he was dealing with but didn't want to get in trouble so feigned ignorance about as much as he could. He works in a record store for crying out loud, he has to be knowledgeable about the popular musicians of the time. He 100% is aware of who that man is even if hypothetically he may or may not be a fan of his music. The other people in the store didn't seem to recognize Neil, since he sort of comes across as a down to earth regular guy, but they would probably be amazed upon realization as well. This is like if Ed Sheeran made an appearance today, everyone knows who he is.

[@bobd9868]

Where is that guy today? Anyone know if he’s seen this?

[@michaelharrison350]

14:46 Exactly! I mean he had no clue who he was talking to 😅 And Neil’s always been a distinctive looking cat, ya know?

[@Prezzen77]

@@danielk9067 For sure. @4:36 "I don't listen to records, I only have a tape player", like the two formats have entirely different music catalogues... Guy was definitely just being difficult.

[@staceymcgrath890]

He probably doesn't give a flying fk!

[@edwardbliss8931]

The guy in the record store sure does a good job avoiding eye contact with a camera filming right in front of his face

[@animaljustice7774]

He’s supposed to 😊. ( I was a film major in college)

[@jimmycampbell78]

If everyone was supposed to ignore the camera was there, its kind of undermined by the folks later in the video who ask “why is there a camera”

[@Lambert58-v9i]

That’s not Neil young. It’s all bubkis!

[@harveycan5820]

And who put the camera man there? It seems like a staged event but still entertaining.

[@alaindounont4310]

​ @@Lambert58-v9iMy advice too...!

[@MattyRox]

The record store kid is smart.

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

He handeld the situation, like a real pro TBH

[@ralex3697]

What is amazing about this is a lot of the brilliant music hasn’t yet come out. Early 70’s much more works of art to come out. Amazing

[@nielsdaemen]

5:50 "I can't afford a record player" that hit hard

[@cagedbutterfly93]

The 70s equivalent to not being able to afford a PS5.

[@keithadams812]

Not true guys record players were at Woolworth for $9... He cant afford the highly expensive record player he wants... they're talking about 8 tracks that was supposed to be the beginning of the end for record players and so record players were everywhere cheap

[@keithadams812]

When this was recorded in 1972 record players were around for 80 years

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

The BS I could smell from that comment the store assistant made hit hard among his denial of knowing what records were being sold there etc. 😂

[@robertmcmanus9185]

@@Eleventhearlofmars Hahahahhaha!!! Right on.

[@daveidmarx8296]

It'll be interesting to see if this video is allowed to stay up due to the fact that they are playing the 8-track of Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles in the background.

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

It was up a few years ago then it got removed so hopefully this one stays

[@KabobHope]

It will probably stay but be demonetized.

[@seankiv]

It got flagged for auto-detected copyright when I uploaded it, I appealed and it was approved. So we’ll see.

[@KabobHope]

@@seankiv It's a cool vid. Where else you gonna see NY buying records. Pretty cool, indeed.

[@alvogeljr]

Yeah because people will come to this video to hear Magical Mystery Tour lol.. record companies suck and KZbin sucks also

[@Mikethemenace415]

I wonder if that record store clerk is still alive..That would be a trip to see him now

[@allancerf9038]

He'd be around 70. Very probably is. Probably unaware he's been immortalized.

[@Nick9Three]

Cameras truly are windows into the past, love seeing old footage, doesn’t matter what the content is. Thanks for sharing

[@brunobailly7013]

LOL Store clerk : "It's not my place I don't know what's going on" The Beatles : "Your mother should know..."

[@melissaevans6464]

Wow, what a flashback. Back then I was a poor hippie college student. I knitted scarves like his for everyone. Unique world back then.

[@Angus1966]

Yep , i have long hair now in 2022 , i can be treated as a freak by some .

[@rickbarkley3617]

Hi do you still knitted scarves ! I would love one .

[@Lambert58-v9i]

I hate the Neil is such a d*xk! Sad

[@b3astlyify]

I wish I could go to college. But ya know, I'm not a boomer

[@eddtard2686]

@@b3astlyify What's stopping you? Fucking Walmart offers free college. You'd rather disparage an older generation for your lack of ambition.

[@chrisstanton5253]

For anyone who wasn’t around pre personal computers or cell phones notice how slow paced life was. People didn’t sit around with an endless need to fidget with their fingers or have to be reaching out to someone at that moment. I’m surprised he even got through to the boss. People weren’t always on call back then or waiting to hear from someone. Not saying it was better or worst just different.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Oh god you fuckin boomers are so stupid

[@aniquinstark4347]

@@GeorgeTropicana What part of his comment do you disagree with?

[@steverobinson364]

It was better.

[@bigblueassbaby9074]

It was better.

[@thomsboys77]

OK Boomers

[@eileencastillo6323]

Wow. Rare moment captured in early 70's like it is done billions of times every day now. The guy filming had a camera, not a phone. In a record store! The Guess Who and The Beatles playing. It's like a time warp moment. How is this dude not freaked out that Neil Young just walked in the store? Listen to Neil talking. So so cool. Rare find. Thanks for sharing. 😊✌💙

[@__GALLANT__]

I liked the opening song . . . "Green Eyed Lady" (Sugarloaf) Great song.

[@allancerf9038]

He didn't know who he was, for one. I'm in a minority here. I love this video it's absolutely amazing. But I think that kid was incompetent for 1972 or 3072.

[@autismguy2060]

I cant believe someone was casually vlogging 50 years ago , it blows my mind

[@shyman99]

Staged event was obviously staged.

[@daveidmarx8296]

@@shyman99 Yes, obviously staged as real life didn't start happening until the 2000s.

[@CrimeSchool138]

You mean filming life.That started about a century before this video.

[@shyman99]

@@CrimeSchool138 - You mean those old 9mm video cameras that were used around that time that were expensive to buy, use, have film developed, and the quality was almost always crap? Unlike the professional equipment this random person off the street seems to be using? The same camera operator the store clerk has no issue with filming inside the store (and is even okay to let him come behind the counter) even though he knows the store is being busted with doing something illegal? Gullible people will be gullible.

[@geraldjensen9399]

@@CrimeSchool138 man I'm bored, I'm the Chairman...

[@garycitro1674]

The handwritten note with Neil's phone number on it would now be worth a hundred times more than the bootleg.

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

This is absolutely amazing, I was drawn into the store and felt like I was right there, shopping, listening, footage like this is timeless, thank you 🎶🙏🏼✌🏼

[@rayjr62]

"It's not my place I don't know what's going on." Quite a thoughtful, vivid description by this fella. I get the funny feeling that this wasn't the first time Neil came across bootlegs of his recorded work (and probably not the last time, either).

[@BMarie774]

I also get the feeling he didn’t stumble upon this lol. I have a feeling someone tipped him off.

[@rayjr62]

@@BMarie774 Agreed.

[@69Mucci]

And over the last few years, Neil has started putting out these old bootlegs himself... with the original artwork. So it took 50 years, but Neil ultimately got his revenge on the bootleggers.

[@FeistyGirl23115]

@@BMarie774 I keep wondering who was filming this. So I think you may be right. He knew what he was looking for.

[@vhscopyofrainman163]

And the Beatles just playing in the background. What a trip

[@bedford4383]

Seems too perfect lol

[@harveycan5820]

Blue Jay Way is about 5 minutes up the hill from Sunset and Doheny.

[@leahflower9924]

He was good looking back in the day just saying 😍

[@scotsman6712]

Dirty damn hippy,stealin records.

[@Billyd4Reel]

Huh?

[@Silverlining1111]

What a lovely vibe, sitting in a music shop, listening music, meeting music lovers, talking with artists, enjoying day and night street view. The customers are cool, wearing sunglasses at night. Dreamy.

[@paulgentile1024]

👍

[@mauriciocalderon8641]

Lovely Vibe until Neil Young came in...

[@morsteen]

Yeah, you'd have to pay like 5,000 for a VIP ticket to meet anyone famous now lol.

[@stephaniebaker1542]

And nowadays, the celebrities can't step foot into a public place like this, without being surrounded by an entourage of hangers on and bodyguards.

[@ADrunkBassist]

I was dying when the dude came in to sell bootleg 8 tracks.

[@rogerw-interested]

surprised neil didnt ask if he had any young or CSN tapes

[@greenmantis2158]

Same 😂... I know he drove away in a camero

[@rickshannon2044]

Not bootlegs. Used tapes.

[@theOneTheHunter]

I love this snapshot in time, great upload.

[@alextainted]

This video is so soothing somehow. The colors, the sounds, the manner and respect as they speak to each other even in this weird situation. Great experience!

[@thomsboys77]

And yet it’s people from that generation who have now turned into the Karen’s we have today

[@ghostsofnormmacdonald2446]

@@thomsboys77 Maybe because they didn't have to deal with ghetto rats and drag queen pedos back then like they do now.

[@JD-nq4vb]

@@thomsboys77 Wow, what an idiot. Think about what you wrote and what that says about YOU, and what/who that makes you, who YOU are, but I doubt you have the self-reflection to see it. But WE DO!

[@JD-nq4vb]

That's how cool it was back then and why they say it was the best time to be growing up in the 70's and 80's...If you weren't there yourself and already know that.

[@bradfilms8278]

It feels like a dream

[@pazuzu-gb7ok]

Its cool to see things like this before you were born, KZbin is like a time machine, I was born in 73 and remember just a little from that decade. Thanks for posting. 👍👍

[@-danR]

I came to this video cold and assumed today's Neil Young would be looking for 1972 bootlegs, just for amusement or curiosity. I was wondering "When's Neil Young appear?!... wait... is this clickbait?... who's the dude with the beard... is Neil doing the filming?..."

[@Shtf132]

This video brings the 70s out of a mythical and legendary time period for me Gen Z

[@allancerf9038]

You have the best comment of all. I wish I could get you about 500K thumbs up. The video is simply amazing for we older folk who were around (if young) in those times and apparently, for Gen Z, too.

[@TronDumele]

As someone who wants to open up a record store. This is about the coolest piece of media I think I’ve seen. I love the vibes, I love how small it is, I just love it all

[@sillyworm]

Do you love that these 2 geeks didn't even recognize Neil

[@TronDumele]

@@sillyworm I mean I probably wouldn’t be able to recognize any famous people who came in to my store, I’d try to be a little more polite I would like to think.

[@rk3689]

MAN, would I love to walk into a store with "Green Eyed Lady" playing now.

[@Unus_Annus_]

I always loved the bass line on it

[@stephaniebaker1542]

It was this video that compelled me to add it to my Spotify Playlist. Great song

[@jasonabbott5546]

Why didn’t this ever happen to me? I worked at a record store for three years and Neil never walked in, or any other rock star. But it was a dream job. All the chicks that came in, got to listen to music all day, got the great posters when they got changed out. I miss record stores.

[@stevekelly2018]

My buddy was minding our store when Thurston Moore came in and asked if we had any Sonic Youth lps, he said Nah, I'm not really into Sonic Youth not knowing who he was talking to. One day when I was working the U.S. ambassador turned up with his whole security detail which was pretty weird, they all stood outside and blocked people from coming in. He bought a copy of Workingman's Dead.

[@danmartinez5502]

In 1972 record companies were selling out the back door product like crazy. It was well known by people in the industry. I know cause I was there in the retail record business in the 70's.

[@billg7205]

Absolutely. It would otherwise be difficult to make a decent bootleg recording back then.

[@ralphgarcia913]

I remember seeing a friend in college in 1978 and he had a Beatles 8 track with the label that had a drawing of all four Beatles. It was called the Revolutionary Beatles. He lived in Taos, New Mexico and that's where he bought it. The drawing and label was cheap but the 8 track looked like it was not amateur.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To Dan Martinez. What do you mean, "out the back door" - does that mean legally produced records being stolen by record company employees, and then sold as Bootlegs,?

[@nygelmiller5293]

@@billg7205 from Nygel Miller. I disagree about being potentially impossible. I went with my friend to an open air concert, and one of the performers was LOU REED. I'd not specially been a fan or anything till saw whst a great live performer he was! I'd brought my Phillips tape cassette recorder, to make a souvenir of the show, to take home. Great. But my friend said it came out so great, it could be made into a bootleg, and that he knew someone who would do it. Then I could make some money , he said! But I told him I'd read that artists coming from the U.S.A. to the U.K. were about to stop coming, because they they would get bootlegged. So I certainly didn't let anyone do that with my tape recording!

[@billg7205]

@@nygelmiller5293 I have no clue what you're disagreeing with about being "potentially impossible" and really don't care. I'm not a mind reader.

[@jayddd4946]

At the end, Neil says I heard they sometimes sell these at swap meets, clerk says OH, GOD YES, then he backtracks. And he works at a record store in the 70s and doesn't play records. And then he charges Neil Young for a broken candle, after illegally selling bootlegs of his work. Neil was amazingly calm. I guess even back then some people didn't understand the value of real music and artists, and that stealing is wrong. Today it's 100 million times worse, and very few people care.

[@ToddDouglasFox]

My sentiments exactly. The kid was out of it and just wanted to get the “encounter” over with as quickly as possible. I’d love to know what the “boss”, Barry, said on the phone to Neil and what this kid thought after he found out who was in the store. I hope he regretted trying to pass the buck and not engaging. This is an example though of how guys functioned back in the day. They didn’t really listen very well and they didn’t engage. It’s almost like the reptilian brain was in their forehead. Additionally, everything was about the job. Amazing, so well captured and not much of it about a celebrity, mostly about society.

[@jethrotull6933]

Nevermind the fact that many artists actually release their own bootlegs. Do they pay the other performers and anyone else involved in the recording of those bootlegs? It's a live show and the real bootlegs are the ones recorded from the audience and usually sound like crap, but they're still a nice snapshot of the actual show. Other bootlegs are taken from the soundboard which the artist is aware of. Owning and selling bootlegs isn't illegal since these aren't licensed recordings to begin with. If they were, then no one would be allowed to cover another band/artist song live. It's a slippery slope trying to navigate through that copyright mess. Pirating, on the other hand, like Russia is known for, involves making exact copies of a musician's recordings and selling them for profit.

[@JamieTransNyc]

I love this trip down memory lane, the clerk writing out a receipt long-hand, and being honest enough to try to protect the financial interests of the owner.

[@xavierxavier6329]

Boomer.

[@Big_Wamu]

"Honest"?.... yeah honest though to protect a guy selling bootlegs and scamming artists... "Honest".... bah!

[@DiabloOutdoors]

My god, you are so gullible... He was trying to protect his own arse, not his boss.

[@JamieTransNyc]

@@DiabloOutdoors His "own arse" was not in any danger... but his boss' profit margin was in danger, and he moved to protect it.

[@JamieTransNyc]

@@Big_Wamu Yes, honest enough to follow a customer out of the store and say "Hey, you cant take that without paying." I wish I had employees this honest.

[@AlexHamelMusic]

In all fairness, I feel for that employee. Can you imagine explaining that to your boss the day after? "Where's that missing record?" "Neil Young stole it boss!" Neil Young. Songwriter by day. Avenger of copyright by night.

[@hazysativa3045]

Yep, LSD would certainly be in question...

[@neandrewthal]

In all fairness Neil Young was a dickhead then and is a dickhead now. And I say that with love as he is my favorite artist.

[@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes]

We use to have someone take a box full of records at a time at my store. I think it was some sort of protection racket and to be fair they did come through one time. I remember my boss telling me, don't play him the good stuff lol.

[@JoeSzilagy]

Good point! The boss replying, "Neil Young?!", then sending the guy home.

[@rk3689]

You say: "I gave it to him and he gave me this autograph for the store. Look! It even has his phone number!"

[@danielcombs3207]

This is a awesome video. I definitely felt for the employee. I also understand Neil taking issue with his music being sold without compensation. He created the music and someone else was profiting from it.

[@1060michaelg]

daniel combs I can't say that the employee generated any feelings of empathy from me. He was defensive, his pathetic "I'm just a night clerk what don't listen to anything..." then puts on Magical Mystery Tour. The "You broke the candle" was the kicker. I wanted to set him alight...better take a Xanax.

[@djtoona]

@@1060michaelg Don't forget his attempt to say that he didn't know his boss's name

[@1060michaelg]

@@djtoona Exactly. Now James Moore said, "He didn't give a shit who Neil Young was. He didn't come from a soft generation." Talk about missing the ENTIRE POINT. I am not a violent man, but I wish for just ONE day I could be a Mulah and saw some heads off of stupid people. Ahh, that was too far...

[@danielcombs3207]

@@1060michaelg Hahaha! I do agree with you. The clerk was covering his butt for sure. It was fun to watch Neil in 1971 protecting his music. I think he handled himself quite well.

[@1060michaelg]

@@danielcombs3207 Agreed, Neil's emotional gyroscope (which CANNOT be said of Will Smith...too soon?) was undisturbed and Neil was restrained, polite and persistent. The kid? Ughh...he's a born informant, you just have to know what I mean, it's a little abstract because I can't distill it down. These people saying, "Neil was acting blah blah blah...and the kid was not blah blah or cared that Neil was a blah, youtube b.s off the rack comment blah."

[@zackjamesmitchell]

Neil used to have to personally reclaim bootlegs one record store at a time, now he just has everything removed from Spotify without having to leave home. Life is so much easier now.

[@__GALLANT__]

But he has to call Spotify and ask for the owner. . . . . . "Hey. This is Neil Young." . . . . "Who?" . . . . "NEIL YOUNG." . . . . . . . "OK geezer. What'dya want?" . . . . . "I'm taking this album and I'm not paying for it . . ya hear?"

[@starcloud4959]

So much easier today, but at a cost , like a huge cost to happiness and freedom.

[@stephaniebaker1542]

And did you see how long it took for that credit card transaction? Now you just tap your card on the reader and bounce.

[@unclerhombus]

Neil just caved and went back to Spotify.

[@trr5291]

He did have his music put back on Spotify once he got over it.

[@alexbowen7484]

I have been thinking about this video recently when reading about him removing his music from Spodify

[@andrewscrazy]

Boy I miss all those trips to the record shops when I was younger, I feel like I could just put this in full screen mode and just step right back in to it. 😲

[@allancerf9038]

Right? We need a 3-D version of this.

[@Roger__Wilco]

I wonder if Neil still has this record stashed somewhere at home, it would be so cool if he saw this footage and remembered it and found it to show us lol

[@leahflower9924]

I like seeing him looking at records with Joni Mitchell's picture in front they are what represents Canada in my mind lol

[@robertsheward9336]

probably sold it for 20 bucks!

[@bodbn]

He sold his whole catalogue to Black Rock investment goup for 200 million.

[@STPfuzzDemon]

Look like one of the covers has a huge pic of Crosby.

[@kerrgal]

​@@leahflower9924That stood out for me, too!

[@pattelino9466]

I miss those times so much 💔 The limitations of not being able to get any music in 1 second made it so much more magical

[@stickyfox]

if Neil had known in the 70s what music licensing would be like today I'm sure he would have been like "oh bootlegs, cool... no biggie."

[@steveperry1344]

such a great snippet in time, the late night small record shop, young neil young, the clerk, the albums and the music.

[@konstantinov]

Just the fact that it was LATE NIGHT .... that era is disappearing as Gen Z would rather play TikTok on phones than explore the night

[@ranxer0x]

Even the customer with his box of 8 tracks coming in to sell them with his Anton Chigurh hairstyle lol

[@Buccarado]

@@konstantinov complete bullshit. as a gen z'r you realize the ways of listening to music have changed obviously for worse - but thats just how it is now. only children use tiktok, really. i know a ton of people who are completely indifferent towards social media and love music just as much as anyone else does

[@konstantinov]

@@Buccarado No, you are right, I appreciate you! You seems like a younger guy. Please keep rock and roll alive.. The Right-Wing Republican fascists will kill it, so I LOVE your enthusiasm ..... Fucking rock and rolll man !!!

[@Buccarado]

@@konstantinov yeah it's an uphill battle but that's the cards we're dealt. Stay safe man rock on

[@erepsekahs]

This is a clip from a commercial film made in 1973. 'Journey Through The Past' is a 1973 film by Neil Young. Originally shot in 16mm format and then transferred for theatrical release. The experimental film is a self-directed combination of concert footage from 1966 onward, backstage footage and semi-fantastic art film-like sequences. You can learn more about it from Wikipedia.

[@danielcombs3207]

Thank you for the information I never saw either this clip or his film.

[@leahflower9924]

I'm trying to figure out why you're stealing the album....because it's mine! 🤣

[@erepsekahs]

@@davidbuxton9937 Perhaps Neil Young WAS a bit unreasonable. He, or someone, maybe Frank Zappa, did claim they had an unreleased recording of Crosby, Stills Nash and Young fighting in the dressing room at the Fillmore East. (that's the advantage of meeting OLD people like me) you can listen to it here on KZbin. Go to: Do You Like My New Car? (Live At Fillmore East / 1971)

[@erepsekahs]

@@danielcombs3207 Spread the word about the following: Just to amuse all you young folks you can go here to hear Frank Zappa's recording of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fighting in the dressing room at the Fillmore East. Go here on youtube: Do You Like My New Car? (Live at Fillmore East/71) Let me know how you like it. . I have the original vinyl record.

[@alphabeets]

…and now Neil is getting screwed again with this clip up on KZbin and no royalties to him for it.

[@geekayeltd]

It's impossible to imagine that scene in today's world. what a nice glimpse back into a world that doesn't exist anymore. love it.

[@Christian-fu8vx]

I would wish this wonderful time back when most people had much respect!

[@animaljustice7774]

This is awesome! Thank you for this upload. I love these film clips from way back on how life was back then. Makes me wonder also what Neil was worth back then but I’m sure he was doing just fine, houses and cars cost a lot less back then. Cost of living, etc

[@billg7205]

I believe he had already bought his CA estate by 1972.

[@cianomalley]

@@billg7205 He mentions having bought his ranch in the 1971 BBC live performance, if that's what you're referring to :)

[@billg7205]

@@cianomalley The video I watched from back then was filmed at his ranch.

[@hollygolightly7475]

He was doing fine back then

[@stephaniebaker1542]

This is back in the day when houses in Laurel Canyon, just right up the road from the record store in this video, were renting for $100-200 a month, and you could buy a bungalow type house there for under $100,000. Now, you'd be lucky to find a small shack there for under 2 million.

[@TheChadTI]

This was amazing. I feel like I saw a rock hitory moment (well, yeah). Thank you for posting. You don't often get to experience something like this on KZbin. God bless 🙏

[@bradmyers7109]

This employee at a RECORD STORE obviously knows about bootleg albums that were selling all over the country . I was a teenager during these times and would see bootleg albums being sold in every record store I went into. I saw bootleg albums from some of the top rock and roll bands like the Beatles, Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. The vast majority of record buyers during these times knew about albums that were produced without the permission of the record label or the artists. I think it would have been great if Neil had asked him a question. Have you heard of a band called Buffalo Springfield ? Employee : Of course . We sell a lot of their records .Neil Young says....

[@couchman-sw6jy]

That’s what I was thinking. The employee looked like he knew what was up but didn’t want to admit it.

[@bradmyers7109]

@@couchman-sw6jy So true .

[@Gino565]

The guy doesn’t even listen to records. The mental gymnastics here to justify Neil young berating a guy just doing his job is insane, and very telling as to just how pathetic people can be. I bet you’d applaud at someone for yelling at a waiter as well. Classless.

[@ADrunkBassist]

@@Gino565 the employee knew he was selling bootleg records. Want proof? A guy comes in halfway through the video and asks if they buy records. He tells the guy he buys 8 tracks. Then he tells Neil he isn't involved in any transactions while he's about to do a transaction with the guy holding a crate full of bootleg 8 tracks.

[@patientzeropoint5271]

"I'll be sure to look you up". I would've loved to see him realize what level of artist he just had an interaction with. Great video.

[@danielk9067]

Was he not being sarcastic? I thought he was feigning ignorance to avoid any trouble, you'd think a record store employee who's spinning Beatles albums and knowledgeable about the latest Bob Dylan release would probably recognize Neil Young, of famous bands including Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and with major album releases at the time such as After The Gold Rush and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere. He was one of the biggest music stars in the world.

[@jissanhuq3792]

@@danielk9067 definitely was just lying Left and right to do just that.

[@kengruz669]

What's the last thing he says as Neil is departing? "I'll look you up."

[@michaellaverty1844]

Old record stores were the best. I could spend hours look through albums. You never new what you could find.

[@MsThebeMoon]

This is soooo 1972. I feel almost like I walked into a time tunnel. Someone needs to come up with a film 3D of the 70's where there are mall walks and record stores --- and concerts of the legends and the muscle cars and van paintings. Maybe it was all so cool because of my coming of age and being a teen at the time. The war to express one's own style in hair and dress was finally won.

[@MrLtia1234]

That war never stopped - some of those people grew up to fight against the next generation doing the same in teh 80s/90s and now that generation seem even more angry with the new generations desire to express themselves. History just repeats itself... except sadly not with the music...

[@postatility9703]

A very enjoyable time capsule of a great period of the rock vinyl era.Neil finding Neil is hilarious 😂Kudos to whoever filmed this,which is truly a classic reality short feature.The kid was lucky that Neil wasn't in The Mob!

[@toernebohmite]

They're called records. No one called them "vinyl"

[@kathk3203]

Fake

[@maxpower92]

If it was Peter Grant he would had busted the place up.

[@olliepops1124]

Great artifact, this video. Reminded me of the story of John Fahey going into record stores after recording and pressing his Blind Joe Death and just casually slipping copies of it in the rows as he was flipping through.

[@charliestehlin506]

I grew up on Long Island listening to Neil Young music back in the days when radio had depth, when you never knew what you were going to hear next, before the corporations bought them all out and started feeding us mindlessness.....WPLR, WUSB, WLIR, WPKN....... Some of the first few albums in my collection were Neil Young's 'Harvest' & "Everybody knows....." I respect the man, not just because I grew up listening to his music, but for who he is and what he has become as a true down-to-earth human who is not afraid to stand up for what is right and just. We need more people to speak up such as Neil is not afraid to do; as he had done regards Spotify.... even knowing he might lose money. He's not out for himself! That my folks, is what the true American spirit used to be about!

[@marcofalancia9553]

And from a Canadian too.

[@bobgrassoalsowelcomeharris8399]

I used to work for WLIR in my college days. I started playing some of my own music....I didn't last too long after that. Anyway, this video is incredible!

[@charliestehlin506]

​@@bobgrassoalsowelcomeharris8399 ​ @BOB GRASSO Also, welcome harristeeter1 viewers! 'LIR' as they used to say. Them's were the days when radio was good! Amazing how fast the times goes by! This 'is' a good video, a pre-planned one evidently as per the camera filming the whole event. Neil had every right to walk out with those bootleg albums, or was it one album I forget. Bootlegs weren't always what they were cracked up to be as sometimes the finished boot was not to perfection. What I mean by this is...I bought a bootleg Pink Floyd album once and it wasn't cheap. When playing it there was a place in one song where a loud scratch sound blotted out a second or two of the song, which I took to indicate the bootleggers signature, ie..he didn't want anybody else to have a perfect copy of that boot in other words. I wasn't too happy with that. So there's risks to spending money on bootleg music. One year I bought a Roy Buchanan bootleg cd in one of those hundreds of record stores in Cambridge, near Boston. An excellent live cd, with some fine, crisp, clear music. No problems whatsoever! Neil is a good man! His actions towards equality, and benevolence towards the poor, or average person, etc......is what makes him a real man, the sort of Great American which this country used to stand for, not these rich, nasty politicians who outright lie over and again, and still....look at all of the support. Keep on rocking in the free world Neil, while it still exist!

[@redrum8993]

This is quite possibly the greatest video of all time.

[@davidgreensmith7862]

... said the greatest (murdered ?)steeplechaser of all time !?

[@aarond23]

This video goes off and on KZbin, but its one of the best period pieces out there about the 1970s

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Thanks for reposting this!

[@sugarscary]

I watched this when it was previously on KZbin a few years back - I didn't know why they pulled it. I was about 14-15 years old when this was filmed, but my biggest thrill was seeing the leather purses behind the counter! That's because I had a few of them myself and loved them! I wish I saved them. This time capsule of the local record store in those days is great. I can still smell the patchouli in the air

[@Whitman1819]

haha probably pulled for copyright infringement from a complaint by Paul McCartney lol....

[@davidellis5141]

Beatles 🎶

[@paultaylor6670]

The best part: ‘Do you take Bank of AmeriCard?’……by Neil Young, in 1972! Who would have thought? 🤣

[@daleywhaley]

"You ain't nobody 'till you've been bootlegged" - Robert Plant

[@optimal8155]

Neil Young pulled his music from this store and then quietly reinstated it a few months later.

[@cowanthegreat8966]

He probably walked back in and slipped it back into the rack and did a press release saying he pulled it from the store.

[@TheGreekPoet]

Hahaha 🤣.

[@glennhankins6927]

On a related note : Yoko Ono has threatened to add her music to Spotify if Joe Rogan is not removed.

[@digmomusic6389]

@@glennhankins6927 Joe must go!

[@glennhankins6927]

@@digmomusic6389 Why? He's done nothing wrong.

[@andybaldman]

Weird that this feels like it was filmed on a cellphone, it they didn’t exist at the time. Cameras were HUGE bulky things in 1972. This whole thing is weird.

[@AndrewMay100]

Could be super 8

[@Valkonnen]

It's being shot on 16mm film, which is all that they had at the time. News footage was also shot on film because video cameras were too bulky at the time and didn't have great color or picture quality

[@raphaelmann]

Neil will have been getting footage for his Journey Through The Past film around this time. He was travelling around the country for that capturing all sorts of stuff. So I'd take a guess that he had his cameraman and equipment from that to hand...

[@odesreis6712]

There were plenty of small of 16mm cameras. Without mentioning 8mm & super 8

[@raphaelmann]

@@odesreis6712 This is true. i have a couple of them myself that would've been around in those days... 16mm stock wasn't cheap, but then Neil wasn't short of a few bob...

[@andreabruson5558]

How hilarious would've been if Neil Young told the next guy with the tapes: "This is my record. Wanna buy it?" 😂

[@AverageJoeVinyl]

Wow, I forgot how long credit card purchases used to take to ring up. I don't miss that. But man, I *do* miss record stores being open into the evening. What a great historical document.

[@ogrebattle22763]

Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady playing in the background as Neil enters the store.... 1972.... I was just a wee kid of 9 years old when this video was done... I used to love going into record shops & stores head shops were everywhere... BUT the internet & online shopping put just about all of these stores & shops out of business.... sad in a way....

[@thegreenbird795]

yup progress is a two edged sword....

[@FoOtFoOt542]

I loved going to Peaches even though I never had money to buy anything.

[@hammer44head]

Record shops started diving in the late 80's long before the internet, the big jump in price with CD's left the little guy in a tough spot, also the costco's and walmarts were beating them with lower prices, people just didnt support their mom and pop shops.

[@NesconProductions]

@@FoOtFoOt542 Peaches?? Lived a block away from one in Pennsauken, NJ. Great record store but as a kid & like you no money..

[@DarrenGlen]

i gotta say...the store employee was very cool and polite under the circumstances....no hysteria, no yelling or carrying on, almost a lesson on the right way to handle things. Usually when someone says "IM CALLING THE COPS!!" its a real big noisy incident. This guy said it with the ultimate laidback cool. Very impressive

[@BlackAlbino2000]

Wow this footage is just pure gold … I remember the early 70’s a little bit . I was 7 years old in 1972 . How drastically times have changed !

[@maxhirsch7035]

Damn you're old!! BTW, I was also 7 yo in 1972. I kinda remember the era also, probably about as much as you do- but of course some things from back then really stand out. The vibe was definitely much different back then.

[@brandonciarlo]

Can someone please explain how the employee called his boss? He never appears to dial any numbers, but sort of fiddles with a device next to the phone.

[@dis.infectant]

Dude walks in after with a box full of rare bootleg 8-tracks.

[@delyea]

There's nothing better than having a record store to yourself.

[@chillingguy8386]

So true

[@robertmcmanus9185]

I don't know, my best record store moments were always with a good friend who knew a lot about music. We dig in, find stuff, share stuff and then, when your friend passes you the misfiled LP you've been hunting months for and you would never have found it? That was the best.

[@sicongames5986]

Looking back through time at recordings like this blows my mind only slightly less than the fact Neil and so many other great artists from that era still walk among us today.

[@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel]

That guy can't even walk anymore and he isnt that great either... he's famous but not great. there are far better less famous writers and singers than Neil.

[@jharris947]

I used to loooove browsing for hours in HMV Oxford Street, Tower Records Piccadilly Circus and my great local record shop in Barnet. It was just as enjoyable as listening to the music.

[@MrThk1138]

Neil is wearing the same Jacket in the record store that he wore on stage when he performed for BBC Radio Theater on Feb 23, 1971. Classic. Check out the performance. Keep on rocking brother.

[@GazAce]

Whoaa man that was great! I could've watched that for two hours. Was like a 70s Marty Scorsese & De Niro flick. How's when the dude went outside after him with Strawberry Fields playing, then the cheeky grin Neil gave the cameraman as he goes behind the counter to make the call. That was so awesome & then the eight track guy lol I was waiting for Harvey Keitel to make a cameo. I wish he had a whole series of those. Best spontaneous thing I've seen on YT ever. Thanks so much for sharing 👍🎵🎸🙏

[@la196]

Yeah, I caught that "cheeky grin" too, he was like, "got em" can you believe this?. This entire footage is indeed rare! The guy really didn't have a clue who he was talking to:) I'm not so sure he even knew after Neil revealed his name. LOL

[@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes]

We're not payin', because this guy, this guy's a fuckin' mook.