Neil Young goes record shopping, finds his own bootlegs (1972)
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Published 2022-01-28
In this video allegedly filmed in 1972, Neil Young goes shopping at a record store and finds his own bootlegs, confronting the clerk and walking out of the store with the record before calling the manager. If anyone knows where/when exactly this takes place I'd love to know.
All Comments (21)
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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.
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That note from Neil to the store owner would now be worth a lot more than a bootleg LP.
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The most uncomfortable moment of that poor record store clerk's life captured on 16mm film 50 years ago.
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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.
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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.
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Wasn't it so cool that record stores opened at night? Take me back to 1972!
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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.
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That timing on Strawberry Fields was beautiful. And then they walk back in and "Strawberry fields forever." That was killer.
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I wish we had more footage like this from the past. It’s a snapshot of history and I love it.
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dude the way this is filmed and the quality makes me feel like im actually there, so sickk
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I like how he respected the shop worker enough to not want to get him in trouble that he brought the record back.
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He broke the candle and paid for it. He's got a heart of gold.🤣
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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.
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The record store kid is smart.
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This video brings the 70s out of a mythical and legendary time period for me Gen Z
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The atmosphere of this video is amazing and represents the 70's more than Taxi Driver.
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Meanwhile the dude standing there waiting has a box full of his bootlegged 8 track tapes he's delivering.
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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.
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"You ain't nobody 'till you've been bootlegged" - Robert Plant
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paying for the broken candle at the end makes this poetry
