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ON THE BEACH LP released July 4th 1974 CAt no: US R2180 // UK K54014 LP Dedicated To Elliot Roberts Credits include C.S . believed to be Carrie Snodgrass # No 42 UK charts # No 16 USA charts
Album Credits:
(as they appear on the inner sleeve - see the artwork page to see what it looked like!)
Walk on Produced by Neil Young and David Briggs Guitar and vocal - Neil Young Slide guitar and vocal - Ben Keith Bass - Billy Talbot Drums andvoal - Ralph Molina
See the sky about to rain Produced by Neil Young and Mark Harman Wurlitzer piano and vocal - Neil Young Steel Guitar - Ben Keith Bass - Tim Drummond Drums - Levon Helm Harp - Joe Yankee
Revolution blues Produced by Neil Young and Mark Harman Lead guitar and vocal - Neil Young Rhythm guitar - David Crosby Wurlitzer piano - Ben Keith Bass - Rick Danko Drums - Levon Helm
For the turnstiles Produced by Neil Young and David Briggs Banjo and vocal - Neil Young Dobro and vocal - Ben Keith
Vampire blues Produced by Neil Young and Mark Harman Lead guitar and vocal - Neil Young Organ, vocal and hair drum - Ben Keith Bass - Tim Drummond Drums - Ralph Molina
On the beach Produced by Neil Young and Al Schmitt Guitar and vocal - Neil Young Wurlitzer piano - Graham Nash Hand drum - Ben Keith Bass - Tim Drummond Drums - Ralph Molina
Motion pictures (for Carrie) Produced by Neil Young and Al Schmitt Guitar, harmonica and vocal - Neil Young Slide guitar - Rusty Kershaw Bass - Ben Keith Hand drums - Ralph Molina
Ambulance blues Produced by Neil Young and Al Schmitt Guitar, harmonica and vocal Fiddle - Rusty Kershaw Bass - Ben Keith Hand drums - Ralph Molina Electric tambourine - Joe Yankee
Dedicated to Elliot Roberts
Thanks to everyone who gave everything
All songs recorded at Sunset sound, Los Angeles, except "Walk On" and "For The Turnstiles", recorded at Broken Arrow studios, San Francisco
All songs published by Warner Bros. ® & © 1974
Levon Helm and Rick Danko courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
Art direction and design - Gary Burden for R. Twerk & Company Photography - Bob Seidemann Lettering - Rick Griffin C.S.
THE MUSICIANS: (information thanks to johnnyrideon ;-)
A total of 11 musicians appeared on OTB, from the regular, Ralph Molina to the strange, Joe Yankee, who doesn't really exist, but never fear, all shall be revealed.
BEN KEITH A multi-talented Musician who Neil first met in Nashville in February 1971 when Neil was Recording the LP Harvest, Neil asked Tim Drummond if he knew any pedal -steel players, Tim contacted Ben, who lived in town and off he went to the studio quote: "i didn't know who anyone was, so i asked, who's that guy over there" and was told "thats Neil Young " nearly 30 years later with numerous tours and appearances on 15 Album releases, he is as much apart of Neil's music as is Crazy Horse Neil also appeared on his 1994 Christmas songs CD Seven Gates BILLY TALBOT well what is there to say about the Master, who makes one Bass chord sound like Beethoven's 5th, a founder member of the Rockets which Neil took in 1969 and moulded them into the musicial sound we call Crazy Horse RALPH MOLINA Another founder member of The Rockets, A solid drummer who surprised us all when called upon to perform musicial gymnastics with Neil's future releases, performed admirably, Here and with Crazy Horse TIM DRUMMOND Another Harvest musician who was walking down the street in Nashville February 1971 when a friend told him that Neil was in the local studio and looking for a Bass player, so he took himself off to the studio and introduced himself, another session player turned friend who has appeared on tours and played on non-Crazy Horse Album releases, his most famous persona was being a bopping member of the Shocking Pinks LEVON HELM An unusual inclusion here seeing that Levon was a member of THE BAND and certainly not a session player, but he was in LA along with Rick Danko and being a friend of Neil from the early Canadian years, he was made an offer from Neil he couldn't refuse RICK DANKO In town along with fellow BAND member Levon Helm and got roped in to play the Bass on one track DAVID CROSBY & GRAHAM NASH Fellow members of CSN&Y and good friends of Neil [ excluding the musicial disagreements of course ] GEORGE WHITSELL ex member of The Rockets, who lived the 70's Californian lifestyle and just turned up to jam around with his old partners in the LA Studio thus ending up playing on Vampire Blues RUSTY KERSHAW A country musician who was introduced to Neil in 1974 and got to play the most incredable Fiddle music, Cruel, Angry and Violent Re; Ambulance Blues yet touched with a sadness that only a Neil song could carry off to perfection Rusty also wrote the sleeve notes to OTB Though doomed never to appear on another album nor tour with Neil Rusty Kershaw has the distinction of having Neil guesting on 8 tracks off his 1992 CD release Now & Then JOE YANKEE one of Neil's alternative personas Part of an Article from Broken Arrow Noveber 1990 issue #41 by Ron Scarlett copied by Kind permission NYAS After reading an interview with Neil Young in Broken arrow 40, specifically the part about him working on "Songs For Beginners" under a different name and then Joe Yankee also appearing on CSN's " Wild Tales " I have come to the conclusion that he and Joe Yankee must be one of the same He next pops up again on Time Fades Away, playing Bass , considering that Tim Drummond was the Bass player on the tour and album, perhaps the Bass was lost on the live recording of "Yonder stands the Sinner," and maybe Neil Needed a Overdub The apparently final appearance of Joe Yankee was on OTB , playing Harmonica on "See The Sky..." and the so-called Electric tambourine on "Ambulance Blues " with the harmonica sounding a lot like Neil's style Again I have a theory: in that particular phase of Neil's career he wasn't into overdubbing too much, if he is still playing harmonica on " See the Sky," it's an overdub, because he is singing at the same time, it's a similar situation with "Ambulance Blues," he couldn't play both guitar and tambourine at the same time, So i suspect he may have used the name as his "overdub persona" on his own records and also to begin with, as a way to avoid contractual problems with Atlantic records [ Nash & CSN] but if anyone ever bumps into Joe Yankee, please, let me know
THE LINER NOTES BY RUSTY KERSHAW (my best effort at transcribing them!)
I can't read or write very well, so I don't quite understand why anyone would want me to write liner notes Except for what I saw and heard. The first time I saw neil his spirit was down The next time I saw neil I tryed to boost his spirits with my music and I did and it work. In return neil played, sang, and wrote, the best of any music in a while. Not to speak of the fun we had. We laughed so hard we all had bruised ribs. On revolution blues, I turned into a python than an aligator, I was crawling like one making noises like one. Plus I was eating up the carpit and mike stands and such and in the meanwhile I started to crawl up towards neil, which is pretty spooky when your trying to sing but any ways by that time the necktie people ask my friend Joe what are we gonna do about Rusty, and my friends answer was Hell I don't know I'm just hanging around to see if he'll swallow him ore not. But what the hell I give you my word there is good music in this album. Rusty Kershaw Cause Ben is my friend R.K.
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