Live Rust Explained

Live Rust
Type:	Live
Artist:	Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Cover:	Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Live Rust (album cover).jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	October 1978
Venue:	Cow Palace, Daly City Boston Garden, Boston Civic Center, St. Paul Chicago Stadium, Chicago McNichols Arena, Denver
Genre:	Hard rock country rock
Length:	71:47
Label:	Reprise
Producer:	David Briggs Tim Mulligan Neil Young
Chronology:	Neil Young
Prev Title:	Rust Never Sleeps
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Hawks & Doves
Next Year:	1980

Live Rust is a live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, recorded during their fall 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour.

Live Rust is composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace near San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, Rust Never Sleeps, under a pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace.

The CD version of the album was slightly edited to fit on a single compact disc, which were limited to 74 minutes at the time this album was first issued on CD. In 2014, a remastered, high-resolution download was made available on the Pono store, restoring the album to its original length.^[2]

Between tracks 2 and 3 on side 2 there is a stage announcement calling for people to get off of a tower and comments on an ongoing rainstorm. This is actually taken from Woodstock, almost a decade prior where Young performed as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Track listing

Adapted from original LP labels. All tracks written by Neil Young, except "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" by Neil Young and Jeff Blackburn.^[3]
Crazy Horse appears on all tracks, except side one and "The Needle and the Damage Done". All tracks recorded 10/22/1978 at Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, except where noted.

Rust Never Sleeps film

A film, Rust Never Sleeps, was released on August 15, 1979, in the US, featuring the October 22, 1978, concert performance at the Cow Palace.

Track listing:

1. Sugar Mountain
2. I Am a Child
3. Comes a Time
4. After the Gold Rush
5. Thrasher
6. My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
7. When You Dance I Can Really Love
8. The Loner
9. Welfare Mothers
10. The Needle and the Damage Done
11. Lotta Love
12. Sedan Delivery
13. Powderfinger
14. Cortez the Killer
15. Cinnamon Girl
16. Like a Hurricane
17. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
18. Tonight's the Night [not present in the theatrical release, only in video releases]

Personnel

• Neil Young – 12-string acoustic guitar (on 1-3, 5), acoustic guitar (on 6, 10 & 11), lead electric guitar (on 7-9, 12-18), harmonica(1-6), piano(on 4), lead vocals, production

Crazy Horse

• Frank Sampedro – rhythm guitar (on 6-7, 10, 12-16), keyboards (on 9, 11), backing vocals
• Billy Talbot – bass (on 6, 7, & 9-16), backing vocals
• Ralph Molina – drums (on 6, 7, & 9-16), backing vocals

Additional roles

• David Briggs – production
• Tim Mulligan – production
• Elliot Roberts – direction

Charts

Album

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	15
Canadian Album (RPM)^[5]	27
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	21
Finnish Albums (IFPI)^[7]	18
US Cashbox Albums^[8]	15
US Record World Albums^[9]	18

Singles

Year End Chart

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Billboard Year End Chart^[11]	85
	Cashbox Year End Chart^[12]	72
	New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13]	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neil Young Archives. Neilyoungarchives.com. 8 August 2018.
2. Web site: PonoMusic - Store. Ponomusic.com. 8 August 2018.
3. Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Live Rust (Reprise Records, 1979).
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22515|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Live Rust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))) ]. 2008-05-12 .
5. Web site: Canada. Library and Archives. 2013-04-16. The RPM story. 2020-07-05. www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
6. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. illustrated. St Ives, N.S.W.. 295. David Kent (historian).
7. Book: Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961.
8. Web site: CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996. 2021-04-04. worldradiohistory.com.
9. Web site: RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982. 2021-04-04. worldradiohistory.com.
10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22515|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Live Rust > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles))) ]. 2008-05-12 .
11. Web site: BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: American music magazine 1920's to 2017. 2021-01-13. worldradiohistory.com.
12. Web site: Cashbox Year End Chart 1978.
13. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Recorded Music New Zealand. 28 January 2022.