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Eldorado

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Perplexingly enough, this little e.p. was released only in Germany & Japan in 1989. But herein lies one of least known & best recordings of Neil Young's ongoing career. This thing sounds like it was recorded live. Maybe it was, I don't know. Despite a low key release, it signaled the start of a pissed off period where the amp level was cranked up to 11. Nirvana was soon to be the rage, & Young caught "grandfather of grunge" laurels as of result, but he was ahead of his time & seemingly oblivious of all that when he cut this furious slice of bile.

Clocking in at around 20 minutes , Eldorado outdoes likes of Freedom, Arc, Weld or Ragged Glory. The sense of isolation, fury & disgust here has no equal outside of Tonight's The Night & On The Beach. But neither reached the battle torn shores of this sonic Normandy. Cocaine Eyes blasts things off & is an absolute classic. The chorus of Don't Cry is a desperate plea warbled in the eye of Like A Hurricane thrashings. Heavy Love ends with Young screaming himself raw. On Broadway is a caterwauling dirge-like howl take on the old, classic standard & blows it's Freedom counterpart away. Things mellow a bit at the end with the haunting Eldorado, that is until Young starts weilding his guitar like a sawed off .30 ought six.

Another too well kept secret on what is popularly regarded as a forgotten classic. Short, but far from sweet, there is a sense of catharisis reached here that wouldn't work on a full length L.P. If you've found yourself to be a newfound fan, do not hesitate to seek this out. Shame about the price, but it's worth every rusty, bloodstained penny.

I love Neil Young. He is my all-time rock hero. But even our heroes let us down sometimes - and Neil sort of screwed all his fans outside of Japan and Germany by not releasing this ep elsewhere. Three of these songs would be included on the album "Freedom" (and the other reviewer here is way off: "On Broadway" and "El Dorado" are the EXACT same version; the third song, "Don't Cry," was edited down slightly from this longer version, but is basically the same track) Thus, only a true Neil Young fanatic like myself would be insane enough to pay more than 30 bucks for the two rarities on this ep:

"Cocaine Eyes" is a top-notch rocker, a real potboiler of a song with some great anti-drug lyrics. It's definitely a highlight and should have been made more widely available.

"Heavy Love" is only so-so. It's a decent Neil rocker, but the lyrics aren't that good and the riff is sort of plain.

Overall, this is a solid ep. But, more than half of it is inlcuded on "Freedom" and for this price, it is for hard-core fans only.

This CD is virtually impossible to find in the USA. By virtue of Amazon's ability to scan the world I am the proud owner of this Neil Young classic piece. Thanks Amazon, Wes Bender

Rec in 4 days, Great. Good packing yet it was cracked, song "Heavy Love"stoped at 4min. 41sec. skipped to 4min. 43 sec. and played to finished. Not to happy with it, hope this does`nt happen with other orders. Sound is good, love to hear Neil play on Old Black, song "Eldorado" is cool love it when He add`s alittle spanish to rock awsome. Sound`s and voice are like his early c.d. Still love it. Joan Cruz