SANCTUARY To Issue NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE'S Legendary Concert Film 'RUST NEVER SLEEPS' On DVD On September 24, 2002

9-Sep-02

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Neil Young is one of the most important visionaries rock 'n' roll has ever produced. With his blissfully ragged hard-rock band Crazy Horse, he created the 1979 masterpiece 'Rust Never Sleeps.' A concert film of the same title was released that year as well.The 116-minute 'Rust Never Sleeps' -- directed by Young under the pseudonym Bernard Shakey -- earned a limited theatrical release and was also available briefly on home video, but it makes its long-awaited DVD debut via the Sanctuary Records Group on September 24, 2002. DVD bonus extras include the original theatrical trailer and never-before-published photos from the 'Rust Never Sleeps' tour. The sound is remastered for three options: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound.This concert was filmed on October 22, 1978, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA. In 1997, Rolling Stone named this concert as one of the Top 10 Live Shows in the history of rock 'n' roll. The timeless album 'Rust Never Sleeps' is often hailed by critics as one of the greatest ever made. In 1987, it ranked No. 66 in Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years poll.The songs Young performed included a blend of solo acoustic numbers and ferocious electric rave-ups with Crazy Horse -- guitarist Frank ""Poncho"" Sampedro, bass guitarist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina.The 'Rust Never Sleeps' set list comprised songs from the album as well as many of Young's greatest hits: ""Sugar Mountain,"" ""I Am a Child,"" ""Comes a Time,"" ""After the Gold Rush,"" ""Thrasher,"" ""My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue),"" ""When You Dance I Can Really Love,"" ""The Loner,"" ""Welfare Mothers,"" ""The Needle and the Damage Done,"" ""Lotta Love,"" ""Sedan Delivery,"" ""Powderfinger,"" ""Cortez the Killer,"" ""Cinnamon Girl,"" ""Like a Hurricane,"" ""Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"" and ""Tonight's the Night.""Visually speaking, the 'Rust Never Sleeps' tour had some unusually distinctive traits. Abnormally large reproductions of items like amplifiers and microphones were used as stage props, and they were set up by hooded figures with glowing eyes that resembled the Jawas in ""Star Wars."" Young christened them ""roadeyes,"" a playful variation of ""roadies"" of course. The 'Rust Never Sleeps' concert DVD captures one of the geniuses of popular music at arguably the peak of his creativity. The Cow Palace audience was fortunate enough to witness rock 'n' roll history live, but thankfully the concert was filmed to preserve the vitality of Young's music forever.www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com

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