Live Rust

Live Rust
Live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Released	November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14)
Recorded	1978 (1978)
Venue	Cow Palace, Daly City; Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts; Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois; and McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado
Genre	Hard rock, country rock
Length	73:47
Label	Reprise
Producer	David Briggs, Tim Mulligan
Neil Young chronology
Rust Never Sleeps (1979) Live Rust (1979) Hawks & Doves (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide	A–

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

Live Rust 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 so as 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.

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

All tracks written by Neil Young, unless noted.
Crazy Horse appears on all tracks, except side one and track 3 of side two.

Side one

1. "Sugar Mountain" – 5:02
2. "I Am a Child" – 3:01
3. "Comes a Time" – 3:15
4. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:49
5. "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" (Young, Jeff Blackburn) – 4:12

Side two

1. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" – 3:42
2. "The Loner" – 4:53
3. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 3:06
4. "Lotta Love" – 2:51
5. "Sedan Delivery" – 4:50

Side three

1. "Powderfinger" – 5:43
2. "Cortez the Killer" – 7:49
   • Edited to 6:19 for CD; the booklet incorrectly shows the original time
3. "Cinnamon Girl" – 3:22

Side four

1. "Like a Hurricane" – 7:49
   • CD includes intro and runs at 8:03
2. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Young, Blackburn) – 5:08
   • Edited to 4:37 for CD
3. "Tonight's the Night" – 7:12

Personnel

• Neil Young - lead guitar, harmonica, piano, lead vocals

Crazy Horse

• Frank Sampedro - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Billy Talbot - bass, vocals
• Ralph Molina - drums, vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position	Year-end position
Italian Albums (FIMI)	25	76 (1979)
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	1	—
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	27	—
UK Albums (OCC)	55	—
US Billboard 200	15	—

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
1979	"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"	US Billboard Hot 100	79

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	March 11, 1980 (1980-03-11)
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17)