Musicians :
Neil Young (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Rick Rosas, Billy Talbot (bass), Frank Sampedro (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), Steve Lawrence (lead tenor saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals), Ben Keith (alto saxophone), Larry Cragg (baritone saxophone), Claude Cailliet (trombone, backing vocals), Tom Bray, John Fumo (trumpet), Chad Cromwell, Ralph Molina (drums).

4 LP set named for the horn-powered band backing Neil on his 1987-1988 tour.

Recorded at various shows during Neil Young and Bluenote Café's 1988 tour, this superb live set documents one of Neil's most funky and heartfelt periods, featuring seven unreleased songs - "Soul of a Woman", "Bad News Comes to Town," Ain't it the Truth," "I'm Goin'", "Crime of the Heart", "Doghouse", "Fool for Your Love", - and a searing 19 + minute version of the immortal "Tonight's the Night" at The Pier in New York City. It was a wild night.

Bluenote Café takes its name from the horn-powered band which backed Neil on his 1987-1988 tour before and after the April '88 release of the studio album This Note's for You (originally credited to Neil Young and the Bluenotes, to the ire of soul great Harold Melvin). Familiar Young collaborators and Crazy Horse veterans filled the band, with the lineup consisting of Rick Rosas (bass), Chad Cromwell (drums), Frank Sampedro (keyboards), Steve Lawrence (lead tenor saxophone), Ben Keith (alto saxophone), Larry Cragg (baritone saxophone), Claude Cailliet (trombone), Tom Bray (trumpet), John Fumo (trumpet), Billy Talbot (bass) and Ralph Molina (drums).

This Archives volume has been sequenced in the manner of a complete show, drawn from numerous tour stops including Toronto, San Francisco, Hollywood, New York and Cleveland.