- Solo Trans
Infobox Film
name = Solo Trans
caption = LaserDisc Front Cover
director =Hal Ashby
producer =Jeanne Field L.A. Johnson Elliot Rabinowitz Neil Young
writer =Newell Alexander
L.A. Johnson
Neil Young
starring = Newell AlexanderInez Drummond Craig Hayes Rosemarie Lovell Connie Simmons
Neil YoungPegi Young
music = Neil YoungElliot Mazer Tim Mulligan
cinematography =Bobby Byrne
editing = Unknown
distributor = Unknown
released =1984
runtime = 60 minutes
language = English
budget = Unknown
imdb_id = 0447454"Solo Trans" is a
concert film byNeil Young , released in1984 . It was recorded at the Harrah Arena in Dayton,Ohio onSeptember 18 ,1983 during Young's "Solo Trans" tour. Originally released on onlyLaserDisc andVHS , the film has since goneout of print .Information
During a typical show, a 'live' video broadcast made up of various video clips from Young's career, old TV shows, and commercials were played on a giant screen in the background, dubbed "Trans TV". This film is presented as an episode of "Trans TV". After Young would finish his 'solo' portion of the show, The Shocking Pinks would come out for the encore, as he was promoting "
Everybody's Rockin' " at the time. As the tour progressed, Young got more and more into making the encore section a full-on stage act. Friends and family were called in for parts, such as The Pinkettes, The Shocking Pinks' squad of cheerleaders, consisting of Young's wife Pegi and bass playerTim Drummond 's wife Inez. BandmateBen Keith 's lawyerCraig Hayes was brought in to play Vito Toledo, the Pinks' fictional manager. Young would revisit this territory years later with the stage show for his "Greendale" album.Notable songs included in the film are "I Got a Problem", which appeared three years later on "
Landing on Water ", as well as "Get Gone" and "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me", which were not released until1993 on the compilation "Lucky Thirteen ". The song "Do You Wanna Dance? ", a frequent cover during Shocking Pinks shows, has never been released in another format.Track listing
#"Heart of Gold"
#"Old Man"
#"Helpless"
#"Ohio"
#"Don't Be Denied"
#"I Got a Problem"
#"Mr. Soul "
#"Payola Blues"
#"Get Gone"
#"Don't Take Your Love Away From Me"
#"Do You Wanna Dance? "
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