It's still amazing that entire stores would function like this just out in the open.Harvest is the most commercially successful album of Neil Young 's career, as it was the best-selling album in the USA in 1972, and the one that made him take a turn in his trajectory, to avoid stagnation. In the end, while it might be really cool to hear a live recording from a certain show, ripping off the artist is inherently wrong. I can imagine how hard it was then."ĭo you remember when it was easy to find a bootleg recording of your favorite artists? Then CD's were also being bootlegs in early 2000's. Record companies, and artists weren't making much money in sales because of bootlegs being sold in swap meets, ore the streets. Then, of course, people point out the huge problem that bootlegs were up through the 2000's saying "I remember back in the early 90's, bootleg cassettes were a huge issue because they were cheap, while ones that were Originals were expensive then. Others relive their young adulthoods saying that, "wasn't it so cool that record stores opened at night? Take me back to 1972!" It's also pointed out in the comments that the note that Young wrote is probably worth a lot of money! I wonder if the employee or the owner still have it. One clue that gave it away was the “Sunset Center Parking” on the sign in the record shop. The original building has been demolished since then. The location of this record store was located at 6734 W Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. This could possibly be December 1971 or Early ‘72 based on the December 9th issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Pete Townshend on the cover at 10:28. In the comments section of the YouTube video, it was able to be worked out around when and where this all took place. I'm sure it's a trip down memory lane, as there used to be so many record shops that would sell bootleg work. If you remember how long a credit card transaction used to take, that's how long he waits, until finally exiting the store. The employee says he's going to have to pay for that. On his way out from behind the counter, Young knocks over a candle. That person and Young chat and he's given permission to take what's rightfully his. They go back inside, and the employee is able to get someone else that isn't the owner, but will know what's going on with the bootlegs, on the phone. They chat for a bit more, and settle on Young being able to talk to the owner on the phone. The guy ultimately follows him outside, saying he can't just take the record because he doesn't know exactly what's going on. Young says, "Call the cops," and walks out of the door. The employee tries to tell him he can't, and if he does he'll call the cops. Then it gets better when Young writes a message and his phone number on a piece of paper for the guys boss to call him, and he takes the record that he's on out of the store. The employee starts to catch on that he's questioning the illegal selling of other people's work, and refuses to give names of the owner. He says he doesn't listen to records, strictly tapes. Young then grabs the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album that he's on, and further questions the employee about what he thinks about bootlegs.