The first sound on Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Live At The Fillmore East is an electric guitar, snaking through the air like the current from a live wire, zapping the crowd with the formless opening riff of "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." This is what Young had to offer at the dawn of the '70s: loud, loping songs that combined western balladry with a psychedelic smokiness that practically stained listeners' clothes. Live At The Fillmore's six-song set list contains three tracks from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere—including the epic-length "Down By The River" and "Cowgirl In The Sand"—and three that would be released on later Young albums. Young has rarely written melodies as pretty as these, but he and Crazy Horse don't treat them preciously. They play raw and loose, as though raging against death. The record gets docked a notch for being so short, especially given the vault full of live material Young has to pick from, but then, the best live albums have often been concise, leaving behind quick impressions. Perhaps it's better for Young fans to think of Live At The Fillmore as the single-disc album he should've put out 35 years ago.