Caller: I was wondering why you decided to redo your "Mr. Soul" on your "Trans" album? NY: Back in about 1980 or 1981 we were thinking about getting the Springfield together, and as a joke, I made an audition tape for myself so that they'd know I was still kicking. I made Mr. Soul, but I never did play it for them. That's what I started doing. I made that tape at home with the drum machine and all that, as a sort of joke, as an audition to get in the group. But we never did get together again. Maybe I didn't do a good enough job on that one, I don't know. Neil Young Rockline Radio Interview August 18, 1986