Written by: Neil Young
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What we were doing was playing those guys on the way. We all got that high – not that high, but we got as close as we could, without doing it. I mean, I’m not a junkie and I won’t even try it out to check out what it’s like, But we’d get really high’ – drink a lot of tequila, get right out on the edge, where we knew we were so screwed up that we could easily just fall on our faces, and not be able to handle it as musicians. But we were wide open also at that time – just wide open. Because you know how you feel when you got it. So we’d just wait until the middle of the night and get like that and just do it. We did four or five songs on the first side all in a row one night, without any break. We did ‘Tonight’s the Night’, ‘World on a String’, ‘Mellow My Mind’, ‘Speakin’ Out’, and ‘Tired Eyes’ without any break between ’em, we just changed the order. We’d wait till the vibe hit us. Neil Young Creem/Bud Scoppa November 1975
Speakin' Out (version 1 of 7)
Session Date:August 26, 1973
Studio:S.I.R., Hollywood, CA
Produced by:David Briggs & Neil Young with Tim Mulligan
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:55
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, piano Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocals Nils Lofgren: guitar Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Tonight's The Night Neil Young Released: 1975-06-20

Side 1 Track 2

Neil Young Archives Vol. II 1972-1976 Neil Young Released: 2020-11-20

Disc 3 - Tonight's The Night (1973) Track 31

Neil Young Archives Vol. II 1972-1976 Neil Young Released: 2020-11-20

Disc 4 - Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live (1973) Track 40

Speakin' Out (version 2 of 7)
Session Date:September 22, 1973 Late
Studio:Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced by:Neil Young and David Briggs
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:6:37
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, piano Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar Nils Lofgren: electric guitar Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums
Available on:
ROXY - Tonight's The Night Live Neil Young Released: 2018-04-24

Track 7

Speakin' Out (version 3 of 7)
Session Date:July 3, 2018
Studio:Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:5:22
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, piano
Available on:
NYA Livestream - Live At The Fox - Solo Neil Young Released: 2018-07-03

Track 13

Speakin' Out (version 4 of 7)
Session Date:May 20, 2020
Studio:Daryl Hannah & Neil Young's home, Telluride, Colorado, USA
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Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:mono
Length:2:02
Musicians:Neil Young: acoustic guitar
Available on:
Fireside Sessions - Barnyard Edition Neil Young Released: 2020-05-20

Track 3

Speakin' Out (version 5 of 7)
Session Date:April 22, 2009
Studio:Prospera Place, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Produced by:Neil Young
Recording type:Live
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2009-04-22 - Prospera Place, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Neil Young Released: 2020-11-16

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Speakin' Out (version 6 of 7)
Session Date:June 30, 2018
Studio:Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Produced by:Neil Young
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
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Available on:
2018-06-30 - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA Neil Young Released: 2022-07-25

Track 13

Speakin' Out (version 7 of 7)
Session Date:November 5, 1973
Studio:Rainbow Theatre, London, England
Produced by:Neil Young & Niko Bolas: "The Volume Dealers"
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
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Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, piano Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar Nils Lofgren: electric guitar Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums
Available on:
Somewhere Under The Rainbow Neil Young Released: 2023-04-14

Disc 1 Track 4

1973-11-05 - Rainbow Theatre, London, England Neil Young Released: 2023-08-28

Track 4

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