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
World On A String (version 1 of 8)
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:2:23
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, guitar, harmonica Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocals Nils Lofgren: piano, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Tonight's The Night Neil Young Released: 1975-06-20

Side 1 Track 3

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

Disc 3 - Tonight's The Night (1973) Track 30

World On A String (version 2 of 8)
Session Date:February 7, 1993
Studio:Universal Studios, Universal City, California, USA
Produced by:David Briggs
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:3:00
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Available on:
Unplugged Neil Young Released: 1993-06-08

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World On A String (version 3 of 8)
Session Date:September 20, 2000
Studio:Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA
Produced by:L. A. Johnson
Recording type:Live
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Available on:
Red Rocks Webcast Neil Young Released: 2000-09-20

Track 17

Red Rocks Live Neil Young Released: 2000-12-05

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World On A String (version 4 of 8)
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:2:43
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocals Nils Lofgren: piano, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
ROXY - Tonight's The Night Live Neil Young Released: 2018-04-24

Track 5

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

Disc 4 - Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live (1973) Track 39

World On A String (version 5 of 8)
Session Date:May 1, 2018
Studio:Warnors Theater, Fresno, California, USA
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Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:07
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals Nils Lofgren: electric guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals
Available on:
NYA Livestream - Fresno - NYCH Neil Young Released: 2018-05-01

Track 5

World On A String (version 6 of 8)
Session Date:April 10, 2020
Studio:Daryl Hannah & Neil Young's home, Telluride, Colorado, USA
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Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:mono
Length:2:52
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Available on:
Fireside Sessions III Neil Young Released: 2020-04-10

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World On A String (version 7 of 8)
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, electric guitar Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocals Nils Lofgren: piano, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Somewhere Under The Rainbow Neil Young Released: 2023-04-14

Disc 1 Track 3

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

Track 3

World On A String (version 8 of 8)
Session Date:May 1, 2018
Studio:Warnors Theatre, Fresno, California, USA
Produced by:Neil Young
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2018-05-01 - Warnors Theatre, Fresno, California, USA Neil Young Released: 2022-12-03

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