Notes
“When You Dance” is a funky record. Me and Billy and Ralph and Danny and Jack. They were all crazy. Jack plays great—I was pushing him. A lotta leakage, boy. That’s a unique take, ’cause that’s the only take ever done in the studio by the Horse with Jack playing. That group actually didn’t work as well as I would’ve liked. It was nice havin’ Jack with us, but some of the stuff, he was in the way tonally. Crazy Horse was so good with the two guitars, bass and drums it didn’t need anything else. “When You Dance” is probably the last record with Danny that we played together on. That was done near the end of the sessions. When I did all the other stuff, Danny wasn’t on it—Nils, Ralph and I did the singing. Stills came up and sang, but I didn’t like those vocals, so I redid them all with Danny. Danny kinda got himself together, did the overdubs … He wasn’t lookin’ too good at that point. JM: Who inspired all the dancing-women songs? I don’t know … I remember this one girl, Jean “Monte” Ray—she was the singing partner of Jim, Jim and Jean, a folk duo. Had a record out called “People World,” and she did a lot of dancing with finger cymbals. She was really great. Might’ve been her. Good chance. I kinda had a crush on her for a while. Moved nice. She was real musical, soulful. JM: So is she the Cinnamon Girl? Only part of the song. There’s images in there that have to do with Jean and there’s images that have to do with other people. Neil Young "Shakey" by Jimmy McDonough 2002
Danny Whitten could not make the [After The Gold Rush] sessions but he did come in at the end and recorded with us, doing a lot of chorus singing on many songs and playing on one song, ‘When You Dance I Can Really Love’. Jack Nietzche was there on a wild piano. Billy Talbot on bass. What a memory that is! Ralph Molina played drums on every track. Neil Young NYA - Album of the Week - After The Gold Rush May 29, 2019
We had finished a lot of the recording when word came through Billy that Danny had cleaned up. He came out and we played “When You Dance I Can Really Love” with him, Billy, and Jack. Crazy Horse was back together again. We rerecorded a lot of the chorus vocals with Danny singing, and they were a lot better than what we had before. It was great having Danny back! It really made the record better, and it felt so good to play with Danny again. Jack, too! Jack’s piano on that track is unreal. We were really soaring! But that was it for the original Crazy Horse with Danny and Jack. Neil Young Waging Heavy Peace Sept 2012
NY: Here's another one that sounds just like the last one. Poncho: They all sound the same. NY: It's all one song! Neil Young Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, Connecticut, USA November 8, 1996
When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 1 of 11)
Session Date:August 10, 1970
Studio:Home studio, Topanga, CA
Produced by:Neil Young & David Briggs
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:3:45
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Jack Nitzsche: piano Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals Nils Lofgren: vocals
Available on:
After The Gold Rush Neil Young Released: 1970-09-19

Side 2 Track 9

Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young Released: 2009-06-02

Disc 06 - Topanga 3 (1970) Track 9

After The Gold Rush 50th Anniversary Edition Neil Young Released: 2020-12-11

Track 9

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 2 of 11)
Session Date:August 10, 1970
Studio:Home studio, Topanga, CA
Produced by:Neil Young & David Briggs
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:mono
Length:3:55
Notes:extended edit (3:55 vs 3:45)
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Jack Nitzsche: piano Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals Nils Lofgren: vocals
Available on:
When You Dance I Can Really Love/Sugar Mountain Neil Young Released: 1971-03-01

Side A

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 3 of 11)
Session Date:October 22, 1978
Studio:Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
Produced by:L.A. Johnson
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:33
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: guitar, vocals Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Rust Never Sleeps - film Neil Young Released: 1979-08-15

Track 7

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 4 of 11)
Session Date:October 22, 1978
Studio:Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
Produced by:David Briggs, Tim Mulligan & Bernard Shakey
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:3:40
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: guitar, vocals Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Live Rust Neil Young Released: 1979-11-14

Side 2 Track 1

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 5 of 11)
Session Date:November 8, 1996
Studio:Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Produced by:Horse
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:19
Notes:shorter edit from Year Of The Horse
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: guitar Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Don't Spook The Horse sampler Neil Young Released: 1997-06-01

Track 2

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 6 of 11)
Session Date:November 8, 1996
Studio:Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Produced by:Horse
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:6:18
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: guitar Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
Year Of The Horse Neil Young Released: 1997-06-17

Track 1

When You Dance (I Can Really Love) Neil Young Released: 1997-06-18

Track 2

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 7 of 11)
Session Date:November 8, 1996
Studio:Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Produced by:Horse
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:4:19
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: guitar Billy Talbot: bass, vocals Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
Available on:
When You Dance (I Can Really Love) Neil Young Released: 1997-06-18

Track 1

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 8 of 11)
Session Date:c. April 6, 1970
Studio:Home studio, Topanga, CA
Produced by:Neil Young & David Briggs
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:3:55
Notes:from the After The Gold Rush second pressing
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Jack Nitzsche: piano Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums
Available on:
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young Released: 2009-06-02

Disc 06 - Topanga 3 (1970) Track (hidden track)

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 9 of 11)
Session Date:November 21, 1986
Studio:Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
Produced by:Robert Klein
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, electric guitar Frank Sampedro: electric guitar Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums
Available on:
In A Rusted Out Garage Neil Young Released: 1986-11-21

Track 3

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 10 of 11)
Session Date:July 9, 2019
Studio:Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium
Produced by:Neil Young
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:
Musicians:
Available on:
2019-07-09 - Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium Neil Young Released: 2021-03-24

Track 6

When You Dance, I Can Really Love (version 11 of 11)
Session Date:April 22, 2009
Studio:Prospera Place, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Produced by:Neil Young
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:
Musicians:
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