Solo Trans is a concert film

Concert film

A concert movie, or concert film, is a type of documentary film, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by a musician ....

 by Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

, released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, Ohio

Ohio

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 on September 18, 1983 during Young's Solo Trans tour. Originally released on only LaserDisc

Laserdisc

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, the film has since gone out of print

Out of print

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.

Information

During a typical show, a 'live' video broadcast made up of various video clips from Young's career, old TV shows, and commercials were played on a giant screen in the background, dubbed Trans TV. This film is presented as an episode of Trans TV. After Young would finish his 'solo' portion of the show, The Shocking Pinks would come out for the encore, as he was promoting Everybody's Rockin'

Everybody's Rockin'

Everybody's Rockin' is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1983. The album was recorded with the Shocking Pinks , and features a selection of rockabilly songs . Running 25 minutes, it is Young's shortest album...

at the time. As the tour progressed, Young got more and more into making the encore section a full-on stage act. Friends and family were called in for parts, such as The Pinkettes, The Shocking Pinks' squad of cheerleaders, consisting of Young's wife Pegi and bass player Tim Drummond

Tim Drummond

Tim Drummond is an American bass guitarist who has toured and recorded with many notable artists including Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Ry Cooder, J. J. Cale, Lonnie Mack, Miles Davis, B.B...

's wife Inez. Bandmate Ben Keith

Ben Keith

Bennett Keith Schaeufele , better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer...

's lawyer Craig Hayes was brought in to play Vito Toledo, the Pinks' fictional manager. Young would revisit this territory years later with the stage show for his Greendale

Greendale (album)

Greendale is the name of an album, movie and graphic novel by Neil Young. As the twenty-seventh album by Neil Young, Young and Crazy Horse's Greendale, a 10-song rock opera, is set in a fictional California seaside town...

album.

Notable songs included in the film are "I Got a Problem", which appeared three years later on Landing on Water

Landing on Water

Landing on Water is the fifthteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on July 28, 1986 .-History:Several of the songs on the album were resurrected from Neil Young and Crazy Horse's failed 1984 sessions - a set of sessions where, according to longtime producer David Briggs, the...

, as well as "Get Gone" and "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me", which were not released until 1993 on the compilation Lucky Thirteen. The song "Do You Wanna Dance?

Do You Wanna Dance?

"Do You Wanna Dance?" is a song written by Bobby Freeman , and recorded by him in 1958. It is also popular in a version performed by the Beach Boys, which was released in 1965, and in a version recorded by Bette Midler in 1972...

", a frequent cover during Shocking Pinks shows, has never been released in another format.

Track listing

1. "Heart of Gold
   Heart of Gold (song)
   "Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far Young's only U.S. #1 single. In Canada, it reached #1 on the RPM national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972, on which date Young held the top spot on both the...
   
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2. "Old Man
   Old Man (song)
   "Old Man" is a song written and performed by Neil Young on his 1972 album Harvest.The song was written for the caretaker of the Northern California Broken Arrow Ranch, which Young purchased for $350,000 in 1970. The song compares a young man's life to an old man's and shows that the young man has,...
   
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3. "Helpless
   Helpless (song)
   "Helpless" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, most famously recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their 1970 album Déjà Vu....
   
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4. "Ohio"
5. "Don't Be Denied"
6. "I Got a Problem"
7. "Hello Mr. Soul"
8. "Payola Blues"
9. "Get Gone"
10. "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me"
11. "Do You Wanna Dance?
    Do You Wanna Dance?
    "Do You Wanna Dance?" is a song written by Bobby Freeman , and recorded by him in 1958. It is also popular in a version performed by the Beach Boys, which was released in 1965, and in a version recorded by Bette Midler in 1972...
    
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