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93-511: The archives are divided into several series. The main series consists of several volumes of box sets, each covering a separate period of the artist's career. The Performance Series consists of individual releases of live material, each representing a specific show or tour. Finally, there is the Special Release Series , which consists of previously unreleased albums. These different series also overlap; for example, two volumes of

186-416: A "deluxe" version, available exclusively at Neil Young's Greedy Hand merch store, that also contains 5 Blu-Ray discs. These Blu-Rays will contain eleven films in total, including four that have never been released and are exclusive to this box set. Members of Neil Young Archives that pre-ordered in advance received a 16 track CD sampler and a pin. A 2 LP version of highlights, titled Archives Vol. III - Takes ,

279-404: A Hurricane " could appear on its own album, not just on a three-record set. Briggs and Young called manager Elliot Roberts to adjust the release dates with the record company accordingly. Briggs would relate the decision in a contemporary radio interview: "We were on the road, on a gig, and we were driving between Houston and Madison, Wisconsin. We said to ourselves, 'Wow, "Hurricane", that's

372-472: A Rose", "The Old Homestead", "Love/Art Blues", "Through My Sails" and "Barefoot Floors". The lullaby "Barefoot Floors" was first released in 2021 on Young's website. It was also covered by Nicolette Larson on her album Sleep, Baby, Sleep . The lyrics to "Love/Art Blues" lament the tension between Young's personal and creative priorities in life. He told Constant Meijers, "Those girls always get jealous when you're working on something with great intensity." On

465-463: A September 1982 interview, Young said: "I wrote it on an organ, on the string synthesizer. I remember the night I wrote it, I stayed up all night playing it after I wrote it. It always had a feeling to me that it was going to take off. It was never going to be a peaceful little song." In his memoir Special Deluxe , Young recalls bar hopping on Skyline Boulevard: "... we pulled over at Skeggs Point Scenic Lookout to park and enjoy some cocaine... There

558-459: A car on my way to Hana, Maui from the airport. Recorded at the ranch during rehearsals for the CSNY '74 reunion tour. Later done up well by Linda Ronstadt, a soulful girl with big brown eyes." "Homegrown" is a straightforward tribute to smoking marijuana. Young would rerecord the song with Crazy Horse in 1975 for the album American Stars 'n Bars . "Florida" is a narrated nightmare accompanied by

651-553: A desire to release parts of Homegrown on subsequent albums, citing, for example, the "beautiful harmonies" of Emmylou Harris . "Star of Bethlehem" would first see release on American Stars 'n Bars in 1977. The album's songs were recorded between June 1974 and January 1975 at various locations. Dedicated recording sessions were held in December 1974 at Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville with Elliot Mazer producing, repeating

744-517: A different arrangement with The Ducks in 1977. "Star of Bethlehem", which concludes the album, is about coming to terms with the end of a relationship. Young would debut the song on tour with CSNY with an additional verse. According to a post on the Neil Young Archives website, Ben Keith and Emmylou Harris would overdub vocals to the track at Harris' L.A. home. In a 1975 Cameron Crowe interview for Rolling Stone , Young indicated

837-418: A folk-club or something, where I could play incognito? I'm feeling great lately, thanks to CSN&Y. Everything went well this time. We're finished now, but I have a feeling that we'll be back together again in 18 months time. In the meantime, I want to put a band together to play my new songs. I always want to bring something new, like Tonight's The Night . I want to make a fresh start with those 37 songs, like

930-511: A friend of Snodgress and the sister-in-law of bassist Billy Talbot , who lived on Young's ranch as a caretaker for Zeke. "Give Me Strength" would eventually see release on 2017's Hitchhiker in a 1976 recording. Young also revisited "Bad News Comes to Town", this time with a horn section, during his 1988 tour with the Blue Notes, captured live on 2015's Bluenote Café . During the first week of December, Young traveled to Chicago to attend

1023-585: A hardbound book), and did not have accompanying Blu-ray or DVD editions as Vol. I did due to, as Young has explained, “economic reasons.” Neil Young Archives Volume III: 1976–1987 was released on September 6, 2024. Covering an eleven-year period from 1976–1987, Volume III included, among other tracks, an album and film called Across the Water that further documents his 1976 tour of Japan and Europe with Crazy Horse ; A Snapshot in Time , an "audio documentary" of

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1116-910: A mix. That was the perfect way to work. Get it all at once... The sound was cascading over me and all around me, and I was swimming in it. Our work was done. That memory is one of my favorite moments and is the perfect example of a great life with my friend David, who guided me and assisted me in every trip I decided to take through the world of music." The songs on side one were recorded in a single day at Young's ranch on April 4, 1977. The April 1977 sessions featured Crazy Horse augmented by an ad hoc grouping dubbed "The Bullets": pedal steel guitarist and longtime Young collaborator Ben Keith , violinist Carole Mayedo, and backing vocalists Linda Ronstadt and Nicolette Larson . Young had previously recorded with Ronstadt on Harvest . Young recruited Larson after reaching out to other singers and several had recommended her. The three met at Young's Malibu home where he introduced

1209-693: A new artist, with a new repertoire. I want to record here too. I've sent postcards back to America saying I'll disappear for an unknown period of time." Young abandoned plans to record in Europe and return to his California ranch. Young recorded several demos during a November 11 session at Broken Arrow Ranch with Tim Mulligan. Many of these songs reflect his heartbreak at the breakdown of his relationship with Snodgress. Takes of "Vacancy," "One More Sign," "Frozen Man," "Give Me Strength," and "Bad News Comes to Town" all eventually appeared on Neil Young Archives Vol. II. "Give Me Strength" featured vocals from Ellen Talbot,

1302-556: A really good cut. It should have its own album to be on instead of being released with 32 other songs. We had already pressed 500,000 copies of Decade ... So at three in the morning we called up, from the bus, on the road, to Neil's manager and said, 'Hey man, I don't think we should put Decade out until we put "Hurricane" out on its own record. Why don't you call up Warners and tell them so?'" The album receiving favorable reviews. Writing in Rolling Stone , Paul Nelson noted

1395-804: A rehearsal with Nicolette Larson and Linda Ronstadt prior to recording American Stars 'n Bars ; Windward Passage , a live album of tracks recorded with The Ducks in Santa Cruz; the unreleased album Oceanside Countryside ; Union Hall , a recording of Young rehearsing with Larson and the Give to the Wind Orchestra prior to their November 12, 1977 gig in Bicentennial Park in Miami; an album and film documenting his 1978 Boarding House residency; songs from both his unreleased album Island in

1488-608: A series of concerts by Young & Crazy Horse during their US concert tours in October and November 1986. However, the concert film In a Rusted Out Garage is seeing release as part of the CD/Blu-Ray version of Archives Vol. III . Volume 11: Bluenote Café Bluenote Café , released November 13, 2015, documents the 1987/88 tour with the Bluenotes behind the 1988 album This Note's for You . Volume 11.5: Way Down in

1581-488: A short tour of Northern California, his first with the reconstituted band with guitarist Poncho Sampedro . The group recorded "Hurricane" at Young's ranch shortly after Young wrote the song and the take on the album is the initial run-through. Young wrote in Waging Heavy Peace : "Like a Hurricane" is probably the best example of Old Black's tone, although if you listen too closely, it is all but ruined by all

1674-422: A source. Safety copies were also used to substitute for the bits where the original tapes were damaged. On November 21, 2019, an article was posted to Neil Young's Archives website announcing Homegrown as the first vinyl release scheduled for 2020. The article also included a short video of engineer John Hanlon overseeing an all-analog transfer of one of the album's songs ("We Don't Smoke It No More"). The album

1767-434: A stadium tour of North America, their first since the 1970 tour that featured on 4 Way Street . To prepare, the band convened at Young's Northern California ranch to rehearse their sprawling repertoire. During the rehearsals, Young recorded several new songs on June 15 as a solo performer, on the 16th with bassist Tim Drummond , and on the 17th with Crosby, Stills and Nash. On June 15, Young recorded solo demos of "Love Is

1860-539: A subsequent international spring tour with Crazy Horse , Young rekindled his partnership with Stephen Stills . Following the album Long May You Run , and a promotional tour that Young abandoned, he continued touring with Crazy Horse in the United States, then spent the first half of 1977 off the road. After recording several country rock compositions at sessions in April 1977, he assembled additional tracks from

1953-482: A telephone." On June 17, Young recorded with CSNY, producing the take of "Through My Sails" that ended up on Zuma . The group helped Young with a new arrangement of "New Mama", made an attempt at "Love/Art Blues", and recorded additional vocals for the previous day's take of "Hawaiian Sunrise". During the 1974 CSNY tour, Young debuted 17 new songs on stage. Two days before the group's performance at Wembley Stadium , Young recorded another new song, "White Line," with

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2046-597: A variety of earlier recording dates to make up the second side of the new album. "Homegrown" and "Star of Bethlehem" had initially been slated for his album Homegrown , which was shelved at the time. Both of those songs, along with "Like a Hurricane", "Hold Back the Tears" and "Will to Love", had also been slated for the unreleased Young album project, Chrome Dreams . Seven of the nine tracks feature his regular backing band Crazy Horse, and another, "Star of Bethlehem", features country music star Emmylou Harris . Songs from

2139-405: A very down album." Although Young had dozens of songs available to him at the time for a new album, the songs selected for the running order generally center around the theme of his collapsing relationship with Carrie Snodgress. In "Separate Ways" Young sings about his final separation from Carrie, despite sharing a child together. In response to a fan letter on his website, Young states the song

2232-879: Is "Like a Hurricane," one of Young's classic hard rock songs and guitar workouts, and a perpetual concert favorite". It was finally released on compact disc, as an HDCD , on August 19, 2003, as part of the Neil Young Digital Masterpiece Series along with On the Beach , Hawks & Doves , and Re-ac-tor . All tracks are written by Neil Young except "Saddle Up the Palomino" written with Tim Drummond and Bobby Charles . All songs recorded at Broken Arrow Ranch except for "Star of Bethlehem" recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville . Side one (credited to Neil Young, Crazy Horse and

2325-555: Is a live album featuring recordings from the concert in Tuscaloosa, Alabama , on the 1973 tour with The Stray Gators, during which Time Fades Away was recorded. The album was released on June 7, 2019. Young has since stated on his Archives website that Tuscaloosa is "as close as Time Fades Away II that we'll get." This album was also included as part of the Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976 box set. Volume 05: Roxy: Tonight's

2418-782: Is labeled Volume 00 in the Performance Series, but was the third in the series to be released. It features recordings from Young's solo acoustic performances at Canterbury House on 9–10 November 1968. The album was released on December 2, 2008. Volume 01: Live at the Riverboat 1969 Volume 1 is entitled Live at the Riverboat 1969 and is taken from a series of shows at the Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto in February 1969, recorded by Brian Ahern . The CD

2511-525: Is the eighth studio album by Canadian-American folk rock songwriter Neil Young , released on Reprise Records in 1977. Compiled from recording sessions scattered over a 29-month period, it includes " Like a Hurricane ", one of Young's best-known songs. It peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 and received a RIAA gold certification. Following the release of his album, Zuma , in November 1975, and

2604-409: Is the missing link between Harvest , Comes a Time , Old Ways and Harvest Moon ." The songs are quite personal, and reveal much of his feelings on his failing relationship at the time with actress Carrie Snodgress . "It was a little too personal... it scared me," Young would later explain to Cameron Crowe in interview. It was so near to being released that a cover had been created. At

2697-517: The Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976 box set with an additional performance of "The Losing End" not present on the original release. Volume 06 Originally projected to be Odeon Budokan , this ended up being released as a Special Release Series album on September 1, 2023. As of now, this catalog number could be earmarked for the Across the Water discs that can be found in the Archives Vol. III box set. Volume 07: Songs for Judy Songs for Judy

2790-517: The 16th, Young returned to his home studio with bassist Tim Drummond . That day he recorded at least eight songs, including master takes of "Homefires" and " Love Is a Rose ". He performed the songs right after each other, in front of a roaring fire. He also recorded the backing track to "Pardon My Heart," which saw additional overdubs before release on the 1975 album Zuma . He also attempted "Love/Art Blues", "New Mama" and "The Old Homestead". The confessional solo piano piece "L.A. Girls and Ocean Boys"

2883-543: The April 1977 sessions are all in a country-styled vein, while the tracks from the second side are all in their original forms from their respective recording sessions (spanning 1974–1976). "The Old Country Waltz" tells the tale of listening to a live band in a bar while drinking to get over the loss of a loved one. It was previously recorded on piano and harmonica in August 1976 during the Hitchhiker session. "Saddle Up

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2976-592: The Band 's Robbie Robertson . It was recorded at Ramport Studios in London on September 12, 1974. The Band had served as one of CSNY's opening acts during their summer tour. The duo recorded the song on acoustic guitars, with Robertson providing flourishes to complement Young's playing. After the CSNY tour, Young traveled to Amsterdam for a week and a half in late September/early October with Graham Nash , Joel Bernstein , and Dutch journalist Constant Meijers. He worked on

3069-597: The Bluenotes in the fall of 1987. The series of box sets were preceded by individual concert releases, dubbed the Archives Performance Series . This section contains details of releases so far. The releases are ordered in chronological order of recording. The albums were released in a different order, with Volume 2 coming in 2006, Volume 3 in 2007 and Volume 1 included in the first Archives box. Volume 00: Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968

3162-500: The Gold Rush . It features Connie Moskos, then the girlfriend of producer David Briggs , drooping with a bottle of Canadian whisky in her hand and an intoxicated Young with his face pressed against the glass floor. American Stars 'n' Bars was released May 1977. It was released after the compilation Decade had already been compiled. Young and producer David Briggs decided that the compilation should be delayed so that " Like

3255-478: The Killer" as a guitar showcase) with a lot of overlap within the songs". In a review for AllMusic , William Ruhlmann found the album to be "a stylistic hodgepodge, its first side consisting of country-tinged material" while the second side ranged from "acoustic solo numbers... to raging rockers". Describing "Will to Love" as "a particularly spooky and ambitious piece", he said that "[the] album's centerpiece however,

3348-476: The Night , On the Beach , Zuma , and Long May You Run , as well as the then-recently released album Homegrown in its entirety and tracks from CSNY's multiple sessions for their aborted Human Highway album. Also as with Volume I , included in the set are several live discs, including the unreleased live album Odeon Budokan . Volume II was released as a set of 10 CDs (with a deluxe edition containing

3441-606: The Night Live 1973 Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live was released on April 24, 2018, with a Record Store Day vinyl release on April 21. The album is culled from a set of shows played during the opening of the Roxy Theatre from September 20–22, 1973. The shows featured Young backed by the Santa Monica Flyers and songs from the recently recorded Tonight's the Night . This album was also included as part of

3534-510: The Palomino" features sexually suggestive lyrics and was likely written in 1974 or 1975 during the Homegrown sessions. A handwritten song list on the Neil Young Archives website from that era includes a song titled "Carmelina". It is credited to Young, bassist Tim Drummond and Louisiana songwriter and friend Bobby Charles who was part of Young's social scene in Malibu in 1975. "Hold Back

3627-674: The Performance Series that are included on each of the first two Archives box set releases are also available separately. Homegrown is also included in its entirety on Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 but was also released on its own earlier in 2020. As of 2019, Young has launched a subscription website and application where all of his music is available to stream in high resolution audio. The Neil Young Archives also include his newspaper, The Times-Contrarian ; The Hearse Theater, which shows limited runs of concert films and rare footage; and photos and memorabilia throughout his career. The first volume, The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 ,

3720-795: The Rust Bucket Way Down in the Rust Bucket was the first release from his Archives Performance Series for the year 2021, and was released in CD, DVD, vinyl and deluxe box set editions on February 26. A live show that was recorded on November 13, 1990, at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, with Crazy Horse, Young has previously shown all the concert video footage as part of the Movietone section of his Archives website. Volume 12: Dreamin' Man Live '92 Dreamin' Man Live '92

3813-619: The Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, on January 22, 1971, just three days after the Massey Hall show. After talks of it possibly being paired with the 50th Anniversary Edition of After the Gold Rush , it was officially available as a stand-alone release along with a companion concert film, which had previously been used for Massey Hall ' s accompanying DVD release. Volume 04: Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa

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3906-730: The Stray Gators on the Harvest album and were all soulful, first-class players. Drummond had played with James Brown , Conway Twitty , and others. Ben had played with Patsy Cline , Hawkshaw Hawkins , and many more. Buttrey had given his beat to Roy Orbison , the Everly Brothers , and countless country artists and hits. I was fortunate to be in their company. We recorded a song called "Frozen Man," which I had written in Amsterdam. On December 11, Levon Helm replaced Buttrey and

3999-603: The Sun and earlier versions of Old Ways ; a live album documenting Young's February 7, 1984, shows with Crazy Horse at The Catalyst ; and a disc of live tracks and studio cuts Young recorded with the International Harvesters. On July 25, 2024, Young announced a pre-sale for members of his Archives website for the upcoming box set. Two distinct versions of this box set were released: a 17 CD standard box set available both online and brick-and-mortar retailers, and

4092-452: The Tears" had previously been recorded in February 1977 as a solo performance with Young playing guitar, keyboards and percussion. This version would see release on Chrome Dreams in 2023. Its lyrics find Young consoling a friend over the loss of a relationship and counseling that the next love may be just around the corner. "Bite the Bullet", which also features suggestive lyrics, combines

4185-488: The album consists of recordings made in various studios over the previous two years. "Star of Bethlehem" was recorded in December, 1974 at Quadrafonic Sound Studios during sessions for Homegrown . According to a post on the Neil Young Archives website, Ben Keith and Emmylou Harris would overdub the background vocals for the track at Harris' L.A. home. "Homegrown" and "Like a Hurricane" were recorded in November 1975 with Crazy Horse at Young's ranch during rehearsals for

4278-741: The box set won the Grammy Award for Best Art Direction on a Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, and was shared by Neil Young along with his art directors Gary Burden and Jenice Heo. Similar in scope to the first box set, Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 was officially released as a deluxe box set and for streaming on the Neil Young Archives site on November 20, 2020. Covering Young's work with The Stray Gators , Santa Monica Flyers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, and The Stills-Young Band during this period, Vol. II includes album cuts, demos, outtakes and alternate versions of songs from his albums Time Fades Away , Tonight’s

4371-459: The cacophonous sound of Young and Keith rubbing the rims of wine glasses and playing with piano strings. A booklet that accompanied the original vinyl release of Tonight's the Night featured the lyrics superimposed over the credits for On the Beach . "Kansas" and "Mexico" are described in Shakey as "solo Young performances—short, fragmentary and hallucinogenic." The lyrics to "Kansas" describe

4464-539: The changes into something. I always looked at occasions in life as inspirations for songs. We were singing so easily. It was flowing. We were all high on weed and excited. Crosby called up Peter Fonda , and we sang "Hawaiian Sunrise" for him over the phone from my cabin living room, all four of us. It was the best we ever sang it. To this day, I'm sorry we weren't recording it. That is one of the biggest lessons I have learned about recording music. 'Get it while it's hot.' Every song has its moment, and we let that one escape into

4557-514: The context in which Harvest was recorded. While its predecessor features songs inspired by the beginning of Young's relationship with Carrie Snodgress, Homegrown features songs inspired by the end of that relationship. 1974 was a prolific time for Young as a writer, writing both the dozen songs that were slated for Homegrown as well as many others that would be sprinkled throughout his 1970s albums or go unreleased until 2020's Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 . In July, CSNY embarked on

4650-602: The emerging genres of outlaw country and punk rock . It was written in July 1976 in Charlotte, North Carolina during the Stills-Young tour , and made its live debut that month. "Star of Bethlehem"'s lyrics are about coming to terms with the end of a relationship. The song was originally intended to conclude the shelved album Homegrown . Its lyrics are inspired by Young's breakup with Carrie Snodgress . Young would debut

4743-445: The fireplace with the cassette on the hearth, three feet from the fire, and you can hear the crackling and hissing of the fire as I played my old Martin guitar and sang." Young mixed the track and added overdubs at Indigo Ranch Recording studio eight months later with his producer David Briggs: "I had asked David to get me a lot of instruments, including drums, an electric bass, a vibraphone, some of my old amps including my Magnatone with

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4836-413: The funeral of Carrie's mother. While there, he booked time at Chess Records where he attempted to record "Changing Highways" and "Vacancy" with a reformed Crazy Horse with new guitarist Frank Sampedro . Young remembers in Waging Heavy Peace : "When we all got to Chess Studios, we found it on the fifth floor of a big old brick building that really had a historic vibe. I felt I was in a hallowed place. It

4929-401: The group captured a heavier, electric version of "Vacancy." Versions of "Long May You Run," "Barefoot Floors" and "Motorcycle Mama" were also recorded during these sessions. "Motorcycle Mama", written for his new romantic interest and eventual wife Pegi, were later recorded for 1978's Comes a Time . Final sessions took place at Village Recorder Studios in L.A. on January 21, 1975. This time

5022-439: The group recorded "The Old Homestead" and "Daughters", as well as the two songs that open Homegrown , "Separate Ways" and "Try". "The Old Homestead" was released on Hawks & Doves in 1980. Another band session at the same studio on December 13, this time with Karl Himmel on drums, yielded "Star of Bethlehem", "Homegrown" and "Deep Forbidden Lake". "Deep Forbidden Lake" was released on Decade in 1977 where Young says in

5115-419: The last moment however, Young chose to drop Homegrown and release instead Tonight's the Night , another shelved album recorded in 1973. Young stated that he had a playback party for Homegrown and Tonight's the Night happened to be on the same reel. He decided to release Tonight's the Night after that listening because of "its overall strength in performance and feeling" and because Homegrown "was just

5208-425: The liner notes that "it hopefully signified the end of a long dark period which started with Time Fades Away ." "Bad News Comes to Town," "Frozen Man" and several versions of "Changing Highways" were also recorded during these sessions at Quadrafonic. Later that month, "We Don't Smoke It No More" and another attempt at "Love/Art Blues" were recorded with his band at Broken Arrow on December 31, 1974. Four days later,

5301-476: The material consisted of short solo pieces featuring Young on guitar or piano. Among the songs recorded are "Little Wing", "Mexico", "Kansas" and the spoken word track "Florida". In 2010, Neil Young's on-line newspaper stated that Homegrown along with other period unreleased albums were being "rebuilt" for inclusion in the second volume of his Archives project. Unlike similar unreleased collections from this period of Young's career, such as Chrome Dreams and

5394-439: The mistakes and misfires in my playing... Most often the first time something is played is the defining moment... That is why it just cuts on at the beginning. There was no beginning. There was no end. It is one of those performances you can never repeat; the cherry, the original expression of the song, the essence. We just kept wailing on those changes until we couldn't move anymore." Young had recently undergone vocal surgery and

5487-408: The mixed selection of songs and styles and praised the "gale-force guitar playing" on "Like a Hurricane". He concluded that the album "can almost be taken as a sampler, but not a summation, of Young's various styles from After the Gold Rush and Harvest (much of the country rock) through On the Beach (the incredible "Will to Love") to Zuma ("Like a Hurricane" is a worthy successor to "Cortez

5580-480: The night he recorded at his home in front of a roaring fire. "Homegrown", a lighthearted tribute to marijuana, was first recorded as the title track of the unreleased album. "Like a Hurricane", one of Young's signature songs, recounts a tempestuous romance, as Young described in a 2020 post to his website: "She had so much love he couldn't handle it. She was always a step away but he loved her forever. He just couldn't reach her. But he did, and she never forgot that." In

5673-467: The production of these releases. An article on the Neil Young Archives site announced a target release date of September 10, 2021. The first was released on October 1, 2021. Official Bootleg Series 01: Homegrown (Neil Young album) Homegrown is the 42nd studio album by Canadian-American Neil Young . It was released on June 19, 2020, by Reprise Records . The album consists of material recorded between June 1974 and January 1975. The album

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5766-420: The release, writing that it is "no less masterful for having sat unheard all these years. If anything, the passing time has helped intensify the lush intimacy of the recordings, making Young’s spare and rich instrumentation (and old-school minimalist production) stand out all the more in an era of auto-tuned digitalization." Additional roles American Stars %27n Bars American Stars 'n Bars

5859-409: The relief of having a lover by your side after waking up from a nightmare. Young remembers writing "White Line" in a 2018 post to his website: "I wrote "White Line" in the back of Pearl on the CSNY 1974 stadium tour. Joel Bernstein , friend, archivist and photographer, believes I am seen typing the original in this photo. He compared the typewritten page in the archives with this picture and identified

5952-412: The session acetates for Tonight's the Night , Homegrown never circulated in whole as a bootleg . In July 2019, Neil Young Archives' mastering team began working on the original master tapes. The official site for Neil Young Archives shows several pictures of the tape boxes and respective handwritten notes, revealing much of the work that was required to create new analog masters using the original as

6045-419: The sessions of suicide. "Love Is a Rose" is a reworking of Young's previous concert encore favorite "Dance, Dance, Dance". It was also recorded by Crazy Horse on their debut album . "Love Is a Rose" features new lyrics and would later be covered by Linda Ronstadt . Young would include "Love Is a Rose" on the 1977 compilation Decade ., where Young describes it in the liner notes as having been "written in

6138-518: The set are several live discs, as well as (on the Blu-Ray/DVD versions) a copy of the long out-of-print film Journey Through the Past , directed by Young in the early 1970s. Volume I was released as a set of 10 Blu-ray discs in order to present high resolution audio as well as accompanying visual documentation. It is also available as a 10 disc DVD set and an 8 disc CD set. On January 31, 2010,

6231-511: The setting in Special Deluxe : "We set up at Quadrafonic Sound on Sixteenth Avenue, with Elliot Mazer at the board. Quad was a little studio, built in a house, like many studios in Nashville, with an intimate feel and sound. It was a favorite among singer-songwriters like myself. The first day there, we recorded with Kenny Buttrey on drums, Tim Drummond on bass, Ben Keith on steel, and me on acoustic guitar. These musicians were known as

6324-626: The song as "White Line", a love song about traveling away from the pain." Young re-recorded the song without the verse containing the drug-referencing title with Crazy Horse in 1975 during the American Stars 'n' Bars sessions and again with the group in 1990 for Ragged Glory . "Vacancy" was written in Amsterdam shortly after the last CSNY tour date at Wembley . Its guitar riff evolved from Young's rhythm guitar part for Stills' "Black Queen" "Little Wing" would see release in 1980 on Hawks & Doves . Young would also play "Little Wing" in

6417-413: The song on tour with CSNY with an additional verse. In a 1975 Cameron Crowe interview for Rolling Stone , Young indicated a fondness for the track and an eagerness to release it, singling out the "beautiful harmonies" of Emmylou Harris . In " Will to Love ", Young tells "the story of a salmon swimming upstream. Laden with my own feelings of love and survival." Young has performed the song only once,

6510-491: The songs "Vacancy" and "Frozen Man", and expressed to Meijers his excitement about his wealth of new material and an eagerness to play his new songs and begin recording. He muses that many of the songs share a water theme, and contemplates recording in Ibiza or Monaco using a mobile studio: "I've been working on one song after the other, lately. I've got 37 new songs and I'd love to play them. Do you think it's possible? Is there

6603-480: The stereo vibrato, and a few other things. I told David that I simply wanted to play back the cassette through the Magnatone with vibrato so it would sound like I was underwater at times during the song, when I was taking the point of view of the salmon." Finally, Young and Briggs mixed the song that same night, and played back the results to Young's great satisfaction: "Somewhere in the middle of that night, we did

6696-404: The takes used on the album were being recorded. Recalls Larson: "We worked out the songs in a room of his house. And just when we had the songs down, Neil said, 'Thanks a lot...we've got the album.' He was recording all the rehearsals secretly in another room." The album cover was designed by actor and Young's close friend Dean Stockwell , who had also written the screenplay that inspired After

6789-442: The two singers to twenty of his songs he had available to record. Larson tells Cameron Crowe in December 1978: "I didn't know much about Neil Young, but we went over and sat by the fireplace and Neil ran down all the songs he had just written, about twenty of them. We sang harmonies with him and he was jazzed." Sessions were held at the white house on Young's ranch. The musicians were under the impression that they were rehearsing while

6882-479: Was a newspaper in the backseat with me and I picked up a felt-tip marker, one of my favorite writing tools, and scratched out a few words. Later that night when I got back to the ranch, I sat down at the electric organ I had built... The unearthly sound resonated in my little cabin for hours and hours while I uncovered the melody and chords that dwelled in those lyrics I had written in Taylor’s DeSoto." Side two of

6975-574: Was again delayed by Record Store Day's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic , before finally seeing release on June 19. Around 30 songs are reported to have been recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, many of which can be seen in handwritten lists shown on Neil Young Archives, as several tracks lists were assembled before the album was canceled. The material from these sessions is largely acoustic, most of it being solo performances of Young on guitar and harmonica. Young has said that " Homegrown

7068-460: Was also recorded that day. Its lyrics were interpolated into "Danger Bird" on Zuma . Young also recorded the newly written "Hawaiian Sunrise" with Drummond. Young remembers writing the song during the rehearsals in his memoir Special Deluxe : "At the ranch, while rehearsing for the tour, I wrote a new song called "Hawaiian Sunrise." It seemed like every day I had another new song. With all the changes going on in my life, I wrote songs daily, turning

7161-476: Was also released. As of 2024, Volume IV is currently scheduled to be the second to last Archives box set to be released, according to an article from Young that was published on the Times-Contrarian that day. Currently in production and being worked on by the Neil Young Archives team, the specific timeframe is yet undetermined, though it is expected to start with songs culled from his first tour with

7254-400: Was announced that this will finally be seeing release as part of the Archives Vol. III box set. Volume 09: A Treasure A Treasure documents the International Harvesters tours of 1984–1985. It was first released May 24, 2011 as an LP, with Blu-ray (and accompanying film) and CD following June 14. Volume 10 This catalog number could possibly be reserved for "Crazy Horse Garage" –

7347-424: Was cosmic. Those sketches are the vocals we used on the final record of "Like a Hurricane." "Will to Love" was recorded in April 1976, at Young's home in front of a roaring fire, the only time he has performed the song. He would later mix the recording and add overdubs during a full moon session at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, as recounted in Waging Heavy Peace : "Sitting on the floor late at night, I recorded in front of

7440-493: Was funky and there was nothing high-class about it, like some of the studios we had played in Hollywood. It had everything it needed, though. We recorded one song, "Changing Highways," at that session. It was kind of an experiment with Poncho in the studio, and it went well. We rocked." Sampedro recalls in a 2021 interview: "We went to Chess and it was very cool place. And you know, I was a huge Chuck Berry fan. Just to be there

7533-645: Was held in Toronto, Canada in 2003 as the supporting tour for his album, Greendale . Volume 21: Noise & Flowers Noise & Flowers is a live album by Neil Young and Promise of the Real. It was released through Reprise Records on August 5, 2022, and recorded during the band's 2019 European tour In September 2020, Young officially announced a new series of releases called the Official Bootleg Series. The original intent behind this series

7626-518: Was intended to have backing vocals, but they were never recorded. Young would revisit the song in a more soulful arrangement in studio with Stephen Stills ' backing band for 1976's Long May You Run and again on his 1993 tour with Booker T & the MGs . The lyrics to "Try" incorporate phrases that Carrie's mother used to like to say., including the phrase 'I'd like to take a chance/but shit, Mary, I can't dance.' Carrie's mother had died shortly before

7719-552: Was like, wow, you know? The other one we did at Chess was "Vacancy". When I heard Ben and those Nashville cats do it, it kind of tickled me because they did a good job and I like it. I love the song. But our version was so much more out of control and just bashing and crazy. All those little turnarounds at the end of the verses just kind of got lost in ours because it was just distortion and craziness going on." Studio sessions for Homegrown began in earnest in mid-December 1974 at Quadraphonic Sound Studios in Nashville. Young remembers

7812-519: Was recorded after the release of On the Beach and before the sessions for Zuma . Like those two albums, much of the material was inspired by Young's relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress , which was deteriorating in 1974. The album was compiled and prepared for release in 1975. Instead, Tonight's the Night was released, and Homegrown remained unreleased for 45 years. It was finally set for release as part of Record Store Day 2020 , amid Neil Young's ongoing Archives campaign. Its release

7905-542: Was released as part of the Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 box set in June 2009. Chrome Dreams II from certain retailers also included a bonus CD with a preview track from the Riverboat. Different outlets had different CDs, each with a different preview track. Volume 02: Live at the Fillmore East 1970 Live at the Fillmore East , released in November 2006, features a March 1970 concert with Crazy Horse. The album

7998-684: Was released digitally and on CD on November 30, 2018, and as a double LP on December 14, 2018. Compiled by Joel Bernstein and Cameron Crowe from solo acoustic performances on the 1976 North American tour, it previously circulated among fans as a bootleg titled The Bernstein Tapes . Volume 08 Catalogue number possibly reserved for Boarding House , an album compiled from the recordings made during Young's five-day residency at The Boarding House , San Francisco in May 1978; some of these recordings appeared on side A of Rust Never Sleeps . On July 26, 2024, it

8091-792: Was released on CD, LP and DVD with high definition 24/96 sound accompanied by still images from the concert. This album was also included as part of the Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 box set. Volume 02.5: Live at the Cellar Door Live at the Cellar Door was recorded in Washington, D.C., during six-show between November 30 and December 2, 1970. This was released on December 10, 2013. Volume 03: Live at Massey Hall 1971 A solo acoustic performance from January 1971, Live at Massey Hall 1971 , saw release in March 2007. The album

8184-399: Was released on December 8, 2009, and features all ten songs from the album Harvest Moon (but in different order, locations and dates) performed live in 1992. Volume 16: Return to Greendale Return to Greendale was officially released on November 6, 2020. Young has previously shown all the concert video footage as part of the Movietone section of his Archives website. The concert

8277-621: Was released on June 19, 2020. "Try" was released as a single exclusively to the Neil Young's Archives website on May 13, 2020, followed by "Vacancy" on June 10, 2020. The original release date of April 18, 2020 had to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Homegrown was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 88, based on 17 reviews. Writing for The A.V. Club , Alex McLevy praised

8370-414: Was released on June 2, 2009. Covering Young's early years with The Squires and Buffalo Springfield , it also includes cuts, demos, outtakes and alternate versions of songs from his albums Neil Young , Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere , After the Gold Rush , and Harvest , as well as tracks he recorded with both Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young during this time. Also included in

8463-488: Was released on LP, CD and DVD Video with the DVD version including high definition sound accompanied by 8mm film footage, which sourced from the Stratford, Connecticut, concert three days later (January 22, 1971). This album was also included as part of the Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972 box set. Volume 03.5: Young Shakespeare Young Shakespeare was released on March 26, 2021. It is an all-acoustic solo show and recorded at

8556-449: Was to duplicate popular bootlegs, down to their original cover art, but upgrading the audio fidelity. However, the concept changed with the first officially announced entry, Carnegie Hall , which will take its audio from the December 4th, 1970 show as opposed to the heavily circulated December 5 midnight set. On October 7, the first six entries of the Official Bootleg Series were announced, as well as that Niko Bolas will be helping Young in

8649-596: Was unable to record a live vocal. Vocals were overdubbed in January 1976 at Village Recorders in Los Angeles. He explained in Special Deluxe : "The instrumental passages on this recording are some of our best Crazy Horse moments, with Poncho playing a great part on the Stringman keyboard, an amazing analog string synthesizer. It is a very emotional ride... I loved that track. I knew I had to finish it. The Horse

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