Official Neil Young Thread

Spiritual_Chaos

https://youtu.be/RAH-MxpgjpI?si=XSymj2b7kVIT_6Oh

brianlux

Spiritual_Chaos said:

https://youtu.be/RAH-MxpgjpI?si=XSymj2b7kVIT_6Oh

Kinda cool, but those missed notes- ouch.  Jimi missed a few as well, but fewer misses and his rendition was live and impromptu.  Try again, Neil.

brianlux

Listened to Barn again to day...

goldrush

Neil hosted another Zoom call for Patron subscribers. Jason, one of the moderators on a Neil FB group, has posted these notes about the upcoming Archives III box set:

So during today's Zoom call, he spilled a ton of beans on Vol. III

Essentially it comes to "17 discs" and "four or five film" (honestly it's not clear if this is now a combined CD/Blu-ray set, or if the plan is still to sell individual CD and Blu-Ray versions). Some of the "discs" in Vol. III are two disc sets, as well. Also about halfway through he started reading the tracks that are one each disc, though sometimes it seemed like he would trail off, or stop halfway through reading a track list to get to the next disc (maybe on purpose so as to not reveal everything? That would make sense; don't spill the beans on everything).

So Vol. III (from what he shared to us) is as follows:

• Across the Water, Part 1 and 2: a two disc set ("albums and movies") that represents the '76 tour previously covered by Odeon-Budokan. He mentioned it contains songs from Odeon-Budokan, his shows in Hammersmith, Glasgow, and "somewhere else which I can't remember."

• Hitchhikin' Judy: this covers the fall '76 tour ("which was a solo opening and then an intermission and then Crazy Horse'). He wasn't clear on if it contains both the solo acoustic performances and the CH performances, or even if any of the songs that appear on Hitchhiker (or anything else from this era) will appear.

• Snapshot in Time: The "audio verite" audio documentary of him rehearsing with Nicolette and Linda before they began recording the songs that are on side A of American Stars 'N' Bars (a version of "Barefoot Floors" is supposed to be one of the tracks here).

• Winward Passage: A live album of Ducks songs recorded live in Santa Cruz (hopefully "Cryin' Eyes" is on this still, as he said it would be earlier this year).

• Oceanside/Countryside: The album he made before Comes a Time that he recorded solo acoustic before overdubbing additional guitars. There's 12 tracks (of which only "1 or 2 that have surfaced" previously). Many of the original versions of the songs that are on Comes a Time can be found here.

• Union Hall: the Give to the Wind Orchestra rehearsal for their show in Miami. "Lady Wingshot" will be on here. Once he went back and read the track list, it was as follows:

Comes a Time

Love/Art Blues

Union Hall Intro

Are You Ready for the Country?

Dance Dance Dance/Love is a Rose

Old Man

The Losing End

Heart of Gold

Already One

Lady Wingshot

Four Strong Winds

Down By the River

Alabama

Are You Ready for the Country? (Reprise)

Intro to Comes a Time Outtakes

We're Havin' Some Fun Now (with Nicolette)

Please Help Me I'm Falling

Motorcycle Mama

So the Union Hall rehearsal seems smack-dab in the middle of Comes a Time album tracks and outtakes (also bummer if the Comes a Time session version of "Daughters" isn't included).

• Boarding House 1 and Boarding House 2: now a two disc set, with Boarding House 2 including his session with DEVO that he did in the afternoon before one of his shows at the venue (the first, I'm assuming, is the original compilation of live performances from the various shows he did). "Hey Hey, My My" with DEVO will be included. both the DEVO session and Boarding House performances will be included in a film.

• Sedan Delivery: covers the Rust Never Sleeps period, but "it's different tracks selected from RNS," and it has a "wacky cover." Tracks that will appear include:

Bright Sunny Day (not sure what version of this song it will be. Possibly a rehearsal/studio recording?)

The Loner

Welfare Mothers

Lotta Love

Sedan Delivery

Cortez the Killer

Tonight's the Night

Powderfinger

When You Dance (I Can Really Love)

Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

• Coastline: covers the Hawks & Doves and Re-ac-tor era from July 1980-July 1981. It has "a lot of songs on it." Tracks that will appear on this disc include:

Coastline

Stayin' Power

Hawks and Doves

Comin' Apart at Every Nail

Union Man

Winter Winds

Southern Pacific

Opera Star

Rapid Transit

Sunny Inside

Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleeze

Get Up Now

• Trans EP and Johnny's Island: another two disc set. The Trans EP will be the vocodor tracks from the album isolated on their own ("it takes you to that place and you stay there").

Sample and Hold

Mr. Soul

Computer Cowboy

We R in Control

Computer Age

Transformer Man

Johnny's Island appears to contain the three other songs from Trans from the Hawaii sessions. Tracks that will appear here include:

1. Johnny

2. Island in the Sun

3. Silver and Gold

4. If You Got Love

5. Raining in Paradise

6. Big Pearl

7. Hold on to Your Love

8. Soul of a Woman

9. Love Hotel

("Like an Inca" and "Little Thing Called Love" weren't read, but he previous said the three songs from Trans that are from the Commercial Recorder sessions will be on Johnny's Island)

• Evolution: covers Jan 83-Jan 84. He says that this disc has "a lot of different songs with a lot of different feelings," because he "started off doing 'California Sunset' and 'My Boy,' then we went into the Shocking Pinks period, and then came out of that and into (umm...) 'Hard Luck Stories,' 'I've Got a Problem,' 'Your Love,' and 'If You Got Love.' A lot of previously unreleased originals."

• Touch the Night: a compilation of the two shows from Feb 7th, 1984 with Crazy Horse.

Rock Rock Rock (or as he called it, Rock)

So Tired

Violent Side

I Got a Problem

Your Love

Barstool Blues

Welfare Mothers

Touch the Night

(he stopped reading here, but IMO this seems like there should be more tracks, and I wouldn't be surprised if this tries to duplicate the setlist from these two shows more thoroughly)

• Grey Riders: another two disc set that covers June 1984-September 1985.

Amber Jean (sounds like this will be a version recorded at the Saddle Rack on June 6th, 1984 during the early show)

Get Back to the Country

Are You Ready for the Country? (from A Treasure)

It Might Have Been (from A Treasure)

Soul of a Women

Let Your Fingers Do the Walkin'

Misfits (a previously unreleased live version)

Nothing is Perfect (a previously unreleased version)

Time Off for Good Behavior

This Old House (original version)

Southern Pacific (from A Treasure)

He then talked about what he meant by an "original version" and trailed off, so I think the track list is incomplete (because this can't be an 2 disc set that has just 11 tracks on it). Plus he recently said                that the original version of "Interstate" will appear on Vol. III, as well.

• Road of Plenty: It seems like the focus has shifted to covering the Landing on Water/Life period, based on the tracks Neil mentioned (although it's possible that this tracklist could be incomplete, as well).

Drifter

Hippie Dream

Bad News Beat

People on the Street

Weight of the World

Pressure

Road of Plenty

We Never Danced (in a previously unreleased "original" version)

When Your Lonely Heart Breaks (an "unbelievably great record" of that song)

• Summer Songs: This closes out the set.

Intro

American Dream

Someday

For the Love of Man

One of These Days

Wrecking Ball

Hangin' on a Limb

Name of Love

The Last of His Kind

And before all of this, he showed us his Vol. III notes, and the cover page mentioned that this will cover 1976-1989, but this set seems to end nicely on 1987 with Summer Songs. So it's possible that some of the songs he did in '89 (like "Crime in the City" and the SNL rehearsals) that were to appear on Road of Plenty when he compiled it could very likely still be on this set.

This is shaping up to be a huge and, therefore, crazy expensive set! Better start saving those pennies…

goldrush

And if all that wasn’t enough, these images of the Dume vinyl release have also surfaced (no release date announced yet though):

brianlux

goldrush said:

And if all that wasn’t enough, these images of the Dume vinyl release have also surfaced (no release date announced yet though):

Do you know, are the Zuma songs here different versions than the original Zuma release, or is this Zuma with added songs? 

Tim Simmons

Zuma with additional songs. 

Its just the vinyl version of the disc from Archives 2.

Tim Simmons

this was supposed to be out in October. But I'm guessing they pushed it back because of Before and After. I bet this drops early next year.

Tim Simmons

Vol 3 looks great. But like the other 2 I will only DL. I'll buy if they do a vinyl version though.

brianlux

Tim Simmons said:

Zuma with additional songs. 

Its just the vinyl version of the disc from Archives 2.

Because I have Zuma and all but a couple of the extras elsewhere, looks like I'll pass.  I'm guessing if I had everything Neil Young has put out on vinyl and nothing else but the Beatles Box, my record collection would look something like this:

goldrush

Looks like there’s a tour on the horizon. 

Possibly smaller venues in Canada, although the post is typically vague!

mikesbri

Any suggestions of which level membership to get if just looking for a chance to get tickets to future show?  Have never seen him live and hoping for a chance.

shorty4568

mikesbri said:

Any suggestions of which level membership to get if just looking for a chance to get tickets to future show?  Have never seen him live and hoping for a chance.

All of the Archive subscriptions include early ticket access. 

Celticskemba8

Wow come to the maritimes Neil!

jerparker20

Saw Neil and the Horse are playing Jazzfest in New Orleans.

darwinstheory

I hate how I subscribe to NYA but only just now found out about this. Same thing as his solo tour last year. I'd think having the NYA app would mean I'd at least get some sort of notice.

That rant aside - Neil & CH in 2024? Gimme!!!

Edved82

Really hoping Neil makes it to Europe for a final tour over here.

goldrush

darwinstheory said:

I hate how I subscribe to NYA but only just now found out about this. Same thing as his solo tour last year. I'd think having the NYA app would mean I'd at least get some sort of notice.

That rant aside - Neil & CH in 2024? Gimme!!!

darwinstheory

Thanks @goldrush - at least I know now to keep a close eye on NYA over the next few weeks. 

The JazzFest NYCH date is the same day I'm planning to see a different band up in Vancouver. But it's great to know there are more dates coming.

darwinstheory

I think part of my issue is I NEVER use a PC. All my internet usage is via my Samsung Galaxy. And the NYA app isn't very user friendly.