Exciting blurb! (to me atleast)

given2fly23

if I had one music-related wish, it would be that Pearl Jam open its live vault. hopefully this is a small step towards that wish...




http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/ ... une-2.html

'Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1': The holy grail of box sets to arrive June 2

AUSTIN, Texas --- The first volume of the decades-in-the-making, long-promised but never-delivered Neil Young box set is finally here and ready for delivery June 2.

Yes, “Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972” really exists. Its release was announced Saturday at a panel discussion devoted to its many riches at the South by Southwest music conference. Young has been promising the monstrosity either “next year” or “soon” since about 1989. But as Young filmmaker and curator Larry Johnson explained after the panel, the technology never quite made it possible for Young to realize his dream version of the set. With the advent of Blu-Ray, Young finally got his wish, and Young fans will finally have their holy grail.

The new technology will turn the Young archive into an interactive platform incorporating music, video and text, and open the possibility of creating add-ons via the Internet as they become available. In other words, the Blu-Ray version of the box will provide consumers with a portal into the Young archive to capture additional content as it is discovered. The Blu-Ray version containing just about everything Young recorded in his first decade as a performing artist will retail for $299, a DVD version for $199 and a CD box for $99, according to Young publicist Bill Bentley.

Young’s manager, Elliot Roberts, said the technology used to create “Archives” will be made available to other artists. “I could see this happening for John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, people of that nature,” he said. “Pearl Jam has already been in contact with us about it.”

“Archives” appears to be nothing less than revolutionary in how it will present an artist’s back catalogue. At least four additional Young box sets covering the rest of his career are planned, to be released at two or three year intervals.

youngster

Sounds good to me. Imagine all the archived stuff they have locked away.

LoveBoatAdmiral

And everyone complained about $140 for the Ten super delux. Just wait til we see the price tag on the entire PJ catalogue. :roll:

given2fly23

LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:

And everyone complained about $140 for the Ten super delux. Just wait til we see the price tag on the entire PJ catalogue. :roll:

$299 for a decade worth of material???

If PJ offered everything they did in the 90's for that much, complete, unedited, and in top quality for $299, I wouldnt even have to think about it for a second!

the Super Deluxe is a collector's item. it's hardly about the music. the 2 shows with it are both incomplete. the only reason the box is cool is because of the momentos and the notebook; they give you a glimpse into the first few years. this type of Archive release would be all about the music.

demetrios

mmm .. bluray style!

*drools!

youngster

non-entity wrote:

LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:

And everyone complained about $140 for the Ten super delux. Just wait til we see the price tag on the entire PJ catalogue. :roll:

$299 for a decade worth of material???

If PJ offered everything they did in the 90's for that much, complete, unedited, and in top quality for $299, I wouldnt even have to think about it for a second!

the Super Deluxe is a collector's item. it's hardly about the music. the 2 shows with it are both incomplete. the only reason the box is cool is because of the momentos and the notebook; they give you a glimpse into the first few years. this type of Archive release would be all about the music.

How much you want to bet they re-release each album till 2011.....THEN re-release a vault box set with material that was in the album re-issues.

Writingjunkie

Wow... that is an exciting little Blurb...

Niko80

Shit yeah!

Awsome blurb! Thanks for posting!

given2fly23

cropduster82 wrote:

How much you want to bet they re-release each album till 2011.....THEN re-release a vault box set with material that was in the album re-issues.

that would be ugly. fortunately I dont see it happening this way.

given2fly23

more info on the contents. for PJ, I would prefer a greater emphasis on full live shows:




Neil Young’s long-in-the-works and much-anticipated Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 finally has a release date: June 2nd. The pre-order page for the incredible box set is up on the Neil Young Website now. The set features 128 tracks, 43 unreleased recordings, three live concerts, a 236-page full-color hardcover book and Young’s debut feature film Journey Through The Past, which is being released for the first time since its 1973 theatrical run. The set charts Young’s career from the Squires to Buffalo Springfield to his early solo works and finally his 1972 album Harvest.

Archives Vol. 1 was originally scheduled for Summer 2007, then pushed to February 2008, then autumn of last year, January 2009 and now finally June 2nd. The 10-disc box set will be available in both DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as an eight-disc CD package that won’t include Journey Through the Past or the hardcover book. Visit the Neil Young site to get a gander at the massive track list on this behemoth box set.

Thankfully, the price of the set has been drastically reduced as well: Amazon.com had the Blu-Ray box set selling at $431, but the Young site is offering the package for a pre-order price of $299.99, with standard DVD costing $199.99 and the CD set $99. For those who can’t afford the full set or already own the previously released Live At Massey Hall 1971 and Crazy Horse at the Fillmore 1970, each disc will also be sold individually in all formats. In addition, by ordering now, you’ll also receive a 7′’ vinyl featuring two songs by Young’s early band the Squires, “Mustang” and “Aurora.” A preview of the set’s “Disc 0 – Early Years 1963-1965″ will also ship pre-June 2nd for those who pre-order.

Neil Young fans will have their hands full keeping up with all the recordings the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is unleashing this year. Young will also release his new, electric-car inspired album Fork in the Road on April 7th.

Travelar

This is a figment of your imagination. The NY archives has had more release dates than PJ has played shows. I keep anxiously awaiting for the arrival of this, but I don't think it's ever going to come.

Given2Fly-Fish

Nice catch! I know that they have a huge archive and obviously thought about releasing this stuff to the fans in the past (The Vault). Think of all the shows they have taped from the soundboard or that were filmed (Boston III) that have not been released.

given2fly23

Travelar wrote:

This is a figment of your imagination. The NY archives has had more release dates than PJ has played shows. I keep anxiously awaiting for the arrival of this, but I don't think it's ever going to come.

I'm not a fan of NY and couldnt care less about the release itself, I just hope the snippet that PJ has been in contact with this company and may be planning to release some archived material is true.

like I said, I have been aching for PJ to open the live vault for many years.

-we got a taste of it in 2005...didnt happen.

-then I got my hopes up when I heard about the "Digitial Lounge"...nothing yet.

now I'm hoping they decide to do something like this so just a few shows get released. I still hope the entire vault gets shared someday. seems like more and more bands are venturing into their archives these days.

NoCode_1

LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:

And everyone complained about $140 for the Ten super delux. Just wait til we see the price tag on the entire PJ catalogue. :roll:

i know wait till the next batch of tix prices come out. insert comment about economy+ too expensive tix prices

Spiritual_Chaos

Cool. But I don't dig it being "interactive". have a fear such things will soon feel old. i will stick to buying the neil arhives on CD, or maybe DVD.