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Homegrown does not disappoint — definitely a worthy addition to Neil's mid-70s canon, but also pretty different from the other ditch LPs. It rules.

Oh man excellent. Is there a full track list yet?

According to my FB wall, Everybody Knows was released 51 years ago today.

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damn levon! was going to ask if that was Kenny Buttrey on Try

are Homegrown and Star of Bethlehem the exact same versions from Stars n Bars?

Wikipedia says "Homegrown" was re-recorded for Stars n Bars

"Star of Bethlehem" is such a perfect little song. Thanks for putting that track list up Tyler, I appreciate it.

The Stars'n'Bars "Homegrown" is a Crazy Horse recording too.

Neil Young - narration, wine glass, piano strings

oh hell yeah

yeah, i'm looking forward to that!

a simple yet deceptively complicated question from my partner, just now:

why is he releasing this now?

looool

"nobody knows"

yeah, i just laughed. i mean, it's a a great question! and i think the answer ultimately comes down to "that's neil", but it's hard to explain

"love is a rose", "little wing" and "star of bethlehem" are roughly the same versions that have been released already — slightly different mixes maybe. the rest is all previously unheard/un-bootlegged. suffice to say, if you like neil young's albums from the 1970s you're going to love Homegrown.

Cannot wait to hear this in full. I genuinely didn't expect this much of it to be previously unheard!

Isn't the lyric of "Florida" included in the Tonight's The Night inserts?

so fuckin psyched for this

ooh! this is something worth looking forward to
these recordings have been sitting there for this long, you know they're coming up for air eventually and now we know when!
actually i don't know exactly when -- when is this being released again?

June 19 is the latest date — it's been pushed back several times naturally ... Neil can still change his mind!

this time, though, it's showing up as "upcoming" on e.g. apple music, first time that's happened

reckon it's the same for spotify etc

yeah, i mean, for the first time Homegrown exists as an actual thing ... it's happening, one way or another.

if I recall from Shakey (tyler correct me if I'm wrong) the reasons for not releasing it were:

a) was going through a breakup and some of the songs were painful to him

or

b) he thought it was too "good" or commercial and was feeling hemmed in by his Harvest success

c) he was partying and played Tonight's the Night for some of the Band and a no doubt coked to the gills Rick Danko convinced him to release Tonight's the Night instead

d) all of that is misremembered or half true or not true

e) It's Neil!

you can preorder it on amazon, but rough trade says it's a record store day item

xp pretty much all of the above. i wouldn't say it's all that commercial, really — aside from maybe "Love Is A Rose" there's no obvious hit song, and even that is done in a very spare style.

here's my long essay about homegrown if you want the fine details as far as they are known: http://www.mediafire.com/file/gnwwten143vvdau/homegrown-section.pdf/file

NICE

i feel like i'm getting the ILX premium member benefits right now

yeah that essay is really interesting tyler, thanks for sharing!

Re:"why now" i was thinking either 1, he was waiting for the time when the world needs these jams the most. Or 2, due to lockdown its finally possible for his people to get him to sit the fuck down undistracted and actually sign off on shit

I think the RSD version has a limited poster with it or something.

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Homegrown does not disappoint — definitely a worthy addition to Neil's mid-70s canon, but also pretty different from the other ditch LPs. It rules.

― tylerw, 23:20 יום חמישי 14 מאי 2020 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Have you listened to it?!

https://youtu.be/p5zxOWgCVbA

Great simple song

it's beautiful.

Have you listened to it?!
yes, promo streams went out in March.

Nice

The good news about the latest delay is that it now comes out on the same day as the new Bobby D so I can get my old fart fix in all at once.

xxp I thought that said "pono streams" for a sec and was like, wow, tylerw is all in

just preordered this, stoked

great article Tyler thanks for sharing

the proportions in the album art look really weird and off to me, unsurprisingly

is the cover art contemporaneous with the recording?

yes

I remember reading a Neil thread (not this one) in which someone gave a quick rundown of their favourite post-2000 NY albums. They said that Psychedelic Pill was their favourite. I can't find that thread now, does anyone know which one it is?

(It wasn't 21st century Neil Young studio albums poll, either.)

maybe this? Search and destroy: Neil Young

That's the one, thanks!

Listening to Chrome Dreams II now, wow how did I sleep on "Ordinary People" for so long

well, neil also slept on it for about 20 years

the Bluenote Cafe version is well worth hearing, some interesting differences

OOOOOOOOH YEAAAAH BABY

this is the shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_bqx4h6lU

Yeah this slaps!

HELL YEAH