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yeah, it's the one on the b-side of the "time fades away seven-inch — sounds way fuller and even more awesome here, though.

― tylerw, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 10:40 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

YES! I love that take!

Man I want a Time Fades Away 7"!

xp that falls outside of the timespan for vol II ... when does vol III come out?

Not sure I even knew there was a "Time Fades Away" 45...Depends how badly you want it, chr1sb3singer, but if you're in the States, looks like there's a copy on Discogs for under $10, including shipping.

good grief this is so good

Not sure I even knew there was a "Time Fades Away" 45...Depends how badly you want it, chr1sb3singer, but if you're in the States, looks like there's a copy on Discogs for under $10, including shipping.

― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 17:14 (thirty-five minutes ago) link

Oh! That price sounds good to me, I'm looking right now

Sorry, I may have been converting currency in the wrong direction.

How is that "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" was a big hit in 1973 and "Time Fades Away" wasn't? I don't get it.

I found a cheap one!

AM radio programmers in the 70s loved any song with the word "junkies" in the opening line.

I was kidding, of course. My real question: what in the hell was Neil--or Reprise--thinking?

His previous single was War Song, which actually did chart, despite being only marginally more commercial. I guess Don't Be Denied would be the most likely single, but not very likely. It might have been the record company humouring Neil until he returned to the middle of the road.

If I'd been hoping for a medium-range hit, I probably would have released "Love in Mind," which is short and beautiful and sort of shares some of Harvest's mood (still only a year removed).

they were probably thinking -- "hey this dude with the weird voice just made us millions, he can do whatever he wants."

strangest release of the era still has to be the Journey Through The Past soundtrack. Pretty sure no one was psyched about that.

There actually was a junkie hit in 1972 ("Freddie's Dead"), and "Needle and the Damage Done" was the B-side to an even bigger hit, "Old Man" (and got AM airplay itself). Also, "Family Affair" reached #1 in late '71, and was still on the charts in '72--doesn't actually mention junkies, but it does sound like heroin, more than any hit single ever.

1973 was not 1972. I know that's an arbitrary calendar separation, but when I think about the difference, it's very tangible. '72 was the last great year of the '60s; '73 was K-Tel and the '70s.

I'm part of a Zoom trivia thing tonight, and one of the categories is Northern Ontario. Unless one of the questions is "Is there a town there?", I will absolutely score 0/10.

How many of his changes were there?

strangest release of the era still has to be the Journey Through The Past soundtrack. Pretty sure no one was psyched about that.

How many of his changes were there?

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 2:58 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

pedant answer: none. Neil lived in a small town in Ontario as a kid - Omemee - but it isnt in the north. just made the line scan well I guess

Diaper changes?

Ain't singin for pampers
Ain't singin for Luvs
Don't sing for no huggies
I just poop my pants

Disks 6 & 7 (the latter being Homegrown) are such awesome bummers. I like Homegrown a lot more in this context than as a standalone album. Coming after what's essentially the extended version of On The Beach on Disk 5, the bummer makes sense. Songs For Judy would have worked as a Disk 7.5 here, but maybe that would be too much of a bummer: after all the acoustic sets are always followed by an electric set and Disk 8 does that.

Anyone seen this or heard of it before? A film of Neil Young busking outside Central Station in Glasgow in 1976. "The Old Laughing Lady" with an old laughing lady and a guy selling the Socialist Worker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2LzDI1ntZo

The entire thing is here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdtv39.

I've been seeing some comments about how this blows Vol. 1 out of the water in terms of unreleased tracks. No doubt this is much better in terms of the quality of the content, but I was curious to see what the stats were between the two in terms of unreleased/alternate stuff and it turns out that they are pretty damn close, at least in terms of pure numbers.

Vol 1 - 137 total songs, 47 previously unreleased (including live/alternate versions), 13 never released in any form
Vol 2 - 131 total songs, 63 previously unreleased (including live/alternate versions), 12 never released in any form

The only “problem” with volume 1 was that the earliest demos weren’t that interesting

yeah the early years stuff is interesting / necessary, but it's not exactly great.

The book Waging Heavy Peace, is it worth reading?

it's very Neil- lots of digressions, non-linear, lots of stuff about cars, model railways, Pono etc. etc. But it's also seems to be authentically his voice, there are lots of great anecdotes, and it's an easy read. I would recommend it! I've not read Shakey though so can't compare it with that.

That busking video is excellent. Thanks for the links!

By the way, it's in colour, that's what Glasgow looked like in the 70s, they hadn't got round to sandblasting the buildings yet - or the people.

Wasn't the busking video an easter egg hidden on I want to say the blu-ray edition of Archives Vol. 1? Something like that?

i don't think so — neil put it up in the Hearse Theater for a minute a couple years ago. would be great if he actually released the whole odeon / budokan tour film, which pops up on youtube from time to time.

quality is usually not great, but a cleaned up version would be fab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYy2XuIjhTk

The Easter egg was the one of him finding his own bootlegs in a record shop, iirc.

I still enjoy that Trans got twice as many votes as Harvest. Oh ILMPaws.

Neil's After the Goldrush 50th anniversary boxset retailing here in the UK for £95, but you do get a print and a 7" to go with your LP!
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/184444-neil-young-after-the-gold-rush-50th

I misread that as "you do get a pint," and I thought how perfect it would be if someone released a boxed set that came with a beer.

a foaming pint of Neil Young's

***important post****

Is the "are there any hounds in the house?" and on-stage howling before "Don't Cry No Tears" on Odeon Budukan to be interpreted as proto-Doghouse??

Neil Young's Doghouse Lager

Sampedro: Before the Budokan show, Neil met with some dudes from Casio — he kept telling 'em he wanted them to make a custom keyboard for him that was nothing barking dog sounds. I don't know if they spoke English, though.

tyler do you think mojo would go for the oral history of doghouse?

screw Mojo, I'm thinking the New Yorker

Sampedro: Before the Budokan show, Neil met with some dudes from Casio — he kept telling 'em he wanted them to make a custom keyboard for him that was nothing barking dog sounds. I don't know if they spoke English, though.

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

related: looks like the first excerpt of the Trans Animated Film will premiere on the Archives site next week.

Neil Young Makes Archives Free for the Holidays

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-archives-free-holidays-1101997/

yessssssss

thanking you neil

Lol I just wasted five minutes trying to figure out how to work that offer and wtf that site does not work right, rip

oh shit, I was hoping i'd just be able to go into the archives and "open up the archives II drawer", but

I didn't check it out, just reposted. Maybe the offer hasn't started yet.

you guys need to reset your minds, this isn't a website it's an ~~~experience~~~

UX and other worldly concerns are of no import to neil

you guys better figure it out because

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