neil young

i actually imagine the deal doesn't have anything to do with how / when neil releases his music, though — it's just publishing, right?

correct. hipgnosis has shown an interest in buying masters, too, but virtually all of these sales are publishing only.

... does this mean everything that was coming up is going to be rescheduled again

It shouldn't impact that at all, since it's just the publishing end. Lord knows Neil needs no further reasons to delay his promised releases.

Isn't that first batch of "bootlegs" due out soon?

I'm afraid to look

I checked the articles again, guess it was "beginning of 2021" for those bootleg series releases. For some reason I had February in mind.

the rust bucket 1990 crazy horse show comes out next month, bootlegs are now scheduled for May, I think.

there's even artwork for one of the bootlegs ... which isn't even the bootleg recording, it's neil's own master recording. confusing!

https://images.ctfassets.net/2okapnzdylk2/6rd9qChRfQlG5dKhU0WUc0/1141ac2013cd585e5b203e97ac17a315/NYAbootleg1-carnegiehall1970.jpg

which isn't even the bootleg recording, it's neil's own master recording. confusing!

lol Neil, never change

Neil fans might dig this:

https://wettuna.bandcamp.com/track/walk-on

Wet Tuna (Matt MV Valentine & Pat PG Six Gubler) have a killer 16-minute version of "Walk On" on their latest Eau'd To A Fake Bookie volume.

Thanks for that.

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=A-Message-From-Neil-sadness-and-compassion

I'm going to guess he will get some flak for the last couple of paragraphs.

jesus, that's one hell of a facepalm from Shakey

oldmanyellsatcloud.jpg

I mean it's not as bad as when he was dressing up like Waylon Jennings and sucking Reagan's dick

he's old as fuck, so he does well when you grade him on a curve with his cohort of old white hoots

what is needed is a political show that features BOTH SIDES

perhaps this could be a CROSSFIRE of political opinion, night after night, and it would be good for the nation

Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Release Date: Feb 26, 2021
Pre-Order begins: Jan 15, 2021

After recording Ragged Glory at Broken Arrow Ranch in the spring of 1990 and releasing it that September, Young and Crazy Horse took the stage at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz on November 13 to unleash the songs upon a live audience. In true Crazy Horse fashion, the incendiary show ran across three sets and over three hours, with songs like “Love and Only Love” and “Like a Hurricane” hypnotically stretching past ten minutes. The Catalyst gig also marked the first time “Danger Bird”—a cut from Young’s 1975 album Zuma—was played for a live audience, thundering on into psychedelic six-string fireworks. Other live debuts on Way Down in the Rust Bucket include “Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze,” “Love to Burn,” “Farmer John,” “Over and Over,” “Fuckin’ Up,” “Mansion on the Hill,” and “Love and Only Love.”
Way Down in the Rust Bucket—which is #11.5 in Neil Young’s Performance Series—will be released in a number of variations. A deluxe edition box set will contain a DVD of the electrifying live concert—directed by Bernard Shakey and produced and directed for Shakey Pictures by LA Johnson—alongside four LPs and two CDs. The DVD contains one additional performance of “Cowgirl In The Sand” (13 minutes’ worth!) which does not appear on the vinyl or CD editions. Other versions include a 4LP vinyl box set and a 2CD set. Purchasers of Way Down in the Rust Bucket from the Greedy Hand Store will also receive free hi-res digital audio downloads from the Xstream Store © at NYA.
PRE-ORDER HERE
Way Down in the Rust Bucket will also be available digitally from the Xstream Store © at Neil Young Archives. Only at NYA can you find Young’s music in the highest possible digital audio resolution alongside a seemingly infinite store of archival files. It’s also the home of Young’s virtual daily newspaper, The Times Contrarian, and The Hearse Theater, where you can see rare footage and stream live shows. NYA is a fittingly sprawling repository for Young; few artists—perhaps none—have explored such a vast spectrum of sounds and styles over more than half a century. Way Down in the Rust Bucket is a worthy reminder of all the greatness he has up his sleeves.
WATCH THE TRAILER
ay Down in the Rust Bucket
Track Listing:
1. Country Home
2. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
3. Love to Burn
4. Days That Used to Be
5. Bite the Bullet
6. Cinnamon Girl
7. Farmer John
#. "Cowgirl In The Sand" (exclusive to the DVD ONLY)
8. Over and Over
9. Danger Bird
10. Don’t Cry No Tears
11. Sedan Delivery
12. Roll Another Number (For the Road)
13. Fuckin’ Up
14. T-Bone
15. Homegrown
16. Mansion on the Hill
17. Like a Hurricane
18. Love and Only Love
19. Cortez the Killer
links here:
http://view.e.warnerrecords.com/?qs=95c04c1475d2a84a72351d32f2e95847f93a47503e770482a0ff0a0854000bfe8b6d5afdc4adfa3cf56b7a60420d2085743098c4e574840169544d0e4c8ab5284b231d1c4fa0d820

whole thing does not disappoint, amazing setlist, some of Neil's greatest guitar playing, a very cool vibe ...

hey, while I'm here, on dublab this sunday (1/17) I'm playing a bunch of Neil rarities / deep cuts / oddities etc. a good listen! https://www.dublab.com/schedule/87590/radio-free-aquarium-drunkard-7

Thanks - ordered. Listened to the bootleg SO much and now it's finally going to sound even greater!

Here's the video for Country Home, by the way: https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=My-Country-Home-Rust-Bucket-February-26

rust bucket vinyl preorder $10 off today

https://www.popmarket.com/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-daily-deal/b243700

bunch of new outtakes on NYA — including the amazing "barefoot floors" from 1974 which has only been heard via an obscure nicolette larson cover previously. idiotic that he didn't put it on vol. 2, haha. also an insane "tonight's the night" and a great acoustic "mellow my mind" w/ ben keith.

it's really annoying he's putting high quality songs from the vol 2 timeframe up on nya, there was another one like a month ago

yeah, not like there wasn't space — the archives discs average out at about an hour apiece I think. oh well, glad to hear this shit however he does it.

Mayne he'll have to start x.5 in-betweener Archives boxes like he had to do for a couple of those Performance Series albums. Archives Box II.5, up for pre-order in 2026!

God I fucking hate Neil. What fucking door handle do I pull and puzzle do I have to solve to find the new outtakes on NYA? Is there a wizard I can talk to?

I never look at anything except the fucking timeline.

well then you're missing out ... you gotta open up the cabinet! the key will only cost you three golden coins, which you have to get by defeating a wicked sorceror.

the solo demo of "expecting to fly" is very nice

Your Pocahontas Is In Another File Cabinet

I don't see anything like those titles in the cabinet. Is this alphabetical or some Youngian Decimal System?

Shakey Decimal System

some of the best stuff is in the Archives. . . doghouse

I eventually found the track I was looking for by reading the press release, which cited a date the outtake was recorded, then looked on the timeline on that date and found it.

IDG how the cabinet works, at all.

"copy this list to the forums before the mood passes and we return to opacity!" - what, they're actually proud that their site is such a chaotic mess? damn.

more Catalyst 1990: Don't Cry No Tears

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Dont-Cry-No-Tears-Rust-Bucket-February-26

Johnny's Island is floating toward u:
https://www.stereogum.com/2114726/neil-young-lost-album-johnnys-island-release/news/

Is Evening Coconut on Johnny's Island? Inquiring minds want to know.

I'm guessing it isn't - 1976 vs 1982?

Man, I am so glad to see him really cranking up the release of his vaults, even if it seems like some of the stuff I was looking forward to is getting bumped already.

oh weird I had not heard of Johnny's Island

Johnny's Island is a re-do of the first album he submitted to Geffen — it was called Island In The Sun at the time. Some of it got moved on to Trans, some of it got left behind.

This is likely going to be on it, kinda lightweight, but nice. Yacht Rock Neil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2xasVHiL6s

Also "Like An Inca"---Inca Yacht, look out! I see them wearing pyramid shades.

At least, he mentions that as one on orig tracklist, dunno if incl. here.

thing is, this likely isn't an "album" per se — it's probably a disc on the next archives set, including both released and previously unreleased stuff a la Dume or Walk On from archives II.

Oh, really? Maybe I misread the record, but I assumed that it was a standalone thing since it is scheduled to come out "this year"*. I would assume Archives III isn't coming anytime soon.

* - obviously the usual NY caveats apply as to what his announcements even mean at this point

Stereogum item lends itself to being read as stand-alone album announcement, but never know w NY anyhoo

yeah, who knows — before it was released he would refer to Dume as "an album" ... so it's hard to know what exactly he thinks of as "an album." anyway! when/if it comes out, it'll be cool to hear!

Wasn't there a complete & sequenced Island In The Sun that Geffen rejected? Imagine this could be that.

Yeah, I learned my lesson awhile ago and don't really get excited until I see official reviews start turning up, then it feels real. Hell, more than a handful of his announcements even got to the Amazon pre-order phase before getting memory holed again.

I saw this helpful list over at the H0ffman Forums (I know, I know):

Archives Vol. II - 1972-1976 Compilation Box Set. RELEASED in 2020

Homegrown - Unreleased 1975 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). RELEASED in 2020

Return to Greendale (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 2003). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020.

Odeon Budokan (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 1976). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020 as part of 'Archives Vol. II'.

Dume (Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 1975). Studio Sessions. RELEASED in 2020 as as part of 'Archives Vol. II'.

Toast - 2000 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 12 years ago ( was up on Amazon pre-order in 2008) - Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Alchemy - 2012/13 Live album. Live Performance Series. First Mentioned 7 years ago. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Ragged Glory II - 1990 Studio Album/Additional sessions from 'Ragged Glory' - First mentioned 2 years ago, with anticipated release in 2019, which never happened. Live Release Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Chrome Dreams - Unreleased 1976/77 Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Time Fades Away II - 1973 Unreleased Live Album. Live Performance Series. First mentioned 11 years ago. Possibly superceded by 'Tooscaloosa'.

Oceanside-Countryside - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’)

Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Unreleased 1990 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of 26th Feb 2020.

Young Shakespeare - Unreleased 1971 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of Jan 2020, though the desktop version shows no release date.

Road of Plenty - Unreleased 1986-89 Studio Album/Additional sessions from various albums from this period. Special Release Series. Currently not on the Timeline. No release date.

Garage - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Early Daze - Unreleased 1969 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Live Freedom - Unreleased 1989 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

I’m Happy Y’All Came Down - 1971 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline.

Carnegie Hall 1970 1 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline.

Royce Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline.

The Bottom Line (Neil Young live, 1974) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape (?). Release date April 2021? Not on timeline.

Over The Rainbow Live: Tonight’s The Night(Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers live, 1973) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape (?). Release date April 2021? Not on timeline.

Ducks Live in Santa Cruz (Neil Young with the Ducks live, 1977) "Trick Of Disaster" - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. Release date April 2021? Not on timeline.

Other albums mentioned but little additional detail:

Boarding House Solo (Neil Young live, 1978) - Unreleased Live Album.

Island in the Sun (Neil Young, 1982) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions.

Old Ways (Neil Young, 1983) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions.

Times Square (Neil Young & the Restless, 1989) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions.

Harvest Time (Neil Young & Stray Gators, 1971) - Unreleased Live album. Possibly suerceded by various Bootleg Series releases?

Mirror Ball Live (Neil Young & Pearl Jam live, 1995) - Unreleased Live Album.

Polar Vortex (Neil Young live, 2019) - Unreleased Live Album.

The Tower - Philadelphia (Neil Young live, 2018) - Unreleased Live Album.

Homefires (Neil Young, 1974) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Some tracks released as part of "Archives Vol. II"

CSNY at Fillmore East (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, 1970)- Unreleased Live Album.

Summer Songs 1986 - Unreleased Studio recordings? Possibly overlap with 'Road Of Plenty'.

Archives Vol. III - 1977-19?? - Compilation Box Set

Wasn't there a complete & sequenced Island In The Sun that Geffen rejected? Imagine this could be that.

could be! but why change the title? would be like if he suddenly decided Homegrown was called Homefires instead. but again, this is neil-town.

xp Tooscaloosa: preferred title.

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. Then we tried to remove the tusks. . . . But they were embedded so firmly we couldn’t budge them. Of course, in Alabama the tusks-are-loosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about.” Groucho, in Animal Crackers (1930)

Homefries: preferred title.