The Official Neil Young Thread

[dad]

What makes it your favorite?

Side 1 is Neil's best country-rock with Linda Ronsdadt and Nicolette Larson on backing vocals, recorded live in a barn.

Side 2 is a hodge-podge of drug influenced and weird tracks, and it blows my mind.

Two super-strong EP's in one.

Oh damn. Kind of a crime I've overlooked this one, based on your description. Feels like the kind of weird Neil music that I love.

he had me at "recorded live in a barn, and weird."

kind of a bummer i'm a cheapskate and won't jump from spotify to apple music, where NY has his albums. i mean, i can use youtube music, or buy a copy of my own. i just don't buy a lot of physical media like i used to.

[washing machine]

I stream him on Amazon music (sorry trag.) I just so happened to switch from Spotify shortly before he pulled his stuff. Figured I shouldn't let the good fortune of being able to stream Neil go to waste, and with all this Kurt Vile and Wilco as of late, I've gotten a hankering for some Crazy Horse to round it all out.

[dad]

I stream him on Amazon music (sorry trag.) I just so happened to switch from Spotify shortly before he pulled his stuff. Figured I shouldn't let the good fortune of being able to stream Neil go to waste, and with all this Kurt Vile and Wilco as of late, I've gotten a hankering for some Crazy Horse to round it all out.

do you prefer Crazy Horse NY vs. regular old NY, or is it all the same to you?

i lean Crazy Horse NY for the crunchy guitar riffs.

Hunchback by KV makes me think of those riffs. i hear it in Magnolia Electric Co. i hear it in some Big Thief songs.

i love it.

[tragabigzanda]

?? I also use Amazon music. I’m not proud of it.

[washing machine]

I stream him on Amazon music (sorry trag.) I just so happened to switch from Spotify shortly before he pulled his stuff. Figured I shouldn't let the good fortune of being able to stream Neil go to waste, and with all this Kurt Vile and Wilco as of late, I've gotten a hankering for some Crazy Horse to round it all out.

do you prefer Crazy Horse NY vs. regular old NY, or is it all the same to you?

i lean Crazy Horse NY for the crunchy guitar riffs.

Hunchback by KV makes me think of those riffs. i hear it in Magnolia Electric Co. i hear it in some Big Thief songs.

i love it.

I say I lean Crazy Horse, and I do totally get lost in those jams, but desert island Neil Young would be something like After the Gold Rush or Silver and Gold. There's a lot more going on with instrumentation and song structure on those solo efforts to keep me continually surprised. Bonus for ATGR for mixing in some Crazy Horse along with the pure uncut Neil powder.

?? I also use Amazon music. I’m not proud of it.

I was just playing along with your multiple jabs at Amazon on the board. I figured you'd avoid that streaming service.

[dad]

I stream him on Amazon music (sorry trag.) I just so happened to switch from Spotify shortly before he pulled his stuff. Figured I shouldn't let the good fortune of being able to stream Neil go to waste, and with all this Kurt Vile and Wilco as of late, I've gotten a hankering for some Crazy Horse to round it all out.

do you prefer Crazy Horse NY vs. regular old NY, or is it all the same to you?

i lean Crazy Horse NY for the crunchy guitar riffs.

Hunchback by KV makes me think of those riffs. i hear it in Magnolia Electric Co. i hear it in some Big Thief songs.

i love it.

I say I lean Crazy Horse, and I do totally get lost in those jams, but desert island Neil Young would be something like After the Gold Rush or Silver and Gold. There's a lot more going on with instrumentation and song structure on those solo efforts to keep me continually surprised. Bonus for ATGR for mixing in some Crazy Horse along with the pure uncut Neil powder.

?? I also use Amazon music. I’m not proud of it.

I was just playing along with your multiple jabs at Amazon on the board. I figured you'd avoid that streaming service.

I love After the Gold Rush.

also, is Jim O'Rourke on amazon music? i'd have figured trag would be an apple music subscriber, where his music resides, for that reason alone.

[tragabigzanda]

I paid money all the O’Rourke stuff every time Drag City put it out

[washing machine]

Jim O'Rourke is not on Amazon music.

However, an international artist named "Wilco" is:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Wilco/dp/B093BP8G5G
https://www.amazon.com/Ik-mis-klinkt-ee ... B08KZF6Q4Q

[tragabigzanda]

I am aware

[Simple Torture]

I gave Chrome Dreams II a spin for the first time in a while thanks to this thread today.

[ridleybradout]

For those of you who are enjoing our new PJ Atlanta release, Brad and I are prearing a similar Neil Young "compilation" release. Prepare your anuses.

Sign me up!

NEIL YOUNG
"The Event Of The Season"
Canterbury House 1969

01 Introduction
02 On The Way Home
03 Down To The Wire
04 Helpless
05 Birds
06 I Am A Child
07 Everybody's Alone
08 Dance Dance Dance
09 Cinnamon Girl
10 The Loner
11 I've Loved Her So Long
12 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
13 I've Been Waiting For You
14 The Old Laughing Lady
15 Here We Are In The Years
16 Wonderin'
17 Down By The River
18 Oh Lonesome Me
19 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
20 Country Girl

Recorded October 16, 1969 at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, MI
Song Sources: Show #1 (01, 04, 11, 18-20)
Show #2 (02, 05, 07-08, 10, 12-17)
Show #3 (03, 06, 09)

Compilation & Mastering by Wendy Carlos's Twin
Artwork by ridleybradout

Fan-Made Project - Not For Sale!
June 2022

Download here

[Kevin Davis]

Download here

I'd love to but it says the folder is empty!
(**NVM, fixed now!)

That said, WCT was nice enough to share a preview of this with me as he was working on it, and if you like Neil, you'll want to grab this ASAP. The original source files (from the NYA timeline) were a full-on glitchfest, and WCT's cleanup job is transformative. Even if you think you've had enough of early acoustic Neil with all the recent Vault releases, don't sleep on this -- the tracklist is unique and the sound is fantastic.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Download here

I'd love to but it says the folder is empty!
(**NVM, fixed now!)

That said, WCT was nice enough to share a preview of this with me as he was working on it, and if you like Neil, you'll want to grab this ASAP. The original source files (from the NYA timeline) were a full-on glitchfest, and WCT's cleanup job is transformative. Even if you think you've had enough of early acoustic Neil with all the recent Vault releases, don't sleep on this -- the tracklist is unique and the sound is fantastic.

Thanks, Kevin. Get a load of Bradley's artwork. Genius as usual. The whole package is nipple-hardening. Anyone who doesn't grab this one is losing out.

[tragabigzanda]

Awesome! Will grab this on my comp tomorrow. Thank you!

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Where are all the Neil heads? It's Canterbury House time.

[VinylGuy]

downloading right now!!

[VinylGuy]

damn down by the river sounds so fucking good

[Kevin Davis]

Download here

I'd love to but it says the folder is empty!
(**NVM, fixed now!)

That said, WCT was nice enough to share a preview of this with me as he was working on it, and if you like Neil, you'll want to grab this ASAP. The original source files (from the NYA timeline) were a full-on glitchfest, and WCT's cleanup job is transformative. Even if you think you've had enough of early acoustic Neil with all the recent Vault releases, don't sleep on this -- the tracklist is unique and the sound is fantastic.

Thanks, Kevin. Get a load of Bradley's artwork. Genius as usual. The whole package is nipple-hardening. Anyone who doesn't grab this one is losing out.

Yes, absolutely top shelf work all around. (Although, technically bottom shelf for me, since Neil is at the end of the alphabet)

Where are all the Neil heads? It's Canterbury House time.

It should get its own thread!

[tragabigzanda]

goddammit what are you people using to convert from FLACs these days on Mac? My go-to app is no longer working with the OS.

[Simple Torture]

goddammit what are you people using to convert from FLACs these days on Mac? My go-to app is no longer working with the OS.

I use XLD.