NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES (1 Viewer)

[Cornu Ammonis]

I'd be very interested in Toast. Most of Chrome Dreams appeared on subsequent records, right?

Yeah, Chrome Dreams and Oceanside both have been scattered across other albums but some of them have been new recordings at the time of those albums. “Going Home” from Toast is on Are You Passionate.

I think most of the unreleased songs have been played live too.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The Neil Young Archives site is now including unreleased outtakes from various albums so I ended up joining last night. Twenty quid for the year so let’s see how this goes.

 

[shitepipe]

The Neil Young Archives site is now including unreleased outtakes from various albums so I ended up joining last night. Twenty quid for the year so let’s see how this goes.

Innaresting. I've considered subscribing before- what bang do you get for your buck?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Well, you get pretty much everything that's already available on other streaming services but at higher streaming quality (CD quality on my mobile, full HD on my internet at home) along with some outtakes (only about 5 tracks now but more promised). New releases will be on NYA first for three months before other services and there are a bunch of rotating videos available in the "Hearse Theatre" - a cinema with three screens. One screen is a bunch of 25 minute mini-performances recorded during lockdown, another is currently showing a single live track ("Payola Blues" from Solo Trans) with a full movie scheduled for tomorrow (Trunk Show, which I've never seen), and the third screen has two options available (a 50 minute Lincvolt documentary and a 30 minute behind the scenes of the Sleeps with Angels sessions).

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

One strange omission is the Greendale Live in Vicar St. album which is available on Apple Music but not on NYA. The movie (which came as a bonus DVD with the album) is listed on the site but not currently available.

 

[shitepipe]

Well, you get pretty much everything that's already available on other streaming services but at higher streaming quality (CD quality on my mobile, full HD on my internet at home) along with some outtakes (only about 5 tracks now but more promised). New releases will be on NYA first for three months before other services and there are a bunch of rotating videos available in the "Hearse Theatre" - a cinema with three screens. One screen is a bunch of 25 minute mini-performances recorded during lockdown, another is currently showing a single live track ("Payola Blues" from Solo Trans) with a full movie scheduled for tomorrow (Trunk Show, which I've never seen), and the third screen has two options available (a 50 minute Lincvolt documentary and a 30 minute behind the scenes of the Sleeps with Angels sessions).

Cheers- seems pretty comprehensive! There goes my weekend...

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

New track from Archives Vol. 2 up on NYA - “Come Along and Say You Will” with The Stray Gators. It’s a good one!

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

And the new Archives box is up for sale. Just ordered the fucker, bring it on!

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Another new track, “Homefires”. November can’t come quick enough!

 

[Lili Marlene]

@Cornu Ammonis as payback for your Prince story from a Neil Young book here's a Neil Young story from a Prince book, from Prince recording engineer Coke Johnson





Prince sounds like a fucking pain to work with tbh

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

@Cornu Ammonis as payback for your Prince story from a Neil Young book here's a Neil Young story from a Prince book, from Prince recording engineer Coke Johnson


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Prince sounds like a fucking pain to work with tbh

He does but he got results. Neil embraces the sloppiness and the spur of the moment, it's a whole different approach and endpoint. Most of the takes on his albums are first takes with minimal overdubs, it's about being in the moment rather than clinical attention to detail. Both are completely valid ways of making music.

 

[Lili Marlene]

He does but he got results. Neil embraces the sloppiness and the spur of the moment, it's a whole different approach and endpoint. Most of the takes on his albums are first takes with minimal overdubs, it's about being in the moment rather than clinical attention to detail. Both are completely valid ways of making music.

They might have more in common than you think, Prince was all about spontaneity and keeping mistakes as well, his albums are chock full of them, the basic tracks of his songs were written and recorded in single sessions most of the time. He would do overdubs and edits if it was going to make a major release but he pretty much always kept that basic track as the foundation. There's some seriously dodgy "that will do" edits on his less high-profile releases. He wasn't like Michael Jackson, perfecting songs over months and years.

My theory is he had such psychological hangups about control coming from being a tiny black guy in a majority white state and a broken home etc. etc. that he needed to control every aspect of his life and the lives around him in order to allow himself a safe space that couldn't be interrupted where he could be comfortable enough to let his guard down and be spontaneous and all that.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Anyway, Neil Young so.

 

[hugh]

Attention @Cornu Ammonis !

Neil Young – every album ranked!

As a new live album is released and a 50th anniversary edition of After the Gold Rush approaches, we rate every album by Canada’s irascible godfather of grunge

www.theguardian.com

 

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Attention @Cornu Ammonis !

Neil Young – every album ranked!

As a new live album is released and a 50th anniversary edition of After the Gold Rush approaches, we rate every album by Canada’s irascible godfather of grunge

www.theguardian.com

Ha, came here to post that. Reminds me of how few recent albums I've listened to. Must dip into them via the archive site...
Surprised how low Harvest is on the list, still a bloody great album

 

[hugh]

I wouldn’t quibble too much with the list though I know Cornu will!

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Attention @Cornu Ammonis !

Neil Young – every album ranked!

As a new live album is released and a 50th anniversary edition of After the Gold Rush approaches, we rate every album by Canada’s irascible godfather of grunge

www.theguardian.com

I will nitpick this over the next few days.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Clearly a crank, Greendale at 32!?!

 

[rettucs]

Is there a new Greendale out?

the first one was amazing. And the live version.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Is there a new Greendale out?

the first one was amazing. And the live version.

It’s a live version, haven’t picked it up yet. This one is with Crazy Horse rather than acoustic solo. The one track I’ve heard was great.