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Friday, August 07, 2009

The Neil Young Archives: Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask

1st night with Neil Young Archives by John R., New York

Archives Open Thread: Thursday, 6/4/09

Archives Open Thread: Wednesday, 6/3/09

Zak Claxton and Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 Review

Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster

Countdown to ~~Hell freezing Over~~ NYA Release

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And I've been waiting for you.
For such a long time now.

- Today's The Day: The Neil Young Archives Finally Arrives

The opening of The Arc of the Covenant by tomlong95 -

OFFICIAL Website: The NYA Post Informer -

Neil Young Archives Tutorial and Archives Guy Q&A ... -

Archives Open Thread: Sunday, 5/31/09

Box set Design by Gary Burden - Archives Open Thread: Saturday, 5/30/09 -

Thanks Again Archives Guy! -

Archives Guy Q&A Session: Wednesday, 5/27

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Sneak Peek - NYA Question of the Moment: Riverboat Recordings -

Archives Guy Q&A Session: Tuesday, 5/26 -

Unique NYA Moments -

Archives Guy Q&A Continues This Week

- Comment of the Moment: Archives Preview

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Neil Young Archives Volume #1 track samples are now available for preview on Amazon.com. (5/2009)

The Ark of the Covenant - Neil Young Archives: "Defy expectation and transcend limitation" - TONEAudio MAGAZINE (5/2009)
- Blu-Ray System Recommendations (5/2009)
- Archives Guy Online *NOW* for Q&A Session (5/2009)
- Archives Guy Stops By For Some Q&A (5/2009)

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Demo of North Country Archives Disc #8 (5/2009)

The Holy Grail - Neil Young News: So What's Really on Archives Vol. #1? (5/2009)

- Counting Down the Days for the Neil Young Archives (5/2009)

Neil Young Archives Preview Blu-Ray Disc - A NYA Blu-Ray Preview (5/2009)
- Archives Guy Has Some Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (3/2009)

See? The Archives really exist! - An Archives Analysis: It's Such A Fine Line (3/2009)
- Fans React to Neil Young Archives Track Listing: Are We A Nation Of Whiners? (3/2009)

- Finally!!! The Neil Young Archives Track Listing - Release Date Now June 2, 2009 (3/2009)

- Uncut Magazine's Archives Preview (Feb 09)

- Official Reprise Neil Young's Archives Website Up
- Neil Young Archives Update from Archives Guy on official NYA website status (Jan 09)

- Archives Release Date Poll Analysis (Jan 09)
- Archives Q&A Session and Continued (Dec 08)
- Archives Update from Archives Guy (Dec 08)
- The Archives: Burned with Both Feet on the Ground (Dec 08)

- Is Blu-Ray Dead Already? Not So Fast Yet (Oct 08)
- Seriously, Pre-Order on Amazon Archives Volume 1 (Oct 08)

- The excruciatingly delayed 'Archives' project is 'supposed to be' released on November 3, 2008 (Aug 2008)

- Archives To Be Available On CD, DVD (July 08)
- The Archives Release Delayed Until 2008 and More On ‘Archives’ Delay (June 08)
- Archives Preview Video and Partial Track Listing (May 08)
- The Archives Turns Fans Blu (May 08)
- Reaction to The Archives: Into the Blu and Out of the Black (May 08)

- Webcast of Archives Announcement at Sun JavaOne Conference Keynote with Neil Young (May 08)

- Report on JavaOne Conference (May 08)
- The Archives Will Come Out This Year ... Except...(Jan 2008)

Coming in 2007! (according to official reprise site still!) - The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972: Let The Speculation Continue (Mar 07)
The Archives: Easter Eggs, Virtual Bongs, & BlueRay DVDs (Feb 06)

The Shroud of Archives: Tracklisting of NYA Also, we've been doing some Blu-ray research and found this Amazon page helpful in comparing various players' specifications.

The Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 Trailer by Neil Young

And -- of course -- many Neil Young fans just said The Archives Be Damned long ago. So let The Archives Be Praised ... hopefully in our lifetimes.

When will Archives Vol #1 be released?

On schedule, Feb. 24, 2009 It'll slip until March 2009 Sometime later in 2009 2010 Never

View Results Polldaddy.com

Analysis of results from Archives Release Date Poll.

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41 Comments:

At 1/07/2009 12:11:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Thrasher!!! BREAKING NEWS
Forget the Archives:

Here comes "FORK IN THE ROAD"

http://www.neilyoung.com/

New Album???

I hope so!

B.S.M.
At 1/07/2009 12:15:00 PM, SF said...: Hi
just a question about the forthcoming Archives Bluray format....
I've read weeks ago that you have the contact with Archives Guy directly.
The problem is: a friend of mine pre-ordered the Bluray version on Amazon
but they responded that the Bluray will be out in Region 1 and not Free...could you ask to Archives Guy
the real format and codes of this release??? We live in Europe. We'd like to know if
there are chances to "see" the Archives here in Italy and Europe....at the Amazon.com you'll see that they're indicating region 1.
At 1/07/2009 12:31:00 PM, Anonymous said...: The Blu-Ray is region code free. That's what the Archives-Guy said.
At 1/07/2009 03:09:00 PM, Archives Guy said...: in reply to SF's region code question-

Yes, the BD edition is region-free.

-Archives Guy
At 1/07/2009 03:14:00 PM, Archives Guy said...: Thanks for everyone's patience on the debut of the new Archives website and an official announcement of the release date of Vol 1 on BD, DVD, CD and Digital Download.

In a rare turn of events, we took some time off over the Holiday's are just now getting back behind the wheel.

Please standby...and thanks again for your support.

-Archives Guy
At 1/07/2009 03:18:00 PM, Archives Guy said...: PS-
The only authentic comments on this forum made by me always start with-
Archives Guy said...

and end with-
-Archives Guy

Any other comments using my screen name are fakes.
Please don't take any of those comments as fact or as communication from the Archives Team.

See ya down the road...

-Archives Guy
At 1/07/2009 07:31:00 PM, Doonerak said...: Hi Archives Guy....While We're patiently awaiting the Website Splash and enjoying "Fork", could you give us any hints about the PLANNED BD-Downloads? ie: how many unreleased songs, unreleased versions, unreleased mixes, etc?

Thanks! LRR
At 1/07/2009 07:52:00 PM, Anonymous said...: I for one am glad to hear the Team took some time off...man oh man we have learned first hand how busy things really are thanks to Archives Guy...

Hope everybody had a great Vacation. Now back to the regularly scheduled anticipation lol
LIVE RUST
At 1/08/2009 02:06:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Oy....

"and an official announcement of the release date of Vol 1 on BD, DVD, CD and Digital Download."

OK, so I take it we can forget about that release date on Amazon since we're now waiting for "an official
release date"?

Signed - "waiting so long.." in SF
At 1/08/2009 03:17:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Damn!!! I was hoping they'd come out in February because I'm sick of the endless delays.
At 1/08/2009 04:52:00 PM, Anonymous said...: The Kid in the Archives video is it Neil Young?
At 1/14/2009 03:38:00 AM, karate-chop yoda said...: Hilarious yet sad. He's been promising this thing since 1988. I seriously doubt he'll ever let it out. Pathetic psychodrama....the guy obviously enjoys stringing along his fans. There was a time that Neil didn't have a bigger fan than me. But let's face it, he has an abusive personality. He's beyond self-involved. Nothing could be good enough to justify this kind of build-up.

Compare to the humility and quiet dignity of Bob Dylan. He would never grandstand or clown his fans the way Neil does.
At 1/29/2009 02:42:00 PM, paul said...: Note to karate-chop yoda, Dylan screwed loyal fans with his latest 3cd Bootleg Vol.3 costing an extra $100 for what amounted to one extra cd. All the rock-gods are tempted by the greedy hand
Paul B
At 4/27/2009 01:07:00 PM, disappointedNYfan said...: This is frustrating!

I don't know if I'm the first person to say this but when Neil was gonna put this out a couple of years back before Blu-ray came along and messed everything up, he was going to have it as a 8-CD, 2DVD set with a 200 page or thereabouts booklet. Now he's put it to different formats - Blu-ray, DVD & CD. The thing is the CD version now no longer has the booklet and the two DVD's (one I presume contains Journey Through The Past which I've been looking forward to seeing). Please don't tell me we're going to have to fork out more cash to get the DVD or Blu-ray (if that's possible) just to get this missing stuff? I'm from Europe by the way.

From,
A very disappointed Neil Young fan
At 5/24/2009 07:22:00 PM, thom said...: god, i´m so fuckin´ tired of the archives, really. how can somebody stick to this for so long..? bring it on or leave it for good, mr. neil, i´m really tired of it.

thomas
At 5/24/2009 08:16:00 PM, dr dip said...: "I been Waiting for you.....

And you've been coming to me...

FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW !!!!!
At 5/24/2009 11:39:00 PM, Anonymous said...: For those of us from Aus ... JBHIFI has the DVD version of the set up for preorder now- see the following link :

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/431126/ARCHIVES_(10_Audio_DVD_Set)

Is $323.99 AUD plus postage - hate to see what the bluray version would be , but seems like you would have to o be specially imported anyway. I bought off neils site, so with preview disc and single I think it will be a fair bit cheaper and better value to get from his site anyway.

Anyone from Aus got their preview disc yet, and how long from date your order was confirmed before you received it ??

Cheers,

Mick
At 5/25/2009 04:16:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Mick,

I got my preview disc on 12 May. I ordered a while back so I am not sure how long it takes. I remember the receipt had a link to check the progress of your order. (Definitely worth the wait as the remainder will be).

'Best
Percy
At 5/25/2009 04:45:00 PM, Anonymous said...: i had a dream last night....no kidding.....that archives was delayed by a week.......just to make us suffer.....no kidding....a dream.......wtf.

rss
At 5/25/2009 10:58:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Thanks Percy, have found the link you are referring to. It was in the first email I received back from warners after submitting order, but it wasnt in their subsequent emails to me. Status is "shipped" for the preview disc.Ordered on the 12th May, so cant be too far away !!

Cheers,

Mick
At 5/26/2009 11:27:00 AM, SONY said...: It's coming. I just know it.

ARCHIVES WEEKEND

Think I'll track it in
And buy the Archives
Stay right home for days
Find a format of my own
Down at Best Buys
Set it up and play

The music I'm thinking of
All of the old stuff
On CD or Blue Ray
Sounds so fine
Blows my mind
I hear it callin'

No more lonely boy
In for the weekend
Hear to make it pay
Heart is full of joy
Makes a speach and
Now has the right to say

He got pictures of his walls
I've got the hook-up
Through the years I'm led
Not racing down this road
I'm gonna stay up
till the lights turn red

The music I'm thinking of
All of the old stuff
On CD and Blue Ray
Sounds just fine
Fills my mind
I hear it callin'

No more lonely boy
In for the weekend
Hear to make it pay
Heart is full of joy
I make the speach and
Now have the right to say
At 5/29/2009 09:33:00 PM, Wayne said...: I just received an email saying my order won't ship until 6/30/09. What happened to 6/2?
At 5/30/2009 06:10:00 AM, Anonymous said...: AG

Please confirm if release date put back until 30 June?

Thanks
Percy
At 5/31/2009 01:08:00 PM, Wayne said...: The word now is that if you ordered individual disks rather than the entire box (like me), they will ship 6/30/09. If you sprung for the entire enchilada, you'll get it 6/02 (lucky dogs!).
At 6/01/2009 10:09:00 AM, Leroy Pimpdaddy said...: Hey AG, I'm having a problem with the preview Blu-Ray Disc 0. The BD-Live kicked in and I downloaded the basement version of "I Wonder" and it appeared in the timeline etc no problem. I played it several times without issue.

However I went into it today and the blue-pin is now NOT appearing on the timeline but I can see on my PS3 that the file (72Mb in size) is still there.

When I go to the downloads page on the timeline, it says that my PS3 doesn't have an internet connection which is nonsense 'cause I can browse the web with it.

I deleted the file via the PS3 GUI in the vain hope that the file my download again but nada, and I'm still getting a msg that it can't connect to the internet.

What gives?

Leroy Pimpdaddy,
Dublin, Ireland.
At 6/18/2009 04:45:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Thrasher
What happened to the MP3 links on the side?
At 6/18/2009 05:29:00 PM, Thrasher said...: Regarding MP3 on right, see the Amazon widget.
At 9/21/2009 03:13:00 PM, guido said...: Hello,
Please,HELP ME !!I live in Italy and I'm looking forward to buy Neil's Archives BLU-RAY but I have a question for you:
If I buy Archives In USA or Amazon can I play it on my Sony PS3 and my TV??..We here use PAL system and in USA I know they use NSTC sytem.
Hope in your reply.
Thank you
Guido
At 9/25/2009 06:24:00 AM, Matt said...: ciao guido ti rispondo direttamente in italiano.
allora, la ps3 legge tutti i formati. i blueray sono in regione 0 (internazionale) quindi non ci sono problemi per l'interazione ps3-disco.
(anche se potevano evitare la bazza delle regioni almeno per i blueray, vabè)
il problema sta nell'interazione ps3-televisione.
semplicemente la tv dev'essere abbastanza recente da leggere il formato americano. quindi ok per tutti gli schermi digitali in lcd, mentre per i tubi catodici dipende... io per esempio avevo una piccola tv LG acquistata 4 o 5 anni fa che supporta l'ntsc, mentre ne ho una di 10 anni che non lo supporta. capisci che non supporta il formato perchè vedi l'immagine in bianco e nero, e anche disturbata o tagliata.
per tagliare la testa al toro io ho comprato un megaschermo lcd così si leggono bene anche le scritte.
spero di esserti stato utile. ciao!
At 9/25/2009 09:57:00 PM, Guido said...: altroche' sei stato gentilissimo e utile.
Grazie
:-))
At 10/16/2009 11:44:00 AM, monda said...: There a gift from heaven to me the ARCHIVES and a real treasure,since I have got them I spent meany a night listening to it and watching it I didn"t even go to bed until the nex morning, and I think I'll have meny more nihgts of ARCHIVES AND BEERS AND ESCENSSTICKS.It sure makes me feel !!!YOUNG!!!again
THANKS NEIL besides the sound is great on the dvd version.A fan from Belgium Monda...
At 12/09/2009 05:57:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Hey archive's guy, I hope that archives 2 has...

the original version of tonights the night with neil talking between songs - acetate crackles are fine with me

neil concerts from 73 both versions of the band

neil's bottom line show from 74 the sbd mixed with the audience recording

and of course time fades away...
At 12/30/2009 03:57:00 PM, Anonymous said...: IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2009,

THE YEAR OF THE ARCHIVES,

AT 3:45PM EASTERN TIME,

ROCHESTER NEW YORK,

US of A,

PLANET EARTH

THE ARCHIVES COMETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(UPS man still smiling at me)

(had to tell somebody)

SONY/-Not Rotten Johnny

Looks like my New Years weekend is now full.

At 5/24/2009 08:16:00 PM, dr dip said...

"I been Waiting for you.....

And you've been coming to me...

FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW !!!!!

At 5/26/2009 11:27:00 AM, SONY said...

It's coming. I just know it.

ARCHIVES WEEKEND

Think I'll track it in
And buy the Archives
Stay right home for days
Find a format of my own
Down at Best Buys
Set it up and play

The music I'm thinking of
All of the old stuff
On CD or Blue Ray
Sounds so fine
Blows my mind
I hear it callin'

No more lonely boy
In for the weekend
Hear to make it pay
Heart is full of joy
Makes a speach and
Now has the right to say

He got pictures of his walls
I've got the hook-up
Through the years I'm led
Not racing down this road
I'm gonna stay up
till the lights turn red

The music I'm thinking of
All of the old stuff
On CD and Blue Ray
Sounds just fine
Fills my mind
I hear it callin'

No more lonely boy
In for the weekend
Hear to make it pay
Heart is full of joy
I make the speach and
Now have the right to say
At 1/08/2010 02:26:00 AM, Wilfried Walter said...: Auch aus Germany grosse Anerkennung für das Archive. Bin überrascht von der Fülle des Materials. Habe mich noch lange nicht durchgearbeitet. Für mich als NY Fan ein grosses Ereignis.
At 3/04/2010 04:18:00 AM, Harm said...: About BD-live. The timeline in NYA Vol. 1 only goes to about 1973. Does that mean that BD-live downloads from the time period after that (i.e. the one contained in NYA Vol. 2) do not show up on the timeline of the discs in NYA Vol. 1? And what bout the timeline in NYA Vol. 2, will that contain the BD-live downloads of Vol. 1?
At 7/23/2010 06:43:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Has anyone else noticed on Neils Living with War website he has a few videos catagorized under archives 3 an 4?

From The Neil Young Archives, Volume 3:
Around The World Neil Young & Crazy Horse 1986

From The Neil Young Archives, Volume 3:
Mideast Vacation Revisited

LONG WALK HOME
by Jack Flak, LWW Today

From The Neil Young Archives, Volume 3:
Long Walk Home Neil Young & Crazy Horse 1986

From The Neil Young Archives, Volume 4:
LET'S ROLL
R.B. Warford, LWW Today
At 11/08/2010 07:12:00 PM, Jim said...: Hey Neil Young's album "Le Noise" is an instant classic. So it's great that NY is active with that. To the powers that be, can we get a new BD live download soon? I think it's been almost a year since the last one. I don' expect a new one each week, but I think almost a year is pushing it.
At 11/03/2011 12:42:00 PM, matt said...: bd live??
come on !
At 1/12/2012 01:37:00 PM, Anonymous said...: I knew the bd updates were bullshit from the get-go. We got a couple of moderately interesting tracks and then Neil pullled a "neil" and went on to something else.
At 1/22/2012 07:22:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Predictions for Volume 2? Anyone?

How 'bout this:

First track: Don't Be Denied (Nov. 19,1972 - solo acoustic)

Last track: Hey, Hey, My My (May 28, 1978 - with Devo)

(Though I'll go with The Boarding House video as the last disc, so technically the last track is from that show.)

If you think that's not a long enough period for volume 2? By the middle of 1972(end of vol 1) Neil had about 134 known songs written, many of which were early and never recorded. By the end of 1978, he had an additional 108 known songs.
1978 also marks an important transition in Neil's life. Marriage, the birth of Ben. The recording with Devo forshadows much of what would happen to Neil musically in the next Volume.
At 1/22/2012 11:04:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Above is from
Syscrusher