In Neil Young's latest posting on NYA Times-Contrarian, he looks back to a playback of "Words" in a field on his ranch Broken Arrow in 1971.
The interview is by David Myers, the cinematographer for the films "Journey Through The Past", "Rust Never Sleeps" and "Human Highway". Neil remembers "the innocence I possessed".
Which reminds us of those days leading up to NYA Volume #1 in 2009. Here's some NYA trivia on the "Behind The Barn" interview from Archives Guy:
On the "Behind The Barn" interview that would be the late great David Myers shooting with LA Johnson on sound plus another guy whose name escapes me right now.Thanks Archives Guy! And thanks to all those guys out by the truck at the ranch that day ... Ben, Jack, Tim, Kenny, and David.
As a piece of arcane trivia, when the surround mix was created for the interview, we located the spot behind the barn where Neil had been lying and set up 5 Neumann mics in a surround array. Then we placed two big PA speakers where the original truck had been and played Words thru them at full stun.
This created a natural surround recording, bouncing off the hills just like in the original moment. The new recording was mixed with the original interview to create the same experience for the listener that Neil had.
Have a nice weekend...and go listen to that Barn Interview!!
-Archives Guy
And here's a 2008 version of Words (Between the Lines of Age).
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