Neil Young unreleased album "Homegrown" is probably the Holy Grail of the lost albums, not least because of it's elusiveness. Ahhh, so close but no cigar.
Now along comes Sound Recording Engineer John Hanlon on JH's Notebook | Times-Contrarian | NYA with some comments on Neil Young's unreleased album "Homegrown" that appear to say "not happening anytime soon".
Four unreleased albums from 1970's are being rebuilt and will be available in the NYA Special Release Series. Chrome Dreams, Homegrown and Oceanside-Countryside are the three unreleased studio albums. Also from this period is the unreleased Odeon-Budokan live recording produced by David Briggs and Tim Mulligan.
"Homegrown: Never Known to Fail"
Unreleased Neil Young Album
In April 2019, when answering a letter on NYA, Neil writes that: "The real 'Homegrown' album is coming out after Tuscaloosa."
Here's a comment on "So What Might We Find on The Neil Young's Online Archives?" by bigmrbee914 from December 2017:
Homegrown is by far the most coveted and therefore the most desired of all the unreleased albums.Lastly, it was sometime before we were ever able to disCERN the album's sub-title: "Never Known to Fail" down there at the bottom edge.
Most are skeptical as to whether Neil will stick to the original planned album or update it to suit how he feels these days. My thoughts are that Neil is a stickler for historical accuracy. When he is ready, he will present that album as it was intended in 1975 before the playback of Tonight's The Night led to a change of mind. Regarding other material recorded during the time, expect to see those tracks appear on the timeline and file cabinet as standalone recordings. As with Archives Vol. 1, there were some tracks that were left on the cutting room floor during sessions for an album and they made it to the Archives. Just because it didn't make the cut for the album didn't mean it remained unreleased forever.
More on Homegrown and Other Unreleased Neil Young Albums.
At this point I feel like I've heard it from Neil and his Camp a dozen times that they are getting ready to transfer the tapes and release Homegrown. But it seems like they've been getting ready to transfer those tapes numerous times since 2009. And I think Neil said that they already transferred those tapes.if there is 1 thing I have been dying to hear more then anything, it's this God dang Homegrown album. I would like to add that I really di appreciate his website and love all of the time and effort that him and his team has put into it. At this point though I'm so jaded that I don't even care how about when home grown comes out. Which will happen first, World War 3 or the release of Homegrown? It remains to be seen......
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