INTERVIEW: Neil Young CANADIAN TV BROADCAST "Forever Young" - 1987 [Broadcast Date]

"Dan Clear" and Neil Young - ~1985

Here is a very funny interview with Neil Young on his Broken Arrow ranch by "Dan Clear", played by Newell Alexander. (Thanks Richard T.!)

 

The interview was taped at the time of the birth of Neil's daughter Amber Jean, sometime in 1985.  The program aired in Canada as "Rock, Etc" on November 1 1987.

Be sure to check out one of the funniest interview exchanges of all time at about ~8:45. 

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First Impressions: Summer Songs by Neil Young | Old Grey Cat + Rick Rubin Interview w/ Neil Young

SUMMER SONGS Neil Young Archives

 

The latest unreleased Neil Young album SUMMER SONGS is now streaming  on Neil Young Archives.

Earlier this year, Neil Young announced that his "lost 1987 album" SUMMER SONGS had been located in the vaults.  Neil wrote earlier that SUMMER SONGS contains “original performances” of later songs with “new and unheard verses”.

 The Last of His Kind, For the Love of Man, American Dream, Name of Love, Someday, One of These Days, Hangin’ on a Limb and Wrecking Ball are the original eight performances. The words of these originals are significantly different from their subsequent master album releases in many cases. Several completely new and unheard verses are found in the songs of this collection.

Consisting of 8 songs -- which were eventually released on other albums -- this newly discovered series of ‘Fresh Tracks’ from 1987 will be included in Archives Vol. 3.

Track List:

1. American Dream
2. The Last of His Kind
3. Someday
4. For the Love of Man
5. One of These Days
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Hangin’ on a Limb
8. Name of Love

SUMMER SONGS will be the 13th and last disc on Neil Young Archives Vol. 3, expected for mid-2022.

Here are some First Impressions: Summer Songs by Neil Young | Old Grey Cat:

On Christmas, Neil Young gifted his fans with Summer Songs, an unreleased album that he recorded by himself at his Broken Arrow Ranch in 1987. At present, it’s only available to stream over at the Neil Young Archives website, which is free to all for the holidays, but will be included on the Neil Young Archives Vol. III box set that’s slated for release in 2022.

The compelling eight-song set is acoustic throughout, though he does supplement one song with synthesized bass, percussion and keyboards. In some respects, it’s akin to the acoustic Hitchhiker album that he shelved in 1976 and didn’t release until 2017, as most of the songs surfaced on future albums. And like that set of songs, these are all gems.

“American Dream” wound up as the snappy title track of CSNY’s 1988 reunion album, which also featured “Name of Love.” “Someday,” “Wrecking Ball” and “Hanging on a Limb” are among the linchpins of Freedom, his “comeback” album in 1989. “For the Love of Man” provides heart to his 2012 classic with Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill; and “One of These Days” is one of many highlights from Harvest Moon, his 1992 sequel to his classic 1972 outing, Harvest. And though it’s yet to make its way onto an official album, “Last of His Kind” is known to many fans due to Neil playing it at Farm Aid through the years.

In a conversation with Rick Rubin on Rubin’s Broken Record podcast, Neil called the tracks “sketches” and not demos, which I imagine means he heard them as pencilled outlines and not completed works. Still, what’s here is starkly beautiful and far better than what he released around the same time (Landing on Water, Life, This Note’s for You and, with CSNY, American Dream).

Thanks  Old Grey Cat! Agree that these demos are almost better than the album releases.  Sometimes less is more.  Full review at First Impressions: Summer Songs by Neil Young | Old Grey Cat.

 

 NEIL YOUNG ON BROKEN RECORD PODCAST WITH RICK RUBIN

Neil Young, Part One

When we first talked about making Broken Record, we had a short list of absolute dream guests for the podcast and Neil Young was at the top of that list. So when Neil’s new record, Barn, was announced and we were told he wanted to speak with Rick about it we were beyond excited. On today’s episode, Rick and Neil talk about the new album, and all of the archival projects he plans on releasing in the coming year. They also reminisce about the time they spent working together on some abandoned songs in 1997 that may soon be released. And Neil’s time in a Rick James fronted band that was signed to Motown, and how Neil drove from Canada to LA in a hearse. The two talked for so long we decided to make this the first of two episodes with Neil Young.

 

Neil Young, Part Two

Welcome to part two of Rick Rubin’s conversation with Neil Young. Today we'll hear how Neil's song “I Believe In You” from his 1970 masterpiece After the Gold Rush inspired a mystical experience for Rick. Neil also talks about recording After the Gold Rush and the parallels between that album and his latest release, Barn. And, Neil explains why he started writing and recording music around the cycles of the moon, and his massive archive of unreleased material that spans several decades.

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