Comment of the Moment: Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'ODEON BUDOKAN'
Earlier, we posted on Mastering Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'ODEON BUDOKAN' on Vinyl.
The legacy of the 'ODEON BUDOKAN' tapes is somewhat tortured as noted in a comment by wardo:
"SRS 04 on the cover, SRS 03 on the labels, PS 06 on Archives."
Which brings us to our Comment of the Moment on Mastering Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'ODEON BUDOKAN' on Vinyl by Tomatron:
That there Archives project by Neil Young sure is a work in progress.
Kudos to Wardo and his eagle eyes on catching that vinyl label discrepancy. Around here such a blowup requires reading glasses used in conjunction with the magnifying glass app, and quite possibly a modicum of squinting. But that designation is not the only difference between the label and the superior new cover. The label says “2019 Silver Bow Productions”, as opposed to “2023 The Other Shoe Productions”, although both productions are proudly “Inc.”
What does it mean? This is no mere misprint. Odeon Budokan has been in production for 4 years. In 2019, it was intended to be SRS 03. Pressing was shelved, likely for the usual, global upheaval, reasons. (It’s also possible that the vinyl was already pressed snd they were only waiting for the artwork, or didn’t want to detract from the imminent release of the box set.)
Regardless, it came out as part of Vol. 2, but those discs aren’t marked other than by number within the set, Disc 10, for example. Performance Series 6 was added to NYA’s online version of the album, but of course that sort of thing can and does change all the time as Neil’s team adjusts the catalog. It’s just text on a screen, and may be different next time the page loads.
But once Odeon Budokan was back on the docket, the decision was made to: 1. Change it back from PS to SRS (makes sense, since it was meant to come out in ‘76 just like the other Special Releases were planned for their moments), 2. Move it from SRS 03 to 04, which points to another possible mid-70s shelved album yet to come to light, and 3. Keep the old labels, because why waste them, and who’s going to notice that tiny number anyway?
Of course, this points to a freed-up PS 6. NYCH late ‘76, anyone? What about SRS 03? Are there rumors circulating about any more lost albums between Homegrown and Odeon?(Assuming Neil and his team make the bold decision to PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD KEEP THE SPECIAL RELEASE SERIES NUMBERING IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.)
Thanks for the CotM Tomatron and the excellent historical recap of OB. And thanks wardo for inspiration here on proofreading. Lots of good observations on 'ODEON BUDOKAN'.
Hopefully, NYA will hear the cries of our rustie grain friends.
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