Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call Update: Archives Volume 4 Release + More

Neil Young on Patron ZOOM - July 8, 2026

image via Rusted Moon

Here is an update from Neil Young's Patron call earlier today. Many thanks to everyone for reports via TW comments. 

via  Neil Young Unreleased | FaceBook 

by Robert Broadfoot

Via comment by Dionys:

Asked about a release of the LWW remix currently rolled out on NYA the man himself during a video call for patrons declined any intention to go beyond the NYA and release a tangible version. 

Questions by the patrons included "Canary", "Homefires", "Electric Judy", also recordings of the 1993 European Tour with Booker T. & the MGs were mentioned. Neil Young described how he ended up with songs on his new album that originated in the 60's. 

There were a lot of prominent grains, rusties and zumans online who are more apt to summarize what had been said than me, so who's gonna stand up?

Developing ... check back.

 

UPDATE: See excellent summary in comments below by Greying Rider. 

Neil Young on Patron ZOOM - January 27, 2026

More on earlier Patron updates @  Neil Young on Patron ZOOM - January 27, 2026.

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New Neil Young Albums Coming: Live Chrome Hearts + 1997 Hippie Dream Warmup Tour with Crazy Horse

 Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts: Live Album
 (Click photo to enlarge)

For this year's Record Store Day on April 18, a limited double LP version of the upcoming live album by Neil Young & Chrome Hearts will be released on 140-gram clear vinyl. 

Per a RSD press release, the album has 13 tracks, recorded during the 2025 "Love Earth" tour in Europe and North America. 

Setlist: Neil Young with Crazy Horse 

El Trocadero, San Francisco, CA, May 8, 1997

image via Sugar Mountain

In other "another new Neil Young album coming" news, a concert of El Trocadero, San Francisco, CA, May 8, 1997 will be released TBD and "in advance of Archives Volume #4", per NYA.

From the 1997 Hippie Dream Warmup Tour with Crazy Horse, the concert album will be from two different sources: the Hard Luck Stories recording and a complete audience recording. The entirety of the Hard Luck Stories version, which is incomplete, was spliced ​​with the audience recording as seamlessly as possible, and the sound quality is said to be "very good". 

With "Razor Love" (played twice), "Don't Be Denied", "Hard Luck Stories", "Throw Your Hatred Down" (also played twice) and more. 

1st Set

01 Hard Luck Stories

02 I'm The Ocean

03 Razor Love

04 Crime In The City (false start)

05 Crime In The City

06 Truth Be Known

07 Piece Of Crap

08 Don't Be Denied

09 Throw Your Hatred Down

10 Downtown

11 Hippie Dream (aborted)

12 Hippie Dream

13 Mellow My Mind

14 Rockin' In The Free World

2nd Set

01 Hey, Hey, My, My

02 Slip Away

03 Big Time

04 The Losing End

05 Sedan Delivery

06 Throw Your Hatred Down

07 Razor Love

08 Cowgirl In The Sand

09 Prisoner's Of Rock And Roll

UPDATE:  It appears that early reports have been confused. Apologies. Corrections and clarifications in comments below.

More concert reports @ “Love Earth 2025 Tour”: Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts.

love earth 2025 WORLD tour neil young and the chrome hearts (see “Love Earth 2025 Tour”: Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts ) 

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Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call Update: New Songs & Archives Volume 4 Release

Neil Young

@ Lost Planet Editorial, Santa Monica, CA - Sept. 9, 2019
Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP

 

Here is an update from Neil Young's Patron call earlier today. Many thanks to Greying Rider for his excellent reports via TW comments. 

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Neil Young on Patron ZOOM 

January 27, 2026

image via Rusted Moon

Hello Everybody,

Notes from the Patron call:

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Neil looks fantastic.

Says it’s the largest group of Patrons ever. May offend some people and get that number down!

Phil Baker reads questions. Zeke, Frank Gironda and John O are also not he call.

Will Neil play in USA in 2026?

Some possibilities. Focused on making new album because he’s got new songs.

New outtakes in the works?

Yes in the work all the time. Neil calls himself a giant outtake. Working on them all the time.

There will a list on the NYA music page with all the outakes and links to find them.

Does he have any ideas to mobilize and galvanize the collective musicians to stand against the Trump?

No ideas. Every American should use their conscience to stand up for beliefs and not be intimidated.

Are there plans for another benefit show in 2026?

Probably.

Neil are you writing new songs?

6 news songs right now.

Please tell us about your new songs.

Reads a verse of a new song. Sound like decent lyrics.

What does he think of the atmos mixes?

Go to Apple for these. Neil likes the original mixes and what he did in the first place. What the Archives are about. Niko’s atmos mixes are great and Vol 4 is full of them.

Asked to say a few words about Judy Greenberg

Neil says she was a wonderful person and a great supporter of his music. Life is sometimes a rough ride but she had to go. Zeke chips in to say she was the first subscriber. Neil says she was a one in a million. She loved music and will always be around.

Archives Volume 4 release date?

No release date. But there is a lot more information and then he (quickly!) reels off a list. [This is what I got. Please add anything I missed or got wrong in the comments.]

• ’87 Crazy Horse with Blue Notes
• Freedom sessions’
• Raggedly Glorious (3 sessions)
• Deep in the Valley of Hearts. New album
• Natural Beauty
• Philadelphia
• Booker T & MGs
• Sleeps with Angels film with Briggs
• Mirrorball film
• Year of the Horse with cool version of Sedan Delivery
• Amazing Trocadero from ’97 with CH
• 97-99 Silver and Gold
• Catalyst
• Ocean Way
• Live album from the WiIltern (Joh Hanlon not listed to yet).
• Greendale. Return and Vicar Street. Vicar street video

Ever recoded a song singing a song in another language?

Not that I know of.

How is Canary getting on?

Last 50 pages. Final edits. Getting ready to do art (watercolor painting). End of this year. Maybe 2027. Working on it since 2017. Sci fi. Quite a story.

What in pipeline that most excited about?

All the same to Neil. Like the new songs. One called ”The Second Song”. Woke up with the melody in his head. Thinks must have existed already and so wrote new lyrics to it.

Any chance we will get a Neil Young biopic film?

Says he hopes not! Does not know how you can do that while still alive. Got some people he knows working on something but does not want to get involved. Wants to make a record.

Will independent venues make a recovery like vinyl?

Has a go at Amazon.

How is the train set?

Fantastic. One of his greatest endeavors. Art of creating things form real things.

How determine set lists for every show to show?

He does it by feel. Write down the setlist before the show and then deviate from it.

Zeke mentions that Chrome Hearts can play anything he pulls out of the hat.

Question about if he will organize a show to mobilize musicians.

Neil’s not going to organize, he follows the muse. Other people can do this better.

How does it feel to be 80?

Feels good. Thought he’d be scared until he was 80. What the heck? Who cares? A lot of things don’t matter that used to matter. Likes to stay physical. Walked 3 miles at 8,500 feet yesterday in his new shoes to not slide around on the ice.

How are Ralph and Billy?

Happy, healthy and well. Poncho too. Spoke to him last week. Played them the Trocadero disc. They loved the ‘new’ old stuff.

Trocadero has 7/8 songs that Neil hardly ever played with CH: Razor Love, Big Time.

How decide if play a song acoustic or electric?

Depends on how he feels. Some more fun acoustic and some electric. Admits not a good answer, he just makes things up on the go.

How has the Greenland free access gone?

Reaction has been good.

How feel about old classic songs?

If tired of it, then don’t play it. No rules. It’s like the wind, just comes and goes. Bob doesn’t plan what he plays. He plays what he feels like playing. Follows the muse to play how he wants, even if not recognizable.

What’s on the new live album?

First song to be released is Silver Eagle. And then Big Crime. Incredible version of Cortez from Bergen. Best version ever in his opinion because it came out different when he sang it. Stopped each verse a line early and let the verses sync into a big hodge podge. Tells a whole story from a new view.

Status of Tape Sessions log from Volume 3?

John says on his desk. Got a list last week.

When is Coastal coming to NYA?

Frank Girona says its on the way but Neil jokes that business gets crossed with art.

Law suit x Chrome Hearts?

Frank says worked out an arrangement but can’t comment otherwise. Neil will continue using the name.

Spoken to Stephen recently?

Yes, spoke last week. Keeps in touch with these guys.

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That's all I got. It's good to share.

Peace. Toby

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Hey, super appreciate the near real time updates Toby!   

More on earlier Patron updates @  Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call Update: August 2024.

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On This Day, Neil Young Had A Very Good & Bad Day

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse

On This Day, January 19, 1969, 57 years ago today, Neil Young wrote 3 major songs: "Cowgirl in the Sand",  "Cinnamon Girl" and "Down by the River"  for the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere with Crazy Horse. 

Neil was suffering from the flu with a high fever in bed when the 3 song compositions came to him.

All of the songs for the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere were written and recorded during the period between January 17, 1969 and February 8, 1969. This amazingly prolific two year period captures Young at the height of his creative genius. 

It was a time where "Neil Young was rock's Joe Dimaggio." 

Live at Massey Hall 1971

Neil Young

On this day in 1971, Neil Young recorded his legendary solo acoustic performance at Massey Hall, later released as 'Live at Massey Hall 1971'. A quiet night that became folk history.

Thanks Eric Alper | X !    

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The Real Story of Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane?": Celebrating the Song's 50th Anniversary

"Like A Hurricane"Neil Young - Hammersmith Odeon, March 1976
Photo by Tony Fahy

So who knows what "The Real Story of Neil Young's 1975 song 'Like A Hurricane?' " might be?  If you've ever wondered about the song's origins, here's an informative essay by Robert Broadfoot over on https://www.facebook.com/groups/ny.unreleased.nyu/

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Neil Youngphoto courtesy of  Robert Broadfoot

LIKE A HURRICANE – THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

November 29 sees the official 50th anniversary of ‘Like A Hurricane’, one of Neil’s most iconic songs.

The story of its creation has taken on near mythical proportions, starting with a drug-fueled night out with the boys with Neil scribbling the lyrics on a handy newspaper, followed by a sleepless night bent over his Stringman synthesizer “playin’ away like Beethoven” looking like a “fuckin’ maniac”.  The backing track with Crazy Horse took shape almost accidentally and for several months it didn’t even have any vocals. And in between Neil underwent an operation on his vocal cords and couldn’t sing at all. It is certainly a fascinating story. However, in my view the ‘accepted’ dates for the writing and recording of the song are not correct. Everyone, including Neil himself, places the whole story after the throat operation in October 1975.

The evidence however suggests this is wrong.

It may not matter to many, but that whole period was such an important and wildly creative phase in Neil’s life. He emerges from the ‘ditch’, from the demands of his involvement with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the shards of his tempestuous relationship with Carrie Snodgress, to rediscover himself and his music with a reformed and reenergised Crazy Horse. The summer of 1975 was a crucial period in which he created other major songs such as ‘Cortez The Killer’ and ‘Danger Bird’ and which saw the earliest known recordings of ‘Powderfinger’ and ‘Pocahontas’ for example. It seems important to get the chronology right.

‘Like A Hurricane’ was written during work on the album Zuma. Once finished, it became the  standout anthem of the amazing series of Crazy Horse shows in 1976, when I first saw Neil and the band live. That is one reason why the song is so important to me and why I think it is important to set the record straight. In my article, The Real Story Of Like A Hurricane?, you can judge the evidence for yourself.

I hope you find it interesting. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j8Oa8vWbSg1GhI8UHizmcBW6FlS9bwap/view?usp=drive_link

Robert Broadfoot

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Thanks again Robert for all the invaluable research! Definitely helps clear up a few of the myths and legends surrounding "Like A Hurricane".  (Also, see Rare Photo: Neil Young -  Hammersmith Odeon, March 1976.)

More of Robert and NYU research on Neil Young Archives: Answer to Answers #4 by Broadfoot/NYU. 

Also, here are details on Robert's other Neil Young unreleased music research:

DOWNLOAD FILE @ 

#NYU - Neil Youngs Missing Recordings V4.0 (c) Robert Broadfoot 2021.pdf (right click to "Save As")

If you see any corrections or updates, please share a comment below.

Neil Young's Unreleased Songs:
The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Version 7 (Abridged): 12 November 2019

Also, see Neil Young's Unreleased Songs: UNCLE EDDIE'S CUPBOARD + The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Vers. 7 + COTM.

Also, see Neil Young's Missing Recordings | NYU.

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And many, many eternal thanks to all the unsung researchers and their labors of love. 

... gone but NEVER forgotten ... 

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Micah Nelson Awaits:DangerBird/StringMan Descends for "The Hurricane"August 10, 2025 - Richmond, VA
photo by thrasher (Click photo to enlarge)

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WRAPUP: Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Love Earth Concert Tour Leg #1 - Statistics, Links + More

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts Malahaide Castle, Dublin, Ireland - June 26, 2025
 Photo by thrasher(Click photo to enlarge) 

Now that the Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' Love Earth Concert Tour Leg #1 has concluded in Europe, it's a good time to look back as we look forward to Leg #2 in North America.

 

  Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' Love Earth Concert Tour Leg #1

via Sugar Mountain (Click photo to enlarge)

 

Via Sugar Mountain,  we can see that the recently completed Europe Leg #1 of Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' Love Earth tour drew relatively deeply from the albums After The Gold Rush, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Harvest and Ragged Glory with 3 songs each.

Interestingly, the setlists varied with 27 songs drawn from across 16 different albums ranging from 1969's  Crazy Horse's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere to CSNY's Looking Forward.

The core setlist songs played at each of the 13 Europe tour concerts were: Be The Rain, Cinnamon Girl, F*!#in', Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black), The Needle And The Damage Done, Harvest Moon, Sun Green, & Name Of Love.

  

The concerts with the most songs played was July 7 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland and July 11 - Hyde Park, London, England  with a total of 18 songs.  The concert with the fewest songs played was  June 26th - Dublin, Ireland - Malahaide Castle with a total of only 14 songs.

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' Love Earth Concert Tour Leg #1 - Europe

via Sugar Mountain

There were zero concert performance debuts or unreleased song performances, unlike NEIL YOUNG 2023 COASTAL TOUR. And -- surprisingly --  no songs played from the newest album Talkin' To The Trees.

More Neil Young concert statistics @ Sugar Mountain (thanks Tom! Sorry to miss you on this leg.)  

More on the Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Love Earth Concert Tour  (see concert reviews).

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' Love Earth Concert Tour Leg #2 - North America

love earth 2025 WORLD tour neil young and the chrome hearts 

>>> NOTE: Concert Setlists, photos, reviews @ links below. Updated continuously. <<<

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Comments of the Moment: Neil Young's "Quintessential" Greendale

The Inconvenient Truth of
Greendale

 

Recently, we posted over to the ever-so irrepressible Scotsman's Patreon on Dynamite Tracks #18: Busting out of Jail regarding Neil Young's album Greendale and it's significance.

First, a comment by Ron on the above post:

I hope no-one will be offended if I say am trying hard, but I still don't get what it is they think is important about Greendale - sorry.

The lyrics tell a tale that is interesting, the characters are all relatable, but I don't see or hear anything revelatory or new - and I don't think I did when it was first released 20 years ago either. And I listened to it a lot when it first came out and remember having fun exploring the accompanying Greendale web site.

I can see that there are likely aspects of Neil's character and personality in a lot or maybe all of the characters, I can see that it touches on a lot of the problems of the world, but is there an important insight? Some important message?

Did we not already know then that there was corruption on the highest floor? That Mr Clean was dirty too? That the Government is all bought and paid for? That we need to save the planet?

There is the 'Be The Rain' call to action but hadn't people and organisations been saying similar for many years already? Greenpeace come to mind but I am sure there were many others.

Ok, very fair question Ron and thanks for conveniently asking in comments.

Sun Green 

Neil Young's Greendale Concert Tour - 2003

 

Which brings us to the Comment of the Moment by none other than Scotsman himself on Neil Young's "Quintessential" (thanks Dionys) album Greendale:  

Thanks all for the lovely and perceptive comments.

I like people who enjoy Greendale because I get the sense we're on the same wavelength. We'd probably get on well in the real world should we meet up for a ginger beer, strong coffee, or pint of real ale.

And one of many reasons I like Greendale is because it's its own world.

Not all albums or tracks are like this. Alabama from Tuscaloosa, for instance, with no added context, is objectively an out-of-tune din. Subjectively, it's a dreadful performance. What elevates it to being perceived as a work of art is because we see it in the *context* of Neil Young's life and career in the golden 70s. It's part of the legend.

But with Greendale, although there is lots of Neil Young in it (perhaps more than any other album), all we need to appreciate it is to notice ourselves within this town he has created for us. Dionys and Dan Swan get to the heart of this, above.

Some will relate to Sun Green (seeking to break out and fulfil her potential), some to the artist Earl (trying to juggle the drive to create with the need to survive), some to Grandpa (on the Earth long enough to have seen a lot, done a lot, survived through a lot).

Many here, I think, will relate to all three. They will also relate to the grief of Carmichael's widow, and Jed, too: because like Jed, we've all made mistakes. (If we're lucky, they're the kind of beneficial mistakes that help us learn, and not the kind of mistakes that permanently derail us, or hurt anybody else.)

"Change comes slow in the country". And a big part of the success of this record is Neil is writing from his own experience of living in the middle of nowhere.

The clubs and bars in major cities might change every year — as might the political leaders. Parts of rural England, meanwhile, haven't changed in 200 years or more. The people haven't changed much, either.

The Sun Greens of the world often find peace (and the space to create and think and dream) in the countryside, but need to get out to the city to find inspiration, or to make an impact. Because that's where the change they seek to make is most likely to happen. (In the 21st century, the internet is it's own kind of city.)

So I agree with all you guys that Greendale touches on politics themes. But I don't see it as a political album, not *as such*, because the word "politics" for me brings to mind two things:

A) A sense of top-down power, sometimes rigged against those of us with a sense of ethics (on both sides of the political spectrum)

And:

B) a force that divides us into polarised groups lobbing spears at each other.

Grandpa, meanwhile, strikes me as the kind of guy who "doesn't trust any of the b*stards". The more time you spend on Earth, the more you seem unfold... And eventually, you tune it all out.

Sun Green, too, is the kind of the person who'd be out there making a positive ruckus regardless of who is in power.

Quite wonderfully, we're left with an album that retains it's relevance through the ages, no matter who's in power, no matter whether they represent us or not.

We can still go out and make a difference.

Greendale, I think, speaks most strongly to those who really believe in this. Lovers of this album want to get up and really make a positive contribution, and probably have done numerous times in their lives already. They are do-ers, not just talkers.

(The boss of this very website will certainly relate: he started the first Neil Young blog not in 2016 or 2022, like me, but in 1996 — ahead of just about everybody in the blogging world.)

I'll submit what some will interpret as a smug or deluded opinion, but I'd prefer it to be interpreted as just a bit cheeky:

Having a passion for Greendale says something very complimentary about us.

Scots.

So back to Ron's original question and Scots justifications on Greendale  being "quintessential".

"Truth is all I seek" - Sun Green

 

Not to repeat ourselves, but -- as many of our long time readers here at Thrasher's Wheat know -- we have long since declared: "The Inconvenient Truth of Greendale".

Neil Young’s Greendale
Written by Joshua Dysart, Illustrated by Cliff Chiang
The inconvenient truth of Neil Young's Greendale is that Neil Young was right -- and his message is even more relevant today than upon Greendale's original release.

Greendale is "Everything You're Looking For" - Bandit

The inconvenient truth of Greendale is its uncomfortable confrontation with themes such as the power of mass media and global corporations, loss of personal freedoms and privacy, destruction of the environment, rampant fraud and corruption, an out of balance government and breakdown of the family. All of which we've detailed before here, here, and here.

"a little Mayberry livin' can go a long way"
GREENDALE 2020 HINDSIGHT by James Mazzeo

More on Sun Green in the "compelling", "controversial" and "audiences challenging" concert opera "Greendale" by Neil Young.

"This is Greendale" Brochure - Part #1
Tomorrow's Town - Today (1948)

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Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call Update: New Band & Tour Planning Underway

Neil Young

@ Lost Planet Editorial, Santa Monica, CA - Sept. 9, 2019
Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP

 

From Neil Young's Patron call earlier today.  Many thanks to Hambone, Dan, Chris, tomatron, Greying Rider and many others for updates via TW comments.

Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call - August 28

 

The following distilation is from TW comments on Unboxing Video  are from Wednesday's call with Neil Young and his fans.

    

At 8/28/2024 04:38:00 PM, Blogger Dan Swan said...

Right from the beginning he states third of five volumes, so at least two more volumes the Archives. I can imagine Neil living for quite awhile after seeing just how healthy and happy he looked in the unboxing video. So I’m really looking forward to the deep dive into Volume 3. And hoping for more while I’m still alive.

At 8/28/2024 09:48:00 PM, Blogger Chris said...

        The call fell at an awkward time and, although I was able to join, unfortunately I could not give it my full attention and did not take my usual minutes. Agree Neil looked and sounded in good health. New tour announcement with POTR lite is excellent news. Though I'm not going to try and travel to the USA to see this tour having got my fingers (and heart) burnt with the cancellation of my dream ticket - I had Row 8 - to see Crazy Horse play in Hollywood. At least it saved me the irony of a long haul flight to see the 'Love Earth' tour, even with an offset. Long may you run, Neil.

At 8/29/2024 06:12:00 AM, Blogger Hambone said...

Morning all. Here's my pick of highlights from yesterday's zoom. No notes either so it's what I can remember after a nights sleep.

1. Frank Gironda mentioned that patron subscribers were at a high and I noted 396 on the call last night. When the zooms started a few years back it was nearer the 250 level, so that sounbds good for the health of NYA.

2. Tour cancellation - as tomatron said - the phrase Neil used was that a couple of the band "hit a wall" and then he felt sick at the idea of going onstage. He was clear that he couldn't just keep going and that what matters is "the art of playing, and the music".

Rolling Stone has some fuller quotes here:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-breaks-silence-crazy-horse-tour-cancellation-1235090480/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pBk7tv2ggwZfQoqO82JRNlchwDcZfkAtcSQ3MlgUx5w61w6TR46KXt2Y_aem_gI2eCa2pbA1Cc-NdmXFlhg

The new tour with Micah, Anthony Logerfo and Corey McCormick is due to follow Farm Aid, at outdoor and theatre venues, many which he has played before. He implied it would be East Coast and then an arc across the country back home - Michigan and Ohio were mention, so sounds like a road trip of sorts.

Content will be a classic Neil/ band set of solo acoustic then the band joins in - and at a less breakneck pace than the Horse.

Neil looked keen to go out, was very animated and sharp on answering questions & was pacing up and down out of camera shot. At one point I wondered if the mail had arrived as he disappeared for a minute or so.

Volume 4 - this will cover 1988 - 2002. There was some talk about where Live Mirror Ball fits in as I think someone asked about it as a separate release.

The other thing was that Neil said a majority of the studio recordings from Vol 4 would be the first band take of songs, which would be "interesting".

Also the implication that Vol 5 will be 2003- the present, whatever that will mean.

Lyrics book - this is in progress. Neil says it has 600 odd songs and will include scans of the original handwritten lyrics where they exist. Sheets are still being found and it may include a few songs where only the lyrics where written, but never found a tune.

Canary novel - this is at the line by line editing stage. There is no publishing deal for it yet, but Neil appears confident they will find one when the book is ready. As he's said before it's a Science Fiction novel.

Now as a very long term SF fan of 50 years - I just got back from the World SF Convention in Glasgow UK - I get a bit wary when celebrities start trying to write in the genre. Often their original idea has already been explored by the numerous fantastic less-known writers out there who live and breathe the genre. But hey it's Neil so I'll be giving a look in.

Coastal soundtrack - OK I hope I heard this right. This is Daryl's film of the 2023 Coastal Tour and the soundtrack will have different songs/versions from what has already appeared on Before and After. The film is almost ready, but I didn't catch a release date.

There was also some technical discussion about playing NYA via ATMOS and SONOS devices/apps but since I don't use them, sorry can't remember the details.

I'm sure others can fill in the gaps of what's been missed.

Hope the new tour is sedate and complete. I'll keep everything crossed for something in Europe eventually but it's great to hear Tales of the Rail from the US from everyone here.

Tony Hambone in the UK

At 8/29/2024 09:12:00 AM, Blogger herbsworld said...

That unboxing video, to me, was glorious! I agree. Neil is in fine form and I felt relief over not only a familiar face, but a personality that remains. I have so many older friends that just “change” with age (Or, maybe it’s me?). Neil seems as enthusiastically excited as ever. Optimistic, even. Glad to see and hear indeed! The box itself, meh.

Not to be a Debbie Downer but there were maybe 5 or 6 audio cd’s that I’m innarested in (tho not in low-fi, cd quality) and maybe 2 of the bluray titles. I would most likely spend more on cherry picking individual titles, if they become available, which I hope they do, (Along with the book). Anyway. Like I said before, I’m happy for the output and everyone who is excited about Christmas in September :)

Here’s to a Happy Neil Year!

At 8/29/2024 01:12:00 PM, Blogger Hayo said...

Other cool things Neil mentioned in the Zoom call:

- CSNY 69 is pretty much done and all analog.

- Roxy album (and maybe video?) is incomplete but in the works.

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Excellent updates folks! Many thanks for sharing all the details. It is good to share, indeed. Sharing is caring.

So much to unpack here.  The Big Amps carry on. Lost Cortez lyrics found. Archives Vol #4 being worked. So lucky for us rustie grains.

Also, see Neil Young Patron ZOOM Call Update: Archives Volume #3 w/ 17 Discs.

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NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES TIMELINE CONCERT OF THE MOMENT: Halifax, Nov 5, 1996 w/ Crazy Horse

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
From Concert Film Year of The Horse (1996)

A new  Timeline Concert of the Moment is now streaming on NYA.

The latest Timeline Concert is from the Broken Arrow tour w/  Crazy Horse at Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Nov 5, 1996.

From The Flying Scotsman | Patreon:

The 5th November 1996 Neil Young and Crazy Horse show from Halifax, Canada has never circulated amongst fans…

 …not even as a bootlegged field recording.

That changes today, because Neil’s archivists have just released the entire gig—professionally recorded from the mixing desk—as a website exclusive “timeline concert”.

It’s basically a new live album in its own right, a full-show accompaniment to Year of the Horse.

If you’re an NYA subscriber, be sure to take a listen (and let me know in the comments what you think).

I will say, right off the bat, that I’ve always wanted to hear this gig —

After all, any setlist that finishes with the one-two punch of the final two songs here (I won’t name them, just in case you want to enjoy the authentic concert experience without a setlist) is certainly an eye-grabber.

But does the actual experience live up to the imagined one?

Full article @  The Flying Scotsman | Patreon.

Show setlist details at Sugar Mountain  https://sugarmtn.org/sm_show.php?show=199611050 

More on Neil Young Archives Timeline Concerts.

Also, see Neil Young Archives: Complete Listing of "Timeline Concerts of the Week" + UPDATE: NYA Subscriber News.

Here is a listing of all of the Neil Young concerts on the NYA Timeline.

Also, see Timeline Concert Highlights on Neil Young Archives | Only Castles Burning | SubStack.

 

TIMELINE CONCERT OF THE MOMENT | NYA 

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MORE CANCELS: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” Leg #2 & Beyond

Sting Replaces Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse as Headliner @
  Beyond Bourbon & Beyond 2024 Festival (Click photo to enlarge)

 

As if the news of cancellation of all remaining dates of Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” Leg #2 wasn't bad enough ... it gets worse.

Now we have the announcement that Sting has replaced Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse as the headliner for the Beyond Bourbon & Beyond 2024 Festival due to   “Covid consequences.”

So not only has the Canada Leg #2 canceled, along with 2 Texas dates and Chicago date but Ohana Festival and Hollywood Bowl dates are canceled, as well, per Sugar Mountain.

So that leaves the big question on Farm Aid 2024, Saratoga Springs.

Normally by this time of year, Farm Aid has announced venue, artists, ticket sales, etc.  But here we are in mid July and nothing officially from Farm Aid whatsoever.

Neil Young Archives has provided very limited info on what is happening.  Although Neil continues to answer letters as recently as yesterday July 15.

So, “Covid consequences.” Really?!

  "I watched the needle take another man": 

Neil Young Takes The Jab 

Thrasher's Wheat - March 23, 2021

 

Well, very, very hopefully,  no damage done by the needle ...

"I sing the song because I love the man 

 I know that some of you don't understand" 

 

Take care Neil & Horse!

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Is "Down By The River" on Early Daze Album Really Take #1? + Comment of the Moment

Early Daze - Vinyl
 Neil Young with Crazy Horse
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Last month, the archival Early Daze album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse  of ten early studio recordings was released and greeted "somewhat eagerly" by fans.

We say "somewhat eagerly" because our calling the release "non-essential" -- due to containing unreleased versions, alternative mixes, stereo mixes instead of mono -- was roundly pushed back on here in comments.

A new Neil Young with Crazy Horse album titled Early Daze, which is comprised of ten early studio recordings, will be released on  June 28.

Turns out, there have been a few revelations with Early Daze release. Not the least of which is whether the classic jam "Down By The River" was really the very take of the song?

Our Comment of the Moment on REVIEWS: "Early Daze" Album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse by Ron:

I have been pondering the Down By The River 'is it really take one' question myself.

It does indeed sound like the EKTIN version apart from the vocals, but could they really have nailed that performance on 'take one'?. Perhaps, if it had previously been rehearsed, but we know how Neil usually likes to work. According to the recording dates on NYA both versions were recorded on the same day. Ultimately it doesn't really matter, it sounds great, but I remain curious - maybe I will pen a Letter To The Editor and ask Neil.

When Early Daze was first mentioned I mistakenly assumed it would include recordings that predated EKTIN, but apart from the versions of DBTR and Cinnamon Girl they were all in fact recorded post EKTIN. Maybe some of the other songs that appear on Early Daze were tried for EKTIN as well but weren't up to scratch at that time. I have been really enjoying listening to Early Daze though, great sound and performances. I also enjoy the studio banter and Neil's voice sounds so young!

I reread some of the passages in Shakey that relate to this period last night, and I was surprised to read about an apparently great version of Helpless that they played in the studio which was 'lost' because the recording engineer hadn't pressed the 'play' button. Is this version on 'Early Daze' the 'lost' version somehow now found, or a similar version or a completely different version?

Also I am very curious who is playing the electric guitar part on Helpless - is it Neil or Danny? The credits on NYA just say 'guitar' for both of them. To my ears the tone and sound of the electric guitar part sound unlike any other Neil performance I can think of, so maybe it's Danny?

I guess the point I was somewhat clumsily trying to make on DBTR take 1 or not was, regardless of how much rehearsing of it they had done (and I'm sure there would have been at least some), it seems to me quite remarkable to capture the fully formed performance of the the musical parts of the EKTIN released version on a first take. It's not one of Neil's simpler pieces either, so bravo to them!

Regarding Winterlong, Decade was a big part of my Neil Young journey, and although not one of my all time Neil favourites I have always enjoyed it. I always find it interesting to hear different versions of Neil's songs, acoustic versus electric, with Crazy Horse versus solo or with someone else, etc. The Early Daze version is a worthy addition in my opinion.  

Many thanks to all the reviewers and comments - I have watched and read them all. Some great insights and observations - much appreciated.

Can't wait for Archives III !

Great question here Ron and many thanks for the CotM.

Maybe only Neil himself can clarify this?  Could the Early Daze version of "Down By The River" simply be just the same take as Everybody Knows but a different mix of vocals?  Or a different music take mixed with different vocal take?

 

Early Daze   Neil Young with Crazy Horse

Also, see:

• REVIEWS: "Early Daze" Album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
• A Few Thoughts on Album Early Daze by Neil Young and Crazy Horse by Scotsman
  
• The Flying Scotzman just shared: "Early Daze #1: Look At All The Things"
• Early Daze #2: Winterlong  
• Putting the Early Daze of Crazy Horse in perspective  
• Early Daze: Neil Young with Crazy Horse Album Coming on June 28 

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