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Neil Young Archives Vol 1 (8CD) 1963-1972 (2010) FLAC

8 CD | Release: 2010 | FLAC | 44.1 Khz | Joint-Stereo | Label:Reprise | 2.53 GB

Genre: Rock

Archives Vol. 1 suggests that this is only the first multi-disc bonanza, in a series of maybe four or five. It spans (merely!) his early days in Canada, circa 1963, with his Shadows-aping garage band the Squires, through to 1972's epochal Harvest. The CD version gathers 114 tracks on eight discs, of which 40-odd are previously released..

Young compiled and remastered the whole lot himself. Air any disc from Archives Vol. 1 and you will hear his very best songs from that given era. Starting with Young's compositions for the late-Sixties combo Buffalo Springfield, we follow the crystallisation of the music, which soundtracked US hippiedom's withdrawal from America's cities into its vast open spaces: his spinetingling falsetto tenor; his loose, speculative guitar playing (witness labyrinthine takes on Words, Down By the River, etc); his effortless song craft, the words both vernacular and poetic, sometimes politically angry (Ohio, cut with Crosby, Stills & Nash), sometimes tear jerkingly romantic (Only Love Can Break Your Heart, live, with peerless harmonies again from C, S&N). Of three live discs, two are solo, with hilariously rambling between-song monologues; the third is a rip-roaring set with Crazy Horse in tow.

Consistently electrifying, overloaded with fabulous melodies and lazily brilliant playing, this is the full story of one of rock's true greats ? or at least, the complete early chapters. Vol. 2, covering the rest of the Seventies, could be even better.

Tracklist

Disc 1 ? The Early Years (1966-1968)

1. Aurora / The Squires ? from the 45 RPM single (mono)

2. The Sultan / The Squires ? from the 45 RPM single (mono)

3. I Wonder / The Squires ? previously unreleased song (mono)

4. Mustang / The Squires ? previously unreleased instrumental (mono)

5. I'll Love You Forever / The Squires ? previously unreleased song (mono)

6. (I'm A Man And) I Can't Cry / The Squires ? previously unreleased song (mono)

7. Hello Lonely Woman / Neil Young & Comrie Smith ? previously unreleased version

8. Casting Me Away From You / Neil Young & Comrie Smith ? previously unreleased song

9. There Goes My Babe / Neil Young & Comrie Smith ? previously unreleased song

10. Sugar Mountain / Neil Young ? previously unreleased demo version (mono)

11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing / Neil Young ? previously unreleased demo version (mono)

12. Runaround Babe / Neil Young ? previously unreleased song (mono)

13. The Ballad Of Peggy Grover / Neil Young ? previously unreleased song (mono)

14. The Rent Is Always Due / Neil Young ? previously unreleased song (mono)

15. Extra, Extra / Neil Young ? previously unreleased song (mono)

16. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong / Neil Young ? from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)

17. Burned / Buffalo Springfield ? from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)

18. Out Of My Mind / Buffalo Springfield ? from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)

19. Down, Down, Down / Neil Young ? previously unreleased version (mono)

20. Kahuna Sunset / Buffalo Springfield ? from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)

21. Mr. Soul / Buffalo Springfield ? from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)

22. Sell Out / Buffalo Springfield ? previously unreleased song (mono)

23. Down To The Wire / Neil Young ? from the album Decade (mono)

24. Expecting To Fly / Buffalo Springfield ? from the album Buffalo Springfield

25. Slowly Burning / Neil Young ? previously unreleased instrumental

26. One More Sign / Neil Young ? from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set

27. Broken Arrow / Buffalo Springfield ? from the album Buffalo Springfield Again

28. I Am A Child / Buffalo Springfield ? from the album Last Time Around

Disc 2 ? Topanga 1 (1968-1969)

1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Neil Young ? from the stereo promotional 45 RPM single-second pressing

2. The Loner / Neil Young ? from the album Neil Young

3. Birds / Neil Young ? previously unreleased version

4. What Did You Do To My Life* / Neil Young ? previously unreleased mix

5. The Last Trip To Tulsa / Neil Young ? from the album Neil Young

6. Here We Are In The Years / Neil Young ? from the album Neil Young?second version

7. I've Been Waiting For You / Neil Young ? previously unreleased mix

8. The Old Laughing Lady / Neil Young ? from the album Neil Young

9. I've Loved Her So Long / Neil Young ? from the album Neil Young

10. Sugar Mountain / Neil Young ? previously unreleased stereo master

11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

12. Down By The River / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

13. Cowgirl In The Sand / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

14. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Disc 3 ? Live At The Riverboat (1969)

1. Sugar Mountain / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

2. The Old Laughing Lady / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

3. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

4. On The Way Home / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

5. I've Loved Her So Long / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

6. I Am A Child / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

7. 1956 Bubblegum Disaster / Neil Young ? previously unreleased song

8. The Last Trip To Tulsa / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

9. Broken Arrow / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

10. Whiskey Boot Hill / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

11. Expecting To Fly / Neil Young ? previously unreleased live version

Disc 4 ? Topanga 2 (1969-1970)

1. Cinnamon Girl / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

2. Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

3. Round And Round (It Won't Be Long) / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

4. Oh Lonesome Me / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? previously unreleased stereo mix

5. Birds / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the 45 RPM single (mono)

6. Everybody's Alone / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? Previously unreleased song

7. I Believe In You / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? from the album After The Gold Rush

8. Sea Of Madness / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ? from the original soundtrack album Woodstock

9. Dance Dance Dance / Neil Young with Crazy Horse ? previously unreleased version

10. Country Girl / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ? from the album Déj