Neil Young Archives

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The Neil Young Archives is a series of archival releases by Neil Young which feature previously unreleased studio and live recordings.

The Archives have been long-anticipated — work began on them in the late 1980s.[1] Neil Young has expressed his desire to release such a series in numerous interviews over the course of decades.

The archives are divided into several series. The main part is a series of box sets covering separate periods of the artist's career. In addition to this is the Performance Series which is a series of individual releases of live concert recordings. Finally, there is the Special Edition series which will consist of previously unreleased albums.

Contents

[edit] Box Sets

The series will consist primarily of lengthy box sets.

[edit] Volume 1 — 1963-1972

The first box set release was most recently scheduled for release in Fall 2008, as a set of 10 Blu-ray discs in order to present high resolution (192 Khz, 24-bit PCM) audio as well as accompanying visual documentation.[2] It has been stated that the two released Performance Series albums are included as part of the box set.


[edit] Volume 3 — ?–1987–?

More detailed information regarding Volume 3 has not yet been announced. However, the web site for Neil Young's Living With War album contains several live recordings of songs from the album Life (1987) which are said to be taken from Volume 3.[1]

[edit] Volume 4 — ?–2002–?

Similarly, further details of Volume 4 have not yet been released. However, the above web site includes music videos of songs taken from Young's Are You Passionate? (2002) album which are said to be from Volume 4 of the archives.

[edit] Performance Series

The series of box sets are accompanied by individual concert releases, dubbed the Archives Performance Series. This section contains details of releases so far. The releases are ordered in chronological order of recording. The albums were released in a different order, with Volume 2 coming in 2006, Volume 3 in 2007 and Volume 1 to appear at a future date.

[edit] Volume 01 — The Riverboat

Volume 01 is entitled The Riverboat and is taken from a series of shows at the Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto in February, 1969. Six evenings of music were Recorded by Brian Ahern to a stereo Ampex 351 Analogue Recorder. The CD will be released with or before Archives Vol. 1. Chrome Dreams II from certain retailers also included a bonus CD with a preview track from the Riverboat. Different outlets had different CDs, each with a different preview track.[3] The iTunes version contains "I am a Child" from Riverboat.

[edit] Volume 02 — Live at the Fillmore East

Live at the Fillmore East, released in November 2006, features a March 1970 concert with Crazy Horse. The album was released on CD and DVD Video with the DVD version including high definition sound accompanied by still images from the concert.

[edit] Volume 03 — Live at Massey Hall 1971

A solo acoustic performance from January 1971, Live at Massey Hall 1971, saw release in March 2007. The album was released on both CD and DVD Video with the DVD version including high definition sound accompanied by 8mm film footage of the concert.

[edit] Other Volumes

Other volumes in the series may include a live performance from the Tonight's the Night 1973 tour.

[edit] Special Edition Series

Neil Young recently announced a new part of the archives, known as the Special Edition Series. To date, one album has been announced in this series.

[edit] Toast

The first release in the Special Edition series will be entitled Toast.[2] The release will feature a previously unreleased album recorded in 2000 in the San Francisco studio Toast. The album was produced by John Hanlon and he is currently mixing the album for future release.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Shakey, Jimmy McDonough
  2. ^ Java in Action: Java + Neil Young
  3. ^ N Y Times

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