mikechadwick
pfm Member
Has anyone pre-ordered this? Got to be honest - i forgot all about it and was only reminded when I saw the cover of the new issue of Uncut. Needless to say, limited edition of 3000 has now sold out
$100 version of gold rush out in 2021
fter The Gold Rush is pressed 180g Vinyl
· Exclusive 7” single with two versions of the album outtake “Wonderin’” (one previously unreleased)
The unreleased version was recorded on August 5 1969 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, CA. This 7” single will not be released outside of this box
· Included in the box is a 12 x 12 lithograph of the iconic album cover
· The artwork for the album is updated for the 50th Anniversary Edition:
After wading through the whole of the last one before I realised it was stuffed with music I already had, I ripped this one straight to the computer and playlisted the previously unreleased stuff before listening to any of it. There's 3 CDs of previously unreleased studio cuts and one of live cuts buried in this one, excluding the standalone NYA releases it comes bundled with and most purchasers will probably already have - which is better than the couple of CD's of unreleased studio stuff buried in the last set.
Highlights for me so far are the unreleased cuts from the Zuma sessions, the unreleased live and studio cuts with the Stray Gators from around the time of Time Fades away (Their full band version of Last Trip to Tulsa is a funky disorganised riot) and the live Crazy Horse cuts from the '76 Japanese Tour - of which I'd have liked a whole album (with 'Country Home', which is missing here), TBH.
But, it's Neil Young from '72-'76, so it's all fantastic, frankly - just another massive rip off. I'm tempted to suggest Daryl Hannah is high maintenance, but the artist profit on 3000 copies of this wouldn't buy you a bungalow in Medway. So it's just Neil Young being baffling again.
Unfortunately, the NY archives site is too much for my rural 2 MBit/s broadband and I let my subs lapse a couple of years ago.I've pre-ordered the "retail" pack - saves some cash but misses the book. Enjoyed streaming the albums from the Archives site though - there's some great stuff there.
Neil and I have had an odd relationship over the years. I first came to know him via schoolmates with copies of After the Gold Rush and Harvest. I was more of a prog/Zappa/jazz head and thought those two albums were OK and Not OK respectively. I thought he was a bit wimpy on a BBC TV solo concert appearance. Then I was aware of him being somewhat messed up with albums being delayed or pulled all over the place. Next I heard Cortez and Hurricane and suddenly I was interested, just in time for him to go wimpy on me again. I was now a passenger on the roller-coaster.I've pre-ordered the "retail" pack - saves some cash but misses the book. Enjoyed streaming the albums from the Archives site though - there's some great stuff there.
I recently made a modest investment on the Homegrown CD, I can see why it wasn’t released first time round. It is ok but the spoken word piece in the middle is unlistenable.
Since he has sold part of his catalogue to ‘the man’ expect to get royally fleeced in the future.
Yes, it arrived this afternoon and I’m playing it now. I can’t get past Cinnamon Girl - I’ve played it four times in succession so far, louder each time.Anyone bought the Way Down in the Rust Bucket album yet?
I can forgive Neil most things - he’s almost in my league when it comes to grumpy curmudgeonliness.I'm waiting on the postman bringing it, I see he's got another one out as well, Young Shakespeare. You would think he needed the money.
It’s more than 3 minutes unfortunatelyHomegrown is brilliant apart from that 3 minutes of Neil out his tits talking utter nonsense.
Anyone bought the Way Down in the Rust Bucket album yet?
Homegrown is brilliant apart from that 3 minutes of Neil out his tits talking utter nonsense.