Neil Young, fresh off a summer long concert tour with bandmates Crosby, Stills and Nash, and his annual appearance with Willie Nelson at this year's Farm Aid, will have two new CD releases in record stores in time for the Christmas season.
Well okay, they are not exactly new - but at least one of them has been anticipated for something like twenty years.
According to reports published on Billboard Magazine's website, Young will first issue a new version of his controversial Living With War CD.
The newly remixed version will reflect a "more accurate" version of the original CD, which was recorded live in the studio in about ten days and released last May. The new Living With War - Raw (maybe Neil's a closet WWE wrestling fan) will also include a bonus DVD with videos, directed by Young himself, of every track on the album. The videos, which presumably will mirror the anti-Bush theme of the songs on the original album, contain footage from the Iraq war as well as from Al Gore's acclaimed documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
The new version of Living With War will be released first via iTunes November 7, to be followed by a traditional retail release December 19.
Perhaps of greater interest to long-time Neil Young fans however, is word that the long rumored Archives will finally begin to see the light of day. On November 14 — assuming everything holds — Neil Young will release the first of that series, Live At The Fillmore East 1970. Recorded at the legendary rock venue with the original lineup of Crazy Horse, the set has been rumored for official release at least since around the same time as the 3-CD retrospective set Decade more than twenty years ago.
Young — a notorious perfectionist when it comes to the remastering and re-packaging of his back catalog — has talked for years of putting out his "archives," but has thus far been frustratingly (for fans) slow in doing so. Several of Young's back catalog releases, including critically acclaimed albums such as On The Beach, were similarly unavailable for many years until Young finally put them out about two years ago.
Article comments
1 - Glen Boyd
Wow Gordon, thanks for getting this up...and so quickly. Maybe I should do this more often on weeknights...
Thanx Gordon!
-Glen
2 - tink
Be still my beating heart...now all I have to hope for is that Santa thinks I've been a good girl this year!!
Great job Glen!
3 - Glen Boyd
Your always a good girl Tink. I hear Santa likes the bad girls too though...LOL
-Glen
4 - Glen Boyd
I forgot to say thanx for the comment tink. So tanx. I tink...(sorry couldn't resist).
Just for some random info while I'm here. Right now if you do a Google blog search for Neil Young, this story is the #1 link.
Yes I know, only a geek like me up at this time of night would know that, but I thought it was pretty cool.
Going to bed now.
-Glen
5 - Rick
I was blessed to see the '06 tour 4 times. Columbus, Indy, and the final 2 nights, St. Louis and Pitt. Neil has always been my favorite musician. Thanks for this info. This is soooo cool. Peace and Love to all.
6 - Glen Boyd
Always happy to be of service Rick. Thanx for the comment.
-Glen
7 - Jack
Like many others, I am no doubt thrilled to hear of the release of the archives LAFE CD / DVD but i am one of those Young fans that is still holding my breath for the re-release of "Time Fades Away" that inexplainably has not made it out of its back catalog status and is one of those records that personifies the term "Raw".
Neil, give us an opportunity to "Live with Time Fades Away" too..............
8 - Glen Boyd
Time Fades Away was just about as "Raw" as it gets wasn't it?
Thanks for the comment Jack.
-Glen
9 - Connie Phillips
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10 - Glen Boyd
Very cool. Thanx Connie.
-Glen
11 - Vern Halen
Time Fades Away - 14 junkies too weak to work....
I'd like to hear the "soundtrack" album Journey Through the Past. There was a lot of carpola on that album but a few classic bits I'd like to hear again. I've lost my 8 track.
12 - Pickering
one sells diamonds...for what they're worth...
13 - Martin Lav
Glen,
Don't know how I missed this in my Google alerts....I see you're still following along. Great!
The Bridge School Show was epic again this year!
As usual, Neil kicking up everyone a notch when he's on stage accompanying them.
Including:
- Country Girl with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
- Throw Your Hatred Down with Pearl Jam
- Cortez the Killer with Dave Matthews Band
and then a killer all acoustic with all performers on-stage RITFW.
It doesn't get any better.....