This was mentioned in another thread, so here's a new one for all the other 'forthcoming' or mentioned releases with what we know so far. I've included all releases this year that we're previously on the 'forthcoming' list. Hope this is helpful to some. Archives Vol. II - 1972-1976 Compilation Box Set. RELEASED in 2020 Homegrown - Unreleased 1975 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). RELEASED in 2020 Return to Greendale (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 2003). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020. Odeon Budokan (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 1976). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020 as part of 'Archives Vol. II'. Dume (Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 1975). Studio Sessions. RELEASED in 2020 as as part of 'Archives Vol. II'. Toast - 2000 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 12 years ago ( was up on Amazon pre-order in 2008) - Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Alchemy - 2012/13 Live album. Live Performance Series. First Mentioned 7 years ago. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Ragged Glory II - 1990 Studio Album/Additional sessions from 'Ragged Glory' - First mentioned 2 years ago, with anticipated release in 2019, which never happened. Live Release Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Chrome Dreams - Unreleased 1976/77 Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Time Fades Away II - 1973 Unreleased Live Album. Live Performance Series. First mentioned 11 years ago. Possibly superceded by 'Tooscaloosa'. Oceanside-Countryside - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’) Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Unreleased 1990 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of 26th Feb 2020. Young Shakespeare - Unreleased 1971 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of Jan 2020, though the desktop version shows no release date. Road of Plenty - Unreleased 1986-89 Studio Album/Additional sessions from various albums from this period. Special Release Series. Currently not on the Timeline. No release date. Garage - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Early Daze - Unreleased 1969 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Live Freedom - Unreleased 1989 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. I’m Happy Y’All Came Down - 1971 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. Carnegie Hall 1970 1 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. Royce Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. The Bottom Line (Neil Young live, 1974) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape (?). Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Over The Rainbow Live: Tonight’s The Night(Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers live, 1973) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape (?). Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Ducks Live in Santa Cruz (Neil Young with the Ducks live, 1977) "Trick Of Disaster" - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Other albums mentioned but little additional detail: Boarding House Solo (Neil Young live, 1978) - Unreleased Live Album. Island in the Sun (Neil Young, 1982) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Old Ways (Neil Young, 1983) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Times Square (Neil Young & the Restless, 1989) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Harvest Time (Neil Young & Stray Gators, 1971) - Unreleased Live album. Possibly suerceded by various Bootleg Series releases? Mirror Ball Live (Neil Young & Pearl Jam live, 1995) - Unreleased Live Album. Polar Vortex (Neil Young live, 2019) - Unreleased Live Album. The Tower - Philadelphia (Neil Young live, 2018) - Unreleased Live Album. Homefires (Neil Young, 1974) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Some tracks released as part of "Archives Vol. II" CSNY at Fillmore East (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, 1970)- Unreleased Live Album. Summer Songs 1986 - Unreleased Studio recordings? Possibly overlap with 'Road Of Plenty'. Archives Vol. III - 1977-19?? - Compilation Box Set
Yeah I believe he mentioned putting this together in the last batch of letters, but I don’t think there’s any release date for it yet. Though what we have on Vol. II is the “lost” album that would have come out in the ‘70s, so this would essentially be an expanded version of a now-released album.
I think I've tried to limit this to whether an actual title has at least got released in some form. The concepts might change over time and I'd imagine some of these titles might merge . I haven't included 'Odeon/Budokan' as a seperate forthcoming release as it would be a variation of the initial release. Before the initial release in 'Archives II', it wasn't out at all - so that's what I'm counting. Likewise stuff like 'Eldorado' which is scheduled for January, I haven't included as it's a re-release. The list is limited to wholly unrleased concepts in relation to the 'Archives' project. I'll update/report the list as/when/if anything changes.
Just FYI, the Vol. II book confirms that The Bottom Line release will be sourced from an audience tape.
Someone mentioned the live album with 'Promise Of The Real' - can anyone remember any details so I can add it to the list?
Thanks for starting this thread. I've been looking for a place to discuss this. It's hard to keep all of the various supposed release dates straight, but didn't Neil say that Early Daze would come out in 2021 ? (Although, from memory, he may have actually said 2121 )
I mean, I want all of it, but this would be where I start as well. I also want Early Daze a lot. I'm wondering if there will be much we haven't heard on it, though. Still, it'll be nice to assemble some of these tracks and given them a "proper" home.
Updates/corrections: Archives Vol. II - 1972-1976 Compilation Box Set. RELEASED in 2020 Homegrown - Unreleased 1975 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). RELEASED in 2020 Return to Greendale (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 2003). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020. Odeon Budokan (Neil Young & Crazy Horse live, 1976). Live Album. RELEASED in 2020 as part of 'Archives Vol. II'. Dume (Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 1975). Studio Sessions. RELEASED in 2020 as as part of 'Archives Vol. II'. Toast - 2000 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 12 years ago ( was up on Amazon pre-order in 2008) - Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Alchemy - 2012/13 Live album. Live Performance Series. First Mentioned 7 years ago. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Ragged Glory II - 1990 Studio Album/Additional sessions from 'Ragged Glory' - First mentioned 2 years ago, with anticipated release in 2019, which never happened. Live Release Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Chrome Dreams - Unreleased 1976/77 Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Time Fades Away II - 1973 Unreleased Live Album. Live Performance Series. First mentioned 11 years ago. Possibly superceded by 'Tooscaloosa'. Oceanside-Countryside - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 11 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’) Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Unreleased 1990 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of 26th Feb 2020. Young Shakespeare - Unreleased 1971 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline with a release date of Jan 2020, though the desktop version shows no release date. Road of Plenty - Unreleased 1986-89 Studio Album/Additional sessions from various albums from this period. Special Release Series. Currently not on the Timeline. No release date. Garage - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Early Daze - Unreleased 1969 Live/Studio (?) Album. Live Performance Series?/Special Release Series?. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Mentioned in 'Letters' as planned for 2121* (probably a typo and he means 2021...I hope) Live Freedom - Unreleased 1989 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. I’m Happy Y’All Came Down - 1971 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. Carnegie Hall 1970 1 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. Royce Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. April 2021? Not on timeline. The Bottom Line (Neil Young live, 1974) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape. Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Over The Rainbow Live: Tonight’s The Night(Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers live, 1973) Live Album. Bootleg Series. Audience tape (?). Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Ducks Live in Santa Cruz (Neil Young with the Ducks live, 1977) "Trick Of Disaster" - Live Album. Bootleg Series. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. Release date April 2021? Not on timeline. Other albums mentioned but little additional detail: Boarding House Solo (Neil Young live, 1978) - Unreleased Live Album. Island in the Sun (Neil Young, 1982) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Old Ways (Neil Young, 1983) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Times Square (Neil Young & the Restless, 1989) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Harvest Time (Neil Young & Stray Gators, 1971) - Unreleased Live album. Possibly superceded by various Bootleg Series releases? Mirror Ball Live (Neil Young & Pearl Jam live, 1995) - Unreleased Live Album. Polar Vortex (Neil Young live, 2019) - Unreleased Live Album. The Tower - Philadelphia (Neil Young live, 2018) - Unreleased Live Album. Homefires (Neil Young, 1974) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Some tracks released as part of "Archives Vol. II" CSNY at Fillmore East (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, 1970)- Unreleased Live Album. Summer Songs 1986 - Unreleased Studio recordings? Possibly overlap with 'Road Of Plenty'. Noise and Flowers - Europe 2019. Unreleased Live Album/Compilation. Archives Vol. III - 1977-19?? - Compilation Box Set Archives Vol. IV - ???? - Compilation Box Set
In the OP, it mentions Early Daze as being a live album, but I thought was studio. Can anyone confirm this? (Sometimes I really wish I took notes of the Letters to the Editor).
I think it’s a bit of both? I know he’s confirmed the CH version of “Helpless” will be on there, but we don’t know what else is planned.
It's on there: Garage - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.
Yeah that was me, I really hope he meant 2021. But who knows with Neil! Thought for sure it was a studio album, but now I am not as confident. I'm here for it either way, not nearly enough Danny Whitten era CH recordings in existence. This is fab news, do you remember where he said that? He didn't mention it when I asked him about it in his letters section, just the 2121 date.
I think in a letter response from last year? Not sure in the date, but I’m pretty confident that it was mentioned.
Also got the 50th anniversary Deja Vu, supposed to be 2021 now (someone who works at rhino posted this in the Deja Vu thread)
I first got introduced to Neil Young like a lot of people my age when Ragged Glory came out. I remember listening to Freedom and it was O.K, loved So Far Gone and a few other bits, but Listening to the 1989 concert stream has been a revelation. Really interested in hearing more Live Freedom stuff. And a version of Ordinary People I 'acquired' from somewhere from the mid 80s blows every other version I've ever heard away.