Neil Young Archives - Forthcoming Physical Release Information & Anticipation Thread

Whatever happened to Johnny's Island

 

Last time I checked it was going to be on Volume 3. I hope nothing has changed.

 

So if only 3 songs are unreleased on Toast what are the other 4 songs available on? I'm not that familiar with this lost album.

 

They were redone for Are You Passionate with Booker etc.

 

I'm hoping for a standalone disk as there's been too much already released material in the archives to make me want to buy them.

 

Mad number of albums coming out. I wonder how well the physical product is selling, I am a big and long time fan but I am burned out since some years back.
That 2019 live looks like an amazing setlist so will be tempting

 

Neil Young Releasing 2001 Crazy Horse Album He Shelved Because It Was Too Sad

 

FYI all options for Noise and Flowers are available to pre-order at the US Greedy Hand store.

 

and UK

 

Sorry for being a bit late with this….updated for “Toast” and “Noise & Flowers”.

THE UPDATE:

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'.

Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Unreleased 1990 Live Album. Live Performance Series 11.5 RELEASED in 2021.

Young Shakespeare - Unreleased 1971 Live Album. Live Performance Series 3.5. RELEASED in 2021.

Carnegie Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 01. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2021.

Royce Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 04. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2022.

I’m Happy Y’All Came Down - Dorothy Chandler Pavillion 1971 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 03. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2022.

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 05. Audience tape. RELEASED in 2022.

Toast - 2001 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 14 years ago ( was up on Amazon pre-order in 2008). RELEASED in 2022.

Noise and Flowers - Unreleased live album from Europe 2019. Scheduled for release on 5th August 2022.

Somewhere Under The Rainbow - Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers live, 1973. Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 06. Audience tape. SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE 10th SEPTEMBER 2021. NO RELEASE DATE LISTED AT PRESENT

High Flyin’ - Live compilation Album with The Ducks, 1977. Bootleg Series OBS 02. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE 10th SEPTEMBER 2021. NO RELEASE DATE LISTED AT PRESENT

Alchemy - 2012/13 Live album. Live Performance Series. First Mentioned 9 years ago. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Ragged Glory II / ‘Ragged Glory Extended’? - 1990 Studio Album/Additional sessions from 'Ragged Glory' - First mentioned 4 years ago, with anticipated release in 2019, which never happened. Live Release Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Mentioned on 14th Jan 2021 ‘Letters’ that it is coming in 2021, features the song ‘Interstate’ and was referred to as ‘Ragged Glory extended’. Not sure if that’s the new name for it. Mentioned on 11/04/2021 as being “Ragged Glory / Smell The Horse”. No release date.

Chrome Dreams - Unreleased 1975/76 Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 13 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Currently on the Timeline without a release date. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Oceanside-Countryside - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 13 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Possibly to be released as part of “Archives Vol 3” scheduled for 2022.

Give To The Wind Orchestra - live at Nashville music union hall. Possibly to be released as part of “Archives Vol 3’ scheduled for 2022.

Johnny’s Island - 1982 (?) Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. NOT the same as ‘Island In The Sun’ according to Neil. First mentioned Jan 2021. “Johnny’s Island’ is a complete 10 track album now being prepared for release at NYA and includes a majority of unreleased tracks including ‘Rainin’ in Paradise,’ ‘Johnny,’ and’ Love Hotel,’ and the 3 ‘non computer’ tracks from ‘Trans’ (previously released) among others. it’s a beautiful record coming to you soon.” Not on timeline. Part of ‘Neil Young Archives Vol. 3’, currently scheduled for 2022.

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. Possibly part of “Archives Vol 3”. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

“Garage” or “Rusted Out Garage” - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. (Video?) Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Early Daze - Unreleased 1969 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). Possibly now scheduled for 2022. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Live Freedom - Unreleased 1989 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Possibly part of “Archives Vol 3”.

The Boarding House - Unreleased 1978 Live Album. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”.

Old Ways - Unreleased 1983 Studio Album/Sessions. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”.

Summer Songs - 1987 studio tape. Released online. Physical release pending (?)

Archives Vol. III - 1977-19?? - Compilation Box Set - "Slated for 2022" according to message on the Archives webiste dated 25th Nov 2020. April 2021 = “unscheduled”. Includes “Johnny’s Island”; “A Snapshot In Time”; “Boarding House”; “Give To The Wind”; “Oceanside/Countryside”; “Trans Animated”; “Island In The Sun”, “Summer Songs”(?). Neil mentions “8 films” -

• CRAZY HORSE WORLD TOUR 1976
• BOARDING HOUSE by Bernard Shakey
• RUST NEVER SLEEPS by Bernard Shakey
• HUMAN HIGHWAY by Bernard Shakey and Dean Stockwell
• TRANS ANIMATED MOVIE by Micha and I
• BERLIN by Michael Lindsay Hogg
• IN A RUSTED OUT GARAGE by LA JOHNSON and B SHAKEY
• SOLO TRANS by Hal Ashby

Possibly different cd / dvd / Blu-Ray versions. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Harvest Time (Neil Young & Stray Gators, 1970=/1971) - Unreleased album. Possibly superceded by various Bootleg Series releases. April 2021 = “Harvest 50th Anniversary Deluxe” mentioned for release in 2022. Unknown whether this may include the same content. September 2021 = “Harvest Time”, “four outtakes” and “complete film”, “almost two hours”, “coming in 2022”.

Other albums mentioned but little additional detail:

Island In The Sun (Neil Young, 1982) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”

Times Square (Neil Young & the Restless, 1989) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions.

Mirror Ball Live (Neil Young & Pearl Jam live, 1995) - Unreleased Live Album.

Timeless Orphium (same as 'Polar Vortex'?) - Video version on Archives website December 2020- CD/LP/DVD to follow? April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Polar Vortex (Neil Young live, 2019) - Unreleased Live Album. Became 'Timeless Orphium?

The Tower - Philadelphia (Neil Young live, 2018) - Unreleased Live Album.

CSNY at Fillmore East (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, 1970)- Unreleased Live Album.

Archives Vol. IV - ???? - Compilation Box Set

Mentioned but (probably) abandoned now:

Time Fades Away II - 1973 Unreleased Live Album. Live Performance Series. First mentioned 12 years ago. Possibly/probably superseded by 'Tooscaloosa', so not probably happening.

Homefires (Neil Young, 1974) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Some tracks released as part of "Archives Vol. II".

 

I'm hoping we'll get Rainbow and Ducks in the next couple of months.

 

Throw Your Hatred Down from Noise and Flowers available on NYA and Apple music. It's a bit meh with POTR. Needs more pj.

 

I think it sounds alright, but tend to agree with you, @andyediewatt.

(I think it has flashes of the red-hot intensity that was the hallmark of this tour, which is probably why Neil choose it.)

But as with much of the music with POTR, Neil's guitar here loses its stature — simply due to too much stuff piled up on top of it. Even with POTR reining themselves in, it needs some breathing space.

(The narrow mix doesn't help).

That said...

My guess is most of the songs on Noise and Flowers will sound better. Throw Your Hatred Down is one of those songs with everybody thrashing away at their instruments with abandon. (The equivalent of a painter mixing together 15 colours and ending up with grey.)

When POTR play more sparsely—as they do on most of the songs in 2019—Neil sounds better. From Hank to Hendrix was a good example of that.

 

I actually think it's better when Neil did the break down section towards the end. The rest to me sounds like a tribute band with Neil fronting it. I've really tried with potr but they continually leave me cold and uninterested. Yes @RoyalPineapple hank to Hendrix and all the Stray gator type material is much more suited to their style. More a natural fit than just chugging away on the electrics.

I had to watch the Buffalo 1991 encore on nya just to get re-energised with Neil.

By the way if you haven't watched that do yourself a favour Neil and the Horse shred like I've never seen before. Weld is my favourite Neil album/tour/sound period. End of rant.

 

Like A Hurricane from Buffalo 1991 is my single favourite officially-released live performance — by anybody, ever.

Any Crazy Horse fan who doesn't take andyediewatt's advice and go and watch the pro-shot video of it right now (exclusively streaming on Neil's website) is missing out — BIG TIME.

 

Noise and Flowers on now. Enjoying more than anticipated. For me I've got to let the Promise of the Real distaste go and realise at this point Neil was in his mid 70s and still rocking like a MF. As much as we've all played Helpless and Mr Soul.. they are really solid versions.

 

Helpless sounds like granny has had too many sherries....

 

Okay, now I have to hear this.

 

best part of that video? after making THAT NOISE he walks off stage, hugs his wife, and kisses his daughter.

 

i only listened to side 4 so far (got back late last night after a day hike at mt. rainier), but his solos on "****in' up" are very nasty/tasty.

 

THE UPDATE:

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'.

Way Down in the Rust Bucket - Unreleased 1990 Live Album. Live Performance Series 11.5 RELEASED in 2021.

Young Shakespeare - Unreleased 1971 Live Album. Live Performance Series 3.5. RELEASED in 2021.

Carnegie Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 01. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2021.

Royce Hall 1970 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 04. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2022.

I’m Happy Y’All Came Down - Dorothy Chandler Pavillion 1971 - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 03. Taken from Multitrack soundboard. RELEASED in 2022.

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues - Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 05. Audience tape. RELEASED in 2022.

Toast - 2001 Studio Album. Special Release Series. First mentioned 14 years ago ( was up on Amazon pre-order in 2008). RELEASED in 2022.

Noise and Flowers - Unreleased live album from Europe 2019. RELEASED in 2022.

Somewhere Under The Rainbow - Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers live, 1973. Live Album. Bootleg Series OBS 06. Audience tape. SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE 10th SEPTEMBER 2021. NO RELEASE DATE LISTED AT PRESENT

High Flyin’ - Live compilation Album with The Ducks, 1977. Bootleg Series OBS 02. Taken from Mutlitrack soundboard. SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE 10th SEPTEMBER 2021. NO RELEASE DATE LISTED AT PRESENT

Alchemy - 2012/13 Live album. Live Performance Series. First Mentioned 9 years ago. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Ragged Glory II / ‘Ragged Glory Extended’? - 1990 Studio Album/Additional sessions from 'Ragged Glory' - First mentioned 4 years ago, with anticipated release in 2019, which never happened. Live Release Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Mentioned on 14th Jan 2021 ‘Letters’ that it is coming in 2021, features the song ‘Interstate’ and was referred to as ‘Ragged Glory extended’. Not sure if that’s the new name for it. Mentioned on 11/04/2021 as being “Ragged Glory / Smell The Horse”. No release date.

Chrome Dreams - Unreleased 1975/76 Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 13 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Currently on the Timeline without a release date. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Oceanside-Countryside - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Special Release Series. First mentioned 13 years ago (being ‘rebuilt’). Possibly to be released as part of “Archives Vol 3” scheduled for 2022.

Give To The Wind Orchestra - live at Nashville music union hall. Possibly to be released as part of “Archives Vol 3’ scheduled for 2022.

Johnny’s Island - 1982 (?) Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. NOT the same as ‘Island In The Sun’ according to Neil. First mentioned Jan 2021. “Johnny’s Island’ is a complete 10 track album now being prepared for release at NYA and includes a majority of unreleased tracks including ‘Rainin’ in Paradise,’ ‘Johnny,’ and’ Love Hotel,’ and the 3 ‘non computer’ tracks from ‘Trans’ (previously released) among others. it’s a beautiful record coming to you soon.” Not on timeline. Part of ‘Neil Young Archives Vol. 3’, currently scheduled for 2022.

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. Possibly part of “Archives Vol 3”. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

“Garage” or “Rusted Out Garage” - Unreleased 1986 Live Album. (Video?) Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date.

Early Daze - Unreleased 1969 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). Possibly now scheduled for 2022. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Live Freedom - Unreleased 1989 Live Album. Live Performance Series. Currently on the Timeline without a release date. Possibly part of “Archives Vol 3”.

The Boarding House - Unreleased 1978 Live Album. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”.

Old Ways - Unreleased 1983 Studio Album/Sessions. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”.

Summer Songs - 1987 studio tape. Released online. Physical release pending (?)

Archives Vol. III - 1977-19?? - Compilation Box Set - "Slated for 2022" according to message on the Archives webiste dated 25th Nov 2020. April 2021 = “unscheduled”. Includes “Johnny’s Island”; “A Snapshot In Time”; “Boarding House”; “Give To The Wind”; “Oceanside/Countryside”; “Trans Animated”; “Island In The Sun”, “Summer Songs”(?). Neil mentions “8 films” -

• CRAZY HORSE WORLD TOUR 1976
• BOARDING HOUSE by Bernard Shakey
• RUST NEVER SLEEPS by Bernard Shakey
• HUMAN HIGHWAY by Bernard Shakey and Dean Stockwell
• TRANS ANIMATED MOVIE by Micha and I
• BERLIN by Michael Lindsay Hogg
• IN A RUSTED OUT GARAGE by LA JOHNSON and B SHAKEY
• SOLO TRANS by Hal Ashby

Possibly different cd / dvd / Blu-Ray versions. April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Harvest Time (Neil Young & Stray Gators, 1970=/1971) - Unreleased album. Possibly superceded by various Bootleg Series releases. April 2021 = “Harvest 50th Anniversary Deluxe” mentioned for release in 2022. Unknown whether this may include the same content. September 2021 = “Harvest Time”, “four outtakes” and “complete film”, “almost two hours”, “coming in 2022”.

Other albums mentioned but little additional detail:

Island In The Sun (Neil Young, 1982) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Possibly part of “Archives Vol. 3”

Times Square (Neil Young & the Restless, 1989) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions.

Mirror Ball Live (Neil Young & Pearl Jam live, 1995) - Unreleased Live Album.

Timeless Orphium (same as 'Polar Vortex'?) - Video version on Archives website December 2020- CD/LP/DVD to follow? April 2021 = “unscheduled”.

Polar Vortex (Neil Young live, 2019) - Unreleased Live Album. Became 'Timeless Orphium?

The Tower - Philadelphia (Neil Young live, 2018) - Unreleased Live Album.

CSNY at Fillmore East (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, 1970)- Unreleased Live Album.

Archives Vol. IV - ???? - Compilation Box Set

Mentioned but (probably) abandoned now:

Time Fades Away II - 1973 Unreleased Live Album. Live Performance Series. First mentioned 12 years ago. Possibly/probably superseded by 'Tooscaloosa', so not probably happening.

Homefires (Neil Young, 1974) - Unreleased Studio Album/Sessions. Some tracks released as part of "Archives Vol. II".

 

Out of all the lost Neil young albums, I’ve wanted to hear this and the first mix of TTN. I liked the rendition of Powderfinger on Rust Never Sleeps but hearing it alongside Like a Hurricane or Will To Love is definitely gonna be exciting.

 

jeff bezos bought it

 

Apologies if this is a silly question but, for those who don't want or can't afford Archives Vol 3, what are the chances of Old Ways I and Johnny's Island getting a standalone release?

 

Probably about the same as Dume or The Old Homestead from Volume 2.They call it box bait for a reason.
The other factor likely to stop them is the vinyl production log jam.Any stand alone release like that they would want to put out on vinyl as well because that is where they can get people to cough up the big bucks.However if Neil uses part of his vinyl production quota for this that means a Official Bootleg Series,Performance Series or Special Release Series title can’t be released at all.
Most optimistic case is that they may be but you could be waiting many years with no guarantee.