Neil Young Time Fades Away CD

Not for the people who have been enjoying it for years. It was well worth the $69.

 

last time i recall seeing the recalled HDCD one on ebay was a couple of years ago, the seller started it at $100, no idea what it sold for.

 

Stunning fact: the song Time Fades Away has only ever been played live once in Europe - and I was there. Oberhausen, Germany, in 2008.

 

Not as rare as the track Berlin (or might be After Berlin). Only played the once. Guess where it was played.

 

I saw a display of sawcut copies at a used CD store famous for getting promotional copies before street date. I passed on it because I didn't like the sawcut on digipaks . . .

 

confused

you say "saw cut digipaks", but if i recall correctly the HDCD 'time fades away; was released as a promo CD with no artwork whatsoever.

 

I know I don't have a photo, but I'll go to my grave convinced this memory is correct!

This place also sold bootlegs, so I'm probably conflating multiple releases I saw that day . . .

 

that's a bootleg. the original promo was 1996, not 2006.

 

Thanks, deleted that post.

This appears to be the right one and it’s in a mini LP sleeve. popsike.com - NEIL YOUNG TIME FADES AWAY CD - VERY RARE 1995 HDCD Mini LP - auction details

 

Wow, only 25 test pressings were made?

 

yep, that's the one.

 

no, i know there were than 25, the company wanted the stores to return the promos, and i've no idea how many actually got sent back, i would imagine most store owners kept them or sold them.

 

So. Bit of a thread dig.

Still wondering if this will actually be released. Amazon and JPC still have 23 September release date. Still so weird that NY posted he did not know about it.

 

My amazon CD order updated to release day delivery. So 50/50 chance since it is Neil Young.

 

In one of the other NY threads, someone posted that Neil confirmed last week that it was coming out.

 

Got Time Fades Away and Eldorado quite easily on ebay last year..For about the same money the new re-issues are priced at.

 

Munich

 

Was showing October 11 than revised for 9/27
I will not believe it until it’s in my player….

 

Dang. Must have missed that.

edit: found it!

Here's the post on the LTTE on NYA website: Neil Young Archives

 

what on earth does he mean "sold out"?

how could something sell out that has never been released?

 

Perhaps he was referring to the ORS2 box? Anyway, pre-ordered it at Amazon. Think I paid 20 euro for it, but at this point, I don't care about a few euro anymore, I don't want to run the risk of it going out of print again.

 

Amazon e-mail just now says:

New estimated delivery date:
September 23, 2022

 

I saw Eldorado in HMV, but no Time Fades Away.

 

Yes the new versions of Eldorado are available now.The new Time Fades Away is currently available for pre-order.Not sure of the release date.

Time Fades Away was originally released by Resprise in 2007.I have a copy but it was an unofficial release so not sure how many copies were produced.

 

IIRC, it was originally intended to release Time Fades Away on CD in the mid 1990s, but it got shelved and only promo CDs were issued. The first official CD release of Time Fades Away was in the ORS2 box set in 2016. Everything else is a bootleg. I remember seeing once a Neil Young twofer containing On the Beach. It appeared to predate the first official CD release in 2003. I'm not sure if I saw Time Fades Away in a similar twofer or not.