Neil Young – Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 (20th Nov 2020)*

Always been one of my favorites on my 3/8/76 boot

 

Still haven't wrapped up my mind around how to do it. Patience, please!

 

I just need to see what you do to my favourite album!

 

Ladies and gentlemen, make way for my own On The Beach:

1. Walk On
2. Revolution Blues
3. For The Turnstiles
4. Traces
5. See The Sky About To Rain
6. Winterlong
7. Greensleeves

1. On The Beach
2. Motion Pictures
3. Ambulance Blues

I really wanted to include "Borrowed Tune" but side one is already 21 minutes long and I don't wanna mess with Tonight's The Night (which is totally perfect as is).

 

My fav. is the 03/03/76 version, the one that starts off with "I won't talk very much 'cause you can't understand me too well, I guess. I'll just play music."

 

OK . . . . . I followed those instructions and I was able to see the information [even though I do not currently have a subscription]. Thank you very much for the detailed reply. By the way, I am on a desktop computer . . . . . no mobile apps for me.
Now I know where to see scheduled release dates. And yes . . . . . I understand that the dates are not set in stone.

 

I asked Neil about the unreleased Early Daze album in his fan letter section, and he said it was coming out in "2121". I think he meant 2021. So I'm gonna keep my eyes peeled for that next year.

 

Several other things have been mentioned in letters and elsewhere as 2021 possibilities, including Alchemy, Toast, Ragged Glory expanded, the Weld DVD series, Boarding House, Road of Plenty, Noise and Flowers (Promise of the Real tour comp) and Dublin film from the Mirror Ball tour. Plus the first five Original Bootleg Series releases. We'll see how it all shakes out.

 

It’s unreal how good it is.

 

Thank you for the feedback.

 

Mine arrived in Melbourne today, very pleasantly surprised, thought I'd be waiting much longer.
The whole set looks immense and as already mentioned the box is much bigger than I expected.

First take away, 'Homegrown' could have been one of the great albums, add 'Frozen Man', 'Daughters' and 'Give Me Strength" and remove 'Florida, 'Homegrown' and 'We Don't Smoke It'. A near perfect album imo!

 

Mine arrived in Melbourne today too. Great service for free international shipping!
Really looking forward to digging into the book at the same time as listening.

 

Not necessarily.

 

Oh boy... you might regret asking that...
Everything is from Archives 2 unless stated (or I get confused)

1972...ish:

The Stray Gators Album

Side A - 14.30 minutes

1. The Bridge - 2:56 (Solo Acoustic)
2. Bad Fog Of Loneliness - 1:58 (The Stray Gators - Harvest outtake From Archives 1)
3. Come Along And Say You Will - 2:28 (The Stray Gators)
4. Time Fades Away - 4:21 (The Stray Gators)
5. Sweet Joni - 2:42 (Solo Acoustic - Live)

Side B - 17.30 minutes

1. War Song - 3:04 (Graham Nash & The Stray Gators - from Archives 1)
2. Journey Through The Past - 2:23 (The Stray Gators - Harvest outtake From Archives 1)
3. Monday Morning (aka Last Dance) - 2:47 (Solo Acoustic)
4. Goodbye Christians On The Shore - 5:24 (The Stray Gators)
5. The Loner - 3:54 (The Stray Gators - Live)

OR... alternatively:

Last Dance (studio version of TFA)

Side A - 15.30 minutes

1. Time Fades Away - 4:21
2. Journey Through The Past - 2:23 (Archives 1 / Harvest Outtake)
3. New Mama - 2:13 (Tonight's The Night)
4. Come Along and Say You Will - 2:28
5. Lookout Joe - 3:55 (Tonight's The Night)

Side B - 16.30 minutes

1. Don't Be Denied - 5:18 (off Time Fades Away)
2. The Bridge - 2:56
3. Monday Morning (aka Last Dance) - 2:47
4. Goodbye Christians On The Shore - 5:24

 

...it's too late now, you've asked... you're going to get them all...

(I am still tweaking side 2 of this...)

1974...ish:

Up And Down The Old Homestead

Side A - solo acoustic - 24 minutes

1. Love/Art Blues (version 1) - 2:24
2. Vacancy - 3:35
3. One More Sign - 3:01
4. Give Me Strength - 3:02
5. Greensleeves - 1:59
6. Letter From Nam (aka Long Walk Home) - 3:35
7. Powderfinger - 3:15
8. Traces - 2:11 (from On The Beach sessions)

Side B - electric - 22 minutes

1. Human Highway (version 1 - 1973) - 3:04 (CSNY, but acoustic)
2. Everybody’s Alone - 2:44 (Santa Monica Flyers from Tonight's The Night sessions)
3. Bad Fog Of Loneliness - 2:16 (Band version from On the Beach sessions)
4. Traces 3:07 - (The Stills-Young Band from LMYR sessions)
5. Love/Art Blues (v3) - 2:40 (Band version from Homegrown sessions)
6. The Old Homestead - 7:42 (from Hawks and Doves)

 

(...everything comes from Archives 2 unless stated...)

1975...ish:

Duma '75 (with Crazy Horse)

Side A - 23 minutes

1. Country Home (live) - 6:28 (from 1976 tour)
2. White Line (aka River Of Pride) - 3:13 (Chrome Dreams)
3. Born To Run - 3:19
4. Ride My Llama - 3:44
5. Kansas - 3:35
6. Too Far Gone (solo acoustic with Poncho) - 2:42

Side B - 25 minutes

1. Pocahontas - 3:31
2. Sedan Delivery (slow version) - 5:14 (Chrome Dreams)
3. Hawaii - 4:26
4. Changing Highways (1974 version) - 2:00
5. Powderfinger - 7:15
6. No One Seems To Know (solo acoustic) - 2:28

AND:

Mediterranean (Homegrown companion)

Side A - 21 minutes

1. Mediterranean - 2:36
2. Daughters - 3:30
3. LA Girls and Ocean Boys - 2:29
4. Pardon My Heart - 3:51
5. Pushed It Over The End (with CSNY) - 7:44

Side B - 21 minutes

1. Hawaiian Sunrise - 2:47
2. Love/Art Blues (version 2) - 2:29
3. Homefires - 2:31
4. Frozen Man - 3:02
5. Deep Forbidden Lake - 3:43
6. Bad News Comes to Town - 2:58
7. Through My Sails - 3:30

 

...almost done, just...:

1976...ish:

Human Highway in 1976 (with CSN)
(as well as Archives 2, you need the CSN, Stills & Crosby box sets for there 4 songs...)

Side A - going Down to the Seaside - 16 minutes

1. Ocean Girl - 3:23
2. Black Coral (Stills) - 4:25
3. Midnight On The Bay - 3:01
4. Mediterranean (solo acoustic) - 2:36
5. Sailboat Song (Thru My Sails) - 2:40 (the Zuma version)

Side B - escaping Out of the City - 20 minutes

1. Long May You Run - 3:49
2. See The Changes (Stills '73) - 2:44
3. Traces (Stills-Young Band) - 3:07
4. Homeward Thru The Haze (Crosby '74) - 4:20
5. Human Highway - 3:01
6. Taken At All (Nash) - 2:53

AND, finally someone else (apologies don't remember who) mentioned a "Ranch Romances" album that was drafted by Neil...:

Ranch Romances

Side A - 21.30 minutes

1. Country Home (live) - 6:28
2. Lotta Love - 2:39 (Comes a Time)
3. Look Out for My Love - 4:07 (Comes a Time)
4. Like a Hurricane - 8:19 (American Stars n' Bars)

Side B - 21.30 minutes

1. Too Far Gone - 2:42 (Archives 2)
2. Pocahontas - 3:31 (Archives 2)
3. Sedan Delivery (slow version) - 5:14 (Chrome Dreams)
4. Powderfinger - 7:16 (Archives 2)
5. No One Seems to Know - 2:28 (Archives 2)

 

And then played it again in 2007. (In a set that also included Sad Movies and Ambulance Blues.)

 

Absolutely. My favorite so far. Listened 3x today. Better and better each time through. This box is unreal, as a previous poster said. Happy Thanksgiving!

 

That is correct. It will include "Interstate" as a translucent 7" bonus single with an etching on side 2.

 

Just joking, by the way. He meant 2021. Lotta CH next year!

 

Been spending the last two days cradling my box and whispering "my precious".

 

Thanks very much for that. I managed to get in.

 

So I'd like to order this from Greedy Hand UK but it tells me javascript is not enabled in my browser (Firefox). When I check I see that it is enabled. Anybody got any idea on this, I really don't want to go FFing about too much with my browser settings especially as it claims to be enabled already. Or does it matter anyway? (I don't have any of the programmes like the ones that disable it installed either).

 

Speaking as a victim, I'd be very wary before ordering from the UK store...