New Neil Young Album September 20th & Archives on the way

RE*AC*TOR

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For me at least this is pleasure overload. No idea what the album will be like - but Ben Keith and Spooner Oldam will feature - so musically expect something in the vein of Harvest / Harvest Moon. Can't wait. Only worry is that song he did for Live Aid in Canada might feature :eek:

The really big news though (for die-hard Neil fans) is that the next release after the album will be the Archives Volume 1. This has been in the pipeline for at least 10 years and every now and again we get teased with the prospects - hopefully this time it will come through. (me holds out for full version of Crime In The City...)

PS - I know this isn't really Indie/Alt - but its more appropriate to the people that read this forum than any of the others.

parasite

*fap*

i won't believe in the archives till their in my hand

eggshapedfred

so ol' neil finally found a format worthy of his early acoustic strummings. woohoo any word on whats going to be in the archives? or if Time Fades Away is going to get a CD release?

RE*AC*TOR

I don't see Neil releasing Time Fades Away in his lifetime. I think he truely hates it - even though it has some fantastic songs like the title song, Don't Be Denied and Journey Through The Past.

As for the archives, it depends how many volumes there will be. If I were to guess I would say 3-5 cds & 1-2 dvd(s). I think there is supposed to be a decent amount of Squires' material, so that would go in the first volume. Anyway I think Nils Lofgren has said at some stage or other that Neil has about 200 unreleased songs :eek:

In other news

Reprise Press Release wrote:

Neil Young Concerts at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium August 18th-19th
Performance Film to Be Directed by Jonathan Demme

BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/03/2005 -- Neil Young, who has made musical and visual innovation a constant during one of rock & roll's most exciting and unpredictable careers, will be filming a two-night stand on August 18th-19th at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, the legendary home to country music's Grand Ole Opry from 1943-1974. The concert film will be directed by Jonathan Demme, whose distinguished career includes an Academy Award® for "The Silence Of The Lambs," and the groundbreaking concert film "Stop Making Sense" with Talking Heads.

Young, a musician famous for creative surprises, will be joined by a wide array of special guests, including Emmylou Harris, Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers and Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine. He will be performing songs from his upcoming album "Prairie Wind," which is being called one of Neil Young's masterpieces, a moving series of songs reflecting his life's journey. It was recorded recently in Nashville and Northern California and is scheduled for a September 27th release. Among those playing on the album are keyboardist Spooner Oldham, pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith, drummer Chad Cromwell, percussionist Karl Himmel and bassist Rick Rosas. All will appear at the Ryman Auditorium shows. Young has a long history of recording in Nashville, going back to his best-selling album "Harvest," originally released in 1972.

Neil Young has always taken a strong interest in filmmaking, beginning with a planned movie ("After The Gold Rush") that ended up becoming a title of one of the singer-songwriter's most acclaimed albums. Other films -- "Journey Through The Past, Human Highway," "Rust Never Sleeps" and the 2004's "Greendale" -- have taken Young as director into new territory with each project. Teaming with Jonathan Demme on the new concert film was a natural, since the two had worked together on Demme's "Philadelphia" project, with Young contributing the Academy Award®-nominated title song.

nlgbbbblth

great news!

Archives will be the ultimate box set

Time Fades Away has been my favourite Neil Young album for around 10 years now.

Is easy enough to pick up on second hand vinyl - I got my copy fairly cheap around 1994 or so.

Not releasing it on CD is unfair though. The missing six is now down to two. Journey Through The Past being the other. An interesting enough record I think.

John

Great stuff! I'll be having some of that

DerekD Goldfish

cant wait for the new album/achives
would love to see him live kind of wish I had just paid the extortionate fee they were charging last time and went

John

It was worth the money. Well, I say that like I paid it, I got given a ticket.

I wonder if he's allowed tour at all considering his aneurysm? I mean he can probably do the states as he can drive around there. I can't see him being allowed to fly over to Europe though this soon after an aneurysm. I'd rather miss out on one tour by him then him die on a flight over here and lose out on many future tours (and the collaboration with me that he doesn't know is happening but it will godamnit!).

dream brother

Neil isn't the kind of person to let something stand in his way. I say he'll tour over here next year some time.....i hope.....as for the archieves, how many CD's are going to be in it! its after taken him long enough.