Four CD set containing remastered editions of the first four solo albums from the singer/songwriter and Rock icon. Includes the albums ‘Neil Young’ (1968), ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ (1969), ‘After The Gold Rush’ (1970) and ‘Harvest’ (1972).
Neil Young is the self-titled debut studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, which was his debut release as a solo artist following his departure from the band Buffalo Springfield. Released first in November 1968, it was then partially remixed and re-released in January 1969.
Tracklist:
(All songs written by Neil Young, except where noted. Arrangements on "The Old Laughing Lady", "String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill" and "I've Loved Her So Long" by Young, Nitzsche and Ry Cooder.)
1. "The Emperor of Wyoming" – 2:14
2. "The Loner" – 3:55
3. "If I Could Have Her Tonight" – 2:15
4. "I've Been Waiting for You" – 2:30
5. "The Old Laughing Lady" – 5:58 (5:05 on original mix)
6. "String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill" – 1:04 (Jack Nitzsche)
7. "Here We Are in the Years" – 3:27
8. "What Did You Do to My Life?" – 2:28
9. "I've Loved Her So Long" – 2:40 (2:00 on original mix)
10. "The Last Trip to Tulsa" – 9:25
Personnel
• Neil Young – guitars, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, pipe organ, vocals
• Ry Cooder – guitar
• Jack Nitzsche – electric piano
• Jim Messina – bass
• Carol Kaye – bass
• George Grantham – drums
• Earl Palmer – drums
• Merry Clayton, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Richetta Jones, Sherlie Matthews, Gracia Nitzsche – backing vocals
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is the second studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young. His first with backing band Crazy Horse, it peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum.
The album contains three songs that became standards in his performance repertoire: "Cinnamon Girl," "Down by the River," and "Cowgirl in the Sand," all of which were written when Young had a 103 °F (39.5 °C) fever. In 2003, the album was ranked #208 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Tracklist:
(All tracks written by Neil Young)
1. "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:58
2. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" – 2:26
3. "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" – 5:49
4. "Down by the River" – 9:13
5. "The Losing End (When You're On)" – 4:03
6. "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" – 5:30
7. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:06
Personnel:
Crazy Horse (band)
• Billy Talbot - bass, backing vocals
• Ralph Molina - drums, backing vocals
• Danny Whitten – guitar, and backing vocals
After the Gold Rush is the third studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young. Released in August 1970 on Reprise Records, it was one of the four high-profile albums released by each member of folk rock collective Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu. Gold Rush consisted mainly of country folk music, along with the rocking "Southern Man". Songs were inspired by the Dean Stockwell-Herb Berman screenplay After the Gold Rush.
After the Gold Rush peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; the two singles taken from the album, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "When You Dance I Can Really Love", made it to number 33 and number 93 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. Critics were not initially impressed with the album, though it has since been considered a masterpiece, and appears on a number of greatest albums lists.
Tracklist:
(All songs written by Neil Young except when noted)
1. "Tell Me Why" – 2:54
2. "After the Gold Rush" – 3:45
3. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" – 3:05
4. "Southern Man" – 5:31
5. "Till the Morning Comes" – 1:17
6. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 3:47
7. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" – 2:56
8. "Birds" – 2:34
9. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" – 4:05
10. "I Believe in You" – 3:24
11. "Cripple Creek Ferry" – 1:34
Personnel
• Neil Young — guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes, lead vocals
• Danny Whitten — guitar, vocals
• Nils Lofgren — guitar, piano, vocals
• Jack Nitzsche — piano
• Billy Talbot — bass
• Greg Reeves — bass
• Ralph Molina — drums, vocals
• Stephen Stills — vocals
• Bill Peterson — flugelhorn
Harvest is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on February 14, 1972. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks, while noted guests David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor contributed vocals. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks, and spawned two hit singles, "Old Man", which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Heart of Gold", which peaked at #1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States.
Tracklist:
All tracks written by Neil Young.
1. "Out on the Weekend" – 4:34
2. "Harvest" – 3:11
3. "A Man Needs a Maid" – 4:05
4. "Heart of Gold" – 3:07
5. "Are You Ready for the Country?" – 3:23
6. "Old Man" – 3:24
7. "There's a World" – 2:59
8. "Alabama" – 4:02
9. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 2:03 (recorded in concert January 30, 1971)
10. "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" – 6:40
Personnel
• Neil Young with The Stray Gators:
-Neil Young – guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal
-Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar
-Jack Nitzsche – piano, slide guitar, arranger
-Tim Drummond – bass
-Kenny Buttrey – drums
• John Harris – piano
• Teddy Irwin – guitar
• James McMahon – piano
• James Taylor – banjo-guitar, backing vocal
• David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills – backing vocals
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