Neil Young With Crazy Horse

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	Broken Arrow Used - LP - 46291 Hard To Find 1996 German 2LP With Custom Hype Sticker On Front Cover. Contains The Vinyl Only Bonus Track "Interstate." Both LPs Are Pristine And Appear New, Unplayed. Includes Custom Insert. more
	Colorado Used Import - 093624898917 2019 2LP gatefold from the Neil Young Archives Official Release Series. Includes bonus 7" single; Side 4 is etched. "At a time when chaos and unpredictability hold sway in so much of the world, it's hard to fault anyone for wishing for something stable and familiar, even from someone as chronically unpredictable as Neil Young. In 2019, Young announced he was recording again with Crazy Horse, and after a handful of especially eccentric and uneven albums -- 2016's Peace Trail, 2017's The Visitor, 2018's Paradox -- the notion of Neil and Crazy Horse cranking up their amps and making some righteous noise sounded like the sort of comfort food many fans had been hungry for. However, in time-honored Neil Young tradition, 2019's Colorado is a bit different than what fans might have been expecting. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, Young's longtime guitar foil in Crazy Horse, opted not to participate in their latest reunion, and Young recruited his occasional collaborator (and longtime Bruce Springsteen sideman) Nils Lofgren to take his place. Where Sampedro had a knack for goading Young into conjuring billows of howling brilliance from his axe, on Colorado, Lofgren instead gives him a strong, stable framework that allows Neil room to explore yet doesn't push him forward. As a result, this isn't a cathartic blowout in the manner of Rust Never Sleeps or Ragged Glory but instead harkens back to the focused yet ambling mood of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Harvest, only with songs that are good but by no means exceptional. As with much of his work in the 2010s, Young's lyrics here reflect an autumnal concern with politics, the environment, and mortality, and they're thoughtful and of their moment, but they sound more like blog posts than clearly thought-out messages. While this is hardly unexpected from rock's leading "First Thought Best Thought" man, they're still not up to the standard of his best music; after a while, repeatedly informing us he's an old white guy on "She Showed Me Love" sounds less like self-awareness and more like he's not sure if we know, which we certainly do. That said, if Colorado isn't the great soul-satisfying rocker we were dreaming of, the dusty howl of Young's electric guitar work is here in plentiful supply -- not at full strength but loud enough to matter (especially on "Shut It Down" and "Help Me Lose My Mind") -- Young is properly engaged with his material, and his interplay with Lofgren, bassist Ralph Molina, and drummer Billy Talbot is a reminder of why Crazy Horse has been on hand for so much of his greatest work. At a time when a great album from Neil Young would have been more than welcome, Colorado is instead a good one, but it's recognizably the work of a great artist, and that's more than can be said of the last few offerings Young has given us." All Music Guide – Mark Deming more
	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Used - LP - RS 6349 1970 US first gatefold reissue solid tan Reprise label. Strong VG++ copy. "Neil Young's Second Solo Album, Released Only Four Months After His First, Was Nearly A Total Rejection Of That Polished Effort. Though A Couple Of Songs, "Round Round (It Won't Be Long)" And "The Losing End (When You're On)," Shared That Album's Country-folk Style, They Were Altogether Livelier And More Assured. The Difference Was That, While Neil Young Was A Solo Effort, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Marked The Beginning Of Young's Recording Association With Crazy Horse, The Trio Of Danny Whitten (Guitar), Ralph Molina (Drums), And Billy Talbot (Bass) That Young Had Drawn From The Struggling Local Los Angeles Group The Rockets. With Them, Young Quickly Cut A Set Of Loose, Guitar-heavy Rock Songs -- "Cinnamon Girl," "Down By The River," And "Cowgirl In The Sand" -- That Redefined Him As A Rock & Roll Artist. The Songs Were Deliberately Underwritten And Sketchy As Compositions, Their Lyrics More Suggestive Than Complete, But That Made Them Useful As Frames On Which To Hang The Extended Improvisations ("River" And "Cowgirl" Were Each In The Nine-to-ten-minute Range) Young Played With Crazy Horse And To Reflect The Ominous Tone Of His Singing. Young Lowered His Voice From The Near-falsetto Employed On His Debut To A More Expressive Range, And He Sang With Greater Confidence, Accompanied By Whitten And, On "Round Round," By Robin Lane. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Was Breathtakingly Different When It Appeared In May 1969, Both For Young And For Rock In General, And It Reversed His Commercial Fortunes, Becoming A Moderate Hit. (Young's Joining Crosby, Stills & Nash The Month After Its Release Didn't Hurt His Profile, Of Course.) A Year And A Half After Its Release, It Became A Gold Album, And It Has Since Gone Platinum. And It Set A Musical Pattern Young And His Many Musical Descendants Have Followed Ever Since; Almost 30 Years Later, He Was Still Playing This Sort Of Music With Crazy Horse, And A Lot Of Contemporary Bands Were Playing Music Clearly Influenced By It." AMG - William Ruhlmann. more
	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Used - LP - 44 073 Beautiful German Reissue In Glossy, Unplayed Condition. more
	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Used - LP - RS 6349 1974 Gatefold. "Neil Young's Second Solo Album, Released Only Four Months After His First, Was Nearly A Total Rejection Of That Polished Effort. Though A Couple Of Songs, "Round Round (It Won't Be Long)" And "The Losing End (When You're On)," Shared That Album's Country-folk Style, They Were Altogether Livelier And More Assured. The Difference Was That, While Neil Young Was A Solo Effort, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Marked The Beginning Of Young's Recording Association With Crazy Horse, The Trio Of Danny Whitten (Guitar), Ralph Molina (Drums), And Billy Talbot (Bass) That Young Had Drawn From The Struggling Local Los Angeles Group The Rockets. With Them, Young Quickly Cut A Set Of Loose, Guitar-heavy Rock Songs -- "Cinnamon Girl," "Down By The River," And "Cowgirl In The Sand" -- That Redefined Him As A Rock & Roll Artist. The Songs Were Deliberately Underwritten And Sketchy As Compositions, Their Lyrics More Suggestive Than Complete, But That Made Them Useful As Frames On Which To Hang The Extended Improvisations ("River" And "Cowgirl" Were Each In The Nine-to-ten-minute Range) Young Played With Crazy Horse And To Reflect The Ominous Tone Of His Singing. Young Lowered His Voice From The Near-falsetto Employed On His Debut To A More Expressive Range, And He Sang With Greater Confidence, Accompanied By Whitten And, On "Round Round," By Robin Lane. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Was Breathtakingly Different When It Appeared In May 1969, Both For Young And For Rock In General, And It Reversed His Commercial Fortunes, Becoming A Moderate Hit. (Young's Joining Crosby, Stills & Nash The Month After Its Release Didn't Hurt His Profile, Of Course.) A Year And A Half After Its Release, It Became A Gold Album, And It Has Since Gone Platinum. And It Set A Musical Pattern Young And His Many Musical Descendants Have Followed Ever Since; Almost 30 Years Later, He Was Still Playing This Sort Of Music With Crazy Horse, And A Lot Of Contemporary Bands Were Playing Music Clearly Influenced By It." AMG - William Ruhlmann. more
	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Used - LP - RS 6349 1969 US original gatefold Santa Maria pressing on the two-tone Red & Tan steamboat W7 label. Jacket has small pinch mark at center of spine edge, very close to a sparling NM. "Neil Young's second solo album, released only four months after his first, was nearly a total rejection of that polished effort. Though a couple of songs, "Round Round (It Won't Be Long)" and "The Losing End (When You're On)," shared that album's country-folk style, they were altogether livelier and more assured. The difference was that, while Neil Young was a solo effort, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere marked the beginning of Young's recording association with Crazy Horse, the trio of Danny Whitten (guitar), Ralph Molina (drums), and Billy Talbot (bass) that Young had drawn from the struggling local Los Angeles group the Rockets. With them, Young quickly cut a set of loose, guitar-heavy rock songs -- "Cinnamon Girl," "Down by the River," and "Cowgirl in the Sand" -- that redefined him as a rock & roll artist. The songs were deliberately underwritten and sketchy as compositions, their lyrics more suggestive than complete, but that made them useful as frames on which to hang the extended improvisations ("River" and "Cowgirl" were each in the nine-to-ten-minute range) Young played with Crazy Horse and to reflect the ominous tone of his singing. Young lowered his voice from the near-falsetto employed on his debut to a more expressive range, and he sang with greater confidence, accompanied by Whitten and, on "Round Round," by Robin Lane. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was breathtakingly different when it appeared in May 1969, both for Young and for rock in general, and it reversed his commercial fortunes, becoming a moderate hit. (Young's joining Crosby, Stills & Nash the month after its release didn't hurt his profile, of course.) A year and a half after its release, it became a gold album, and it has since gone platinum. And it set a musical pattern Young and his many musical descendants have followed ever since; almost 30 years later, he was still playing this sort of music with Crazy Horse, and a lot of contemporary bands were playing music clearly influenced by it." All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann more
	World Record New - LP - 093624869016 Sealed 2022 2LP Original. Co-Produced By Neil Young & Rick Rubin. Housed In A Beautiful Gatefold Jacket & Includes A 12-Page Booklet. The 2nd LP Is Single Sided. "Though He Never Really Slowed Down At Any Point, Neil Young Stayed On An Especially Prolific Streak As The 2010s Bled Into The 2020s. In Addition To A Steady Rollout Of Archival Material, Official Versions Of Long-Bootlegged Shows, And Other Miscellanea, Neil Has Produced Albums Of Entirely New Material At A Rate Unmatched By Most Artists In His Age Bracket Who Have Been At It For As Long As He Has. World Record Follows Quickly Behind The Mellow Rocking Of 2021's Barn, And Again Finds Young Ably Backed By His Longest-Running Comrades, Crazy Horse. This Time Around, However, The Band Worked With Producer Rick Rubin, Capturing Everything Live In The Studio And Sticking To An Analog-Heavy Recording Process. World Record Is An Album Built Of Unlikely Combinations That Somehow Work. Rubin's Muscular And Often Barnstorming Production Style Lends Itself Unexpectedly Well To The Off-The-Cuff Recording Method, Pushing Young's Vocals To The Front Of The Mixes But Making Lots Of Space For The Songs To Breathe. Instead Of The Ragged Rocking Neil Young And Crazy Horse Listeners Might Be Expecting From Pretty Much Any Of Their Past Eras, The Performances Here Are Often Gentle And Marked By Expanded Instrumentation. Squeezebox, Pump Organ, And Accordion Show Up On Multiple Songs, Leading "Walkin' On The Road (To The Future)" And Joining With Tack Piano And Sweet Vocal Harmonies On "This Old Planet." Softly Swaying Album Opener "Love Earth" Is A Classic Neil Young Composition, With The Kind Of Uncluttered Structure And Bittersweet Melodies That Gave Some Of His Most Memorable Songs Their Impact. World Record Rocks Out A Little Bit, Though, Jamming Through A Stompy Distorted Blues On "The World (Is In Trouble Now)" And Pairing An Oddly Pleasant Mix Of Air Organ Chords And Blasts Of Psychedelic Guitar Tones On "The Wonder Won't Wait." Then There's "Chevrolet," A 15-Minute Full-Powered Rager And One Of The Only Songs On The Album Whose Lyrics Aren't Focused On Environmental Themes. Again, On A Record Primarily Concerned About Preserving The Earth's Fragile Ecosystems, A Mind-bending Epic Rocker About How Cool A Car Is Shouldn't Make Sense, But Like Many Of The Other Weird Combinations On World Record, It Does. You Can Hear Someone Exclaim "That Was Fun!" Off-Mic As The Song Ends, And That Spirit Of Fun And Togetherness Carries Even The Heaviest Moments Of The Record, Making It Another Valuable Example Of The Unique Magic Neil And Crazy Horse Keep Tapping Into, Even So Many Years On." AMG Review By Fred Thomas. more
	Zuma Used - LP - MS 2242 1975 Steamboat Label, Textured Jacket Original, Inner Sleeve And The Rare Lyrics Insert. 1A/1B Stampers! Light Wear To The Textured Cover. Appears Unplayed. Best Copy We Have Had In Stock In 8 Years. more