This past weekend, Neil Young took to his Neil Young Archives website to announce the upcoming record, which was recorded in 1969 with Crazy Horse. The album is due to arrive on June 28th via Reprise Records, ‘Early Daze’, showcases the band’s unique style at the end of the 1960s, capturing the essence of their live performances and their contribution to the evolution of rock & roll.”
This new collection of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’ earliest recordings include several original versions that have not been released before, and along with the 7-inch Mono mix that was released in 1970 that includes a guitar outro not on LP version not on original LP version.
‘Early Daze’ comprises 10 songs, including a total of six unreleased tunes from Crazy Horse’s early line-up of guitarist Danny Whitten, drummer Ralph Molina, bassist Billy Talbot, keyboardist Jack Nitzsche and Young. Songs like ‘Everbody’s Alone’, ‘Cinnamon Girl’ and ‘Birds’ will receive releases with different mixes. Also among them are some of the first incarnations of songs such as ‘Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown’, ‘Winterlong’, ‘Wonderin”, ‘Look At All The Things’, ‘Helpless’ and ‘Down By The River’, which had remained previously unheard until now.
Fans of Young have been anticipating the release of “Early Daze” since he first alluded to the project in his 2012 autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace.
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