Early Daze is a Rock album by Neil Young With Crazy Horse, originally released in 2024. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
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On the one hand, maybe there’s such a thing as too many Neil Young archival releases; on the other…is there? More so than <i>Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere</i>, the recordings here capture the extremes of folk prettiness and rock ’n’ roll ugliness that made Young’s music with Crazy Horse so gnarly and ultimately influential. A “Winterlong” weak with heartache and a “Helpless” that trudges forward like a beggar at death’s door. A wild first take of “Down by the River” and an equally wild 14th of “Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown” on which the band crosses from good and loose into bloodshot and a little unhinged. You can hear why he was considered both forbidding in his rawness and so eminently breakable in his vulnerability, and why he went back to this band over and over and over again: Who else could play with so little grace and make it sound so beautiful?
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Dance Dance Dance2:36
- A2Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown4:13
- A3Winterlong3:39
- A4Everybody's Alone2:31
- A5Wonderin'2:29
- A6Cinnamon Girl3:01
Side B
- B1Look At All The Things2:59
- B2Helpless4:39
- B3Birds3:38
- B4Down By The River9:02
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- fuzzy
- intense
- southern
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Matte gatefold jacket with a 4-page insert with lyrics and credits plus a 12x24" poster of the inside spread band photo.
The record is housed in a black cardboard printed inner sleeve depicting a site map for the Neil Young Archives.
Catalog number 093624850892 on spine, insert and labels.
Catalog number 093624845799 on hype sticker and poster.
A1: Recorded at Larrabee Studios, Hollywood, 10/17/1969. From the album Archives Vol. 1 (opens in a new tab).
A2: Recorded at Larrabee Studios, Hollywood, 10/17/1969. Previously unreleased studio version.
A3: Recorded at Larrabee Studios, Hollywood, 10/17/1969. Previously unreleased version.
A4: Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 8/4/1969. Alternate mix released on Archives Vol. 1 (opens in a new tab).
A5: Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 8/7/1969. Previously unreleased version.
A6: Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, 3/20/1969. 7' mono mix (opens in a new tab) (rel: 4/20/1970). Inc guitar outro, not on LP version.
B1: Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 10/9/1969. Previously unreleased version.
B2: Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 10/9/1969. Previously unreleased version.
B3: Unreleased stereo mix. Mono mix was B-side of Only Love Can Break Your Heart (US 1970) (opens in a new tab).
B4: Recorded at Wally Heider Studio, Hollywood, 1/17/1969. Previously unreleased version with alternate vocals.
Runouts are stamped, with the exception of 093624850892-A CB and 093624850892-B CB, which are etched.
Pressing plant identified based on the runout areas.
[Sticker on shrinkwrap:]
Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Danny Whitten, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina & Jack Nitzsche
10 rare and unreleased versions from 1970
First time on vinyl
Includes exclusive poster
Limited edition clear vinyl
093624845799
Art Direction & Design: Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for RTwerk & Co.
Global edition for the world outside North America.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy TalbotBASS BASS, HANDCLAPS
- Danny WhittenGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
- Jack NitzscheKEYBOARDS PIANO
- Neil YoungGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
- Ralph MolinaDRUMS DRUMS, VOCALS DRUMS, VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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