sounds great to me
don't think neil was ever happy with the sound of harvest moon - nor especially the pre-remaster of 'neil young' – so maybe this'll be a truer take...
still haven't heard or seen the archives...

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this as I'm really like Harvest Moon a lot. I have the Archives sitting in front of me but am still sans Blu-Ray so it's ornamental at the moment.

do you spend a lot of time looking at it?

You know I used to feel the same way, and thought at $5, why not just pick up Neil Young and give it another shot. I'm glad I did because I think it really benefited the most from the remaster. While still not a great album, I enjoyed it more than I have previously. Maybe just the fuller sound or maybe just placebo. Who knows.

Deej, how do you feel about sharing some of those mp3s, at least of the material not released individually like the live archives?

Yeah, I can do that. Anyone wants a taste, let me know.

I just put this one for the first time and it's got some genius scenes. Best so far:

Neil with Stills, Nash and a few others sitting around getting high and talking about getting high. Graham Nash says "hey man, Big Tobacco has already registered and trademarked the name 'Acapulco Gold'...or so Crosby tells me"

I want to see this so bad. I have the vinyl, and every time I listen, I'm just thinking whats on the film. I wish they would release it separately.

A host of special guest performers and an all-star band led by Broken Social Scene and Joan as Police Woman will celebrate Canadian rock icon Neil Young in a concert for the ages. Visionary music producer Hal Willner presides over the proceedings with his signature off-kilter genius for curating live shows, digging deep into Young's massive catalogue to illuminate hits and obscurities alike with magical pairings of song and singer. Surprises are in store. A certain amount of mayhem is inevitable. Musical nirvana is guaranteed.

Principal Artist(s):

Broken Social Scene
Joan As Policewoman
Ron Sexsmith
Iron and Wine
Sun Kil Moon
and many more

Presented by:
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad

When:
02/18/2010
8:00 pm

Where:
Queen ElizabethTheatre
649 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Map

Ticket Type:
Ticketed

Ticket information:
Ticket Price: $74.50, $67.50, $59.00

Last August, we reported on a new Neil Young album "Dreamin' Man" scheduled for release today, November 3. This would mark Neil's 17th CD release of the year, which includes the 10 disc Archives set, Fork in the Road, the Booker T. collaboration "Potato Hole" and reissues of Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After the Goldrush and Harvest .

That Neil. Such a slacker.

Now comes word that DREAMIN' MAN, Neil Young Archives Performance Series #12, will be released on or about December 8, roughly 17 years after the original release of Harvest Moon.

A closer look at Harvest Moon songs, all performed solo acoustic before the release of Harvest Moon, DREAMIN' MAN contains intimate live performances recorded in concert halls during 1992.

Neil Young's 1992 "Harvest Moon" was the followup to his most commercially successful album "Harvest" - some 20 years later.

"Harvest Moon" was recorded with many of the same original musicians who appeared on "Harvest", such as Ben Keith, on pedal steel guitar, and Linda Rondstadt and James Taylor on backing vocals. The intentional sequel nature of "Harvest Moon" created high expectations which for the most part were fulfilled. The album was even accompanied with music videos and extensive interviews with the normally reticent Young himself.

But on a Canadian radio interview, Young denied that 'Harvest Moon' was a sequel to 'Harvest':

"The whole idea of following up the 'Harvest' album is something that's contrived more from the standpoint of record companies, and mostly questions.

You know, people see the correlation between the two, and it's kind of a plus to be able to refer back 20 years and see the same people and do that. But the thrust of the albums is different, even though the subject matter is similar, so I tend to shy away more from comparisons between them - they're reference points for one another.

I mean, people who have never heard of 'Harvest' may really like Harvest Moon and may end up referring back to 'Harvest' because of all this conversation about how the two of them go together..."


Naturally, there's much speculation over on rust about what all of this might mean? Afterall, NY PS#12?!? So what happened to everything in between?

Could this possibly mean that the next NYA volume will be #4 or #5??? That would be quite the Shakey move to not to followup Vol#1 with #2.

The track listing for Dreamin' Man:

1. Dreamin' Man
2. Such a Woman
3. Old King Rap
4. Old King
5. One of These Days
6. Harvest Moon
7. You and Me
8. From Hank to Hendrix
9. Unknown Legend
10. Natural Beauty
11. War of Man

Lastly, no word on a Blu-Ray release. Or any news on Toast for that matter.

So. Neil's 17th CD release of the year. Hey, it's only November. 2 more months of '09. Maybe a film? Oh yeah..... Trunk Show.

Neil. slacker.

That reminds me that I haven't played Harvest Moon in awhile.

Ah, I'm dying to hear this. Can you throw it in the bag for me, DJ, oh great provider?