This copy is on loan from my friend Jared. Sadly the lone original pressing, with super cute Euro labels, is super expensive. This disc, produced like all the best-sounding Neil by the great David Briggs, sounds AMAZING. But Neil’s reputation for audiophilia is well deserved, and never took vacations. The early 90s were arguably the nadir of audiophile vinyl, so you might not expect much from this disc - which is not only from a long time ago, but also super long, packing 66 minutes of music into tightly spaced grooves. Photography By Group, Moon After 'Natural Beauty' Lyrics, Moon With Wheat Larry Cragg. Performer Stray Gators Ben Keith, Kenny Buttrey, Neil Young, Spooner Oldham, Tim Drummond. Painting Original Painting Rebecca Holland. Soul” in a stripped-down, tough-as-hell version? Yes, please. Mixed By John Nowland, Neil Young, Tim Mulligan. “Like a Hurricane” with a pump-organ? “Mr. “Transformer Man” is the top of the top: it’s amazing on Trans, but this gently psychedelic version is *the one*, managing somehow to be blissfully gorgeous while also bending the frame of reality. And this is one of my absolute favourite of his albums. I’ve got him up there with Glenn Gould in the small pantheon of all-caps GENIUSES to have come out of Toronto. Recorded at Universal Studios, Los Angeles on February 7, 1993. Somehow, after all this, Neil agreed to release the LA performance as an album.Īnd somehow… it’s FUCKING BRILLIANT. Issued with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. I want it in capital letters that he is THE HARDEST PERSON TO WORK WITH I’ve ever worked with in my life.” ![]() After the dust settled, band member Kenny Buttrey said, “I never wanna hear his name again… I will never, ever play another Neil Young album on my stereo. Neil Young Unplugged Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Blue Country: Europe Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll Have:60. Neil was disgusted by the playing of his band, the legendary Stray Gators, and had one of his famous freakouts. The concert went terribly: Neil was so unhappy with the first taping, on December 5th 1992 in NYC, that he paid out of pocket for a do-over in LA two days later. Neil didn’t want to make it: his manager dragged him kicking and screaming into the early-90s MTV Unplugged juggernaut. This album has no business being any good. Amazing Records That Sound Incredible: Neil Young, Unplugged (Reprise Europe, 1993)
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