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- THE NEIL YOUNG ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
-
- by Kimmo Saaskilahti (trkisa@uta.fi)
- Stephen House (sdhouse@eos.ncsu.edu)
-
- Last update September 14th, 1992
-
- Send all additions, corrections, suggestions, questions
- or whatever to one of the addresses above.
-
- Copyright Information:
- Copyright 1992 by Kimmo Saaskilahti and Stephen House
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Permission to use, copy, and distribute this text for
- non-commercial purposes and without fee is hereby granted,
- provided that this notice appears in all copies.
-
- The authors disclaim all warranties with regard to text
- including all implied warranties of merchantability and
- fitness.
-
- In no event shall the authors be liable for any special,
- indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever
- resulting from loss of use or profits, whether in an action of
- contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of
- or in connection with the use of this text.
-
-
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Can you imagine anyone liking everything you've ever done?
- "No", he replies without hesitation.
- And yet there are people who do. Fanzine editors and so on.
- "Well, they must be fuckin' completely crazy," he giggles.
-
- >From the Neil Young interview in Select magazine Feb 1990
-
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Buffalo Springfield (2/1967, ?? ??)
- The Buffalo Springfield
-
- Produced by ??
-
- Musicians: ??
-
- Notes:
-
- -----
-
- Buffalo Springfield Again (12/1967, Atlantic SD 33-226)
- The Buffalo Springfield
-
- Mr. Soul*
- A Child's Claim to Fame
- Everydays
- Expecting to Fly*
- Bluebird
- Hung Upside Down
- Sad Memory
- Good Time Boy
- Rock & Roll Woman
- Broken Arrow*
-
- Produced by Steven Stills, Neil Young, Richie Furay, Ahmet Ertegun,
- Dewey Martin, Jack Nitzsche, Charlie Chin, and Brian
-
- Musicians: Neil Young: Vocals, Guitar
- Steven Stills: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Electric Piano
- Richie Furay: Vocals, Guitar
- Dewey Martin: Vocals, Drums
- Bruce Palmer: Bass
- James Burton: Dobro
- Jim Fielder: Bass
- Jack Nitzsche: Electric Piano
- Don Randi: Grand Piano
- Bobby West: Bass
- Charlie Chin: Banjo
-
- Notes: (*) written by Neil Young
- As the name implies this was Buffalo Springfield's 2nd album.
- Neil, Steven, Richie, Dewey, and Bruce more or less comprised
- The Buffalo Springfield. Noteable musicians include Jack
- Nitzsche and Steven Stills. Jack plays on several other Neil
- Young albums and also produces a few. Steven Stills is the
- same Stills in Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and sometimes Young).
-
- -----
-
- Last Time Around (1968, Atlantic SD 33-256)
- The Buffalo Springfield
-
- On the Way Home*
- It's So Hard To Wait**
- Pretty Girl Why
- Four Days Gone
- Carefree Country Day
- Special Care
- The Hour of Not Quite Rain
- Questions
- I Am a Child*
- Merry-Go-Round
- Uno Mundo
- Kind Woman
-
- Produced by Jim Messina
-
- Musicians: Richie Furay
- Steven Stills
- Neil Young
- Jim Messina
-
- Micki Callen
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young
- (**) by Neil Young and Richie Furay
- This was The Buffalo Springfield's last released album.
- Another album was worked on (Stampede), but was never released.
- Jim Messina is the same Messina in the early-70s group
- "Loggins and Messina". They had a few hits like "Crying Eyes"
- and the song that goes something like "You're mama don't dance
- and your daddy don't rock and roll". The Loggins in "Loggins
- and Messina" is Kenny Loggins of Footloose fame.
-
- -----
-
- Retrospective - The Best of Buffalo Springfield (??, ??)
- Buffalo Springfield
-
- For What It's Worth
- Mr. Soul
- Sit Down, I Think I Love You
- Kind Woman
- Bluebird
- On The Way Home
- Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
- Broken Arrow
- Rock And Roll Woman
- I Am A Child
- Go And Say Goodbye
- Expecting To Fly
-
- Producers and musicians: see above
-
- -----
-
- Neil Young (1969, Reprise 6317)
- Neil Young
-
- The Emperor Of Wyoming
- The Loner
- If I Could Have Her Tonight
- I've Been Waiting For You
- The Old Laughing Lady*
- String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill+
- Here We Are In The Years
- What Did You Do To My Life?
- I've Loved Her So Long*
- The Last Trip To Tulsa
-
- Produced by: Dave Briggs and Neil Young, except
- (+)&(*) produced and arranged by Jack Nitzsche, Ryland Cooder and Neil Young
-
- Musicians: ?
- Vocal Background on (*): Patrice Holloway
- Brenda Holloway
- Merry Clayton
- Sherlie Matthews
- Gloria Richetta Jones
- Gracia Nitzsche
-
- Notes: "String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill" is a Jack Nitzsche
- composition. Ryland Cooder the same person as
- Ry Cooder, who played guitar in Captain Beefheart's band. He
- also did some solo work.
-
- -----
-
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969, Reprise 2282)
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
-
- Cinnamon Girl
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)*
- Down By The River
- The Losing End (When You're On)
- Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)**
- Cowgirl In The Sand
-
- Produced by David Briggs and Neil Young
-
- Musicians:
- Crazy Horse (#1):
- Neil Young: Guitar
- Danny Whitten: Guitar
- Billy Talbot: Bass
- Ralph Molina: Drums
-
- Robin Lane: vocals on (*)
- Bobby Notkoff: violin on (**)
-
- Notes: While recording his first album, Neil Young met a band called
- The Rockets (Whitten, Talbot, Molina), recruited them as his
- band and renamed them as Crazy Horse. This album was recorded
- in just two weeks.
-
- -----
-
- Woodstock (1970, Cotillion SD 3-500)
- Various Artists
-
- ...
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes**
- Sea Of Madness*
- Wooden Ships
- ...
-
- Produced by Eric Blackstead
-
- Musicians: David Crosby: Vocals, Guitar
- Stephen Stills: Vocals, Guitar
- Graham Nash: Vocals, Guitar
- Neil Young: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young
- (**) Neil did not play on this song
- This album is a 3-record soundtrack to the Woodstock
- documentary. One of the acts at Woodstock was CSN/Y. The
- songs listed above are the CSN/Y songs that appear on the
- album. There is also a Woodstock 2 album that has other music
- from Woodstock, including some more Crosby, Stills, Nash, and
- maybe Young songs.
-
- -----
-
- Deja Vu (1970, Atlantic SD 7200)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
-
- Carry On
- Teach Your Children
- Almost Cut My Hair
- Helpless*
- Woodstock
- Deja vu
- Our House
- 4+20
- Country Girl*
- a Whiskey Boot Hill
- b Down, Down, Down
- c "Country Girl" (I Think You're Pretty)
- Everybody I Love You**
-
- Produced by CSNY
-
- Musicians: David Crosby: Vocals, Guitar
- Stephen Stills: Vocals, Guitar
- Graham Nash: Vocals, Guitar
- Neil Young: Vocals, Guitar
- Dallas Taylor: Drums
- Gregory Reeves: Bass
- Jerry Garcia: Steel Guitar
- John Sebastian: Mouth Harp
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young
- (**) by Stephen Stills & Neil Young
- Jerry Garcia is one of the band members of The Grateful Dead,
- and John Sebastian is formerly of The Lovin' Spoonful. This
- album is one of the few albums in history that has acheived a
- legendary status. Many of these songs are used in various
- audio and video productions to represent the late 60s era.
-
- -----
-
- After The Gold Rush (July 1970, Reprise 2283)
- Neil Young
-
- Tell Me Why
- After The Goldrush
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
- Southern Man
- Till The Morning Comes
- Oh, Lonesome Me
- Don't Let It Bring You Down
- Birds
- When You Dance I Can Really Love
- I Believe In You
- Cripple Creek Ferry
-
- Produced by Neil Young & David Briggs with Kendall Pacios
-
- Musicians:
- Bass: Billy Talbot, Greg Reeves
- Piano: Neil Young, Jack Nitzsche, Nils Lofgren
- Drums: Ralph Molina
- Guitars: Neil Young, Danny Whitten
- Vocals: Neil Young, Danny Whitten, Nils Lofgren,
- Steven Stills, Ralph Molina
- Harmonica: Neil Young
- Vibes: Neil Young
-
- Notes: Most of these songs were inspired by a screenplay for the movie
- "After The Goldrush", which was never actually filmed. The
- screenplay was co-written by Dean Stockwell, who designed the
- cover for _American_Stars_&_Bars_, and stars in the American TV
- show "Quantum Leap." The group Lynyrd Skynyrd did not take
- kindly to Neil's song, "Southern Man", which depicts The South
- (in the USA) as a racist land. In fact, they wrote the song
- "Sweet Home, Alabama" in reply to Neil and actually mention his
- name! Neil counter-replied with "Alabama" (on _Harvest_).
- Despite all this, Neil probably did not intend to start a music
- feud. He actually wrote a few songs for Lynyrd Skynyrd
- probably as an act of diplomacy, but they would not take them
- (see notes for _Rust_Never_Sleeps_). "Oh, Lonesome Me" is a
- Don Gibson cover.
-
- -----
-
- 4 Way Street (1971, Atlantic SD 2-902)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
-
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
- On The Way Home*
- Teach Your Children
- Triad
- The Lee Shore
- Chicago
- Right Between The Eyes
- Cowgirl In The Sand*
- Don't Let It Bring You Down*
- 49 Bye Byes / America's Children
- Love The One You're With
- Pre-Road Downs
- Long Time Gone
- Southern Man*
- Ohio*
- Carry On
- Find The Cost of Freedom
-
- Produced by CSNY
-
- Musicians: David Crosby: Vocals, Guitar
- Stephen Stills: Vocals, Guitar
- Graham Nash: Vocals, Guitar
- Neil Young: Vocals, Guitar
- Johnny Barbata: Drums
- Calvin Samuels: Bass
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young.
- This is a CSNY Live Album recorded at the Fillmore East, New
- York, June 2-7, 1970; Chicago Auditorium, Chicago Ill., July 5,
- 1970; and The Forum, LA, June 26-28, 1970. Parts of it suck
- really bad. In fact, it is so bad, C, S, and Y did not want
- this album released on CD, but, alas, it was finally released
- in the Summer of 1992. The CD has 4 bonus tracks that are not
- listed here. A few of the songs are performed sololy by their
- writers, and are fairly good. If you find this album in a
- cheap used bin, I would at least buy it for Neil's acoustic
- version of "Cowgirl In The Sand" and "Don't Let It Bring You
- Down", and also to hear his between-song comments.
-
- -----
-
- If I Could Only Remember My Name.... (1971, Atlantic SD-7203)
- David Crosby
-
- Music Is Love*
- Cowboy Movie
- Tamalpais High (At About 3)
- Laughing
- What Are Their Names*
- Traction In The Rain
- Song With No Words
- Orleans
- I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
-
- Produced by David Crosby
-
- Have Something to do with Album:
- David Crosby
- Graham Nash
- Neil Young
- Jerry Garcia
- Joni Mitchell
- David Geffen
- Grace Slick
- David Frieberg
- Ethan Crosby (Looks like David, might be his brother)
- Mickey Hart
- Henry Diltz
- Laura Allen
- Phil Lesh
- Paul Kantner
- Bill Kreutzmann
- Michael Shrieve
- Jack Casady
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Gary Burden
- Ronald Stone
- Stephen Barncard
- Elliot Roberts
- Gregg Rolie
- Robert Hammer
-
- Notes: (*) Neil helped write these songs
- This is a David Crosby solo album.
-
- -----
-
- Harvest (February 1972, Reprise 2277)
- Neil Young & The Stray Gators
-
- Out On The Weekend
- Harvest
- A Man Needs A Maid*
- Heart Of Gold
- Are You Ready For The Country?
- Old Man
- There's A World*
- Alabama
- The Needle And The Damage Done+
- Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
-
- Produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young, except (*) by
- Jack Nitzsche and (+) by Henry Lewy & Neil Young
-
- Musicians:
- Stray Gators:
- Ben Keith: Steel Guitar
- Kenny Buttrey: Drums
- Tim Drummond: Bass
- Jack Nitzsche: Piano & Slide Guitar
-
- John Harris: Piano on "Harvest"
- London Symphony Orchestra on (*)
- Linda Ronstadt: vocals on "Heart Of Gold" and "Old Man"
- James Taylor: vocals on "Heart Of Gold", vocals and Banjo on "Old Man"
- David Crosby: vocals on "Are You Ready For The Country" and "Alabama"
- Steven Stills: vocals on "Alabama" and "Words"
- Graham Nash: vocals on "Are You Ready For The Country" and "Words"
-
- Notes: This was one of Neil's most popular albums. This is also Ben
- Keith's first appearance. Ben has played on several Neil Young
- albums; he even plays Alto Sax as a member of The Blue Notes.
-
- -----
-
- Journey Through The Past (1972, Warner Bros. 2XS 6480)
- Neil Young
-
- For What It's Worth** / Mr. Soul*
- Rock & Roll Woman**
- Find The Cost of Freedom**
- Ohio*
- Southern Man*
- Are You Ready For The Country*
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Alabama*
- Words*
- Relativity Invitation
- Handel's Messiah
- King of Kings
- Soldier*
- Let's Go Away For Awhile***
-
- Produced by Neil Young & L. A. Johnson, except (***) by Brian Wilson
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young
- (**) by Stephen Stills
- (***) by The Beach Boys (from _Pet Sounds_)
-
- This is the soundtrack to Neil Young's movie of the same name.
- Both "Alabama" and "Words" are extended versions. They include
- studio conversations made during the recording of these songs.
- "Find The Cost of Freedom" and "Ohio" were recorded during a
- CSNY concert. There is a rumor (straight from Neil Young himself)
- that this movie, as well as Neil's other movies, will be
- released sometime this year. However, this movie has not
- been seen in any stores in the USA yet (9/13/92).
-
- -----
-
- Time Fades Away (1973, Reprise 2151)
- Neil Young
-
- Time Fades Away
- Journey Through The Past
- Yonder Stands The Sinner
- LA
- Love In Mind
- Don't Be Denied
- The Bridge
- Last Dance
-
- Produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young
- Tim Drummond
- Johnny Barbata
- Jack Nitzsche
- Ben Keith
- (instruments not specified on the album sleeve)
-
- Guest appearances by David Crosby & Graham Nash
-
- Notes: All the tracks were recorded live on different occasions.
- "Love In Mind" comes from the same concert as "The Needle And
- The Damage Done" on Harvest. This album marks the beginning of
- Neil's Dark Period. The period continues through to _Zuma_
- with a few other songs of this period appearing on
- _American_Stars_&_Bars_.
-
- -----
-
- On The Beach (1974, Reprise 2180)
- Neil Young
-
- Walk On*
- See The Sky About To Rain+
- Revolution Blues+
- For The Turnstiles*
- Vampire Blues+
- On The Beach**
- Motion Pictures (For Carrie)**
- Ambulance Blues**
-
- Produced by Neil Young and David Briggs (*)
- Neil Young and Mark Harman (+)
- Neil Young and Al Schmitt (**)
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: vocals, guitars, piano, banjo, harmonica
- Ben Keith: vocals, guitars, dobro, piano, organ, percussion, bass
- Billy Talbot: bass on "Walk On"
- Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
- Tim Drummond: bass, percussion
- Levon Helm: drums on "See The Sky About To Rain" and "Revolution Blues"
- Joe Yankee: harp, electric tambourine
- David Crosby: rhythm guitar on "Revolution Blues"
- Rick Danko: bass on "Revolution Blues"
- George Whitsell: guitar on "Vampire Blues"
- Graham Nash: Wurlitzer piano on "On The Beach"
- Rusty Kershaw: slide guitar on "Motion Pictures", fiddle
- on "Ambulance Blues" and incredible liner notes!
-
- Notes: Carrie (see "Motion Pictures") is most likely Carrie Snodgrass,
- an actress and Neil's 1st wife. Something wicked happened
- between her and Jack Nitzsche.
-
- -----
-
- Tonight's The Night (June 1975, Reprise 2221)
- Neil Young
-
- Tonight's The Night
- Speakin' Out
- World On A String
- Borrowed Tune
- Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
- Mellow My Mind
- Roll Another Number (For The Road)
- Albuquerque
- New Mama
- Lookout Joe
- Tired Eyes
- Tonight's The Night - Part II
-
- Produced by David Briggs & Neil Young with Tim Mulligan
- except "Lookout Joe" by Elliot Mazer
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: vocals, piano, guitar, harp, vibes
- Nils Lofgren: guitar, piano, vocals
- Ben Keith: guitars, vocals
- Billy Talbot: bass
- Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
-
- Stray Gators play on "Lookout Joe"
- Danny Whitten: vocals and guitar on "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown"
- Jack Nitzsche: piano on "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown"
- George Whitsell: vocals on "New Mama"
-
- Notes: The songs on this album were recorded already in 1973.
- "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" was recorded live at Fillmore
- East in 1971 and it is a Danny Whitten/Neil Young composition.
- "Tonight's The Night" is about Danny Whitten and Bruce Berry
- (Crazy Horse roadie), who died of a drug overdose.
-
- -----
-
- Zuma (1975, Reprise 2242)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
-
- Don't Cry No Tears
- Dangerbird
- Pardon My Heart*
- Lookin' For A Love*
- Barstool Blues
- Stupid Girl
- Drive Back
- Cortez The Killer
- Through My Sails*
-
- Produced by Neil Young & David Briggs except (*) by
- Neil Young & Tim Mulligan
- Musicians:
- Crazy Horse (#2):
- Neil Young: vocals, guitar
- Frank Sampedro: guitar
- Billy Talbot: bass, vocals
- Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
-
- except on "Pardon My Heart":
- Tim Drummond: bass
- Ralph Molina & Billy Talbot: vocals
- Neil Young: everything else
-
- on "Through The Sails":
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: vocals
- Steve Stills: bass
- Neil Young: guitar
- Russ Kunkel: congas
-
- Notes: "Cortez The Killer" was banned in Spain, where Cortez is a
- national hero.
-
- -----
-
- Long May You Run (1976, Reprise 2253)
- The Stills-Young Band
-
- Long May You Run*
- Make Love To You
- Midnight On The Bay*
- Black Coral
- Ocean Girl*
- Let It Shine*
- 12/8 Blues (All The Same)
- Fontainebleau*
- Guardian Angel
-
- Produced by Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Don Gehman
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: guitars, piano, harmonica, string synthesizer, vocals
- Stephen Stills: guitars, pianos, vocals
- Joe Lala: percussion, background vocals
- Jerry Aiello: organ, piano
- George "Chocolate" Perry: bass, background vocals
- Joe Vitale: drums, flute, background vocals
-
- Notes: Tracks with (*) are written and sung by Neil Young, the rest by
- Stills - there isn't a co-written track on the album.
-
- -----
-
- Decade (1976, Reprise Records 3RS 2257)
- Neil Young
-
- Down to the Wire *
- Burned *
- Mr. Soul
- Broken Arrow
- Expecting To Fly
- Sugar Mountain *
- I Am a Child
- The Loner
- The Old Laughing Lady
- Cinnanmon Girl
- Down by the River
- Cowgirl in the Sand
- I Believe In You
- After the Gold Rush
- Southern Man
- Helpless
- Ohio
- Soldier
- Old Man
- A Man Needs a Maid
- Harvest
- Heart of Gold
- Star of Bethlehem *
- The Needle and the Damage Done
- Tonight's the Night [Part 1]
- Tired Eyes
- Walk On
- For the Turnstiles
- Winterlong
- Deep Forbidden Lake *
- Like A Hurricane
- Love is a Rose
- Cortez the Killer
- Campaigner *
- Long May You Run
-
- Compiled by Neil Young, Tim Milligan, and David Briggs
-
- Musicians: (Too many to list here)
-
- Notes: (*) previously unreleased tracks
- This is an incredible collection of Neil Young's work. It
- includes several songs that were previously unreleased. "Down
- to the Wire" and "Burned" are on the unreleased Buffalo
- Springfield album _Stampede_. Dr. John (Mac Rebenak) plays on
- "Down to the Wire". This is a must-have for any Neil Young
- fan, not only for the song selection, but also for Neil's
- hand-written notes.
-
- -----
-
- American Stars'n'Bars (1977 , Reprise 2261)
- Neil Young
-
- The Old Country Waltz*
- Saddle Up The Palomino*
- Hey Babe*
- Hold Back The Tears*
- Bite the Bullet*
- Star Of Bethlehem**
- Will To Love+
- Like A Hurricane++
- Homegrown++
-
- Produced by Neil Young & David Briggs with Tim Mulligan
- except ** by Elliot Mazer
-
- Musicians:
- (*) Crazy Horse (#2) with
- Linda Ronstadt: vocals
- Nicolette Larson: vocals
- Carole Mayedo: violin
- Ben Keith: steel guitar
-
- (**) Neil Young: acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocal
- Emmylou Harris: vocal
- Ben Keith: dobro, vocal
- Tim Drummond: bass
- Karl T. Himmel: drums
-
- (+) Neil Young: all the instruments and vocals
-
- (++) Crazy Horse (#2)
-
- Notes: (*) were recorded April 1977, (**) November 1974,
- (+) May 1976 and (++) November 1975
- This album is like a patchwork quilt. A few of these songs
- were on Neil's unreleased _Homegrown_ Album. "Like A
- Hurricane" was written on the tour bus. Other songs came from
- various other places.
-
- -----
-
- Comes A Time (1978, Reprise 2266)
- Neil Young
-
- Goin' Back
- Comes A Time
- Look Out For My Love*
- Peace Of Mind
- Lotta Love*
- Human Highway
- Already One**
- Field Of Opportunity***
- Motorcycle Mama
- Four Strong Winds
-
- Produced by Neil Young, Ben Keith and Tim Mulligan except
- (*) by Neil Young, David Briggs and Tim Mulligan
- (**) by Neil Young and Ben Keith
- (***) by Neil Young and Tim Mulligan
-
- Musicians:
- Crazy Horse (#2) appear on (*) with Tim Mulligan on saxophone
- Nicolette Larson: harmony vocals
- Ben Keith: steel guitar
- Carl Himmel: drums
- Tim Drummond: bass
- Spooner Oldham: piano
- Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
- Joe Osborne: bass
- Larrie Londin: drums
- J. J. Cale: electric guitar
- Farrel Morris: percussion
- Rita Fey: autoharp
- 8 acoustic guitar players
- 16 people on strings
- (check the sleeve for names)
-
- Notes: "Four Strong Winds" is a Ian Tyson cover.
- This album represents Neil's return to folk music and is
- considered a comeback album. The album was originally
- going to be called "Ode To The Wind", some copies were
- pressed with this name and are very valuable nowadays.
-
- -----
-
- Rust Never Sleeps (June 1979, Reprise 2295)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
-
- My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
- Thrasher
- Ride My Llama
- Pocahontas
- Sail Away
- Powderfinger*
- Welfare Mothers*
- Sedan Delivery*
- Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)*
-
- Produced by Neil Young, David Briggs and Tim Mulligan
-
- Musicians:
- Crazy Horse (#2) on (*)
- Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Joe Osborne, Carl Himmel on others
- (instruments not specified)
-
- Notes: All the tracks were recorded live in concert, but the audience
- track was later removed. Neil Young wrote "Sedan Delivery" and
- "Powderfinger" originally for Lynyrd Skynyrd! "My My, Hey Hey"
- was co-written by Jeff Blackburn.
-
- -----
-
- Live Rust (1979, Reprise 2296)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse
-
- Sugar Mountain
- I Am A Child
- Comes A Time
- After The Goldrush
- My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
- When You Dance I Can Really Love
- The Loner
- The Needle And The Damage Done
- Lotta Love
- Sedan Delivery
- Powderfinger
- Cortez The Killer
- Cinnamon Girl
- Like A Hurricane
- Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
- Tonight's The Night
-
- Produced by David Briggs, Tim Mulligan & Bernard Skakey
-
- Musicians: Crazy Horse
-
- Notes: The tracks on this album were recorded on the same tour as
- those on "Rust Never Sleeps". There is also a movie about the
- tour directed by Neil Young. The same stage setup for this
- tour was used again for the Ragged Glory Tour in 1991. (Talk
- about recycling!)
-
- ----
-
- Hawks And Doves (1980, Reprise HS 2297)
- Neil Young
-
- Little Wing*
- The Old Homestead*
- Lost In Space*
- Captain Kennedy*
- Stayin' Power**
- Coastline**
- Union Man**
- Comin' Apart At Every Nail**
- Hawks & Doves**
-
- Produced by David Briggs, Tim Mulligan and Neil Young
-
- Musicians:
- (*) Neil Young: vocals, guitars, harmonica
- Levon Helm: drums
- Tim Drummond: bass
- Tom Seribner: saw
-
- (**) Neil Young: vocals, guitar, piano
- Greg Thomas: drums
- Dennis Belfield: bass
- Ben Keith: steel guitar, dobro, harmony vocals
- Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
- Ann Hillary O'Brien: harmony vocals
-
- Notes: "Little Wing" is not the same as Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing."
- Nikki Sudden & The French Revolution did an incredible cover of
- "Captain Kennedy" on the album _The_Bridge_, which is a Neil Young
- tribute album.
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-
- Reactor (1981, Reprise 2304)
- Neil Young
-
- Opera Star
- Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze
- T-Bone
- Get Back On It
- Southern Pacific
- Motor City
- Rapid Transit
- Shots
-
- Produced by David Briggs, Tim Mulligan & Neil Young with Jerry Napier
-
- Musicians:
- Crazy Horse
-
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-
- Trans (1982, Geffen 25019)
- Neil Young
-
- Little Thing Called Love
- Computer Age
- We R In Control
- Transformer Man
- Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)
- Hold On To Your Love
- Sample And Hold
- Mr. Soul
- Like An Inca
-
- Produced by Neil Young, David Briggs and Tim Mulligan
-
- Musicians:
- Nils Lofgren, Ben Keith, Bruce Palmer, Ralph Molina,
- Joe Lala, Frank Sampedro, Billy Talbot
- (no instruments specified)
-
- Notes: Contrary to most people's opinion, Neil Young thinks that this
- is the other of his best two albums. Every song on this album,
- except "Like An Inca" and "Little Thing Called Love", has Neil &
- Nils singing through a Vocoder, which makes the voice sound like
- a "computer voice."
- Nils Lofgren is the guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street
- Band. Sonic Youth did a great cover of "Computer Age" on the
- album _The_Bridge_.
-
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-
- Everybody's Rockin' (1983, Geffen 25590 (GHS 4013))
- Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks
-
- Betty Lou's Got A New Pair Of Shoes
- Rainin' In My Heart
- Payola Blues*
- Wonderin'*
- Kinda Fonda Wanda*
- Jellyroll Man*
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Cry, Cry, Cry*
- Mystery Train
- Everybody's Rockin'*
-
- Produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
- Ben "King" Keith: alto sax, lead guitar
- Tim Drummond: upright bass
- Karl Himmel: snare
- Larry Byrom: piano, backing vocals
- Anthony Crawford: backing vocals
- Rick Palombi: backing vocals
-
- Notes: Only (*) are written or co-written by Young - others are covers
- of rhythm'n'blues classics or semi-classics. The story is that
- Neil's record company accused him of deliberatly making a
- non-commercial album (_Trans_) and forced him to make another
- one quickly (this one). However, this story has not been confirmed.
- The song "Wonderin'" was actually written in the late 60s, and
- has a neat video for it. This is the other of Young's best
- albums according to him...
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-
- Old Ways (1985, Geffen GHS 24068)
- Neil Young
-
- The Wayward Wind
- Get Back To The Country
- Are There Any More Real Cowboys?*
- Once An Angel
- Misfits
- California Sunset*
- Old Ways
- My Boy**
- Bound For Glory
- Where Is The Highway Tonight?
-
- Produced by Neil Young, Ben Keith, and David Briggs
- except (*) by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, David Briggs, and Ben Keith
- and (**) by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, and David Briggs
-
- Musicians: Neil Young: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar,
- Harmonica, Banjo
- Waylon Jennings: Electric Guitar, Vocals
- Willie Nelson: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
- Rufus Thibodeaux: Fiddle
- Ben Keith: Dobro, Steel
- Tim Drummond: Bass
- Karl Himmel: Drums
- Joe Allen: Bass (Electric & Upright)
- Ralph Mooney: Steel
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins: Piano
- Gordon Terry: Fiddle
- Joe Osborne: Bass
- Anthony Crawford: Mandolin, Vocals, Background Vocals
- Terry McMillan: Harmonica, Jew's Harp
- Bela Fleck: Banjo
- Bobby Thompson: Banjo
- David Kirby: Acoustic Guitar
- Grant Boatwright: Acoustic Guitar
- Johnny Christopher: Acoustic Guitar
- Ray Edenton: Acoustic Guitar
- Gove Scrivenor: Auto Harp
- Farrell Morris: Percussion
- Marty Stuart: Mandolin
- Carl Gorodetzky: Violin
- Spooner Oldham: Piano
- Larry Byrom: Background Vocals
- Rick Palombi: Background Vocals
- Doana Cooper: Background Vocals
- Denise Draper: Vocals
-
- Notes: This was Neil Young's country album. Some of his other stuff
- could be call near-country, but this is pure country. In fact
- Neil Young performed on the "Austin City Limits" TV show in
- support of this album, which was one of his few TV appearances.
- There are several familiar names in the musician's list: Waylon
- Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bela Fleck, Ben Keith, and Tim
- Drummond. The first three are known country / bluegrass
- musicians, and the last two appear on several other Neil Young
- albums.
-
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-
- Landing On Water (1986, Geffen GHS 24109)
- Neil Young
-
- Weight Of The World
- Violent Side
- Hippie Dream
- Bad News Beat
- Touch The Night
- People On The Street
- Hard Luck Stories
- I Got A Problem
- Pressure
- Drifter
-
- Produced by Neil Young and Danny Kortchmar
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: vocals, lead guitar, synthesizer
- Steve Jordan: drums, synthesizer, vocals
- Danny Kortchmar: guitar, synthesizer, vocals
-
- San Francisco Boys Choir on "Violent Side" and "Touch The Night"
-
- Notes: There is a neat video for "Touch The Night" where Neil plays
- the part of a TV news reporter. Neil's father was a successful
- TV news anchorman (connection?)
-
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-
- Life (1987, Geffen 24154)
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
-
- Mideast Vacation
- Long Walk Home
- Around The World
- Inca Queen
- Too Lonely
- Prisoners Of Rock'n'Roll
- Cryin' Eyes
- When Your Lonely Heart Breaks
- We Never Danced
-
- Produced by David Briggs and Neil Young, except "We Never Danced"
- by Jack Nitzsche and Neil Young.
-
- Musicians: Neil Young: Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards
- Frank Sampedro: Guitar, Keyboards
- Ralph Molina: Drums
- Billy Talbot: Bass
-
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-
- American Dream (1988, Atlantic 81888-1)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
-
- American Dream*
- Got It Made**
- Name Of Love*
- Don't Say Good-bye
- This Old House***
- Nighttime For Generals
- Shadowland
- Drivin' Thunder**
- Clear Blue Skies
- That Girl
- Compass
- Soldiers of Peace
- Feel Your Love*
- Night Song**
-
- Produced by Niko Bolas, and CSNY
- Assisted by Tim Milligan
-
- Musicians: David Crosby: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
- Stephen Stills: Keyboards, Vocal, Electric Guitar,
- Bass Synth, Percussion, Acoustic
- Guitar, Synths, Hand-claps, Bass
- Graham Nash: Vocal, Piano, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
- Neil Young: Vocal, Electric Guitar, Percussion,
- Piano, Synth, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar
- Joe Vitale: Drums, Synth, Vocals, Keyboards, Vibes
- Bob Glaub: Bass
- Joe Lala: Percussion
- Mike Finnigan: B.3. Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
- Chad Cromwell: Drums
- The Bluenotes: Horns
- Larry Cragg
- Steve Lawrence
- Tommy Bray
- Claude Cailliet
- John Fumo
- Niko Bolas: Hand-claps
- Tim Mulligan: Hand-claps
- Tim Foster: Hand-claps
- Brently Walton: Hand-claps
-
- Notes: (*) by Neil Young
- (**) by Stephen Stills & Neil Young
- (***) by Neil Young, in fact the entire track was played by Neil Young
-
- This is CSNY's 4th album. It is nowhere as good as Deja vu,
- but does have a few good songs on it. Neil Young's song are
- pretty good, especially "American Dream", which talks about a
- TV news anchorman caught in a sex scandal. (see Notes: for
- _Landing_On_Water_)
-
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-
- This Note's For You (1988, Reprise 25719-1)
- Neil Young & The Bluenotes
-
- Ten Men Workin'
- This Note's For You
- Coupe de Ville
- Life In The City
- Twilight
- Married Man
- Sunny Inside
- Can't Believe Your Lyin'
- Hey Hey
- One Thing
-
- Produced by "The Volume Dealers" (Neil Young & Niko Bolas)
-
- Musicians: Neil Young: Guitar & Vocals
- Chad Cromwell: Drums
- Rick (The Bass Player) Rosas: Bass
- Frank (Pancho) Sampedro: Keyboards
- Steve Lawrence: Lead Tenor Sax
- Ben Keith: Alto Sax
- Larry Cragg: Baritone Sax
- Claude Cailliet: Trombone
- John Fumo: Trumpet
- Tom Bray: Trumpet
-
- Notes: This is Neil's Blues album, and he did a great job with it.
- There is a rumour that some other Bluenotes' songs will be
- released on Neil's upcoming compilation album.
-
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-
- Eldorado (1989, Reprise 20P2-2651 (CD))
- Neil Young & The Restless
-
- Cocaine Eyes
- Don't Cry
- Heavy Love
- On Broadway
- Eldorado
-
- Produced by "The Volume Dealers" (Neil Young & Niko Bolas)
-
- Musicians: Neil Young: Vocals, Guitar
- Chad Cromwell: Drums
- Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas: Bass
-
- Notes: This is a 25 min. EP. Neil did not want to release this album,
- but some of the CDs had already been made, so Reprise still
- sold them. They were only released in Australia and Japan.
- "Don't Cry", "On Broadway", and "Eldorado" are the same tracks
- that appear on the _Freedom_ album. The other two songs are
- good, and are worth getting if you ever find this disc.
-
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-
- Freedom (1989, Reprise 4-25899)
- Neil Young
-
- Rockin' In The Free World
- Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part I)
- Don't Cry
- Hangin' On A Limb
- Eldorado
- The Ways Of Love
- Someday
- On Broadway
- Wrecking Ball
- No More
- Too Far Gone
- Rockin' In The Free World
-
- Produced by "The Volume Dealers" (Neil Young & Niko Bolas)
-
- Musicians:
- Neil Young: vocals, guitar
- Chad Cromwell: drums
- Rick "the bass player" Rosas: bass
- Frank "Poncho" Sampedro: guitar, keyboards, mandolin
- Ben Keith: alto saxophone, pedal steel, keyboards, vocals
- Linda Ronstadt: vocals
- Poncho Villa: acoustic guitar
- Tony Marsico: bass
- Steve Lawrence: tenor saxophone
- Larry Cragg: baritone saxophone
- Claude Cailliet: trombone
- John Fumo: trumpet
- Tom Bray: trumpet
-
-