release date: Dec. 8, 1972
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,88]
producer: Neil Young, L. A. Johnson
label: Reprise Records - nationality: Canada
Track highlights: 4. "Ohio" - 5. "Southern Man" - 8. "Alabama"
An original soundtrack by Neil Young produced with Larry Alderman Johnson, who is credited because he stood behind the footage to the film. Now this is indeed a strange official release by being a soundtrack album to a movie also by Neil Young. The movie is the journey back to his time before he went solo. It features live sessions from TV broadcasts with Buffalo Springfield, live recordings with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, rehearsal outtakes from the Harvest sessions with The Stray Gators, and it contains recordings by The Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation Orchestra and Chorus. The music is both a variety of styles, but what is bad as a soundtrack album is its lack of sound quality, which probably has to do with the fact that the album was only released on vinyl and tape, and still hasn't been issued as CD reissues. The album is mostly found as bootlegs and really is only a must for someone who likes to own everything by Neil Young. He has released much better live albums and also better retrospective recordings later in his career. However bad the sound is, you still have to admire songs like the abovementioned, which stand out as landmarks.
Track highlights: 4. "Ohio" - 5. "Southern Man" - 8. "Alabama"
An original soundtrack by Neil Young produced with Larry Alderman Johnson, who is credited because he stood behind the footage to the film. Now this is indeed a strange official release by being a soundtrack album to a movie also by Neil Young. The movie is the journey back to his time before he went solo. It features live sessions from TV broadcasts with Buffalo Springfield, live recordings with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, rehearsal outtakes from the Harvest sessions with The Stray Gators, and it contains recordings by The Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation Orchestra and Chorus. The music is both a variety of styles, but what is bad as a soundtrack album is its lack of sound quality, which probably has to do with the fact that the album was only released on vinyl and tape, and still hasn't been issued as CD reissues. The album is mostly found as bootlegs and really is only a must for someone who likes to own everything by Neil Young. He has released much better live albums and also better retrospective recordings later in his career. However bad the sound is, you still have to admire songs like the abovementioned, which stand out as landmarks.
