The Neil Young Archive

[TheHoodedClaw]

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Neil Young Archives

It's basically everything he's ever recorded, uploaded for free with the blessing of the man himself.

Caveats:

1) It looks like you need to make some sort of account to get access

2) It has the sort of appallingly bad user interface that kinda confirms that Neil was involved in that aspect

Anyway, currently listening to Arc, which I haven't heard since someone nicked it* out of my Weld CD double-pack

* I've long suspected my then-partner of binning it for perhaps understandable reasons

 

[Casual Observer]

Ah yes, he was on a good run back then. Freedom, and the EP that preceded it, Ragged Glory, Weld etc.

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

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Yes, this is one of the appallingly bad user-interface issues

 

[tommers]

Fuck.

 

[friedaweed]

It's fucking ace

 

[friedaweed]

Only Neil would have it set up like an old filing cabinet in the shed

 

[Voley]

I can't sign up or log in or anything.

 

[SpookyFrank]

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Neil Young deserves better than the speaker on your fucking phone. Man's given his life's work away gratis and still you lot moan

 

[danny la rouge]

Neil Young deserves better than the speaker on your fucking phone. Man's given his life's work away gratis and still you lot moan

If I hear him on my phone it gets bluetoothed to a decent speaker. If I hear him on my computer, it gets heard on the crappy internal speaker.

Anyway, I've got all the CDs, it'd only be curiosity.

 

[Voley]

What format is it downloadable in? I know he's got a bit of a thing about sound quality being shit these days.

 

[friedaweed]

What format is it downloadable in? I know he's got a bit of a thing about sound quality being shit these days.

Think you need to be on a pc dude.

 

[friedaweed]

If I hear him on my phone it gets bluetoothed to a decent speaker. If I hear him on my computer, it gets heard on the crappy internal speaker.

Anyway, I've got all the CDs, it'd only be curiosity.

I think you'll like it mate. It's got plenty to keep a Neil nerd happy. I was supposed to be going out with the Mrs 2 hours ago. She's still stood there foot tapping with her coat on. She's keeping good time though

 

[Voley]

Think you need to be on a pc dude.

I am. I can't get in at all. Stuck on the eggtimer permanently. I'll give it a go later on.

 

[friedaweed]

I am. I can't get in at all. Stuck on the eggtimer permanently. I'll give it a go later on.

Works straight off here on firefox.

On the format front it's classic Neil.

You can listen to streaming of everything in 320 or you can flick the switch and listen to it with MORE BARN It's not going to work for everyone because of conversion capabilities for a lot of PC's. Worth reading the audio set up guide.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Anyway, I've got all the CDs, it'd only be curiosity.

You definitely don't have all of this on CD Some of it sounds as if it has made the giant leap from wax cylinder to Neil's ULTRA BARN format with no sound engineer input.

 

[redsquirrel]

You definitely don't have all of this on CD Some of it sounds as if it has made the giant leap from wax cylinder to Neil's ULTRA BARN format with no sound engineer input.

Is there the stuff he refuses(ed) to re-release on there?

 

[Athos]

I've had a poke around. It's amazing. All the music, the artwork, handwritten stuff, etc.. And, through a DAC and out the stereo it sound great, too. Bit idiosyncratic layout, but that's Neil Young. Not many artists would go to so much as effort and expense to give away their entire life's work in the best quality possible!

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Is there the stuff he refuses(ed) to re-release on there?

Give me an example and I'll look it up for you. Save you a few clicks, like. You lazy cunt.

 

[redsquirrel]

Give me an example and I'll look it up for you. Save you a few clicks, like. You lazy cunt.

Charming.

American Stars 'n Bars, Long May You Run, Comes a Time

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

American Stars 'n Bars, Long May You Run, Comes a Time

Yes, yes -half a dozen versions, yes

 

[redsquirrel]

Cheers

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Aw man, Powderfinger is such a great, harrowing, beautiful song.

I keep forgetting, and keep getting reminded, how great Neil Young can be.

Anyway, off to listen to Old Man just to cheer myself up

 

[Athos]

Aw man, Powderfinger is such a great, harrowing, beautiful song.

I keep forgetting, and keep getting reminded, how great Neil Young can be.

Anyway, off to listen to Old Man just to cheer myself up

Legend has is he wrote it for Skynyrd, but they died before they could record it. Great song.

 

[SaskiaJayne]

Cheers for posting that. Works great on my ipad through the bluetooth on my radio. I logged in using my gmail address & password & away it went.

Edit. The “Neil Young archive team” have sent me a welcome email stating this is a trial period until June 30 & after that I can sign up for a subscription at “modest cost”.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

The home town gig on the front page is really good (although it doesn't start until 10 minutes into the Facebook Live video, and also it's a Facebook Live video). Just Neil, his guitar and harmonica.

redsquirrel it starts with Comes a Time, you'll like it I reckon

 

[redsquirrel]

The home town gig on the front page is really good (although it doesn't start until 10 minutes into the Facebook Live video, and also it's a Facebook Live video). Just Neil, his guitar and harmonica.

redsquirrel it starts with Comes a Time, you'll like it I reckon

Yeah, I'll think I'll sign up tomorrow.

 

[Rosemary Jest]

Gonna give this a go on the PC this week.

Neil Young is probably my favourite singer songwriter ever.

Oh, and my favourite guitarist of all time.

 

[Humberto]

 

[Humberto]