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NEIL YOUNG'S FIRST DRAFTS (1968-72) pt.2

The double live LP (1970-71)
As we said before, between Crazy Horse’s Oh Lonesome Me and Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush, Neil thought of a double album with both live performances of old songs and new ones recorded in studio. The following draft for a possible tracklist dates back to March 1970, when Crazy Horse were playing at the Fillmore. Young notes that sides 1 & 2 are live, sides 3 & 4 are studio (source: Archives).

NEIL YOUNG'S FIRST DRAFTS (1968-72) pt.1

Neil Young’s First Drafts: this is a view into the transformation process between the first idea for a new record and the album actually published. It’s part of the artist's creative process and part of the magic behind the records we love. Thanks to Archives Vol.1 we have now many information about the “backstage” of the first four albums, from Neil Young (1968) to Harvest (1972). Archives shows us some of Neil’s first tracklists for these albums and the original manuscripts of the songs, some of which were …