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Has anyone actually bought Neil Young's Archives?
Posted by Hot Lunch on 9 July 2009 - 6:52pm.
Has anybody (critics and employees of the record company aside) actually bought Neil Young's mammoth Archives box-set yet? I've looked at it, longingly, in an assortment of record stores but, as yet, have not managed to convince anyone behind the counter to open one up so I can "have a proper look".
I'm a big Neil Young man, and have quite the collection of the cranky old bastard's output already, but could this years-in-the-making collection REALLY be worth the huge price tag?
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I want to
But it means I have to buy a Blu-Ray player first, and I don't know where to start. Who am I kidding? I can afford neither.
I realise that it is available on other formats. But what's the point?
My friend Phil has bought it -
he of the short-lived 'Phil Murphy and Normal Horse' Neil tribute band - but he says it's a bit of a rip-off as a lot of the live material has been issued on individual CDs and he doesn't think there are that many fantastic unreleased tunes on there either (he's been collecting bootlegs for years). He's a completist, though, so he had to have it.
Forgot about the Blu-ray
Forgot about the Blu-ray issue. It never even dawned on me that I didn't have the hardware to play it. It's on DVD too I suppose, but will it end up like the Beatles anthology that I foolishly bought on VHS which now just bookshelf candy in the attic?
Pathetic waste of money
for some strange reason I was expecting loads of unreleased songs , but they are very thin on the ground . You'd be better off tracking down a copy of the 4 cd boot Rock and Roll Cowboy which has tons of great live performances plus the 6 cds that were on the interweb , not sure if they still are , which were all unreleased songs . Archives is on Spotify anyway if you really need to hear it ....
well said Sir
Spot on Carson. For collecters like myself it's very disappointing.
I have it.
As a 'collection of Neil Young rarities' it's not very good, especially as it is cearly aimed at collectors.
But the Blue Ray edition is fantastic - as a piece of software/entertainment machine/collector's object that you can turn to whenever you like. And it will be different every time, there's so much accompanying stuff on it. But it demands your full attention, it's not something that plays in the background. (BTW, the blue-ray box comes with a code that enables you to download all the music tracks to your ipod, so that's taken care of, too.)
Is
this the worst timed release ever? Seems to have been a bit of a damp squib.
Few years back, before any number of half-arsed albums started tarnishing the image, before the onset of downloading/pirating/spotifying/etc., before the onset of credit crunch, can't help but feel it would have caused a considerably bigger splash. Would have in my life anyway. I've found it remarkably easy to ignore.
Exactly...
if he'd released it around the time of 'Ragged Glory' and 'Weld' it would have been headline news. Now most right-minded people don't give a monkeys.
Let BitTorrent be your friend
Sorry Fraser if this shouldn't be said, but here goes:
Some years ago there was a live compilation called "Archives Be Damned" put out. It's a 5 CD set and probably has more unreleased material than the official Archives.
There's also the 10 CD set "A Perfect Echo" which is another live compilation, which had the aim of compiling the best collection of live tracks from all the many NY boots that had been released. It covers 1967 - 2003. There's hardly an unreleased track on it, but it is a mighty fine collection.
These sets are probably available from some torrent, somewhere.
Or
The excellent http://bbchron.blogspot.com/ might possibly be good if you'd like to continue discussing this Carl.
Some nice stuff there
Thanks for the link Paul.