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Neil Young Unveils ‘Early Daze,’ a Companion to His Classic ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’: Album Review
Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 'Early Daze' is a fascinating set of unreleased songs recorded after their 1969 hit 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.'
In just one of many examples, “Winterlong,” one of his greatest songs, was previewed in concert as a work in progress in 1968, recorded and performed live with Crazy Horse over the next two years, then re-recorded and slotted for inclusion on at least two different albums before finally being released on his “Decade” compilation in 1977. While all of these songs are complete and the playing is on point, there’s also a loose quality to them that feels like you’re sitting in on a rehearsal — Young famously loved Crazy Horse’s ramshackle groove, which could go off the rails at any moment and often did in concert (and still does, as the band’s current summer tour shows), but also can make for absolutely electrifying rock and roll. More than a half century later, you’re there with them at Wally Heider Studio in Hollywood, hearing Young and Crazy Horse spend nine minutes breaking in one of rock’s most classic songs, and lots more besides …
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