Neil Young - Time Fades Away 50

It is impossible to pinpoint when a new album will become a classic. And while sometimes there are signals, often such a designation comes as a complete surprise. When Neil Young's 1973 live album release TIME FADES AWAY arrived, it was obviously a left-field surprise. At a time when Young's popularity was surging following his highly successful studio album HARVEST, the new live album raised questions marks. In so many ways, this music is the perfect window on the unpredictable trajectory of one of rock & roll's true pioneers. 

TIME FADES AWAY 50 will be released on limited edition clear vinyl via Reprise Records. This definitive 9 song iteration of the album contains a bonus track of “Last Trip To Tulsa,” now on vinyl for the first time.

In 1973 Young was writing songs that have lasted to this day, and taking bold changes with the way he presented them in-person. And with the Stray Gators performing with him - Jack Nitzsche (keyboards); Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar); Kenny Buttrey (drums), to be replaced by Johnny Barbata; and bassist Tim Drummond. David Crosby and Graham Nash also joined on harmony vocals and acoustic guitar. Recorded directly from the soundboard to 16-track tape and mixed simultaneously to LP cutting, in some ways Young and the band were traveling new sonic roads.