Neil Young Releases ‘Lost’ Album ‘Summer Songs’

Neil Younger launched a “misplaced” however “not forgotten” album titled Summer season Songs, containing eight tracks recorded in 1987.

He made the gathering of solo tracks accessible to subscribers of his Neil Younger Archives undertaking, whereas confirming that it’ll seem on basic sale within the coming months.

Variants of seven of the tracks featured in later data, with “Wrecking Ball,” “Sometime” and “Hangin’ on a Limb” a part of 1989’s Freedom, “One in all These Days” a part of 1992’s Harvest Moon, “For the Love of Man” a part of 2012’s Psychedelic Tablet and “American Dream” plus “Title of Love” a part of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Younger’s 1988 title American Dream. “Final of His Type” has by no means beforehand been launched.

“I believe you’ll take pleasure in this very cool recording,” Younger wrote to subscribers. “‘American Dream’ feels extra actual than ever. How might somethin’ so good go unhealthy so quick? Wow, that was a little bit unhappy. However issues are nonetheless good down on the farm proper? Not so quick.”

Elsewhere on the positioning he famous: “To provide you an concept of place and time, Farm Help and the Bridge Faculty Concert events had simply begun their lengthy runs. This group of songs had simply been written and put down within the studio… I don’t keep in mind the classes in any respect!” He added: “The phrases of those originals are considerably totally different from their subsequent grasp album releases in lots of circumstances. A number of utterly new and unheard verses are discovered within the songs of this assortment.” He additionally reported that the album “can be launched in mid 2022 by my associates at Reprise Data.”

The launch comes simply over two weeks after Younger delivered Barn, his newest LP with Loopy Horse. He later confirmed he was planning a studio return “fairly quickly” to put down one other file.