Arriving eleven years after Vol. I, Neil Young has now announced his long-awaited, Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976 will officially arrive on November 20th. The massive 10-CD track listing documents one of the most treasured era’s legendary musician’s career.
Of the 131 tracks that make up the collection, almost half have never been released before, and another 49 give alternate versions of some of Young’s most beloved songs from the mid- ‘70s. The mammoth box set also contains a 252-page hardbound book featuring hundreds of previously unseen photos. The brick shaped box mirrors the packaging of 2009’s Archives Vol. 1: 1963-1972. Check out the unboxing video below to see the many wonders it contains!
Neil Young Archives Volume II (1972 - 1976) | Unboxing
The prolific period covered in the volume includes the albums Time Fades Away (1973), On the Beach (1974), Tonight’s the Night (1975), Zuma (1975), and Long May You Run (1976), as well as Homegrown, which was recorded in 1974 but remained unreleased until August this year.
While the digital release of Neil Young’s Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976 is limitless, box sets are strictly limited worldwide to 3,000 units! You can subscribe to pre-order and see the full tracklisting via the Neil Young Archives website, here.
With the announcement, Young has unveiled a previously unreleased cut from the collection (listen below), 1972’s “Come Along and Say You Will,” recorded at Young’s Broken Arrow Ranch on December 15, 1972, backed by the famed Stray Gators – with drummer Kenny Buttrey, bassist Tim Drummond, and pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith – who also backed him on 1972’s Harvest and 1973’s Time Fades Away.
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