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As much for the wider public as for his great many fans, Neil Young's Harvest represents the pinnacle of his rich discography from the seventies. Founded upon country-rock and melancholic folk, the so-called loner's art shines ever brightly throughout this fourth album, released back in February 1972. It is a gold mine full of bucolic, pastoral gems, recorded with a new group of brilliant musicians called the Stray Gators: Ben Keith on steel guitar, Kenny Buttrey on drums, Tim Drummond on bass, and the great Jack Nitzsche on piano and arrangement. Harvest, which frequently displays Young's tumultuous relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress (mother of his first son Zeke) also incorporates some impressive somber moments, such as in "The Needle and the Damage Done," a stunning ballad about his heroin-addicted guitarist Danny Whitten, who died of an overdose in November that same year, just after being kicked out of the band.
But behind the "peace and love" bliss enhanced by contributions from David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, as well as James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, Harvest remains a rich, tormented and melodically flawless work—one on which the violins of the London Symphony Orchestra ("A Man Needs a Maid" and "There's a World") are handled with care and taste. It is an album that will influence many future generations, and which celebrates its 50th birthday with this luxurious edition decked out with an additional 17 tracks. The solo concert at the BBC on February 23, 1971, will surely be a gem among collectors of Neil Young bootlegs. As a bonus, there are alternative versions of three tracks ("Bad Fog of Loneliness", "Journey Through the Past" and "Dance Dance Dance"). This 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is surely a must-have. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - John Harris, Piano - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Producer, Arranger, Orchestral Arranger, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Linda Ronstadt, Background Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo, Background Vocals - Teddy Irwin, Acoustic Guitar - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
David Crosby, Background Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano, Lap Steel Guitar - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - Graham nash, Background Vocals - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Linda Ronstadt, Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano - Ben Keith, Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo, Vocals - Tim Drummond, Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums - James McMahon, Piano
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Henry Lewy, Producer - Jack Nitzsche, Producer, Arranger, Orchestral Arranger, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
David Crosby, Background Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stephen Stills, Background Vocals - Jack Nitzsche, Piano, Lap Steel Guitar - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Jack Nitzsche, Piano - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stephen Stills, Background Vocals - Jack Nitzsche, Piano, Lap Steel Guitar - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Banjo - Graham nash, Background Vocals - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2002 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Neil Young, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Stanley Dorfman, Producer
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
Linda Ronstadt, Background Vocals - Neil Young, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Elliot Mazer, RecordingEngineer - JAMES TAYLOR, Background Vocals - TIM MULLIGAN, Mixer - Tim Drummond, Bass - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 1972 Reprise Records
Neil Young, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Ben Keith, Dobro - Elliot Mazer, Recorded by - John Harris, Piano - Tim Drummond, Bass - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 Reprise Records
Tony Joe White, Electric Guitar - Neil Young, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Elliot Mazer, RecordingEngineer - Tim Drummond, Bass - NIKO BOLAS, Mixer - Kenny Buttrey, Drums
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 1972 Reprise Records
Album review
As much for the wider public as for his great many fans, Neil Young's Harvest represents the pinnacle of his rich discography from the seventies. Founded upon country-rock and melancholic folk, the so-called loner's art shines ever brightly throughout this fourth album, released back in February 1972. It is a gold mine full of bucolic, pastoral gems, recorded with a new group of brilliant musicians called the Stray Gators: Ben Keith on steel guitar, Kenny Buttrey on drums, Tim Drummond on bass, and the great Jack Nitzsche on piano and arrangement. Harvest, which frequently displays Young's tumultuous relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress (mother of his first son Zeke) also incorporates some impressive somber moments, such as in "The Needle and the Damage Done," a stunning ballad about his heroin-addicted guitarist Danny Whitten, who died of an overdose in November that same year, just after being kicked out of the band.
But behind the "peace and love" bliss enhanced by contributions from David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, as well as James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, Harvest remains a rich, tormented and melodically flawless work—one on which the violins of the London Symphony Orchestra ("A Man Needs a Maid" and "There's a World") are handled with care and taste. It is an album that will influence many future generations, and which celebrates its 50th birthday with this luxurious edition decked out with an additional 17 tracks. The solo concert at the BBC on February 23, 1971, will surely be a gem among collectors of Neil Young bootlegs. As a bonus, there are alternative versions of three tracks ("Bad Fog of Loneliness", "Journey Through the Past" and "Dance Dance Dance"). This 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is surely a must-have. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:38
- Main artists: Neil Young
- Label: Reprise
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2022 Reprise Records ℗ 2022 Reprise Records. ℗2002 BBC under exclusive license to Reprise Records.
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