Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - 1970 - 24/96 and 16/44.1 - 180g Vinyl - Official Release Series 4 LP Box - 2009

Neil Young's third solo album followed his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young masterpiece Déjà vu. Top 10 and double Platinum, with the Top 40 "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and his condemnation of racism in "Southern Man," 1970's After The Gold Rush has been ranked among the "100 Greatest Albums Of All Time" by both Rolling Stone and Time magazines.

The album continues its collage of styles, from the wistfulness of "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" to song fragments like "'Til The Morning Comes" to the transformation of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" from canter to ballad. And there's the magnificent title track, a vividly drawn portrait of post-'60s melancholy, and the gorgeous, aching "Birds," a swan song heralding emotional departure. Both songs are graced by Nils Lofgren's delicate piano and stand as two of Young's finest compositions. In a catalog filled with rock classics, After The Gold Rush still ranks among the best.

After The Gold Rush mixes up the hard rock of Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere and the folk and country leanings Young pursued with Crosby, Stills and Nash in one of his most eclectic and satisfying releases. The acoustic picking on the opener "Tell Me Why" frames Young's vulnerable warble beautifully, signaling the softer aspect of the album. But the electric crunch of "Southern Man," a raging tour de force protest song that captures the special chemistry between Young and backing group Crazy Horse, balances Young's sensitivity with aggression and amplification

Track listing
01 - Tell Me Why
02 - After The Goldrush
03 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04 - Southern Man
05 - Till The Morning Comes
06 - Oh, Lonesome Me
07 - Don't Let It Bring You Down
08 - Birds
09 - When You Dance I Can Really Love
10 - I Believe In You
11 - Cripple Creek Ferry

Personnel
Neil Young: guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes, vocal
Danny Whitten: guitar, vocal
Billy Talbot: bass
Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
Jack Nitzsche: piano
Greg Reeves: bass
Nils Lofgren: piano, vocal
Bill Peterson: flugelhorn
Stephen Stills: vocal

Recorded at Sunset Sound and Sound City, Hollywood, and at Neil's home studio, Topanga, CA, Aug. 1969-June 1970
Produced by Neil Young & David Briggs with Kendall Pacios
Released on Sept. 19, 1970
Also released on CD
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Ohio" b/w "Find The Cost Of Freedom"
Atlantic 2740, 45 RPM single
David Crosby: guitar, vocal
Stephen Stills: guitar, vocal
Graham Nash: vocal
Neil Young: guitar, vocal
John Barbata: drums
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels: bass
Recorded at Record Plant Studio 3, Hollywood, May 21, 1970
Produced by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Released in June, 1970

Recording Procedure
Recorded using a Linn Sondek LP12 turntable,
Origin Live power supply,
Linn Ittok LVII tonearm,
Goldring 1042 MM Cartridge,
into Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Special Edition Phono Stage
Chord Cobra 3 Interconnect
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