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the album cover for Neil Young International Harvesters - A Treasure [With Blu-ray]

A Treasure [With Blu-ray]
Neil Young Internati
CD Rel Date: 1981-06-14

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Deluxe Edition includes a bonus Blu-ray disc. The 12-track live album, A Treasure includes songs - 5 of which are previously unreleased -- recorded during Young's 1984 and 1985 U.S. tours without the support of an album or Young's then record label due to unique and unusual circumstances. Among those, "Grey Riders" will be the first track serviced to radio. A Treasure features Young's onstage work with some of the greatest artists in the history of country music, including the late, great Ben Keith on steel and slide guitar and Rufus Thibodeaux on fiddle, along with living legends Spooner Oldham and Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Tim Drummond and Joe Allen on bass, Anthony Crawford on mandolin & guitars and Karl Himmel on drums, among many others. A Treasure is Young's first release since last year's Grammy and Juno Award-winning album, Le Noise. The live album captures this iconic artist during a fascinating time in his career, when he was facing criticism and lawsuits from his then current record company for exploring a more traditionally country sound. "You can call me erratic," Young said when asked at the time about his tendency toward musical shape-shifting, "but I've been consistent about it, consistently erratic." Always celebrated for his musical versatility, A Treasure, is akin to a sonic time capsule, instantly transporting the listener to the time and place when it was made. "I love this record," Young says. "I hadn't heard these takes in 25 years, but when we unearthed them co-producer Ben Keith said, `This is a treasure.'" Part of what makes A Treasure so compelling is the musical contributions of The International Harvesters, with whom Young was playing at the time. Many of them were already paragons within the country music world and their notoriety has only grown in the years since. "I just love to hear those guys," Young says. "They're all country music legends." Those behind the scenes also made significant contributions to A Treasure's sonic potency. Tim Mulligan mixed and mastered the tracks. At the time these songs were recorded, Bob Sterne was the tour manager, Tim Foster ran the stage, and Larry Cragg was in charge of the band's instruments. A Treasure will be released in several formats, including standard CD, vinyl, digital download with and without videos, and as a deluxe CD/Blu-ray package. The Blu-ray version will feature a curated selection of video that lends context and imagistic power to the tracks. "I like to look at these old live videos and listen to what I think are the best versions of these songs," Young says. "It's fun to see what we looked like when we were playing it then."

Tracklist:

  1. Amber Jean
  2. Are You Ready for the Country
  3. It Might Have Been
  4. Bound for Glory
  5. Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
  6. Flying on the Ground Is Wrong
  7. Motor City
  8. Soul of a Woman
  9. Get Back to the Country
  10. Southern Pacific
  11. Nothing Is Perfect
  12. Grey Riders
  13. Amber Jean
  14. Are You Ready for the Country
  15. It Might Have Been
  16. Bound for Glory
  17. Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
  18. Flying on the Ground Is Wrong
  19. Motor City
  20. Soul of a Woman
  21. Get Back to the Country
  22. Southern Pacific
  23. Nothing Is Perfect
  24. Grey Riders
  25. BBC Interview
  26. Nya Trailer
  27. Shakey Fanfare

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