![]() ![]() Yet as the author Sam Inglis puts it, “ Harvest is the only Neil Young album that has found its way into the record collections of people who don’t have record collections.” It was the best-selling album of 1972-and of Young’s career-with four-time platinum sales in the U.S. ![]() ![]() While there’s not a lot that’s new, “Chrome Dreams” succeeds in bringing together yet another tantalizing lost “what if” release from Young’s vast catalog.The cover of Neil Young’s fourth album, Harvest, is the color of unbleached muslin, lending a mellow vibe to a pleasant, if not groundbreaking, work. Two other tracks, “Sedan Delivery” and “Hold Back the Tears,” have lyrics not included in the later released versions. Young first released another version of the song in 1979 on “Rust Never Sleeps.” “Like a Hurricane” is the same version released in 1977 on “American Stars ‘n Bars.” The version of “Powderfinger” on “Chrome Dreams” is the original, which was previously released in 2017. “Pocahontas” is the same version that was released in 1979 on “Rust Never Sleeps,” just minus the overdubs. There are variations here being heard for the first time, but for diehard fans hoping to hear radically different versions of the songs they’ve long been familiar with, “Chrome Dreams” doesn’t offer much. In fact, all of the songs on the album have already been released in one version or another, just not in this 1977 sequence. Certainly, “Chrome Dreams” is a stunning collection, highlighted by beloved Young songs “Powderfinger,””Pocahontas” and “Like a Hurricane.” It’s impossible 46 years later to know how “Chrome Dreams” would have altered the Neil Young career narrative had it been released when planned. Young even managed to release a titular sequel, “Chrome Dreams II” in 2007, before he got around to putting out the original. The long-bootlegged collection of 12 songs, all recorded between 19 and first compiled for a release in 1977, gained legendary status as it sat in the vault. ![]() Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. ![]()
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