my understanding is that there will still be a cheaper physical edition in early 2021. what a bungle, though ... in other news, my review of archives II is in the upcoming issue of uncut!https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/blogs/paul-mccartney-and-the-review-of-2020-in-the-new-uncut-128488/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
Saw that on twitter, definitely excited to read your review when that hits stands!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
i had to write it FAST to meet the deadline, so I don't know how amazing the review is ... but oh well. as dumb as the rollout has been, the music is great. tons of amazing stuff. i have plenty of complaints, but that's to be expected.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
i guess i'm glad neil young archives auto-renewed on me, i'm assuming all deluxe box stuff will be on there?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
I would assume that's a safe bet. I was surprised to see that three songs from this are already up on Spotify, I'm hoping the rest goes up there as well to tide us over in the meantime.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
yeah the whole thing should be on the NYA site Nov. 20. one of the coolest surprises on vol II is the Stills-Young Band version of "Separate Ways" — it's miles better than *anything* on Long May You Run.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
man turns 75 this very thursday (nov 12), HB shakey in case i forget
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
it's miles better than *anything* on Long May You Run.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
sorry, but my chrome heart is still shining in the sun
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
Anyone spun Return To Greendale? It is good, not that much different then the record, though one of things I really like about the record is that it is just the CH Trio (no Pancho), which adds a bit of weird space to the tunes, live it is a little bit more a "regular" (concept aside) CH album, the nosiy bits at the end of "Sun Green" are tasty though I just wish they really stretched out longer
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
I like it, you're right not much different but roughed up enough to be preferable to the record imo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
I saw them on that tour and I could’ve sworn Pancho played piano on that and only busted out the guitar for the encore of old tunes.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
yeah, he just plays electric piano on the greendale stuff. weirdest thing is that sampedro has been CGI-d in the accompanying film.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oU7JC_2ZRRE/X6nO_LfDk7I/AAAAAAAAaxU/Fa4Vs15ZKB4QGnYixGmVRndQ3piWLGSGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h185/poncho-rtg-cgi4.jpg
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WRdluCeG8a8/X6nO_AEziYI/AAAAAAAAaxM/QHeIibTjDM4jQdfFL-Yrjj9W4DcDf1m9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h185/poncho-rtg-cgi-3.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
lol
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
O_o
― brimstead, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
Bernard Shakey makes some odd choices, but he truly is one of the great auteurs of our era.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
dang
― All cars are bad (Euler), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
haha what?
Neil getting his George Lucas on.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
Makes sense, as he made sure the Jawas were well taken care for after A New Hope.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcKSgpDWAAAKCv_.jpg
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
why does he have so much stuff in his pockets?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 November 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
Droid parts
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
harmonicas tuned to different keys?
― brimstead, Thursday, 12 November 2020 03:54 (three years ago) link
little trains
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:18 (three years ago) link
Could it be some sort of early wireless guitar system?
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
Hide-A-Keys
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:32 (three years ago) link
Pono prototypes
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:38 (three years ago) link
His wallet just in case he needed it ?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 November 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
The remotes for the shock collars he uses to keep the Jawas in line?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
happy 75th! long may you run buddy
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 November 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
Happy birthday Shakey, you inscrutable, frustrating genius you.
https://societyofrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1401x788-109774087-735x413.jpg
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
to celebrate, just went on neil young archives to stream the santa monica flyers "losing end" that just got posted....and NYA crashed my computer
wouldn't have it any other way <3
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 November 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
FYI, for those paying attention, apparently there was a note shared by Neil that they will be announcing more plans for Archives II tomorrow so here's hoping for a cheaper, more widely available version.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
here's a little something to celebrate both zuma and neil's 75th with: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/11/12/neil-young-danger-bird/
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 November 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
Thx tyler! You are bringing a lot of Neil joy to my life right now.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
that's what i'm here for!gotta say it was insanely helpful to my mental health to have the archives II to listen to in October ... wish that everyone could've had the same experience.
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
So there is now a listing up on Amazon for Archives Vol. II for $159.98 with a release date scheduled for 3/5/2021. This is not my screenshot, but I verified on my Amazon and saw the same thing:
https://i.ibb.co/vXV4VGp/B04-EF466-9-F5-B-4938-A777-ED0-CC4-E46-A9-E.jpg
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
Ha ha ha, bad news for those people who were flipping their pre-orders for like 3k on eBay. I see a lot of non-paying bidders and negative feedback in the near future. Well done, Neil
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
To be fair, that one did come with a hardcover book, a NYA subscription and hi-rez downloads that this one (presumably) doesn't. But, yes, I guarantee some absolutely furious folks out there somewhere.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
Still seems a little pricey. The basic version of the first listed for (IIRC) $100.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
yeah that's spendy for a cd box set in 2020
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
i look at all this stuff and my eyes glaze over. maybe the neil young organization can make neil young curators available to help out the likes of me, for the low price of $1000 / year
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
Oh it's definitely still a lot for 10 CDs, three of which were already released elsewhere.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
i bet it'll come down to around $100
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
thurston moore:
We toured with Neil in 1991, and I got to talk to him a bit about his guitar playing. He said to me, “I always play the same thing.” High up on the fretboard and then into the middle of the fretboard. But it went beyond hyper-dexterity and to this place where it was completely beholden to this kind of emotional touch.
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/happy-birthday-neil/1-75428
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
I’m sure I posted this upthread and/or on every other Neil thread, but when I saw Neil + Crazy Horse in 1991, this older guy next to me poked me on the arm during Sonic Youth’s set and said, “You like this shit?!” I said, “Yeah! It’s just like Crazy Horse, but faster!” He listened for a minute and said, “Yeah...you’re right!”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
haha that's awesome, those shows sounded so brutal for SY reading about them in Goodbye 20th Century
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
to be fair, in those days (and quite possibly still) neil shows always had a good percentage of fans who didn't like it when neil got noisy either.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 13 November 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
I have a friend who saw one of these shows, who said the people sitting nearby didn't like Sonic Youth or Neil. Apparently they were expecting Heart of Gold.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 13 November 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
Lol, so Neil updated things today - there is now a second pressing of the deluxe box and a "retail" version which lines up with the Amazon listing and essentially the same price. BUT now it really reads like none of the physical boxes will be getting sent out until March of 2021, even the first batch of deluxe boxes. Unclear if the digital files downloads/streaming will still be released on 11/20.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 13 November 2020 17:25 (three years ago) link
haha what a mess
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 November 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link