Neil Young – Official Release Series Volume 5 6CD Box Set

Neil Young – Official Release Series Volume 5

In Neil Young's extensive career, this period of music came at a definite turning point. The 1990s were almost ready to start, and Young had recently returned to his long-time home at Reprise Records. It definitely appeared to be a joyous and jubilant moment for the man who had recently celebrated the 21-year anniversary of a solo career that had never stopped progressing. The first album in VOLUME 5 is aptly named FREEDOM, and includes the song "Rockin' in the Free World."

RAGGED GLORY (1990) was a non-stop celebration for the music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are still creating at full force, and was recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. The 10 song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both b-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions. The 4 additional songs have resulted with the album expanded to 3 LPs and 2 CDs.

WELD (1991) is one of the most groundbreaking albums of Neil Young's history. It's a live album recorded with Crazy Horse after the release of RAGGED GLORY. It was from a wildly creative period of the band's history, and as Neil Young has often done, gave notice that he was a rock & roll originator who could never be second-guessed.

ARC (1991) is the live companion collection to WELD, and at the time generated the kind of musical notoriety that has often marked Young's creations. ARC is a 35-minute outburst of feedback, improvisation, guitar solos and vocal fragments. This marks the album's first release on vinyl.

Tracklist:
FREEDOM
01. Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic)
02. Crime In The City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)
03. Don’t Cry
04. Hangin’ On A Limb
05. Eldorado
06. The Ways of Love
07. Someday
08. On Broadway
09. Wrecking Ball
10. No More
11. Too Far Gone
12. Rockin’ In The Free World (Electric)

RAGGED GLORY – Smell The Horse
13. Country Home
14. White Line
15. Fuckin’ Up
16. Over and Over
17. Love to Burn
18. Farmer John
19. Mansion on the Hill
20. Days That Used To Be
21. Love and Only Love
22. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
23. Interstate
24. Don’t Spook The Horse
25. Box Car
26. Born To Run

WELD
27. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
28. Crime in the City
29. Blowin’ in the Wind
30. Welfare Mothers
31. Love to Burn
32. Cinnamon Girl
33. Mansion on the Hill
34. Fuckin’ Up
35. Cortez the Killer
36. Powderfinger
37. Love and Only Love
38. Rockin’ in the Free World
39. Like A Hurricane
40. Farmer John
41. Tonight’s the Night
42. Roll Another Number (For The Road)

ARC
43. Arc (A Compilation Composition)

Label: Warner Music
Released: 2023