Neil Young - Homegrown (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

The lost album: “This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time”. Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained unreleased until now, achieving a legendary status among Neil Young fans in the process. The album is made up of twelve Neil Young songs, of which seven are previously unreleased - “Separate Ways,” “Try,” “Mexico,” “Kansas,” We Don’t Smoke It No More,” “Vacancy” and “Florida” (a spoken word narration). Also included are the first recordings of “Love Is A Rose,” “Homegrown,” “White Line, “Little Wing,” and “Star Of Bethlehem” – different versions of which would all later appear on other Neil Young albums. Neil plays solo on some tracks (guitar, piano and harmonica), and is joined by a band of friends on other tracks, including Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T Himmel, Tim Drummond, Emmylou Harris and Robbie Robertson. Recorded in analog, and mastered from the original master tapes, this long-lost album is a wonderful addition to Neil’s incomparable catalog.

Tracklist:
1. Separate Ways (3:33)
2. Try (2:49)
3. Mexico (1:41)
4. Love Is A Rose (2:17)
5. Homegrown (2:48)
6. Florida (2:58)
7. Kansas (2:12)
8. We Don't Smoke It No More (4:51)
9. White Line (3:14)
10. Vacancy (3:59)
11. Little Wing (2:12)
12. Star Of Bethlehem (2:48)


Personnel:
Neil Young, guitar (1, 2, 5, 7-12), harmonica (1, 4, 7-12), piano (2, 3), wine glass (6), piano strings (6), narration (6), vocals (1-5, 7-12)
Ben Keith, pedal steel guitar (1, 2), lap slide guitar (5, 8, 10), dobro (12), wine glass (6), piano strings (6), narration (6), vocals (2, 8, 10, 12)
Tim Drummond, bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12), vocals (8, 10)
Levon Helm, drums (1, 2)
Karl T. Himmel, drums (5, 8, 10, 12)
Robbie Robertson, guitar (9)
Emmylou Harris, backing vocals (2, 12)
Sandy Mazzeo, backing vocals (8)
Stan Szelest, piano (8), Wurlitzer piano (10)

Recorded June, September, December 1974, January 1975 at Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville, TN; Broken Arrow Ranch, Redwood City, CA; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; Ramport Studios, London, England
Produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Ben Keith, Tim Mulligan

Digitally remastered