Neil Young - Harvest - 1972 - 24/96 and 16/44.1 - 180g Vinyl - Official Release Series 4 LP Box - 2009

A quadruple Platinum No. 1 smash and the best-selling album of 1972, Harvest was Neil Young's fourth solo effort. With the Gold No. 1 "Heart Of Gold," Top 40 "Old Man," powerful "The Needle And The Damage Done," controversial "A Man Needs A Maid" and "Southern Man" companion "Alabama," Harvest won inclusion in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of All Time."
Deceptively laid-back-sounding country-rock plaints like "Out On The Weekend" and the title cut caress the ear unassumingly, pulling you into the more ominous subtext that is present in the rollicking "Are You Ready For The Country." As always, Young has an ear for contrasts, laying down heavy rock ("Alabama") besides his balladry, and even employing the London Symphony Orchestra on the excellent confessional "A Man Needs A Maid." Due to back troubles, Young recorded much of this material while wearing a brace, a fact that seems audible in the tension and unease that underlies the friendly, acoustic surface of this superb release.

Track listing
01 - Out On The Weekend
02 - Harvest
03 - A Man Needs A Maid*
04 - Heart Of Gold
05 - Are You Ready For The Country?
06 - Old Man
07 - There's A World*
08 - Alabama
09 - The Needle And The Damage Done**
10 - Words (Between The Lines Of Age)

Personnel
Neil Young with The Stray Gators:
Neil Young: guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal
Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar
Kenny Buttrey: drums
Tim Drummond: bass
Jack Nitzsche: piano, slide guitar
and
John Harris: piano
Teddy Irwin: guitar
James McMahon: piano
James Taylor: banjo-guitar, vocal
David Crosby: vocal
Graham Nash: vocal
Linda Ronstadt: vocal
Stephen Stills: vocal

*Neil Young: piano, vocal
With the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Meecham

Recorded at Quadrafonic Studios, Nashville; Barking Town Hall, London, and Broken Arrow Studio #2, Woodside, CA, Jan.-Sept. 1971, except
**Recorded live at Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, CA, Jan. 30, 1971
Produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young, except
*Produced by Jack Nitzsche
**Produced by Henry Lewy & Neil Young
Released on Feb. 1, 1972

Recording Procedure
Recorded using a Linn Sondek LP12 turntable,
Origin Live power supply,
Linn Ittok LVII tonearm,
Goldring 1042 MM Cartridge,
into Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Special Edition Phono Stage
Chord Cobra 3 Interconnect
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