Neil Young and Reprise Records announce the 50th Anniversary Edition of Young’s classic record After the Gold Rush, which will arrive on CD/Digital on December 11. The deluxe vinyl box set will follow on March 19.
The 50th Anniversary Edition vinyl box set features a variant of the artwork, originally created by Neil’s long-time art director Gary Burden, made in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Jenice Heo. The set also includes a 7” single in a picture sleeve with two versions of album outtake “Wonderin’.” Side A, originally included in The Archives Vol. 1: 1963-1972, was recorded in Topanga, California, in March 1970, and Side B is a previously unreleased version recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood in August 1969. A litho print of the album’s front cover is exclusively included in this vinyl box set. The CD format of the 50th Anniversary Edition includes the new artwork and both versions of “Wonderin’.”
The timelessness and influence of After the Gold Rush is difficult to overstate. From the iconic LP cover of Young walking in New York against a brick backdrop to the long-running legacies of songs like the incendiary “Southern Man” and the melancholy “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” the album has felt vital in each of the five decades since its release. In fact, its title track, with Young’s time-traveling and apocalyptic visions of California, places it firmly in the here and now. Young’s re-working of the song’s lyrics for live performances over the years casts that fact in a chilling clarity: “Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 21st century.” This 50th Anniversary Edition is both a celebration for longtime fans, and a chance for new ears to take in its continued relevance. (Quelle: Neil Young Archives/Warner)
Track Listing for CD
• Tell Me Why
• After The Gold Rush
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart
• Southern Man
• ‘Till The Morning Comes
• Oh, Lonesome me
• Don’t Let It Bring You Down
• Birds
• When You Dance I Can Really Love
• I Believe In You
• Cripple Creek Ferry
• [Break]
• Wonderin’
• Wonderin’ (previously unreleased)
Track listing for Vinyl:
side 1
TELL ME WHY
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
SOUTHERN MAN
TILL THE MORNING COMES
side 2
OH LONESOME ME
DON’T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN
BIRDS
WHEN YOU DANCE, I CAN REALLY LOVE
I BELIEVE IN YOU
CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY