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NEIL YOUNG - GREATEST HITS (200g 2LP PLUS BONUS 7")

Neil Young - Greatest Hits on Vinyl!

Every Cut on this 200g LP has Never Sounded Better... Period!

When we first learned this release was coming from Classic Records, instead of just a standard domestic pressing, we were all extremely excited! You still get two LPs worth of the best songs Neil ever wrote plus a 7” single (Sugar Mountain/The Loner).

The LPs were cut, from a 30 ips compiled analog master overseen by Neil himself, at Bernie Grundman Mastering. This release was anticipated by hundreds upon hundreds of our customers and now we can tell you with unbridled enthusiasm, this release is bar-none, the finest sounding Neil Young record ever pressed!

The bottom line is this is the best news for any fan of Neil’s incredible songwriting and guitar playing! We surely hope this title will lead to many others from the vast catalog from Mr. Young. Congratulations to Classic Records…this one has quickly become this year’s best selling record!
Worth every cent of the price!

1. Down By The River (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
2. Cowgirl In The Sand (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
3. Cinnamon Girl (from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
4. C.S.N.Y.: Helpless (from Déjà Vu, 1970)
5. After The Gold Rush (from After The Goldrush, 1970)
6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (from After The Goldrush, 1970)
7. Southern Man (from After The Goldrush, 1970)
8. CSNY: Ohio (single, from Four Way Street, 1971)
9. The Needle and the Damage Done (from Harvest, 1972)
10. Old Man (from Harvest, 1972)
11. Heart Of Gold (from Harvest, 1972)
12. Like A Hurricane (from American Stars 'n' Bars, 1977)
13. Comes A Time (from Comes A Time, 1978)
14. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (from Rust Never Sleeps, 1979)
15. Rockin' In The Free World (from Freedom, 1989)
16. Harvest Moon (from Harvest Moon, 1992)

Plus 7' Single of The Loner/Sugar Mountain

'The album tunes are presented in chronological order, which only intensifies the desire to pull out the original “elpees” and have a listen, except for one thing: the sound on this double set is absolutely, mind-blowingly, stunningly superior to whichever version you previously thought ruled. Orange and tan Warner-7Arts/Reprise original Everybody Knows This is Nowhere? Forget about it! “Down By The River,” “Cowgirl in The Sand” (given all of side 1), and “Cinnamon Girl” have never sounded this expansive, dynamic, etched-in-granite pure and clean. Never has the bass been delivered with such stunning detail and “pop.”…the tracks here from After the Goldrush sound so much better than on any other version I've heard, it's positively sick!'

'Every song sounds better than I've ever heard before, thanks to the care taken in the transfer and mastering process. Wait until you hear “Old Man,” or “Heart of Gold,” from Harvest! According to information on Neil Young's website, for the double LP, 30 IPS 'flat' tape copies were created and assembled from the original analog masters of tracks 1-14, while tracks 15 and 16 were transferred from up-converted 176.4/24 bit digital masters created from the original lower resolution digital originals. The 7” 45rpm bonus disc not available on CD or DVD-A was cut from the original 2 track master tape used to generate the original single.'

'At the very least, this set wets the whistle for the heart of the catalog to be reissued by Classic with this level of care. In the meantime [this] is 100% worth having so you can hear the stunning results. It wouldn't hurt for it to sell out so Young gets the message that we want more vinyl from his back catalog produced like this. A “must have” set for Young fans-at least those interested in hearing what's on the master tapes (or as close as we can get without visiting Redwood Digital). Snooze now, looze later. This is a limited edition for sure.'

- Michael Fremer, Stereophile, http://www.musicangle.com/album.php?id=325