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NEIL YOUNG - PRAIRIE WIND (2LP 200g)

NEIL YOUNG/PRAIRIE WIND (2LP 200g)

We have this album available in two formats, one all analog and one digital. Both of them are state-of-the-art pressings with very unique features.

Neil returns to his Harvest/Harvest Moon roots with the release of his new album, Prairie Wind, rekindling the spirit of his most successful releases. On Prairie Wind, Neil ponders family, home, nature, God and his childhood on the Canadian plains, while remaining rooted in the present. We have this album available in two formats, one all analog and one digital. Both of them are state-of-the-art pressings with very unique features.

Prairie Wind is an adventure akin to taking a drive through one's own life, stopping off to revisit old friends and loved ones along the way. For Neil Young fans this album delivers songs that instantly stick in your mind as familiar. We can all benefit from the insights contained here and possibly gain some important perspectives on life. The new album mates Neil’s acoustic guitar with the church organ of Spooner Oldham and Ben Keith’s steel guitar with many other special guests on the record. This is quintessential Neil Young, a masterpiece that completes the trilogy of his best-selling albums. Recorded in Nashville, and with longtime collaborators, Prairie Wind is a moving series of songs reflecting Young's journey through life.

Classic Records, in cooperation with Reprise Records and Neil Young, is proud to present 'Prairie Wind' as a Deluxe 2-LP Gatefold Edition. Included is an 18 page, 12' x 12' booklet with lyrics and photos printed with soy based inks on paper that is from sustainable forests and Rain Forest Alliance certified. The LP mastering and cutting was done at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood by Chris Bellman using the original 1/2' Analog Master Tapes with plating and pressing on Classic's proprietary 200g QUIEX Super Vinyl Profile at RTI. The sound is, to put it bluntly, without compare and sets a new standard for sonic achievement. As an added bonus, side 4 of the set is an interview with Neil discussing guitars, equipment, music, musicians and musical arrangers, among others things. Not to be missed!

'The sound on this set is absolutely superb: warm, spacious, organic and full-bodied. The instrumental layering is stunningly rendered, with Ben Keith’s pedal steel way back in space, adding those “lonesome train whistle”-like accents. Because it was recorded live, the soundstage has a three-dimensional coherence and weight rare in rock and almost non-existent in contemporary recordings. This is the sound of musicians playing live, together in a room. How refreshing!' - Michael Fremer, The Tracking Angle

1. Painter       
2. No Wonder       
3. Falling Off the Face of the Earth       
4. Far From Home       
5. It's A Dream       
6. Prairie Wind       
7. Here For You       
8. This Old Guitar       
9. He Was the King       
10. When God Made Me