Bill Walker
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That country one being Old Ways, or Comes A Time ?
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American Stars and Bars.That country one being Old Ways, or Comes A Time ?
NeilYoungIsBack
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Nice one. Are you including albums like Hitchhiker and Homegrown that were recorded back in the 70s but not released until the last few years?Finally got round to do a proper chronological listen to his studio albums, some for the first time ever - obviously it's taking me quite a bit and I have to stop and listen to whatever BlueHammer's album of the week is every so often, but as I expected it's all good stuff up to now (except for that country album one). Just played Trans and loved that, didn't expect him to go that route. 14 down just another 25 albums or so to do.
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Yes, but it'll be by release date as per Spotify, who often get it wrong I've noticed. It will be roughly chronological.Nice one. Are you including albums like Hitchhiker and Homegrown that were recorded back in the 70s but not released until the last few years?
Bill Walker
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I wouldn't class that as a country album it has one song called the Old country waltz but that's about it.American Stars and Bars.
ID say he made three country style albums, Old ways, Prairie wind and Comes a time.
NeilYoungIsBack
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I wouldn't class that as a country album it has one song called the Old country waltz but that's about it.
ID say he made three country style albums, Old ways, Prairie wind and Comes a time.
Old Ways is probably regarded as his 'most country' album, but I'm not totally sure how serious it is. It seems to border on parody at times.
You probably know all this, but the 1985 Old Ways was released in the aftermath of NY's legal dispute with David Geffen. There was an earlier 1983 version with some different songs which is said by some of those involved to be much better than the 1985 one, but as far as I know no bootleg has ever emerged of the 1983 version.
Geffen would not authorise the release of the 1983 version, and as a direct result the two parties headed for the courts to sue and counter-sue.
It would be fascinating if the original 1983 Old Ways ever does get released. NY said on his website recently that there's little comparison between the two (although the original old ways was also a very Country album, which is what Geffen objected to).
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Fair enough. I had read that he'd done some "country" albums and assumed that was one of them with "The Old Country Waltz" and then he saddles up the palomino ;) Maybe Linda Ronstadt (on side one) just evoked more country to me than Nicolette Larson did on Comes A Time.I wouldn't class that as a country album it has one song called the Old country waltz but that's about it.
ID say he made three country style albums, Old ways, Prairie wind and Comes a time.
Bill Walker
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There's a Neil Young song that completely rips of the melody of a previously made song.
NeilYoungIsBack
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Borrowed Tune?There's a Neil Young song that completely rips of the melody of a previously made song.
Bill Walker
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PocahontasBorrowed Tune?