Neil Young to release ‘Oceanside Countryside’ on 14th February
Set to be released on February 14th, ‘Oceanside Countryside’ is the latest of Neil Young’s great “lost” albums to be issued as part of his Analog Original Series (AOS). The album was recorded from May to December 1977, preceding the release of ‘Comes A Time’ in 1978. The two albums share the same country/folk sound, and three songs (‘Goin’ Back’, ‘Human Highway’ and ‘Field of Opportunity’) appear on both albums.
The vinyl release of ‘Oceanside Countryside’ includes some tracks that are on the CD of the same name in Neil Young’s ‘Archives Vol. III’. However, this track list is how ‘Oceanside Countryside’ was originally planned to be released and finally will be made available on vinyl for the first time ever. Recorded on tape, these are the original mixes done at the time of recording.
As Neil Young states, “This analogue original album, recorded in 1977, was unreleased at the time. These songs are the original mixes done at the time of the recordings. I sang the vocals and played the instruments on ‘Oceanside’, in Florida at Triad studios and Malibu, at Indigo studio. I sang the vocals and recorded with my great band of friends at Crazy Mama’s in Nashville on ‘Countryside’. I hope you enjoy this treasure of an Analog Original recording as much as I do.”
On this analogue original vinyl release, the versions of ‘Lost in Space’, ‘Captain Kennedy’ and ‘The Old Homestead’ are from ‘Hawks & Doves’ in 1980. ‘Sail Away’, ‘Goin’ Back’, ‘Human Highway’, ‘It Might Have Been’ and ‘Pocahontas’ are the same versions as on Archives Vol. III in digital. ‘Field of Opportunity’ and ‘Dance Dance Dance’ are original versions that have Neil Young on backing vocals instead of Nicolette Larson as they appeared on ‘Archives Vol.III’.
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