The playlist you don't expect. In view of Christmas, Neil Young has seen fit to create a “themed” selection, with twenty-seven songs, for a total of 107 minutes of music. The pieces were included in a single video of a lit fireplace available on his official YouTube channel.
The selection includes some Canadian Loner classics, including “Heart Of Gold” and “Old Man” (from “Harvest”) and the title track of “Harvest Moon”. There are also nine tracks from “Seven Gates: A Christmas Album”, the 1994 compilation by longtime collaborator Ben Keith (later re-released as “Xmas At The Ranch”), which featured, in addition to Neil Young, Johnny Cash , JJ Cale and others.
Here is Neil Young's playlist, “Fireplace”:
- Greensleeves (Archives Volume II: 1972–1976)
- Winterlong (Early Daze)
- Hitchhiker (Hitchhiker)
- Xmas Time's A Comin' (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Winter Winds (Archives Volume III: 1976–1987)
- Heart of Gold (Harvest)
- Silver Bells (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- When God Made Me (Prairie Wind)
- Ave Maria (Xmas At The Ranch)
- Harvest Moon
- Les Trois Cloches (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Blue Xmas (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Old Man (Harvest)
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Star of Bethlehem (American Stars & Bars)
- Little Drummer Boy (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Lotta Love (Comes A Time)
- Dreamin Man (Harvest Moon)
- After the Gold Rush
- Greensleeves (Xmas At The Ranch)
- One of These Days (Harvest Moon)
- Thrasher (Vol. 3, Boarding House)
- Harvest (Harvest)
- Away in the Manger (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
- Love Is a Rose (Homegrown)
- Unknown Legend (Harvest Moon)
- This Old House (Recorded live at Farm Aid 1985 with the International Harvesters)
Recently, Neil Young celebrated 50 years of his landmark 1974 album “On The Beach” with a limited edition vinyl reissue, out November 8th.
The album will be available exclusively on clear vinyl and will be available for purchase at the Greedy Hand Store in Neil Young Archives, as well as standard music retailers. All purchases made at the Greedy Hands Store will also include high-resolution digital downloads of the album's eight tracks. Preorder is already active on this page.
“On The Beach” was the highly anticipated follow-up to one of Neil Young's most beloved albums, “Harvest” (1972) and is considered the second chapter of his “Ditch Trilogy”. The album includes contributions from Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The Band, his associates Graham Nash and David Crosby (CSN&Y), as well as Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina of Crazy Horse.
“On The Beach” is not the only vinyl reissue that Neil Young has made in 2024. The Canadian Loner has in fact released vinyl reissues of four of his classic albums: “Freedom”, “Ragged Glory – Smell The Horse”, “Weld” and “Arc”.
Neil Young also addressed the recent cancellation of his tour, apologizing to fans who had purchased tickets and explaining that illness and fatigue were taking a toll on his band members, including himself. “My body was telling me, 'You have to stop.' And so I listened to my body,” explained the Canadian artist.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
