Neil Young gave fans of his ‘Archives’ project an extra-special Christmas gift this year, dropping the eight-track ‘Summer Songs’ record that he first teased last month.The archival album was initially recorded in 1987, tracked at the Broken Arrow Ranch in Redwood City, California.
It’s unclear who Young made the album with – if anyone – but every instrument played on it was played by Young himself. The version released on Saturday (December 25) was produced by the Volume Dealers and mastered by Tim Mulligan.Take a listen to ‘Summer Songs’ in its entirety below:As seasoned fans will note, most of the tracks on ‘Summer Songs’ would eventually pop up elsewhere in Young’s discography. ‘American Dream’, for example, made it to Crosby, Stills,.
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