Neil Young has shared details of a limited edition of his classic album ‘On The Beach’ to celebrate its 50th anniversary.Set to arrive on November 8 via Reprise, the new version of the 1974 album will come exclusively on a limited edition clear vinyl. It’ll be available via the Neil Young Archives, as well as standard music retailers – pre-order it here.Arriving back in the mid-70s, ‘On The Beach’ came as the follow-up to Young’s chart-topping ‘Harvest’ album, which was shared two years earlier, and it marked the second entry in his ‘Ditch Trilogy’.It featured collaborations from The Band’s Rick Danko and Levon Helm, Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina and his longtime CSNY collaborators Graham Nash and David Crosby.“This was Young at his most adventurous, and pointed to several new musical directions for him, yet to be defined,” reads a press release, recalling how ‘On The Beach’ saw the singer-songwriter hit a new milestone in his career.“The level of expansion of ‘On The Beach’ became a mark in the sand for how Young’s future would grow. The new musicians he was recording with was a path the man would follow the rest of his life, and the subject matter of the songs opened up new vistas which would stay open to the present day,” it added.
