Neil Young (1974 Cleaned Vinyl LP Playtested R2180 1st Pressing) On The Beach

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1ST PRESSING (USA

ALBUM VPI MACHINE CLEANED - PLAYTESTED

Artist: Neil Young (credited as “Joe Yankee” on the jacket)

Album Title: On The Beach

Featuring: Ben Keith, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Tim Drummond, Levon Helm, Joe Yankee, Rich Danko, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Rusty Kershaw, George Whitsell

Catalogue Number: R2180

Year/Record Company: 1974 Reprise Records

1 LP – Stereo – 12” inch vinyl record – 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This LP album comes from my personal collection & has been playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke & pet free conditions.

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LP Condition: near mint

Shine: almost all

Scratches: few feather

Label Wear: very minimal

Label: black on brown with the “Reprise Steamboat” logo at the top

Spindle Hole Wear: very minimal

Sound: near mint

Surface Noise: very minimal

Jacket Condition: very good+ (floral print inside mouth of jacket)

Shrink Wrap: none

Seam Wear: very light

Back Ring Wear: very light

Front Ring Wear: very light

Ink Marks: none

Water Stains: none

Drill Holes: none

Saw Cuts: ½ inch saw-cut in lower right corner (see photos)

Stickers: none

Sleeve: original sleeve, minimal wear

Cover: Bob Seidemann

Liner Notes: Rusty Kershaw

Neil Percival Young(born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter. Young began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960. In 1966, after a brief stint with the Rick James-fronted Mynah Birds, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Young had released two solo albums by the time he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969, in addition to two as a member of Buffalo Springfield. From his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has recorded a steady stream of studio and live albums, sometimes warring with his recording company along the way.

Young's often distorted electric guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature tenor singing voice transcend his long career. Young also plays piano and harmonica on many albums which frequently combine folk, rock, blues and other musical styles. Known to rip up live set lists, Young often plays acoustic versions of songs in one show and electric versions in others. His gritty guitar work, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname "Godfather of Grunge" and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam. More recently Young has been backed by Promise of the Real.

Young directed (or co-directed) films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY/Déjà Vu (2008). He also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995).

Young has received several Grammy and Juno awards. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted him twice: as a solo artist in 1995 and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, Rolling Stone named Young the 34th greatest rock 'n roll artist.

He has lived in California since the 1960s but retains Canadian citizenship. He was awarded the Order of Manitoba on July 14, 2006, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30, 2009. (source: Wikipedia)

Song List:

Side One

Walk On

See The Sky About To Rain

Revolution Blues

For The Turnstiles

Side Two

Vampire Blues

On The Beach

Motion Pictures

Ambulance Blues

Recorded after (but released before) Tonight's the Night, On The Beach shares some of that album's bleakness and crude production—which came as a shock to fans and critics alike, as this was the long-awaited studio follow-up to the commercially and critically successful Harvest—but also included hints pointing towards a more subtle outlook, particularly on the opener, "Walk On".

While the original Rolling Stone review described it as "One of the most despairing albums of the decade", later critics such as Allmusic’s William Ruhlmann used the benefit of hindsight to conclude that Young "was saying goodbye to despair, not being overwhelmed by it". The despair of Tonight's the Night, communicated through intentional underproduction and lyrical pessimism, gives way to a more polished album that is still pessimistic but to a lesser degree.

Much like Tonight's the Night, On the Beach was not a commercial success at the time of its release but over time attained a high regard from fans and critics alike. The album was recorded in a haphazard manner, with Young utilizing a variety of session musicians, and often changing their instruments while offering only bare-bones arrangements for them to follow (in a similar style to Tonight's the Night). He also would opt for rough, monitor mixes of songs rather than a more polished sound, alienating his sound engineers in the process.

Throughout the recording of the album, Young and his fellow musicians consumed a homemade concoction dubbed "Honey Slides", a goop of sauteed marijuana and honey that "felt like heroin". This may account for the mellow mood of the album, particularly the second half of the LP. Young has said of it "Good album. One side of it particularly—the side with 'Ambulance Blues', 'Motion Pictures' and 'On the Beach'—it's out there. It's a great take." (source: Wikipedia)

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