Neil Young Decade 1977 Original US 3LP Triple Gatefold Reprise 3RS 2257 VG First

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Up for acquisition is an authentic, physical 1977 original folk-rock, country-rock, and garage-rock vinyl masterpiece, the monumental 3LP compilation album "Decade" by the legendary Neil Young. Released via Reprise Records under catalog number 3RS 2257, this historic 3-disc set stands as the definitive archival anthology of Neil Young’s golden era. It seamlessly tracks his legendary, fluid musical trajectory across Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, and his solo career, compiling his finest studio milestones and unreleased material from 1966 through 1976. Archival Variant & Design Details: This specific copy features the highly sought-after, massive original US first edition triple-gatefold jacket presentation. The striking front jacket features the iconic photo layout of Neil Young standing in the middle of a desert flats landscape with his arms outstretched behind a travel-worn guitar case covered in international hotel stickers. Adding a wonderful layer of local retail history, the front cover lower right corner retains a vintage yellow "Goodwill" store barcode price sticker reading "$1.99". The interior of this massive triple-panel sleeve unfolds into an incredible museum-grade historical document. It features Neil Young’s own extensive, raw, hand-written liner notes explaining the personal context, drug-related tragedies, and structural creative evolution behind his most definitive masterworks (including Tonight's the Night, Cinnamon Girl, and The Needle and the Damage Done). The inner gatefold visual panels showcase an intimate portrait of Young holding his vintage Gretsch White Falcon electric guitar next to an oil lamp, flanked by a dense, multi-photo grid layout documenting his live configurations across the late 1960s and 1970s. The reverse jacket features an intense, close-up profile portrait framed by full track selections for all six vinyl sides. The physical black vinyl discs feature the highly collectible, original Reprise Records tan steamboat center label variant with the tiny Warner Communications "W" logo and Burbank address printed along the bottom rim text layout. This specific copy includes Album III / Side Six, documenting his high-octane 1970s epics like Like a Hurricane and Cortez the Killer. A mandatory addition for any serious classic rock archivist, Neil Young completionist, or vinyl purist looking for an authentic, structurally complete piece of analog music history. Track Listing & Composition

• Side One: Down to the Wire, Burned, Mr. Soul, Broken Arrow, Expecting to Fly, Sugar Mountain.
• Side Two: I Am a Child, The Loner, The Old Laughing Lady, Cinnamon Girl, Down by the River.
• Side Three: Cowgirl in the Sand, I Believe in You, After the Gold Rush, Southern Man, Helpless.
• Side Four: Ohio, Soldier, Old Man, A Man Needs a Maid, Harvest, Heart of Gold, Star of Bethlehem.
• Side Five: The Needle and the Damage Done, Tonight's the Night (Part 1), Tired Eyes, Walk On, For the Turnstiles, Winterlong, Deep Forbidden Lake.
• Side Six: Like a Hurricane, Love Is a Rose, Cortez the Killer, Campaigner, Long May You Run.

• Record Label: Reprise Records / A Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Title: Decade
• Artist: Neil Young
• Release Year: 1977
• Edition: Original US First Edition Triple-Gatefold Pressing
• Format: 3 x 12" Black Vinyl LP Box Set / Compilation, 33 RPM
• Catalog Identifier: Jacket: 3RS 2257 / Center Labels: 3RS-2257
• Audio Mix: Stereo High-Fidelity

• Triple-Gatefold Jacket Sleeve: Overall Very Good (VG) vintage condition. The expansive desert front cover layout, the iconic interior text commentaries, and the extensive multi-photo performance arrays retain deep color hues, sharp contrast, and complete legibility. Displays light, age-appropriate storage shelf ring wear scuffing, edge rubbing, and minor corner chipping along the outer raw cardboard seams and spine margins from honest handling over the decades. Note that there are some honest split seams along the pocket openings as is typical for this heavy triple-gatefold set. The spine blocks remain sturdy and readable; note the vintage retail barcode price sticker on the lower front cover as described.
• Vinyl Media / Audio Surface: Very Good Plus (VG+) condition overall. The factory black vinyl discs retain their native deep glossy sheen under direct lighting. The playing surfaces across all six sides are visually clean, displaying only a standard scattering of light, superficial paper-sleeve wisps and micro-hairlines from honest handling that do not impact structural playback. The iconic tan Reprise steamboat center labels are in beautiful shape across all three discs with vibrant text fields, zero writing, and minimal spindle tracking wear around the center hole.

• Professional Record Packaging: Packed securely and shipped flat inside a heavy-duty, rigid cardboard record box with internal padding layers. To entirely eliminate the risk of seam splits or spine impact damage during transit, all three vinyl record discs will be safely removed from the main triple-gatefold jacket panels and packed adjacent to it within the shipping box.
• Tracking: Ships with premium fully tracked shipping. Free shipping is included.