TOP RATING M- Orig 1969 1st NEIL YOUNG = WITH DIFF MIX SPRINGFIELD CSN&Y MINT

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261

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 RARE 1969 REPRISE RECORDS COLLECTIBLE! 

                      NO NAME ON COVER:        

                      NEIL YOUNG                 

                 USA - ((TWO-TONE) Reprise Records - 6317

NICE & CLEAN ! ....COLLECTION COPY ::::

RARE .... 1969 collectible of the very first NEIL YOUNG solo album ... a little seen pressing ...the thick gatefold cover with NO NAME on top of cover and all in NICE CLEAN condition (try and find a CLEAN 1969 cover like this! = near impossible)

Includes the printed Reprise Records inner sleeve

Here's the deal, as we were advised: Apparently Neil Young was not happy with the original mix of this, his first album, so he got Reprise Records, still in 1969, to release it with a different mix to the songs...this is NOT the REMIX but the very rare FIRST issue BEFORE the remix ... 

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Sitting all alone in 1969 after fleeing the mighty BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD while 'Neil Young' plays aloud, hiding under bed covers, ditto, sitting upside down trying new ways to explore sonic resilience - all nouveau chic ways to get this confounded ballbreaker of an album to register, none have been successful to date. What remains here is mammoth production that presses up flood water style against a mix dogs with bionic ears wouldn't notice, songs with delusions of grandeur that finish before a middle eight arrives, or drift on with no heed to tags or any focus point, winding confusingly into 'The Last Trip to Tulsa', stop/start 'avant garde' folk ramble that cuts like a chainsaw through those splendid contemplative pieces Young had announced himself to the world with two years earlier. Go away beautiful bird, someone needs to forgive himself fast. Song sequencing meanders merrily across continuously abrasive spectrums, opening with over-rated instrumental 'The Emperor of Wyoming', 'String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill' planted from nowhere to make Neil look like a boy from a 19th century novel all scrubbed up to meet the king. His first venture towards new climates did bring two tunes which stand exempt from criticism, 'The Loner' scraping its claws through the murky mess, and perennial masterpiece 'The Old Laughing Lady', gospel, folk, free jazz, soul, amalgamated into a chord structure that makes it worth getting out of bed every day. Other artists would have withered after a similar career, but Neil Young had just started his engine.

CONDITION: The cover is the rare no name at top in thick gatefold rated: near M-  (hard to find this gatefold even this clean)...with bright colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, no writing...really nice and hard to beat...

The vinyl is all glossy over both sides, top rated: "EX" (excellent) only few minor soft scuffs on one side that do NOT affect play = plays very enjoyable / clean = just listened to the entire LP  ...both two-tone labels are clean except for side 2 label as an old/smallish catalog number that we leave alone...

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record