Neil Young has announced that he will be releasing his previously unreleased live album Tuscaloosa.
The album was recorded at the University of Alabama in 1973. The disc features material from Time Fades Away and other albums from that era. The record features Kenny Buttrey on drums, who played on the first half of Time Fades Away. The album will be released on both CD and vinyl.
Re-releasing old material is a popular trope for old-time rock stars. Young, however, has reassured his fans that he is not interested in releasing all his old material as some of it “is just not good enough.”
Young explained on his official website: “We don’t like to release a lot of songs on many albums, so ‘On The Way Home’ went by the wayside. ‘The Loner’ was just not good enough. I still make those decisions because I am here on the planet. However, those two versions will be available in the archives for members to hear. I have no plans to release everything I have ever recorded. Some of it is just not good enough.”
You can view the full track list here:
- ‘Here We Are in the Years’
- ‘After the Gold Rush’
- ‘Out on the Weekend’
- ‘Harvest’
- ‘Old Man’
- ‘Heart of Gold’
- ‘Time Fades Away’
- ‘Lookout Joe’
- ‘New Mama’
- ‘Alabama’
- ‘Don’t Be Denied’
Tuscaloosa will be available for purchase on June 7.
