Neil Young’s Out-of-Print ‘Decade’ Collection Has Been Remastered and Reissued
Neil Young's classic triple-LP compilation Decade has been remastered and reissued.
The collection, a cornerstone record for any serious music fan back in the day, has been out of print for years. A vinyl version was released earlier this year for Record Store Day in a limited pressing.
The remastered reissue, which comes out today, is available as a two-CD set, in the original three-LP configuration and as a digital download. If you need a refresher on Decade's awesome track listing, you can find it below.
The album, which was originally released in 1977, gathered nearly three dozen tracks from the start of Young's career up through 1976, including cuts by Buffalo Springfield, songs with Crazy Horse and plenty of solo classics.
Decade beat the box-set craze that came 10 years later with the advent of CDs by combining familiar songs (like "Cinnamon Girl" and "Heart of Gold") with more hard-to-find tracks, like unreleased numbers (Buffalo Springfield's "Down to the Wire”), live cuts ("Sugar Mountain"), alternate takes (a tougher "Like a Hurricane") and the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young' single "Ohio."
Neil Young, 'Decade' Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Down to the Wire
2. Burned
3. Mr. Soul
4. Broken Arrow
5. Expecting to Fly
6. Sugar Mountain
7. I Am a Child
8. The Loner
9. The Old Laughing Lady
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Down By the River
12. Cowgirl In the Sand
13. I Believe In You
14. After the Gold Rush
15. Southern Man
16. Helpless
DISC 2:
1. Ohio
2. Soldier
3. Old Man
4. A Man Needs a Maid
5. Harvest
6. Heart of Gold
7. Star of Bethlehem
8. The Needle and the Damage Done
9. Tonight's the Night (Part 1)
10. Tired Eyes
11. Walk On
12. For the Turnstiles
13. Winterlong
14. Deep Forbidden Lake
15. Like a Hurricane
16. Love Is a Rose
17. Cortez the Killer
18. Campaigner
19. Long May You Run
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