Neil Young Announces Early Daze Album Of Previously Unreleased Crazy Horse Recordings

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced Early Daze, a new archival album primarily consisting of unreleased songs originally recorded in 1969. The 10-track collection is out June 28th via Reprise Records.

Featuring Crazy Horse’s early lineup of guitarist Danny Whitten, drummer Ralph Molina, bassist Billy Talbot, and keyboardist Jack Nitzsche with Young, Early Daze contains six newly unearthed songs: “Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown,” “Winterlong,” “Wonderin’,” “Look at All the Things,” “Helpless,” and “Down by the River.”

In 1968, Neil Young, fresh off of the breakup of his band the Buffalo Springfield, started playing shows with the Rockets, a Los Angeles rock band. At first, he simply played guitar in an already-established group, but then he brought in members of the Rockets to work on his 1969 album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and to tour with him. Before anyone knew what was happening, the Rockets were Crazy Horse, one of the most legendary backing bands in rock history.

Early Daze features versions of truly iconic Crazy Horse songs like “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down By The River.” Some of these versions of these songs appeared on previous Neil Young archival recordings, but six of the ten tracks have never been released at all. Check out the tracklist below.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Dance Dance Dance” (included on Archives Vol. I)
02 “Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown” (unreleased version)
03 “Winterlong” (unreleased version)
04 “Everybody’s Alone (different mix included on Archives Vol. I)
05 “Wonderin'” (unreleased version)
06 “Cinnamon Girl” (original 7″ Mono mix, includes guitar outro not on LP version.)
07 “Look At All The Things” (unreleased version)
08 “Helpless” (unreleased version)
09 “Birds” (unreleased stereo mix, mono mix was released as B-side to “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”)
10 “Down By The River” (unreleased version with alternate vocals)