Neil Young - Homegrown-Never Known To Fail

1974-1975 recordings finally make their way to vinyl LP!

Neil Young puts it best: "This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time." Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained unreleased until now, achieving a legendary status among Neil Young fans in the process. The album is made up of twelve Neil Young songs, of which seven are previously unreleased — "Separate Ways," "Try," "Mexico," "Kansas," We Don't Smoke It No More," "Vacancy" and "Florida" (a spoken word narration).

Also included are the first recordings of "Love Is A Rose," "Homegrown," "White Line, "Little Wing," and "Star Of Bethlehem" — different versions of which would all later appear on other Neil Young albums. Neil plays solo on some tracks (guitar, piano and harmonica), and is joined by a band of friends on other tracks, including Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T Himmel, Tim Drummond, Emmylou Harris and Robbie Robertson. Recorded in analog, and mastered from the original master tapes, this long-lost album is a wonderful addition to Neil's incomparable catalog.

Side 1

1. Separarte Ways

2. Try

3. Mexico

4. Love Is a Rose

5. Homegrown

6. Florida

7. Kansas

Side 2

1. We Don’t Smoke It No More

2. White Line

3. Vacancy

4. Little Wing

5. Star of Bethlehem

Customer Reviews (3.50 Stars) 2 person(s) rated this product.

Not Released posted on 09/18/2020 5 Stars Bottom line there is a reason that some albums should not be released and this is one. WWWAAAA WWWAAA that's all I heard on this album from Neil Young, should have buried the writin song . Enough said....

Can see why this album was not originally released. posted on 06/20/2020 2 Stars Reviewer: CL This is not a comment on the quality of the recording. It is purely my feedback on the content. There is a reason Neil didn’t release this back when it was first recorded. It is a group of mostly average songs with no continuity of presentation. This album doesn’t rise to the level of Neil’s normally meticulous standards. Unless you are a Neil Young completist, this is an album I would avoid.

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