Neil Young has announced an official Bootleg series, which will see him pick famous concert bootlegs, track master recordings and release them through his website.
Young said that unlike the illegal versions already in circulation, his own releases, to be packaged in the artwork created by the bootleggers, will be of higher quality.
“‘I’m Happy That Y’All Came Down’ is a bootleg that has been circulating for almost 50 years,” Young wrote on his Neil Young Archives website, announcing the first title in his series. “Rubber Dubber put it out in 1971. … The big difference with this NYA Official Bootleg, and many the Official Bootleg series, will be that it is coming from our original master tapes.”
Young added, “We have ripped off all of the original art from the bootlegs, continuing the tradition. No expense will be spared. The only thing different will be the radically better sound from our masters.”
He wrote that his team was “going full bore” with the project “right now” and invited fans to list out records they wish to hear.
“Write … to me here with your favorite bootlegs, and we will find them and use the best audio we can locate, either from the NYA vaults or somewhere else,” Young said. “Watch for this coming soon. We are building it starting today.”
Meanwhile, Young’s much-anticipated LP Homegrown, recorded and shelved in 1975, is set to arrive on June 19. The rock icon is also reportedly working on a 1990 Crazy Horse club gig, a 2003 stop on the Greendale tour and a collection of late ’80s studio sessions he’s dubbing Road of Plenty.
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