Neil Young Official Release Series: Neil Young will release Volume 4 of his ‘Official Release Series’ box sets next month. Original albums are remastered and reissued in the ORS series, and this upcoming box contains discs 13, 14, 20, and 21. Hawks & Doves (1980), Re•ac•tor (1981), and This Note’s for You (1988), as well as the Eldorado EP, correspond to the following albums from the 1980s:
Hawks & Doves (1980), Re•ac•tor (1981), and This Note’s for You (1988). (1989). The three albums are very different and well-known, though the Eldorado EP was only released in Japan and Australia and features two tracks – ‘Cocaine Eyes’ and ‘Heavy Love’ – that aren’t on any other album. This box set is available in two formats: vinyl (4LP) and CD (4CD). SDE anticipates that the latter will be packaged similarly to the card wallet/vinyl replica packaging used for boxes two and three (and used for a limited edition version of volume one).
On April 29, 2022, the Official Release Series Vol 4 (Discs 13, 14, 20, and 21) will be released. These boxes will be available for purchase through the SDE shop. Pre-order using this link or the buttons below. If you live in the EU, you should be aware that goods imported from the UK may be subject to import VAT. It features two thundering tracks — “Cocaine Eyes” and “Heavy Love” — that have never been released before. Following the release of the box sets, Eldorado will be available on most major DSPs. Those who pre-order ORS Vol 4 now will get “Cocaine Eyes” as an instant download. The ORS Vol 4 box sets’ other three albums are currently available digitally at Neil Young Archives and most major DSPs.
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The long-awaited CD box sets featuring classic remastered Neil Young albums from the 1970s are expected to be released later this spring, according to listings on Amazon in the United States and Canada. In November 2014, the Official Release Series Disc 5-8 box set was released on vinyl, and a four-CD version would include a superb collection of sought-after Young songs, including On The Beach (1974), Time Fades Away (1973), Tonight’s The Night (1975), and Zuma (1976). (1975).
In terms of availability/rareness, On The Beach was finally released on CD in 2003, but Time Fades Away was never released on the format, and Tonight’s The Night and Zuma are both due for a reissue. The companion set – Official Release Series Disc 8.5-12 – would include CD editions of American Stars & Bars, Comes A Time, Rust Never Sleeps, Live Rust, and Long May You Run, as well as the next four albums. Currently, release dates vary, with Canada indicating availability on April 21 (record store day? ), and America indicating availability on May 12, 2017. SDE will keep an ear out for more information on what appear to be two very welcome releases.
Neil Young has announced the release of his fourth Official Release Series (ORS) box set, which includes his classic 1980s albums Hawks & Doves, Re•ac•tor, and This Note’s for You, as well as his Eldorado EP, which was previously only available in Japan and Australia. Today is the last day to pre-order the vinyl and CD box sets, which will be released on April 29th. The ORS Vol 4 CD box set is available at all retailers; the vinyl box set will be available at indie stores and the Neil Young Archives’ The Greedy Hand Store (NYA). All ORS Vol 4 box sets purchased from the Greedy Hand Store include free hi-res digital audio downloads from the Xstream Store at NYA.
Neil Young Official Release Series
The ORS Vol 4 brings together a diverse range of sounds from across the decades. Hawks & Doves (1980) revisits his folk roots and explores some of his most country-leaning offerings; Re•ac•tor (1981) features Crazy Horse performing a stomping set of heavy, overdriven rock; and This Note’s for You (1988) portrays Young as a big band leader, belting out intricately arranged blues. Young is backed by The Restless on the Eldorado EP (1989), which is full of feral distortion and earthy crunch (Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas).
Only at NYA can you find Young’s music in the highest possible digital audio resolution, as well as an almost limitless archive of files. It also houses The Times Contrarian, Young’s virtual daily newspaper, and The Hearse Theater, where you can see rare footage and watch live shows. Few artists, if any, have explored such a wide range of sounds and styles over more than half a century as Young, and NYA is a fittingly sprawling repository for him. ORS Vol 4 collects a wide range of his diverse and compelling work from the 1980s, demonstrating the legendary songwriter’s sonic shape-shifting ability.
Where analog tapes exist, this box set continues the chronological re-release of Neil Young’s official releases, remastered. Hawks & Doves from 1980 (ORS 13), ReAcTor (with Crazy Horse) from 1981 (ORS 14), This Notes for You from 1988 (ORS 20), and Eldorado from 1989 are included in Volume 4, which is available as a 4 LP box and 4 CD box (ORS 21). These albums span Neil’s Geffen Records tenure from 1982 to 1987, hence the non-sequential ORS numbers. Eldorado is a 5-track mini-album that was previously only available on CD in Australia and Japan, and it includes two highly sought-after tracks, “Cocaine Eyes” and “Heavy Love.”
Official Release Series Vol 4 Track Listing:
Hawks & Doves:
1. Little Wing
2. The Old Homestead
3. Lost in Space
4. Captain Kennedy
5. Stayin’ Power
6. Coastline
7. Union Man
8. Comin’ Apart at Every Nail
9. Hawks & Doves
It was originally scheduled to be released on Record Store Day, but Neil Young decided to delay the publication of the Neil Young Official Series 2 Vinyl Box Set because he had a number of other projects in the works that he wanted to focus on. Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonight’s the Night, and Zuma were all eventually reissued on vinyl in September 2016 after a long wait of more than a decade. It was formerly only available through Young’s Pono service. Now, according to this Amazon Pre-Order Listing, Neil Young’s Official Release Series Discs 5-8 (4CD) box set will be released on May 12th.
Nearly 150,000 people have signed the Re-Release “Time Fades Away” Petition, which has been up for over a decade. We’ll simply have to keep referring to Neil Young’s “Time Fades Away” album as “Like stashing Mona Lisa in the basement” while we wait for the album to be published. As hard as it is to believe, the Release “Time Fades Away” Petition campaign was begun more than a decade ago. Since February 2005, more than 150,000 people have visited the TFA page, and the petition has gained more than 16,000 verified signatures.
Fans have begun a petition in an effort to get this vital Neil Young recording out into the public domain. Sign the petition now if you want a copy of Time Fades Away on the bookshelf. Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman Mastering remastered Hawks & Doves, ReAcTor, and This Notes for You on vinyl from the original analog tapes. The 44/16 digital master is used to master Eldorado vinyl.
