On this day in music history: November 12, 1968 - Neil Young, the debut album by Neil Young is released. Produced by Neil Young, David Briggs, Jack Nitzsche, and Ry Cooder, it is recorded at Wally Heider Recording, Sunset Sound Recorders and TTG Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA from August - October 1968. His first release following his departure from Buffalo Springfield, the album features Young with musical support from Ry Cooder, Earl Palmer, Carol Kaye, Jim Messina, and Jack Nitzsche. It is initially released with the Haeco-CSG encoding system, designed to make stereo records compatible with mono turntables. The end result will make the recording sound out of phase when in either stereo or mono. Unhappy with the sound of the final product, Young will remix part of the album, and it is reissued without the processing in November of 1969, a year after the LPs initial release. The albums modest sales will make the first pressing a sought after collectors item by fans, who feel that the original mixes are superior in spite the post production processing. Neil Young will not chart on the Billboard Top 200.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:00:11 +0000
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