NEIL YOUNG - Official Release Series Volume 5 - 9LP - Deluxe 180g Vinyl Box Set

9LP - Deluxe 180g Black Vinyl Box Set. The vinyl box for the four albums is in a telescoping box and is numbered.

In Neil Young's extensive career, this period of music came at a definite turning point. The 1990s were almost ready to start, and Young had recently returned to his long-time home at Reprise Records. It definitely appeared to be a joyous and jubilant moment for the man who had recently celebrated the 21-year anniversary of a solo career that had never stopped progressing. The first album in VOLUME 5 is aptly named FREEDOM, and includes the song "Rockin' in the Free World."

RAGGED GLORY (1990) was a non-stop celebration for the music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are still creating at full force, and was recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. The 10 song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both b-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions. The 4 additional songs have resulted with the album expanded to 3 LPs and 2 CDs.

WELD (1991) is one of the most groundbreaking albums of Neil Young's history. It's a live album recorded with Crazy Horse after the release of RAGGED GLORY. It was from a wildly creative period of the band's history, and as Neil Young has often done, gave notice that he was a rock & roll originator who could never be second-guessed.

ARC (1991) is the live companion collection to WELD, and at the time generated the kind of musical notoriety that has often marked Young's creations. ARC is a 35-minute outburst of feedback, improvisation, guitar solos and vocal fragments. This marks the album's first release on vinyl. 

The vinyl and CD box sets are numbered, and the LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl. The vinyl box for the four albums is in a telescoping box, and the CDs are in a slipcase.

Tracklist:

LP 1 & 2: Freedom:
1. Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic)
2. Crime In The City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)
3. Don’t Cry
4. Hangin’ On A Limb
5. Eldorado
6. The Ways of Love
7. Someday
8. On Broadway
9. Wrecking Ball
10. No More
11. Too Far Gone
12. Rockin’ In The Free World (Electric)

LP 3, 4 & 5: Ragged Glory - Smell the Horse:
1. Country Home
2. White Line
3. Fuckin’ Up
4. Over and Over
5. Love to Burn
6. Farmer John
7. Mansion on the Hill
8. Days That Used To Be
9. Love and Only Love
10. Mother Earth (National Anthem)
Bonus tracks:
11. Interstate
12. Don’t Spook The Horse
13. Box Car [Previously unreleased version]
14. Born To Run [Previously unreleased version]

LP 6, 7 & 8: Weld:
1. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
2. Crime in the City
3. Blowin’ in the Wind
4. Welfare Mothers
5. Love to Burn
6. Cinnamon Girl
7. Mansion on the Hill
8. Fuckin’ Up
9. Cortez the Killer
10. Powderfinger
11. Love and Only Love
12. Rockin’ in the Free World
13. Like A Hurricane
14. Farmer John
15. Tonight’s the Night
16. Roll Another Number

LP 9: Arc:
Arc (A Compilation Composition)