Neil Young Finally Releases 'Lost' Album Homegrown: Stream

18 June 2020

After 45 years, Neil Young has finally unearthed his long-lost album Homegrown. The full effort is available to stream over on his Neil Young Archives website, two days ahead of its wide release on June 19th.

Homegrown was recorded between June 1974 and January 1975 with a studio band featuring Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T. Himmel, Tim Drummond, Stan Szelest, and Robbie Robertson. Emmylou Harris also makes an appearance.

The largely acoustic project addressed Young’s tumultuous relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress - though it proved to be too emotional to release at the time. “I apologize. This album Homegrown should have been there for you a couple of years after Harvest,” the folk rock legend said in a statement.

“It’s the sad side of a love affair. The damage done. The heartache. I just couldn’t listen to it,” added Young. “I wanted to move on. So I kept it to myself, hidden away in the vault, on the shelf, in the back of my mind… but I should have shared it. It’s actually beautiful. That’s why I made it in the first place. Sometimes life hurts. You know what I mean. This is the one that got away.”

The self-described record “full of love lost and explorations” consists of 12 songs. Five of those - “Love Is A Rose”, “Homegrown”, “White Line”, “Little Wing”, and “Star Of Bethlehem” - would find a home on other albums. The other six selections, as well as the spoken word narration of “Florida”, have never been issued before.

Source: consequenceofsound.net

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