neil young to open up "the archives"

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

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Hi there,
December 1st will be a big day for me. The Visitor will be coming to your town. I will be going to my town. You will be able to hear me and see me. My archive will open on that same day, a place you can visit and experience every song I have ever released in the highest quality your machine will allow. It’s the way it’s supposed to be. In the beginning, everything is free.
Lots of Love,
neil

http://www.neilyoungarchives.com

click on "a note from neil young".

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Excellent!

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I hope it's true (& free)

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Geff R. wrote:

I hope it's true (& free)

free "for now"...whatever that means.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:27 pm

What he means is that the Neil Young Archives will evolve into Xstream, his paid music streaming service, if he can get this concept off the ground.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

In the win 9.x days It used to be so easy to capture a stream............. :sigh:

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:37 pm

If we're paying for 24/7 access to the stream, then in theory we should lose all desire to possess local copies of the music. That's what the major labels (and now Neil Young) are pinning their hopes on.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I. Don't. Think. So.

I have not yet found a 100% lossless uncompressed stream; + my home stereo & pc are not connected.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

just left this site......as far as i can tell there are endless possibilities.......however, it will definitely take some time to figure the whole thing out......not real easy to navigate (for me at least).

i have no idea how long it will be free.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Listening to Harvest Moon via the timeline on neilyoungarchives.com and its excellent! really neat site. Thanks Neil! :thumbsup:

btw....it will be free till June 30 2018.

Thanks for creating a Neil Young Archives account!

Between now and June 30, you’ll have free access to the entire Neil Young Archives with unlimited streaming. So have at it! (And don’t worry; once your trial is up, you’ll be able to sign up for a subscription at a very modest cost.)

These digital archives are the first of their kind: the best possible music streaming experience, coupled with access to Neil’s personal archives (videos, photographs, original manuscripts, press, letters, and more). We are so proud and excited to share it with the world—and while we may be the first, we’re hoping we’re not the last.

If you have any questions, check out our FAQ or drop us a line. And be sure to review the audio setup page to make sure you’re ready for the best possible listening experience.

Enjoy!
Neil Young & the Archives Team

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

nice, that is along time for it to be free,

john, thanks for that.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

I was on the site earlier today and was looking for unreleased material. Is it there? Or did I completely miss it?

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Larry wrote:

I was on the site earlier today and was looking for unreleased material. Is it there? Or did I completely miss it?

well there was an album cover for 'toast', clicked on it, but alas, nothing there.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Thanx for the reminder. The site doesn't work on my main browser (Pale Moon). Going to try it on the other 2 I currently use (Opera & Firefox)

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

The site doesn't work on any of my browsers. Wonder if it's flash based?

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Geff R. wrote:

The site doesn't work on any of my browsers. Wonder if it's flash based?

I'm 100% certain it is not the site but your over the top security paranoia, regardless whether it's flash or no.

(It does not appear to be flash based, having just given it a look)

The song I randomly chose is "Diggin' a Hole", which is a sweet blues track I've never heard before. :yay:

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Jeff wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

The site doesn't work on any of my browsers. Wonder if it's flash based?

I'm 100% certain it is not the site but your over the top security paranoia, regardless whether it's flash or no.

(It does not appear to be flash based, having just given it a look)

The song I randomly chose is "Diggin' a Hole", which is a sweet blues track I've never heard before. :yay:

It works (slowly) on my Vista laptop, so it isn't security. It's likely a Java issue (there is no current Java for XP).

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

It is a Geff issue.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

It may be a need Win 10 for this site issue. On the Vista, I found the site both very slow & not very intuitive to navigate.

NoPhoneNoPoolNoPets · 17 Jul 2007

Geff R. wrote:

The site doesn't work on any of my browsers. Wonder if it's flash based?

You won't be able to use IE11, either:

Internet Explorer doesn't support High Res Audio.
Please visit the site using one of the following recommended browsers:
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Opera

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I have Flash on my Win 10 boxes. I don't on Vista, so I expect the totally not working issue was that I've removed Java from my XP machines.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:01 am

Haven't tried the site yet, but if it really requires Java then it's a total disaster. That can't be right.

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