Though i REALLY want this, it's still beyond my budget...........



CD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001O12TO4/?tag=imwan-20

DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JYOFUA/?tag=imwan-20

Blu-ray:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JYOFAU/?tag=imwan-20

It won't surprise me if it does not come out untill Christmas 2009.

That soon????

from what i've read one will be able to buy the individual blu-ray/DVD/CD's should you choose to do so.

however, "journey through the past will NOT be on CD, only on DVD.

of course that could change, as could the track listing, the release date, the format, etc etc etc.

I'm surprised that nobody has posted the tracklisting yet.

From http://www.thrasherswheat.org/wheatfield.html

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TRACK LIST:

Disc 00 EARLY YEARS (1963-1965)

1. Aurora The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
2. The Sultan The Squires – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
3. I Wonder The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
4. Mustang The Squires – previously unreleased instrumental (mono)
5. I'll Love You Forever The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
6. (I'm A Man And) I Can't Cry The Squires – previously unreleased song (mono)
7. Hello Lonely Woman Neil Young & Comrie Smith** – previously unreleased version
8. Casting Me Away From You Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
9. There Goes My Babe Neil Young & Comrie Smith – previously unreleased song
10. Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Neil Young – previously unreleased demo version (mono)
12. Runaround Babe Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
13. The Ballad Of Peggy Grover Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
14. The Rent Is Always Due Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)
15. Extra, Extra Neil Young – previously unreleased song (mono)

**(And for those of you who are wondering who Comrie Smith is, see Uncut mag. Thanks Roel!)

Disc 01 EARLY YEARS (1966-1968)

1. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
2. Burned Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
3. Out Of My Mind Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield (mono)
4. Down, Down, Down Neil Young – previously unreleased version (mono)
5. Kahuna Sunset Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
6. Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set (mono)
7. Sell Out Buffalo Springfield – previously unreleased song (mono)
8. Down To The Wire Neil Young – from the album Decade (mono)
9. Expecting To Fly Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield
10. Slowly Burning Neil Young – previously unreleased instrumental
11. One More Sign Neil Young – from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set
12. Broken Arrow Buffalo Springfield – from the album Buffalo Springfield Again
13. I Am A Child Buffalo Springfield – from the album Last Time Around

Disc 02 TOPANGA 1 (1968-1969)

1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young – from the stereo promotional 45 RPM single-second pressing
2. The Loner Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
3. Birds Neil Young – previously unreleased version
4. What Did You Do To My Life? Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
5. The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
6. Here We Are In The Years Neil Young – from the album Neil Young–second version
7. I've Been Waiting For You Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
8. The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
9. I've Loved Her So Long Neil Young – from the album Neil Young
10. Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased stereo master
11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
12. Down By The River Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
13. Cowgirl In The Sand Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
14. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Disc 03 LIVE AT THE RIVERBOAT (TORONTO 1969)

1. Sugar Mountain Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
2. The Old Laughing Lady Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
3. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
4. On The Way Home Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
5. I've Loved Her So Long Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
6. I Am A Child Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
7. 1956 Bubblegum Disaster Neil Young – previously unreleased song
8. The Last Trip To Tulsa Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
9. Broken Arrow Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
10. Whiskey Boot Hill Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
11. Expecting To Fly Neil Young – previously unreleased live version

Disc 04 TOPANGA 2 (1969-1970)

1. Cinnamon Girl Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Round And Round (It Won't Be Long) Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. Oh Lonesome Me Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased stereo mix
5. Birds Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the 45 RPM single (mono)
6. Everybody's Alone Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Previously unreleased song
7. I Believe In You Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush
8. Sea Of Madness Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the original soundtrack album Woodstock
9. Dance Dance Dance Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased version
10. Country Girl Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the album Déjà Vu
11. Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased mix
12. It Might Have Been Neil Young with Crazy Horse – previously unreleased live version

Disc 05 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE–LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST (NEW YORK 1970)

1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. Winterlong
3. Down By The River
4. Wonderin'
5. Come On Baby, Let's Go Downtown
6. Cowgirl In The Sand

all previously released live versions
Disc 06 TOPANGA 3 (1970)

1. Tell Me Why Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
2. After The Gold Rush Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
4. Wonderin' Neil Young – previously unreleased version
5. Don't Let It Bring You Down Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
6. Cripple Creek Ferry Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
7. Southern Man Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
8. Till The Morning Comes Neil Young – from the album After The Gold Rush
9. When You Dance, I Can Really Love Neil Young with Crazy Horse – from the album After The Gold Rush-first pressing
10. Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – from the stereo 45 RPM single
11. Only Love Can Break Your Heart Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased live version
12. Tell Me Why Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – previously unreleased live version
13. Music Is Love David Crosby, Graham Nash & Neil Young – from the album If I Could Only Remember My Name
14. See The Sky About To Rain Neil Young – previously unreleased live version

Disc 07 LIVE AT MASSEY HALL (TORONTO 1971)

1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold (Suite)
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child

all previously released live versions
Disc 08 NORTH COUNTRY (1971-1972)

1. Heart Of Gold Neil Young – previously unreleased live version
2. The Needle And The Damage Done Neil Young – from the album Harvest
3. Bad Fog Of Loneliness Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
4. Old Man Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
5. Heart Of Gold Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
6. Dance Dance Dance Neil Young – previously unreleased version
7. A Man Needs A Maid Neil Young with the London Symphony Orchestra – previously unreleased mix
8. Harvest Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
9. Journey Through The Past Neil Young with The Stray Gators – previously unreleased version
10. Are You Ready For The Country? Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
11. Alabama Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the album Harvest
12. Words (Between The Lines Of Age) Neil Young with The Stray Gators – from the original soundtrack album Journey Through The Past
13. Soldier Neil Young – previously unreleased mix
14. War Song Neil Young & Graham Nash with The Stray Gators – from the 45 RPM single (mono)

Disc 09 JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST - A FILM BY NEIL YOUNG

* Available for the first time since its original theatrical release in 1973
* In 5.1 DTS© surround sound and stereo
* Includes rare performance and documentary footage of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and scenes from the recording of the Harvest album featuring Neil Young with The Stray Gators

Special features include:

* Theatrical trailer
* Radio spots
* Archival galleries

Visit neilyoung.com for full pre-order info and a personal message from Neil.

This is very, very disappointing. Most of us already have Discs 5 and 7. Of the remaining 6 audio discs I count at least 35 common, easily available tracks. WTF? $200 for 50 or 60 unreleased tracks and a movie?I have always been under the impression that this entire project would focus on PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED material. I don't need copies of songs from Harvest, After The Goldrush, etc., nor do I think ANY of the target audience for this set. What a huge waste. Neil had a chance to really do something special and he's blown it every step of the way. If this track listing holds up I'll be waiting to buy this second hand.

I'm also on the fence about this one. I'm not one of these people who has five versions of a particular CD and I really don't want to buy so much stuff that I already have.

This raises a question. Will this be available on a track-by-track basis for download via the usual suspects, iTunes, amazon.com, et. al?

My guess is yes, though it's only a guess at this point. The individual discs are going to be available for purchase separately, according to Neil's site, so it only makes sense that the tracks would also be available separately. Oh, wait. Hold on. "Makes sense" and Neil Young don't really go together do they, so who knows.

I thought it was supposed to be a collection of previously unavailable tracks, not a massive greatest hits comp. Well, after all the waiting and anticipation I can say I will not be buying this. What a let down, even by Neil Young standards.

Sean

"Neil Young standards", by definition, leave no room for a let down. There is absolutely nothing between what a rational person would expect from Neil and a strong kick in the nuts. It's like dividing by zero.

From http://www.blu-ray.com:


Neil Young Archives Gets June Date
Posted March 23, 2009 09:59 AM by Josh Dreuth

According to the man himself, 'Neil Young: Archives Volume One' will hit store shelves on June 2nd, day-and-date with both the DVD and CD releases. Pegged as more of a biography than a box set, this 10-disc set covers 10 years of the artists life, including previously unreleased songs and personal notes from the legendary singer/song writer.

The specifics have yet to be detailed, but we do know there will be roughly 30 hours of material, some of which available for the very first time to fans. Stay tuned as we expect to hear more soon.

I'm quite curious to know how they come up with 30 hours of material based on the tracklisting above. Am I missing something here?

What's with the "first pressing", "second pressing", etc. Did he redo all those songs on different pressings of the same LP?

I guess the rumors of a treasure trove of unreleased songs was unfounded myth. Instead the "new" material it's mostly unreleased versions of previously released songs.

If I absolutely loved Neil Young but somehow never bought a single Neil Young record from before 1972, this would be a great set. But as I own just about all his records from before 1972 (and very little since) I'll be picking up disc 00 and the DVD.

As long as the discs are available seperatly i'll get a few. You would think that a DVD or BlueRay can hold more than 14 or 15 songs????

Agreed on both.

We are just about to the point where people like me ususally pull the trigger on their pre-orders and get them out of the way. I always do mine a month before release date. I have to tell you all that the decison making process concerning which format of Neil's Archives Vol.1 set has driven me absolutely apeshit.
After a lot of thinking about it, I'm likely to put in for the CD set to start. I'm really angry that quite a bit of this is already out on various other discs. We also have two sets in the package that Neil already released prior to this thing coming out. On top of it, as much as I would love to hear 5.1's of a good chunk of this early material, this is music from the days when two-channel ruled the day. I"m also not certain that the video content is going to be enough to spend the extra nearly $100.00. The standard DVD appears to be the most risky proposition to me. If and when I get a Blu-ray system, then I'll invest in the Blu-ray version.
The planning of this first box set and the promotion as well has been one of the biggest fiascos I've ever witnessed for a major release. There should be no duplications whatsoever in the next set. And for the sake of the fans who will not be able to invest in a Blu-ray system, WB/Rhino should seriously consider making a separate release for all of the future goodies that Neil says will be incorporated into the Blu-Ray discs. Video should go to a standard DVD and any unreleased audio music should go onto CD's for those of us who aren't going to be making the the leap into new technology anytime soon.
I'm not very happy with Neil or WB. This could have turned out so much better and so much more clear as well. Lay it down and lay it out there for people to understand clearly. I also wish the releases could have been parcelled out in smaller portions and in a more logical fashion.
I'm a music fan. I'm very seriously into music and consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent person. But the way this whole project has been handled has let even a music veteran of reissues like myself totally confused and perplexed throughout this whole process. Neil and WB need to streamline and simplify this series.
Before the weekend is over, if anybody has any new information which would suggest to me that I should get the standard DVD over the CD, then tell me. It just seems, for now, that the CD box is what I'm going to invest in.

I think that Neil is putting out remasters on CD of the first four...............hell, all I want is a good remaster (preferably, DVD Audio) of "Tonight's The Night"...........best Neil album ever. M.

I'm not really a Neil fan, but this looks like a very interesting collection -- if it ever comes out.

it looks like i will be picking and choosing form the indvidual release list on CD. i already have 2 of the CD's (like most neil young fans) and there are couple of them that i really don't care if i have or not.

looks like the completist in me will not include neil young any longer.

Yes, me too. The only one I'm definitely in for is disc 3.

i'll get disc 6 and "journey through the past" if they ever put it on CD.