Neil Young will release ‘Dume’, a new limited-edition all analogue vinyl pressing of 16 songs that were originally collected for Neil Young’s ‘Archives Vol. II’, released in autumn 2020.
The collection will be released on 23rd February 2024 and can be pre-ordered now at https://neilyoung.warnerartists.net/gb/. It features recordings, some of which were part of the historic ‘Zuma’ album sessions by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and others previously unreleased, are a detailed look at one of the most exciting periods in Young’s rock & roll life.
‘Dume’ captures the live-wire spark of Young’s music during those years, and this full-bore attack is somewhat of a turning point for Young and the band. The mid-‘70s were an era when new high-water marks were appearing everywhere. Ampage and attack were being pursued, and the songs on ‘Dume’ are prime examples of what lay ahead. The 1960s had opened the floodgates for solo artists and groups to use the freedom they had earned when they took control of their own musical destinies. The ’70s had begun on a high note and kept growing in creative leaps and bounds. Artists had found a way to move in their own direction and follow a path that opened before them.
Young, Crazy Horse, and producer David Briggs were living in the Point Dume area of Malibu and recording at their own direction. The songs Young was writing on the ‘Dume’ collection came at a steady stream, and after the twisty turns of ‘Tonight’s The Night’, the group felt open and free. ‘Zuma’, named after the beach they lived near, came together in wide-open sessions that had the air of freedom itself. In assembling ‘Dume’ – initially released as Disc 8 of the ‘Archives Vol. II’ box set – Young’s unfolding plan was to weave songs from the album with unreleased tracks and mixes from that period. ‘Dume’ is somewhat of a Mad Hatter’s take, using the ‘Zuma’ album as a starting point and expanding that scope into a brand-new entity. Now it is available with the superior sound it was recorded in, via analogue master tapes and vinyl.
‘Dume’ tracklist:
Side A
1. ‘Ride My Llama’
2. ‘Cortez The Killer’*
3. ‘Don’t Cry No Tears’*
4. ‘Born To Run’
Side B
1. ‘Barstool Blues’*
2. ‘Danger Bird’*
3. ‘Stupid Girl’*
4. ‘Kansas’
Side C
1. ‘Powderfinger’
2. ‘Hawaii’
3. ‘Drive Back’*
Side D
1. ‘Lookin’ For A Love’*
2. ‘Pardon My Heart’*
3. ‘Too Far Gone’
4. ‘Pocahontas’
5. ‘No One Seems To Know’
* Recording originally featured on ‘Zuma’. All other songs are non-album tracks.
