Neil Young - Chrome Dreams (Lost 1977 Album)

Neil Young's lost album Chrome Dreams features early recordings of "Like a Hurricane" and "Powderfinger". It was first compiled as an acetate for consideration as an album to be released in 1977.

The 12 songs on Chrome Dreams may have existed in other forms at other times, and that is part of the creative process. This summer 2023 release as it is coming to life now is exactly how Young perceives it and has a sense of monumentality about it that conveys a place in history.

Songs like "Pocahontas," "Like a Hurricane," "Powerderfinger," "Homegrown" "Stringman," "Look Out for My Love" join eight other tracks to finally present Chrome Dreams as a guide into the world of a musician who leads the way into the future, never second-guessing what could have been.

Some of the historical lineage of the songs on Chrome Dreams today include:

"Powderfinger" is the early solo version.

"Pocahontas" is the same version that first appeared on Rust Never Sleeps, but without the overdubs.

"Sedan Delivery" and "Hold Back the Tears" are very different versions (the latter with additional lyrics) than previously released.

"Stringman" was included on the Odeon/Budokan disc in NY Archives Vol II; prior to that it had only appeared on Young's Unplugged album.

Heavyweight double vinyl produced by Reprise Records for the Neil Young Archives. Mastered from the original analog tapes. Gatefold sleeve. Side D is etched.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Pocahontas
2. Will to Love
3. Star of Bethlehem
4. Like a Hurricane
5. Too Far Gone
6. Hold Back the Tears
7. Homegrown
8. Captain Kennedy
9. Stringman
10. Sedan Delivery
11. Powderfinger
12. Look Out for My Love