Neil Young
Neil Young
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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The Emperor of Wyoming
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2:18 | |||
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1.2
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The Loner
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3:52 | |||
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1.3
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If I Could Have Her Tonight
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2:20 | |||
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1.4
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I've Been Waiting for You
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2:31 | |||
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1.5
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The Old Laughing Lady
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5:56 | |||
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1.6
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String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill
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1:05 | |||
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1.7
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Here We Are in the Years
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3:17 | |||
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1.8
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What Did You Do to My Life?
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2:27 | |||
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1.9
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I've Loved Her so Long
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2:46 | |||
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1.10
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The Last Trip to Tulsa
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9:26 |
Neil Young is the self-titled debut studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young following his departure from Buffalo Springfield in 1968, issued on Reprise Records. Some sources place the album's release date on January 22, 1969, while other sources have the release date as Young's 23rd birthday, November 12, 1968.
The first release used the Haeco-CSG encoding system. This technology was intended to make stereo records compatible with mono record players, but had the unfortunate side effect of degrading the sound. Young was unhappy with the first release. "The first mix was awful", he was reported as saying in Cash Box of September 6, 1969. "I was trying to bury my voice, because I didn't like the way it sounded."
The album was therefore remixed (as announced in Rolling Stone issue 47, from December 13), and re-released without Haeco-CSG processing. The words "Neil Young" were added to the album cover after what was left of the original stock had been used up, so copies of both mixes exist in the original sleeve. Copies of the original mix are now rare and sought-after, because many Neil Young fans believe that the remix diminished the songs, especially "Here We Are in the Years".
Neil Young was remastered and released as part of the Neil Young Archives Original Release Series in 2009.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Reprise Studio Masters
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.47 -5.69 to -0.04 | -19.23 -22.56 to -16.47 | -16.18 -18.50 to -13.40 | 11 10 to 13 | |
| 1 | The Emperor of Wyoming | -3.43 | -19.40 | -16.9 | 11 |
| 2 | The Loner | -0.21 | -16.54 | -13.9 | 11 |
| 3 | If I Could Have Her Tonight | -2.01 | -19.11 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 4 | I've Been Waiting for You | -0.18 | -16.47 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 5 | The Old Laughing Lady | -0.14 | -20.38 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 6 | String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill | -5.69 | -22.56 | -18.5 | 10 |
| 7 | Here We Are in the Years | -0.04 | -18.25 | -15.1 | 11 |
| 8 | What Did You Do to My Life? | -1.01 | -17.63 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 9 | I've Loved Her so Long | -0.91 | -19.95 | -16.8 | 12 |
| 10 | The Last Trip to Tulsa | -1.08 | -22.00 | -18.3 | 12 |