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''Decade'' is a compilation album by Canadian–American musician
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...
, originally released in 1977 as a
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and later issued on two
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. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. It peaked at No. 43 on the ''
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'' Top Pop Albums chart, and was certified
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by the
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in 1986.


History

Compiled by Young himself, with his hand-written
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about each track, ''Decade'' represents almost every album from his career and various affiliations through 1977 with the exception of '' 4 Way Street'' and ''
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''. Of the previously unreleased songs, "Down to the Wire" features the
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pianist Dr. John with
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on an item from their shelved ''Stampede'' album; " Love Is a Rose" was a minor hit for
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in 1975; "Winterlong" received a cover by Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, '' The Bridge''; and "Campaigner" is a Young song critical of
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. The track "Long May You Run" is a different mix to that found on the album of the same name, featuring the harmonies of the full Crosby Stills & Nash before
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and
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left the recording sessions. For many years, ''Decade'' was the only Neil Young compilation album available. A 1993 compilation called '' Lucky Thirteen'' was released, but it only covered Young's 1982–1988 output. It was not until 2004 that
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released a single-disc retrospective of his best-known tracks, titled ''
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''. Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Young promised fans a follow-up to the original ''Decade'' collection, provisionally titled ''Decade II''; eventually, this idea was scrapped in favor of a much more comprehensive anthology to be titled ''
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'', spanning his entire career and ranging in size from a box set to an entire series of audio and/or video releases. The first release of archival material since ''Decade'' and ''Lucky Thirteen'' would appear in 2006, '' Live at the Fillmore East'', a recording from a 1970 concert featuring
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with
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. Several other archival live releases followed, and in 2009 the first of several planned multi-disc box sets, '' The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972'', was issued. In April 2017 ''Decade'' was reissued on vinyl as a limited-edition
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release, with remastered vinyl and CD editions planned for general release in June 2017.


Alternate early version

Initially, ''Decade'' was to be released in 1976, but was pulled at the last minute by Young. It was shelved until the following year, where it appeared with two songs removed from the original track list (a live version of " Don't Cry No Tears" recorded in Japan in 1976, and a live version of "Pushed It Over the End" recorded in 1974). Also removed were the following comments on those two songs and ''
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'', from Young's handwritten liner notes:


Reception

The album has been lauded in many quarters as one of the best examples of a career retrospective for a
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artist, and as a template for the
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collections that would follow in the 1980s and beyond. However, in the original article on Young from the first edition of the ''
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Illustrated History of Rock and Roll'' and a subsequent article in the ''1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide'', critic
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used this album to accuse Young of deliberately manufacturing a self-mythology, arguing that while his highlights could be seen to place him on a level with other artists from his generation like
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or
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, the particulars of his catalogue did not bear this out. The magazine has since excised the article from subsequent editions of the ''Illustrated History'' book.


Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young.


Side one

#"Down to the Wire" – 2:25 #*Previously unreleased (1967); performed with
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Canadians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin (musician), Dewey Martin and Americans Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely know ...
members
Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
and
Richie Furay Paul Richard Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member (with Buffalo Springfield). He is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey ...
along with Dr. John; planned for inclusion on the unreleased album ''Stampede'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar, vocal; Richie Furay – vocal; Mac Rebennack – piano; Bobby West – bass; Jesse Hill – drums, timpani'' #* ''Recorded at Gold Star Studios & Columbia Recording Studio, Hollywood, 3/28/1967, 3/30-4/18/1967.'' #"Burned" – 2:14 #*Performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album ''
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield was a Canadian-American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Canadians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin (musician), Dewey Martin and Americans Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely know ...
'' (1966) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, piano, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar, vocal; Richie Furay – guitar, vocal; Bruce Palmer – bass; Dewey Martin – drums'' #* ''Recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, 8/15/1966.'' #" Mr. Soul" – 2:41 #*Performed by Buffalo Springfield; recorded live in the studio in New York City, with guitar overdubs added subsequently; appears on the album '' Buffalo Springfield Again'' (1967) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar, vocal; Richie Furay – guitar, vocal; Bruce Palmer – bass; Dewey Martin – drums'' #* ''Recorded at
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, New York City, 1/9/1967.'' #" Broken Arrow" – 6:13 #*Performed by Buffalo Springfield; appears on the album ''Buffalo Springfield Again'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Richie Furay – guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar; Chris Sarns – guitar; Don Randi – piano, organ; Bruce Palmer – bass; Dewey Martin – Drums, vocal; Also – strings. Jazz theme: Don Randi – piano;
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– clarinet;
Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...
– drums; Also – bass'' #* ''Recorded at Columbia Recording Studio & Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 8/25/1967, 9/5-18/1967.'' #" Expecting to Fly" – 3:44 #*Appears on the album ''Buffalo Springfield Again'' but no band member other than Neil Young appears on the track. #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal;
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– electric piano;
Don Randi Don Randi (born February 25, 1937) is an American keyboard player, bandleader, and songwriter who was a member of the Wrecking Crew. He's the father of bassist / singer Leah Randi. Career Don was born February 25, 1937, in New York City. He wa ...
– piano, harpsichord;
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– guitar;
Carol Kaye Carol Kaye (née Smith; born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years. Kaye began play ...
– bass; Jim Gordon – drums; Choir –
Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song " Gimm ...
,
Brenda Holloway Brenda Holloway (born June 26, 1946) is an American soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits " Every Little Bit Hurts", " When I'm Gone", and " You've Made Me So Very H ...
,
Patrice Holloway Patrice Yvonne Holloway (March 23, 1951 – October 3, 2006) was an American soul and bubblegum pop singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the musical trios Josie and the Pussycats, The Ikettes, and The Blackberries. Career Patrice Yv ...
,
Gloria Jones Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has wo ...
,
Sherlie Matthews Sherlie Mae Matthews (born November 10, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter and former Motown Records producer, best known as a backing vocalist for pop, R&B and rock groups from the mid-1960s to the present. Mirwood Employing her as bot ...
, Gracia Nitzsche; Also – English horn, vibes, timpani, strings'' #* ''Recorded at
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, Hollywood, 5/6/1967.'' #" Sugar Mountain" – 5:43 #*Released as the
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to " The Loner", February 21, 1969 #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal'' #* ''Recorded live in concert at the Canterbury House,
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, 11/10/1968.''


Side two

#"I Am a Child" – 2:17 #*Appears on the Buffalo Springfield album ''
Last Time Around ''Last Time Around'' is the third and final studio album by the Canadian-American folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, released in July 1968. The line-up at the time officially consisted of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Marti ...
'' (1968) but features no members of the band other than Neil Young and drummer Dewey Martin #* ''Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocal; Gary Marker – bass; Dewey Martin – drums'' #* ''Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 2/5/1968.'' #" The Loner" – 3:50 #*Appears on the album ''
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...
'' (1968) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, pipe organ, vocal; Jim Messina – bass; George Grantham – drums; Also – strings and celli'' #* ''Recorded at TTG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, 9/28/1968.'' #" The Old Laughing Lady" – 5:59/5:35** #*Appears on the album ''Neil Young'' (** – Edited version on 1988 CD reissue) #* ''Neil Young – vocal;
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– guitar; Jack Nitzsche – electric piano; Carol Kaye – bass;
Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...
– drums; Choir: Merry Clayton, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Jones, Sherlie Matthews, and Gracia Nitzsche; Also – trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, French horn, clarinet, strings and timpani'' #* ''Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, 10/17/1968.'' #" Cinnamon Girl" – 2:59 #*Performed by Neil Young &
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; appears on the album ''
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' is the second studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released in May 1969 on Reprise Records, catalogue number RS 6349. His first with longtime backing band Crazy Horse, it emerged as a sleeper ...
'' (1969) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Danny Whitten – guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, 3/20/1969.'' #" Down by the River" – 9:16/9:00** #*Performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal;
Danny Whitten Danny Ray Whitten (May 8, 1943 – November 18, 1972) was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse, and for the song "I Don't Want to Talk About It", a hit for Ro ...
– guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, 1/17/1969.''


Side three

#" Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:01 #*Performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Danny Whitten – guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, 1/18/1969.'' #" I Believe in You" – 3:27 #*Performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album ''
After the Gold Rush ''After the Gold Rush'' is the third studio album by the Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released in September 1970 on Reprise Records. It is one of four high-profile solo albums released by the members of folk rock group Crosby, Still ...
'' (1970) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, piano, vibes, vocal; Danny Whitten – guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, 8/5/1969.'' #"
After the Gold Rush ''After the Gold Rush'' is the third studio album by the Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released in September 1970 on Reprise Records. It is one of four high-profile solo albums released by the members of folk rock group Crosby, Still ...
" – 3:45 #*Appears on the album ''After the Gold Rush'' #* ''Neil Young – piano, vocal; Bill Peterson – flugelhorn'' #* ''Recorded at Home Studio, Topanga, CA, 3/12/1970.'' #" Southern Man" – 5:31 #*Appears on the album ''After the Gold Rush'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Nils Lofgren – piano, vocal; Greg Reeves – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal; Danny Whitten – vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Home Studio, Topanga, CA, 3/19/1970.'' #" Helpless" – 3:34 #*Performed by
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; appears on the album ''
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'' (1970) #* ''Neil Young – acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocal; Stephen Stills – lead guitar, piano, vocal; David Crosby – vocal; Graham Nash – guitar, vocal; Greg Reeves – bass; Dallas Taylor – drums'' #* ''Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, 11/7/1969.''


Side four

#"
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" – 2:56 #*Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; released as a non-album single in June, 1970 and later appeared on ''So Far'', 1974 #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar, vocal; David Crosby – guitar, vocal; Graham Nash – vocal; Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels – bass; Johnny Barbata – drums'' #* ''Recorded at
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, Hollywood, 5/21/1970.'' #"
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" – 2:28 #*Edited version originally from the album '' Journey Through the Past'' (1972) #* ''Neil Young – piano, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Sawdust Burner, Kings Mountain, CA, 11/15/1971.'' #" Old Man" – 3:21 #*Appears on the album ''
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'' (1972) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar; James McMahon – piano; Tim Drummond – bass; Kenny Buttrey – drums;
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– vocal;
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– banjo, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 2/6/1971.'' #" A Man Needs a Maid" – 3:58 #*Appears on the album ''Harvest'' #* ''Neil Young – piano, vocal; with the London Symphony Orchestra'' #* ''Recorded at Barking Town Hall, London, 3/1/1971.'' #"
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" – 3:08 #*Appears on the album ''Harvest'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar; John Harris – piano; Tim Drummond – bass; Kenny Buttrey – drums'' #* ''Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 4/4/1971.'' #" Heart of Gold" – 3:06 #*Appears on the album ''Harvest'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocal; Teddy Irwin – guitar; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar; Tim Drummond – bass; Kenny Buttrey – drums; Linda Ronstadt – vocal; James Taylor – vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 2/8/1971.'' #"Star of Bethlehem" – 2:46 #*Appears on the album ''
American Stars 'n Bars ''American Stars 'n Bars'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian-American folk rock songwriter Neil Young, released on Reprise Records in 1977. Compiled from recording sessions scattered over a 29-month period, it includes " Like a Hurricane", on ...
'' (1977); originally recorded in November 1974 #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal, harmonica; Ben Keith – dobro, vocal; Tim Drummond – bass; Karl T. Himmel – drums; Emmylou Harris – vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 12/13/1974.''


Side five

#"
The Needle and the Damage Done "The Needle and the Damage Done" is a 1972 song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young. The lyrics describe the effects of heroin addiction on musicians Young knew, including his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten, who would d ...
" – 2:02 #*Appears on the album ''Harvest'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal'' #* ''Recorded live in concert at the
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, 1/30/1971.'' #" Tonight's the Night" (Part 1) – 4:41 #*Appears on the album '' Tonight's the Night'' (1975); originally recorded in 1973 #* ''Neil Young – piano, vocal; Nils Lofgren – guitar; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at S.I.R., Hollywood, 8/26/1973.'' #" Tired Eyes" – 4:33 #*Appears on the album ''Tonight's the Night'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocal; Nils Lofgren – piano, vocal; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass, vocal; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at S.I.R., Hollywood, 8/26/1973.'' #"Walk On" – 2:40 #*Appears on the album '' On the Beach'' (1974) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – slide guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 11/30/1973.'' #"For the Turnstiles" – 3:01 #*Appears on the album ''On the Beach'' #* ''Neil Young – banjo guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – dobro, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 12/14/1973.'' #"Winterlong" – 3:05 #*Previously unreleased; appeared on certain
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pressings of ''Tonight's the Night'' #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, vocal; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 11/28/1973.'' #"Deep Forbidden Lake" – 3:39 #*Previously unreleased #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar; Tim Drummond – bass; Karl T. Himmel – drums'' #* ''Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 12/13/1974.''


Side six

#" Like a Hurricane" – 8:16 #*Performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; previously unreleased; different lead vocal dub from version on ''American Stars 'n Bars'' (Regular version on 1988 reissue CD) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank "Poncho" Sampedro – Stringman, vocals; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 11/29/1975.'' #" Love Is a Rose" – 2:16 #*Previously unreleased; later released on '' Homegrown'' (2020) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal, harmonica; Tim Drummond – bass'' #* ''Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, CA, 6/16/1974.'' #" Cortez the Killer" – 7:29 #*Performed by Neil Young & Crazy Horse; appears on the album '' Zuma'' (1975) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank "Poncho" Sampedro – guitar; Billy Talbot – bass, vocal; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at House, Point Dume, CA, 5/22/1975.'' #"Campaigner" – 3:30 / 4:19 S LP test pressings and first LP pressings in Germany included an unedited 4:19 version with an extra verse#*Previously unreleased; unedited version later released on '' Hitchhiker'' (2017) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, 8/11/1976.'' #"
Long May You Run ''Long May You Run'' is a studio album credited to the Stills–Young Band, a collaboration between Stephen Stills and Neil Young, released in 1976 on Reprise Records. It peaked at #26 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified gold in the U ...
" – 3:48 #*Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; previously unreleased; original mix (without Crosby and Nash's vocals) appears on the Stills-Young Band album ''
Long May You Run ''Long May You Run'' is a studio album credited to the Stills–Young Band, a collaboration between Stephen Stills and Neil Young, released in 1976 on Reprise Records. It peaked at #26 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified gold in the U ...
'' (1976) #* ''Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, vocal; Stephen Stills – guitar, vocal; Joe Lala – percussion, vocal; Joe Vitale – drums, vocal; George "Chocolate" Perry – bass, vocal; Jerry Aiello – organ; David Crosby – vocal; Graham Nash – vocal'' #* ''Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, 2/5/1976.''


Personnel

*Neil Young – guitar, harmonica, piano, vibes, banjo, pipe organ, vocals * Billy Talbot – bass, vocals *Bobby West, Bruce Palmer, Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels,
Carol Kaye Carol Kaye (née Smith; born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years. Kaye began play ...
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Donald "Duck" Dunn Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax R ...
, Gary Marker,
George "Chocolate" Perry George Wesly Perry (born 1953), known professionally as "Chocolate Perry" is an American bassist, songwriter and producer. Perry has worked with the Bee Gees, John Cougar, Jon Secada, Stephen Stills, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Al Kooper, Di ...
, Greg Reeves,
Jim Fielder Jim Fielder (born October 4, 1947 in Denton, Texas) is an American bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Prior to BS&T, he was rhythm guitarist for Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention. Fielder at ...
, Jim Messina,
Tim Drummond Timothy Lee Drummond (20 April 1940 – 10 January 2015) was an American musician from Canton, Illinois. Drummond's primary instrument was bass guitar and he toured and recorded with many notable artists, including Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, James ...
– bass *
Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for ...
– clarinet * Dallas Taylor, Dewey Martin,
Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...
, George Grantham,
Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...
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Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Do ...
, Joe Vitale, John Barbata, Karl T. Himmel, Kenny Buttrey – drums * Ralph Molina – drums, vocals *Jesse Hill – drums, timpani *
Jack Nitzsche Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( '; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, a ...
– electric piano *Bill Peterson – flugelhorn *Chris Sarns,
Ry Cooder Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and h ...
, Teddy Irwin – guitar *
Danny Whitten Danny Ray Whitten (May 8, 1943 – November 18, 1972) was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse, and for the song "I Don't Want to Talk About It", a hit for Ro ...
– guitar, vocals *Jerry Aiello – organ *
Joe Lala Joseph Anthony Lala (November 3, 1947 – March 18, 2014) was an American musician and actor. In 1966, he co-founded the rock band Blues Image. Life and career Lala was born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, into a family of Italian-American bac ...
– percussion *James McMahon, John Harris, Mac Rebennack, Spooner Oldham – piano *
Nils Lofgren Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a memb ...
– piano, guitar, vocals *
Ben Keith Bennett Keith Schaeufele (March 6, 1937 – July 26, 2010), better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of ...
– slide/pedal steel guitars, Dobro, vocals *
James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the single "Fi ...
– banjo-guitar, vocals *
David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelic music, psych ...
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Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is a British and American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills ...
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Richie Furay Paul Richard Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member (with Buffalo Springfield). He is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey ...
– guitar, vocals *
Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
– guitar, piano, vocals *
Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song " Gimm ...
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Brenda Holloway Brenda Holloway (born June 26, 1946) is an American soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits " Every Little Bit Hurts", " When I'm Gone", and " You've Made Me So Very H ...
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Patrice Holloway Patrice Yvonne Holloway (March 23, 1951 – October 3, 2006) was an American soul and bubblegum pop singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the musical trios Josie and the Pussycats, The Ikettes, and The Blackberries. Career Patrice Yv ...
, Gloria Richetta Jones,
Sherlie Matthews Sherlie Mae Matthews (born November 10, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter and former Motown Records producer, best known as a backing vocalist for pop, R&B and rock groups from the mid-1960s to the present. Mirwood Employing her as bot ...
, Gracia Nitzsche,
Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...
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Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana (music), Americana genre ...
– vocals *
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
Additional roles *Neil Young,
Elliot Mazer Elliot Mazer (September 5, 1941February 7, 2021) was an American audio engineer and record producer. He was best known for his work with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band, and Janis Joplin. In addition, he worked on film and televi ...
, Tim Mulligan, David Briggs, Jack Nitzsche, Ahmet Ertegun, Charles Greene, Brian Stone, Ry Cooder,
Henry Lewy Henry Lewy (May 31, 1926 – April 8, 2006),Arizona Obituary Archive: Henry Lewy< ...
, L.A. Johnson, Kendall Pacios, Stephen Stills, Don Gehman – production *
Joel Bernstein Joel Bernstein is a photographer, guitarist, and record producer based in Oakland, California. His photographs have appeared as the album covers for ''After the Gold Rush'', '' 4 Way Street'', '' Rita Coolidge'', '' Wind on the Water'', '' Runn ...
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Gary Burden Gary Burden (May 23, 1933 – March 7, 2018) was an American artist specializing in the field of album covers. He is considered one of the pioneers of the concept of album cover art. Early life Gary Burden was born on May 23, 1933, in Cleveland, ...
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Henry Diltz Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. Career Photography Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. W ...
– photography *
Tom Wilkes Thomas Edward Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director. Life Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...
– photography, cover layout *Tommy Grekel – album packaging


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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Decade (Neil Young Album) Neil Young compilation albums Reprise Records compilation albums Albums produced by Neil Young Albums produced by David Briggs (producer) Albums produced by Elliot Mazer 1977 compilation albums