''Eldorado'' is an
EP released only in Japan and Australia by
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fu ...
backed by The Restless, which consisted of
Chad Cromwell
Chad Cromwell (born June 14, 1957) is an American rock drummer whose music career has spanned more than 30 years. He is the founding member of a band called Fortunate Sons, which released a self-titled album in 2004.
Cromwell has worked with ...
and
Rick Rosas
Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas (September 10, 1949 – November 6, 2014) was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Though largely known for his long collaboration with Neil Young, throug ...
.
It contains different mixes of three songs that subsequently appeared on Young's 1989 album ''
Freedom'', "Don't Cry," "On Broadway," and "Eldorado," and two tracks not available on any other recording, "Cocaine Eyes" and "Heavy Love."
The "Don't Cry" track on ''Eldorado'' is longer than the later version published on ''Freedom'', for which some of the more free-form guitar work was edited out (at the insistence of co-producers
Niko Bolas
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and
Frank Sampedro
Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (born Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria, February 25, 1949) is an American retired guitarist and member of the rock band Crazy Horse, known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young. Sam ...
).
Track listing
All songs written by Neil Young, except "On Broadway" (
Barry Mann
Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.
He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US.
Early lif ...
,
Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann.
Life and career
Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris We ...
,
Jerry Leiber
Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" ( ...
,
Mike Stoller
Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such Crossover music, crossover hit songs ...
).
#"Cocaine Eyes" – 4:24
#"Don't Cry" – 5:00
#"Heavy Love" – 5:09
#"
On Broadway" – 4:57
#"Eldorado" – 6:03
Personnel
*
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fu ...
– guitar, vocals
*
Chad Cromwell
Chad Cromwell (born June 14, 1957) is an American rock drummer whose music career has spanned more than 30 years. He is the founding member of a band called Fortunate Sons, which released a self-titled album in 2004.
Cromwell has worked with ...
– drums
*
Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas – bass
*
Frank "Poncho" Sampedro
Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (born Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria, February 25, 1949) is an American retired guitarist and member of the rock band Crazy Horse, known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young. Sampe ...
– guitar on "Eldorado"
Notes
Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas also provided rhythm on 1989's ''
Freedom'', 2005's ''
Prairie Wind'', 2006's ''
Living with War
''Living With War'' is the 27th studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released on May 2, 2006. The album's lyrics, titles, and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration; the CTV we ...
'' and 2009's ''
Fork in the Road
Fork in the road may refer to:
* Fork (intersection), the point at which a road branches into two
* Fork in the road (metaphor), a metaphor for making a decision
Film and television
* ''A Fork in the Road'' (TV series), a 1992–2006 Australian ...
'' studio albums.
Charts
References
External links
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1989 EPs
Neil Young EPs
Reprise Records EPs
Albums produced by Neil Young
Albums produced by Frank Sampedro