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Release Date: 2023-07-28Label: Reprise Records
Telescoping box containing four albums (9 LPs) pressed on 180 gram vinyl. All box sets are individually numbered on the back.The box is made in Germany, and the LPs are manufactured in the Netherlands.
Runout details are hand etched up to and including 'CB'; the rest is machine stamped.
[Sticker on shrinkwrap:]
The Neil Young Official Release Series Volume 5
Numbered limited edition box set includes:
Freedom (2 LP)
Ragged Glory (Expanded) (3 LP)*
Weld (3 LP)
Arc (1 LP)
* Remastered from the original analog recordings at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Historically accurate artwork
[Box rear:]
Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company. 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021; 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6708. ©℗ 2021 Reprise Records. Made in Germany.
Freedom (NYA ORS 22):
Packaged in a wide-spine single pocket jacket.
Issued in white die-cut paper inner sleeves and includes a replica of the original printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
Track A1 recorded at Jones Beach, Long Island, NY; recorded with The Record Plant Remote Truck.
Tracks A2, B3, C1 and D1 to D3 recorded at The Barn-Redwood Digital; recorded with The Record Plant Remote Truck.
Tracks A3, B2, C2 and C3 recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, NY.
Track B1 recorded at Redwood Digital.
[Freedom rear jacket:]
Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company. 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021; 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6708. © 1989, 2023 Reprise Records. ℗ 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
[Source logo]
Mastered from 44/16 digital
[Neil Young Archives Official Release Series logo] DISC 22
[Freedom inner sleeve:]
All songs [...] © 1989 Silver Fiddle Music (ASCAP) except "On Broadway" [...] published by Dyad Music Ltd. (BMI)/Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
© 1989, 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
Digital engineer: Tim Mulligan (Redwood Digital)
Digital editing: Dave Collins (A&M Studios, Hollywood)
Mastered [...] at The Mastering Lab
Lacquers cut [...] at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Package development and design: Don Brown / Pictographics
Linda Ronstadt appears courtesy of Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Ragged Glory – Smell The Horse (NYA ORS 23+):
Packaged in a wide-spine single pocket jacket.
Issued in black die-cut paper inner sleeves and includes a replica of the original printed inner sleeve with credits.
Expanded with four tracks: "Interstate" was originally released on the Big Time single and on the vinyl version of Broken Arrow (1996), "Don't Spook The Horse" was originally released on the Mansion On The Hill single (1990) with a different mix and shorter edit. "Boxcar" and "Born To Run" are both previously unreleased.
Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company. 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021; 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6708. © 1990, 2023 Reprise Records. ℗ 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
[Source logo]
Mastered from original analog tapes
[Neil Young Archives Official Release Series logo] DISC 23+
Second engineers: John Nowland at Redwood Digital, Chris Kupper and Chuck Johnson at Indigo Studios
Recorded with The Record Plant Truck (L.A.)
Mixed at Plywood Digital, Redwood City and Indigo Ranch, Malibu
"Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" recorded [...] live at the Hoosier Dome with additional vocals [...] at Redwood Digital
Mastered [...] at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
All songs [...] © 1990 Silver Fiddle Music (ASCAP) except "Farmer John" [...] © 1959 Jack Terry Music / Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)
© 1990, 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
Weld (NYA ORS 24):
Packaged in a gatefold jacket, with LP 2 and 3 placed together in the right side pocket.
Issued in white die-cut paper inner sleeves.
[Weld gatefold inside:]
All compositions [...] published by Silver Fiddle Music (ASCAP) except:
"Blowin' In The Wind" [...] published by Special Rider Music (SESAC) c/o Universal Music Publishing.
"Farmer John" [...] published by Jack Terry Music / Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI).
Mixed [...] at Redwood Digital, Redwood City, CA
Planet E Mixed [...] at Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, CA [...]
Digital editing and mastering [...] at Redwood Digital
Lacquers cut [...] at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Recorded [...] in Remote Recording Services' Silver Studio
© 1991, 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
[Weld rear jacket:]
[Source logo]
Mastered from 44/16 digital
Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company. 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021; 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6708. © 1991, 2023 Reprise Records. ℗ 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
[Neil Young Archives Official Release Series logo] DISC 24
Arc (NYA ORS 25):
Packaged in a gatefold jacket.
Includes a single-sided large format insert with a b&w live photo of Neil Young.
Issued in a black die-cut paper inner sleeve.
A compilation composition by Neil Young.
Silver Fiddle Music ASCAP
Mixed [...] at Redwood Digital, Redwood City, CA
Digital editing and mastering [...] at Redwood Digital
Lacquers cut [...] at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Recorded [...] in Remote Recording Services' Silver Studio
© 1991, 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group Company. 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021; 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-6708. © 1991, 2023 Reprise Records. ℗ 2023 Reprise Records. Made in the Netherlands.
[Source logo]
Mastered from 44/16 digital
[Neil Young Archives Official Release Series logo] DISC 25