Neil Young fans, rejoice! Not only were you treated to the first volume of Young’s massive Archives project this summer, but now his first four albums are being re-released on 140-gram vinyl.

Arguably some of the best works from Young’s exhaustive catalog, his self-titled debut, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After the Gold Rush, and Harvest have all been remastered for the upcoming reissue, scheduled to drop on November 23rd. If you want to purchase all four, there are also limited edition box sets available on Young’s website and Because Sound Matters, collecting all four albums on 180-gram vinyl or 24-karat gold CDs.

Sounds to me like the perfect opportunity to re-purchase some great records or finally hear what your dad had been fussing about on all those long car rides.

Two things have been clearly evident of recent Neil Young material. First, the man certainly has a back catalog. And second, Neil Young is a strange strange man. The latter might be the only rationale we get for why he has skipped from the very early portion of his planned archival project straight to disc number 12. But alas, sometimes it’s best not to ask questions when you find out you’re getting a full live album of performances spanning several of Young’s 1992 solo sets that will together create a complete live performance of Harvest Moon.

The live album will be entitled Dreamin’ Man, and is currently slated for a November 2nd release date.

[Via Rolling Stone]

Matthew Houck, the brains and tattered voice behind Phosphorescent, has been spending a lot of time with Willie Nelson this year. In February, Houck released To Willie, an achy breaky collection of Nelson covers so well-received Nelson invited Houck to meet-up and perform on his Sirius/XM show as part of his 76th birthday celebration months later. They must have really hit it off: Phosphorescent has been asked to join Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and others at Farm Aid in October. And, in addition, Houck and Co. will be touring the States behind new Phosphorescent material just recorded in Brooklyn this summer. Many tears for you beers, dates below:

09.05 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10.02 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
10.04 St. Louis, MO @ Farm Aid, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
10.05 Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe
10.07 Nashville, TN @ Exit In
10.08 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe
10.09 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
10.11 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10.12 Charlotteville, VA @ IS Venue
10.13 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10.14 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
10.15 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
10.16 Providence, RI @ Providence Black Repetory Theater

Behold: great video up from this past weekend as Neil Young and Paul McCartney covered “A Day In The Life” at Hyde Park.

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