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After The Gold Rush | 
| Artist: Neil Young
Label: Reprise Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2338
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 517936
UPC: 093624979012
EAN: 0093624979012
ASIN: B001VZY4M8
Release Date: August 10, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Tell Me Why | | • | After The Gold Rush | | • | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | | • | Southern Man | | • | Till The Morning Comes | | • | Oh Lonesome Me | | • | Don't Let It Bring You Down | | • | Birds | | • | When You Dance I Can Really Love | | • | I Believe In You | | • | Cripple Creek Ferry |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent remaster - great sound July 22, 2009
D. Helyer (England)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have just received the four cds from Canada where they were released on 14th July. Each is labelled Neil Young Archives Official Release Series, Discs 1 through 4 being Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush and Harvest respectively. They are HDCD 24bit 176Khz digital transfers and they sound just great! No extras just the best sound quality so far. If sound quality is important to you, buy them and you won't be disappointed. If you are new to Neil Young buy these and then On The Beach and then...
"...Morning Brings Another Sun..." August 15, 2009
Mark Barry at Revival Records, West End (London, UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As we all know, Neil Young has famously resisted the remastered reissue of his huge catalogue on CD because of what he feels is the format's less than stellar representation of analogue tapes' 'original sound' - and almost a full 20 years after 1989's first issue of "Gold Rush" on a dullard CD - it looks like the guy is having the last laugh - because this meticulously prepared tape transfer is GLORIOUS. It really is.
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br /First to the details - "After The Gold Rush" was released in September 1970 on Reprise Records MS 6383 in the USA and RSLP 6383 in the UK (it went to Number 8 in the USA and Number 7 in the UK). This 2009 NYA OSR remaster (Neil Young Archives - Original Release Series) is Disc 3 of 4 and carries the HDCD code on the label and rear inlay (High Density Compact Disc). Until now, 2004's "Greatest Hits" set (which offered us three Gold Rush tracks remastered into HDCD sound quality) was the only real indication of just how good the album 'could' sound (this is the first time the 'entire' album has been given a sonic upgrade). The Audio Tape Restoration and Analog-To-HDCD Digital Transfer of the Original Master Tapes was carried out by JOHN NOWLAND (24-Bit 176 KHZ) with the Editing and Mastering done by TIM MULLIGAN - and they've done a stunning job.
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br /The inlay faithfully reproduces the foldout lyric sheet with his black and white grainy handwritten lyrics and the print isn't cramped either - it's very readable. (The Harvest inlay has the textured feel of the original LP sleeve and lyric insert too - a nice touch).
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br /Also - as these are the first four albums in a long reissue campaign - to identify them from the old CDs, the upper part of the outer spine has his new NYA OSR logo at the top and an 'issue' number beneath - D1, D2, D3, D4...on upwards of course.
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br /However, the big and obvious disappointment is the complete lack of musical extras or any new info in the booklet; they're in "The Archives Vol.1 1963-1972" box set that's still sitting in shop windows at varying extortionate prices. Still - at mid price - this remaster of "Gold Rush" is great value for money and with this hugely upgraded sound - it makes you focus on the music as is and not anything else.
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br /Some have complained that the sound is a little underwhelming after all the hype that has preceded these releases - I don't think that at all. The danger in remastering would be the cranking of everything, ultra-treble the lot - but I'm hearing ALL the instruments on this carefully prepared remaster - especially the bass and drums which now have a clarity that is so sweet rather than flashy. The sound is very subtle - there's no brashness, very little hiss. So many highlights - the meaty guitars of "Southern Man" and the slyly lovely cover of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" is great too. But then there's a triple whammy of "Don't Let It Bring You Down", the beautiful "Birds" (lyrics above) and the rocking "When You Dance, I Can Really Love". Each is so beautifully done but in different ways. They're not bombastic, nor trebled up to the nines, but subtle - the music is just THERE in your speakers to a point where everything seems new and up for grabs again. Fans will love it and feel like they're revisited long cherished old friends while newcomers will now understand what all the 5-star fuss is about.
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br /The gold sticker on the jewel case of each of these issues states - "Because Sound Matters" - and although it took him a few decades, on the strength of this reissue, I think Rock's great curmudgeon was right to wait to get it right...which in many respects is the ultimate nod to his fans.
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br /Highly recommended.
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br /PS: I've reviewed "Harvest" and "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" also - just as good soundwise...
Neil's best album, possibly, remastered and sounding even better September 8, 2009
A. N. E. Birch (Scotland)
The magic of ATGR is that it captures the past, present and future with real beauty on this recording. The songs are personal, moving and sometimes surreal. The playing is a mix of folk, rock and blues, all with Crazy Horse's special touch, at it's best here. The remaster really brings out the subtle interchanges in vocals and guitars, especially between Danny Whitten and Neil Young. Definitely worth getting if you're a NY fan.
 Is this really the Archive Series? Not as we've come to know it. November 19, 2009
P. D. Allen (Eltham, Victoria Australia)
Neil Young set the way forward over the last couple of years by releasing his latest studio album, three discs of the 1963-72 Archive set, and The Greatest Hits on 24/96 PCM stereo DVD-V, and then topped it with the full 10-disc 1963-72 Archives Vol 1 set on 24/192 PCM stereo Blu-ray.
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br /So where are the Blu-ray issues of these albums? Those I'll buy. All four albums would probably fit on one disc!
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