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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Remastered CD) | 
| Artist: Neil Young
Label: WB /Rhino
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 10441
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 517935
UPC: 093624979036
EAN: 0093624979036
ASIN: B001VZY4MI
Release Date: August 10, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Cinnamon Girl | | • | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | | • | Round And Round (It Won't Be Long) | | • | Down By The River | | • | Losing End (When You're On), The | | • | Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) | | • | Cowgirl In The Sand |
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent remaster - great sound July 22, 2009
D. Helyer (England)
5 out of 5 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...
At last sound quality to match the quality of the Music August 12, 2009
Neil Mawer (Lincoln, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Neil Young and Crazy Horse since their fantastic 1969 debut have always been one of THE great rock bands. Where his acoustic work can be a trifle twee, and his experimental work a great failure, with Crazy Horse the supreme musicianship and effortless rythmic flow have always saved the day.
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br /To date the only remastered NY CH CD has been REACTOR, a worthwhile heavy grunge work out of the failed Trans era, and the superlative, but fragile, Crazy Horse debut on the Scratchy Reprise Sessions set. These only served to show what was missing in sonic reproduction of their classic 70s albums.
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br /Now we have their first album together, remastered and sounding stunning. Drums and bass are strong and flowing, guitars chime like REAL guitars and vocals are clear, particularly backing vocals. Roll on Zuma and the Live Rust recordings. It would also be nice to see a compilation of NY CH tracks that appeared isolated on his solo albums redone to this standard
Neil stakes his claim in 1969,,40 years on he's still holding it September 3, 2009
Mr. A. W. Riggs (Wallington, Surrey United Kingdom)
br /A peerless record, as the other reviewers say the sound here is deep and clear.
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br /Now let's hope we have TFA, Tonights The Night, On The Beach Zuma remastered.
 "...It's So Hard To Say No To Yourself..." August 16, 2009
Mark Barry at Revival Records, West End (London, UK)
1 out of 1 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' as laid down by the artist - and almost a full 20 years after 1989's first issue of his 2nd album 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. I've bought all 4 and to my ears this is fact the best sounding of them all.
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br /First to the details - "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" was released in May 1969 on Reprise Records RS 6349 in the USA and RSLP 6349 in the UK (July 1969). This 2009 NYA OSR remaster (Neil Young Archives - Original Release Series) is Disc 2 of 4 and carries the HDCD code on the label and rear inlay (High Density Compact Disc).
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br /Until now, 2004's "Greatest Hits" set (which offered us three "Everybody..." 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 reproduces photos of Danny Whitten (Guitar), Billy Talbot (Bass) with Ralph Molina (on Drums) and David Briggs (Engineer and Producer), but there's no lyrics. 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 - and in the case of this album in particular the omissions are going to be a sore point for fans who've waited decades for these releases. While some rarities have turned up on the July 2009 mega box "The Archives Vol.1 1963-1972" - some tracks are still missing. "Down By The River" was edited for single release in the UK in August 1970 on RS 23462 with an alternate take of "Cinnamon Girl" on the B-side. To my knowledge, neither is available in remastered sound anywhere. Also - "Oh Lonesome Me" was extended for the US 7" and it's B-side, an alternate mix of "I've Been Waiting For You" is again a no-show. All of them would have made for ideal extras material and it's infuriating that they're not on here.
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br /Still - at mid price - this remaster of "Everybody..." is still 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 /Speaking of which - the sound is HUGE especially on the big rocking tracks "Down By The River" and the near 10-minute "Cowgirl In The Sand" - while the clarity is just BEAUTIFUL on Richie Furay's "Round And Round (It Won't Be Long)" - Robin Lane's duet vocals being particularly lovely. Bobby Notkoff's violin on "Running Dry" is very clear - and as the band loosely ramshackles its way into the song - it sounds like they're in your living room - miked up and live - fabulous stuff.
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br /The remaster is not bombastically loud either, 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 will 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 /Docked a star though for those lack of extras which would have put this CD into 'reissue of the year' territory... but still highly recommended.
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br /PS: I've reviewed "Harvest" and "After The Gold Rush" also - just as good soundwise
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