Scheduled UK Release date: 25th Apr 2025. Release dates are subject to change. |
Oceanside Countryside is the latest of Neil Young’s great “lost” albums to be released as part of his Analog Original Series (AOS).
The album was recorded from May to December 1977, preceding the release of Comes A Time in 1978.
The two albums share the same country/folk sound, and three songs (“Goin’ Back,” “Human Highway” and “Field of Opportunity”) appear on both albums.
This CD release of Oceanside Countryside includes some tracks that are on the CD of the same name in Neil Young’s Archives Vol. III.
However, this track list is how Oceanside Countryside was originally planned to be released.
Recorded on tape, these are the original mixes done at the time of recording.
As Young states, “This analog original album, recorded in 1977, was unreleased at the time.
These songs are the original mixes done at the time of the recordings.
I sang the vocals and played the instruments on Oceanside, in Florida at Triad studios and Malibu, at Indigo studio.
I sang the vocals and recorded with my great band of friends at Crazy Mama’s in Nashville on Countryside.
I hope you enjoy this treasure of an Analog Original recording as much as I do.” – Neil
Tracklisting
01 Sail Away
02 Lost In Space
03 Captain Kennedy
04 Goin’ Back
05 Human Highway
06 Field Of Opportunity
07 Dance Dance Dance
08 The Old Homestead
09 It Might Have Been
10 Pocahontas