Third Man Records unearths Neil Young’s A Letter Home and shares it with his current day record company, Reprise Records. An unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past recorded on ancient electro-mechanical technology captures and unleashes the essence of something that could have been gone forever.

 

 

It’s great to have the old weird Neil back, the restless experimenter of Trans, Re-ac-tor, Greendale and other albums that puzzled, freaked out and often intrigued his longtime followers.

 

A Letter Home (* * * out of four) is a concept album, recorded in a refurbished 1947 Voice-O-Graph recording booth at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville. The result is deliberately low-fi, crackly and relic-sounding, befitting an idea that finds Young rediscovering folk/country gems from the past half-century that still inspire.

 

Both “sides” of the album start with him recording a chatty letter to his late mother. That leads into casual, quirky covers of 10 songs from artists who influenced him, including Dylan (Girl From the North Country), Willie (Crazy,On the Road Again) and Springsteen (My Hometown). Along with standout readings of Tim Hardin’s Reason to Believe and Bert Jansch’s Needle of Death, the most effective material is his nods to fellow Canadian Gordon Lightfoot via Early Morning Rain and If You Could Read My Mind. ~ Jerry Shriver USA Today

 

Track List:

2. Changes (Phil Ochs)

3. Girl From North Country (Bob Dylan)

4. Needle of Death (Bert Jansch)

5. Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)

6. Crazy (Willie Nelson)

7. Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin)

8. On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)

9. If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)

10. Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)

11. My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen)

12. I Wonder If I Care As Much (Don Everly)

 

The LP 180 Gram] by Neil Young is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging. The LP is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us.

 

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