NEIL YOUNG Journey Through the Past SCARCE ORIG UK 1972 EX LPs – NO CD RELEASE.

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Artist or Band: NEIL YOUNG

Album Title: Journey Through the Past

Producer(s): Neil Young & L. A. Johnson

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: For What its Worth/Mr Soul; Rock and Roll Woman; Find the Cost of Freedom; Ohio.

Side 2: Southern Man; Are You Ready For the Country; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; Alabama.

Side 3: Words.

Side 4: Relativity Invitation; Mendel’s Messiah; The King of Kings Theme; Soldier; Let’s Go Away For a While. [Note: Side One backs Side Four].

Label, Format and Condition: Reprise – Deep tan format with no Warner logo. Four beautifully intense coloured early examples that show only a relative few, quite light spindle marks. All four playing areas of the records are incredibly clean and hardly marked and play accordingly..

Catalogue Number: K 64015

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of these Records: 133 / 142 grams. Both impressive and above average for this set.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: Scarce: this double set sold very poorly, probably due to the severely harsh reviews it received when issued. Not only that, finding copies of this in anything like decent conditions is very difficult. With its idiosyncratic cover design, this is often seen in very poor condition – most rife with rubbing, often heavy ring wear and even damage due to it’s delicate, flimsy construction and lack of bottom – yes true – this is one of the few covers I can think of where there is no means of holding the contents inside.

Original Year of Release: 1972

Matrix Nos: K 64015 A3 / K 64015 B2 / K 64015 C3 / K 64015 D2 [KIP & RAYS etchings]

Musicians: This includes contributions from Crosby, Stills Nash; The Buffalo Springfield; The Stray Gators; The Tony & San Alamo Christian Foundation Orchestra and Chorus and of course, the man himself.

Brief Artist & Album Info: Neil Young’s ‘one star wonder’ – this album even today never gets favourable reviews – but why? I would never state this is his best album, but it truly does not deserve its status as a one-star throwaway disaster. I can only imagine the fact it contained nothing really new when issued, and at a time when he was on a massive high of creativity and popularity. It’s a ‘soundtrack’, possibly not to be classified as a proper ‘new’ album. Please ignore the critics on this one, Journey Through the Past is a vitally important album in the great man’s catalogue. It’s a documentary style issue, it has extended versions of some of his great songs including ‘Words’ and a stunning version of the classic ‘Southern Man’ and includes some vintage live material by The Buffalo Springfield, his former band. One track no-one will ever mention is the rousing instrumental on side four ‘The King of Kings Theme’ which I really love. It has an infectious stomping melody that really gets lodged into the subconscious. The cover is sinister and chilling with the Klu Klux Klan riders sillouetted with their crosses – a reference to ‘Southern Man’. The actual design of this cover has to be put into question more than the contents. For those not familiar, it’s a gatefold format with two inner opening flaps that are bottomless – yes this has no method of holding the LPs and inners inside, they simply fall out of this bottomless cover – it is almost uniquely idiosyncratic (and potentially disastrous, how many of these records will have hit the floor?) A notoriously difficult album to find in good conditions, the cover especially prone to all forms of wear and damage, this has relatively little. Both inners and records are immaculate, the wording fills the cut window inside the gatefold as seen. Both records visually impressive and clearly lightly handled or played. This Neil Young album is now very much in demand, probably due to the fact it has never been issued on CD – and probably unlikely to do so. Along with Time Fades Away, this pair are still exclusive to vinyl (and possibly vintage cassette tapes). If you see this album on offer on CD it will not be official. Real fans of Neil Young know the importance and significance of this album, it appears seldomly and if you need a copy that plays very well (and not all do, I have heard a few bad pressings of this in the past), this delivers. Not always the best of pressings, the year of issue may give clues – 1972 – the year of the oil crisis where records were often pressed thinner and quality was more ‘variable’, often recycled vinyl (labels and all) were used. This copy gives a very fine performance and will not be easy to find much better. If, like so many, myself very much included, who ignored this one for far too long, it demands to be heard. Forget the critics, this elusive double set is an essential part of this man’s impressive catalogue.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: or thereabouts (it has retailers writing inside (price and a code)). Notoriously flimsy and prone to all forms of wear. A gatefold format with middle opening flaps that have no topss or bottoms to hold the records. Unlaminated with a very flat matt finish making it very susceptible to rubbing and ring wear in particular. Printed and made in England by MacNeill Press Ltd, London. Includes the two graphic card inner sleeves.

Cover Front: A little rubbing near the edges and corners, elsewhere, little and very light, the lack of ring wear always a plus, as well as no sticker marks. Fine and light edge creasing is immensely difficult to avoid, especially near the spine.

Cover Back: Ruthlessly revealing and totally uncompromising. Double sets seldom avoid for ring wear, also bear in mind, all surfaces on this cover are single thickness with no laminate protection. Overall, this has even less rubbing than the front, a light rim arc rub near the top. This amongst the least ring wear I have seen on this cover to date. The small white area near the top right is NOT a chip or rub, just a correct part of the artwork.

Cover Gatefold: When opened fully, the white back shows no toning and is still very clean indeed. The printed ‘flaps’ are also very clean with no rubbing or wear, just the odd fine surface crease showing little. Both of the cut-out areas that fill with the album title via the inners are crisp and very neat. The only issue of any real note is a retailers price and code on the white area of the back, the inner sleeves cover this over when inserted.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Both are closed and unworn with neat attractive finish. A little minor compression being critical. These are white with no text and still very clean indeed.

Top & Bottom Edges: Four edges in fact, all single thickness and both top and bottom are open, these are totally uncloseable making the onus on the owner to be very careful with storage and handling as the free-floating inners and records will simply fall out if not gripped tightly enough. These show minimal thickening or burring and all are neater than average.

Spine and Text: Thick but flimsy and highly prone to crushing, bending and creasing. This one has retained excellent shape and remains uncrushed or flattened. Upright and uncompressed with all text unworn and very well centred as seen. An moderate rub on the bottom corner end, any other rubbing is mostly very light and patchy. Given the delicate nature of this under-strength spine that is more often seen in tatters, this has fared well overall.

Corners: Light to moderate corner rubbing, a little creasing on the bottom left tip, but no major bashes. With thin card, these fragile areas have little substance to keep them in top shape over time, so again the mainly very fine shape is commendable for a cover like this.

Cover Summary: Scarce, complete and looking strong overall, a very respectable example of this somewhat ill-conceived cover format. One to please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeves: EXCELLENT(+): arguably bettter. Thin card unlined graphic inners, both printed each side. The odd gentle corner tip crease apart, little else to fault. All edges unsplit with no repairs, that quite unusual as record movement can be rife on this bizarre format cover. The album title, as seen, fills the rectangular space on the inside of the main cover.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT: again, arguably better. Four very clean playing surfaces with only very fine hairlines or wispy traces seen under bright light. Unlined card inners are never surface friendly, hence I always provide brand new lined inners with all my records. Clearly little played and sounding impressive given the slightly unpredictable pressing quality of this set. Both could prove difficult to find better.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: Both records play very well with little unwanted. Many have constant and considerable crackle even from records that appear almost as new – this I know for a fact, because I have heard them on several occasions. Reiterating as always, a full play-grade is essential. An album with some quiet passages, even devoid of music with just spoken word, so silence will prove a very difficult task. This offers strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear. All sound is focused with no degrading or pressing issues, noises or rasps. The production of the Buffalo Springfield tracks is low-fi, but the other material is very well recorded. No tracking issues* and few audio blemishes, this challenging double set, that still remains unavailable officially on CD, proved a great listen. Forget negative reviews on this one, it remains an essential early Young album, and this copy does it strong justice. Recommended for most fans and collectors.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2.2 grams.

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