Neil Young STORYTONE, 2 LP, 180g, Reprise (2014) Factory Sealed Deluxe Edition

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• This Deluxe Edition is truly is an "Album of Rare Beauty".
• I used an open copy for these photos.
• Your copy is in a Factory Sealed poly bag with a tear-off strip.
• The two records are on 180g Vinyl.
• The textured art paper on thick board gatefold cover has tight seams and a stiff spine.
• The 28 page book is 12"x 12".
• The crossed out UPC indicates this was an in-house Promo.

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Storytone arrived at the end of a year that already saw another new Neil Young album -- that would be A Letter Home, a collection of folk covers recorded at Jack White's Voice-O-Graph direct-to-vinyl recording booth at Third Man Records -- which itself was only the tip of the iceberg that was Neil's 2014. That spring, Young launched a high-end digital audio system called Pono, which was followed by the summer news that he was divorcing Pegi, his wife of 36 years, an event that led to a fresh feud with David Crosby that then led to Young saying he would never play with CSN again and, if that weren't enough, Young also published his second book, Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars, just prior to the release of Storytone. That'd be enough to sustain a few years for most artists but we all know perfectly well that Neil Young isn't like most artists. He thrives on this kind of chaos and, appropriately enough, Storytone is fairly messy -- which is quite an achievement for an album recorded in large part live in front of a full orchestra. Young does indeed croon over those strings, often rhapsodizing about the powers of new love or pleading to save the Earth, although he sometimes gets restless and rolls out a swinging big band. This means Storytone sometimes plays like a hybrid of Harvest at its most florid and the bloozy swagger of This Note's for You -- a curious combination that doesn't seem quite as extreme on the album's second disc, which houses nothing but solo renditions of the record's ten tunes, but the very fact that there's a reverse image of the album strengthens the impression that Youngisn't much in the mood to keep things simple. Which is odd, because all the original songs here are relatively simple, built to withstand simple arrangements -- they sound fine when Young supports himself with no more than a guitar, piano, or ukulele -- and they don't buckle underneath the weight of an orchestra. Versatile they may be, but they're united by Young's aching sincerity. He's earnest whether he's taking a stance against fracking, romanticizing his old car, or singing about new love with the dewiness of a teenager. The open-heartedness is sweet if somewhat adolescent, a feeling not helped by the preponderance of 2014 headlines about Young's love life, but even without that tabloid gunk, songs like "Glimmer" have an optimism that sounds just a shade disarming coming from a former cynic facing 70. But that's one of the glorious things about Neil Young: he surprises and by delivering this big, sloppy valentine to everything he is and everything he loves, he's not being neat but he is true to himself.

Reprise Records

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Reprise Records
• Copyright (c) – Reprise Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Published By – Silver Fiddle Music
• Recorded At – Capitol Studios
• Recorded At – Sony Scoring Stage
• Recorded At – Eastwest Studios
• Mixed At – Capitol Studios
• Mixed At – Sony Scoring Stage
• Mixed At – Eastwest Studios
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Ryan Cross (tracks: B4, B5)
• Acoustic Guitar – George Doering (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5)
• Arranged By, Conductor, Co-producer – Michael Bearden (2) (tracks: C1, D3, D4, D5)
• Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor, Co-producer – Chris Walden (tracks: C2 to D2)
• Art Direction, Design [For R. Twerk & Co] – Gary Burden, Jenice Heo
• Artwork [Montage Based On Photo By Garth Lenz] – Jenice Heo
• Banjo, Guitar – Mick Taras (tracks: B4, B5)
• Bassoon – Judy Farmer (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Ken Munday (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Cello – Cecilia Tsan (tracks: A1, B3), Christina Soule (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Dane Little (tracks: A2, A4, B1), David Speltz (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Giovanna Clayton* (tracks: A1, B3), Jacob Braun (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5), Joon Sung Jun (tracks: A2, A4, B1), László Mezö (tracks: B4, B5), Maurice Grants(tracks: A2, A4, B1), Steve Richards (tracks: B4, B5), Timothy Loo (tracks: A1, B3 to B5), Vanessa Freebairn-Smith (tracks: A1, B3), Victor Lawrence (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5)
• Cello [First] – Andrew Shulman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5)
• Clarinet – Dan Higgins (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Greg Huckins (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Stuart Clark(tracks: A1, B3)
• Clarinet [First] – Don Foster (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Concertmaster, Violin – Belinda Broughton (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5)
• Contractor [Assistant Music] – Whitney Martin
• Contractor [Choir] – Edie Lehmann Boddicker
• Contractor [Music] – Gina Zimmitti
• Coordinator [Production] – Bonnie Levetin, Cindi Peters
• Crew [Cartage] – Paul "Jamo" Jamieson*
• Double Bass – Chuck Berghofer (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Edward Meares (tracks: A1, B3), Ian Walker(tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Ken Wild (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Oscar Hidalgo (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5), Peter Doubrovsky (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Double Bass [First] – Mike Valerio (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5)
• Drums – Clayton Cameron (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2 to B5)
• Edited By [Digital] – Martin Pradler
• Electric Bass – Darryl Jones (tracks: B4, B5)
• Electric Guitar – Mitch Holder (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Waddy Wachtel (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4, B5)
• Engineer – Niko Bolas
• Engineer [Assistant, East West Studio] – Jeremy Miller (3)
• Engineer [Assistant, Solo] – Diego Ruelas, Joe Napolitano, John Hausmann
• Engineer [Assistant, Sony Scoring Stage] – Adam Michalak, David Marquette, Greg Dennen, Greg Loskorn
• Engineer [Solo Storytone] – Chandler Harrod
• Engineer [Storytone] – Steve Genewick
• English Horn – Jessica Pearlman (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Flute – Ben Smolen (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Jenni Olson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Larry Kaplan (2)(tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• French Horn – Benjamin Jaber (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Dave Everson (tracks: A1, B3), Dylan Hart(tracks: A2, A4, B1), Laura Brenes (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Steve Becknell (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Harp – Katie Kirkpatrick (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Keyboards – Jeff Babko (tracks: B4, B5)
• Management – Lookout Management
• Management [Direction] – Elliot Roberts
• Mastered By – Doug Sax, Eric Boulangerie*
• Music Librarian [For Chris Walden] – Josef Zimmerman
• Musical Assistance [Music Preparation For Michael Bearden] – John Eidsvoog, Julie Eidsvoog
• Oboe – Chris Bleth (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Orchestrated By – Patrick Russ (tracks: C1, D3, D4, D5)
• Organ – David Delhomme (tracks: A3, A5, B2)
• Organ, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Michael Bearden (2) (tracks: B4, B5)
• Painting – Neil Young
• Percussion – Daniel Greco (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Lenny Castro (tracks: A1, B3 to B5), Wade Culbreath(tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Percussion [First] – Bob Zimmitti (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Photography By – The Other Shoe Photography
• Piano – Alan Steinberger (tracks: A2 to B2), Tom Ranier (tracks: A1, B3 to B5)
• Producer – The Volume Dealers, The Volume Dealers: Neil Young And Niko Bolas*
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Al Schmitt
• Saxophone – Bob Sheppard (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Dan Higgins (tracks: B4, B5), Geoff Driscoll (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Joel Peskin (tracks: B4, B5), Kim Richmond (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Rob Lockhart (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Scott Mayo (tracks: B4, B5), Tom Peterson (2) (tracks: A3, A5, B2)
• Technician [Guitar] – Kurt Kasinoff
• Trombone – Alex Iles (tracks: A1, B3), Andy Martin (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Arturo Velasco (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Bill Reichenbach (2) (tracks: A1, B3), Bob McChesney (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Richard Bullock(tracks: A3, A5, B2), Steve Baxter (tracks: B4, B5)
• Trumpet – Kevin Richardson (3) (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Kye Palmer (tracks: A3, A5, B2), Ron King(tracks: A3, A5, B2), Wayne Bergeron (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B3)
• Viola – Caroline Buckman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Carolyn Riley (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Dimitri Bovaird* (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Erik Rynearson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Gina Coletti (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Jeanie Lim (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5), Keith Greene (tracks: A2, A4, B1),Lauren Chipman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Luke Maurer (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3)
• Viola [First] – Brian Dembow (tracks: A1, B3 to B5), Evan Wilson (tracks: A2, A4, B1)
• Violin – Aimee Kreston (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Amy Wickman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5),Ben Powell (5) (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Carol Pool (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5),Daphne Chen (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5), Dimitrie Leivici (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Eric Boulanger (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Henry Gronnier (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Ina Veli (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Joel Derouin (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Joel Pargman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5),Kevin Connolly (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Lisa Dondlinger (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Lucia Micarell* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Maia Jasper (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Marc Sazer (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Mark Robertson (3) (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Neel Hammond(tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Nina Evtuhov (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3), Paul Henning (2)(tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Radu Pieptea (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5), Richard Altenbach(tracks: A2, A4, B1), Sara Parkins (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Sarah Thornblade (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Serena McKinney (tracks: A1, B3)
• Violin [Principal Second] – Tammy Hatwan* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3 to B5)
• Vocals – Alvin Chea (tracks: A2, B1), Amick Byram (tracks: A2, B1), Amy Fogerson (tracks: A2, B1),Arnold Livingston Geis (tracks: A2, B1), Baraka May Williams (tracks: A2, B1), Beth Andersen (tracks: A2, B1), Chad Reisser (tracks: A2, B1), Christine Guter (tracks: A2, B1), Clydene Jackson (tracks: A2, B1), Craig Copeland (tracks: A2, B1), David Loucks (tracks: A2, B1), Debbie Hall Gleason (tracks: A2, B1), Donna Medine (tracks: A2, B1), Elin Carlson (tracks: A2, B1), Eric Bradley (tracks: A2, B1),Fletcher Sheridan (tracks: A2, B1), Gerald White (tracks: A2, B1), Joan Beal (tracks: A2, B1), Kala Balch (tracks: A2, B1), Karen Whipple (tracks: A2, B1), Michael Geiger (tracks: A2, B1), Michael Lichtenauer (tracks: A2, B1), Mitchel Moore (tracks: A2, B1), Monica Lee (4) (tracks: A2, B1),Monique Donnelly (tracks: A2, B1), Reid Bruton (tracks: A2, B1), Rick Logan (tracks: A2, B1), Sally Stevens (tracks: A2, B1), Sandie Hall (tracks: A2, B1), Walt Harrah (tracks: A2, B1), Will Goldman(tracks: A2, B1)
• Written-By – Neil Young

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 93624 93239 0
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): 1-546105-A-A RE1 ? V ?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): 1-546105-A-B RE1 ? V ?
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched): 1-546105-0-A RE1 ? V ?
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched): 1-546105-0-B RE1 ? V ?
• Matrix / Runout (Side A+B+C+D runout stamped): TML-M
• Rights Society: ASCAP