The Neil Young Archives Vol. III Tales Album...A Curmudgeonly Review

In which the Curmudgeons dive into the little bit of the third installment of Neil Young's Archives that we can. The full 17-CD, five-Blu Ray Archives Vol. III is available for roughly $450, but only for 5,000 lucky customers willing to spend a small fortune. The rest of us get an album Young refers to as "Takes," which contains a 16-song sampling from The Neil Young Archives Vol. III. We describe the individual albums contained within this mammoth boxed set, and Christopher O'Connor, our resident Neil Young-ologist, offers a review of the songs plus additional nuggets from the fuller Archives set he's been able to glean.    Check out all 16 songs from The Neil Young Archives Vol. III Takes album plus bonus songs by accessing our special Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26TNUP8zBW26IllEVHDaI4?si=a0f1932278564b2b   Here's a handy navigation companion to this episode.   (00:52 - 03:45) - Arturo Andrade sets the parameters for our discussion of Neil Young's archives   (04:09 - 15:17) - The Parallel Universe, featuring reviews of new albums from Hinds and Amyl & The Sniffers   (16:02 - 57:57) - We discuss the first nine songs from Neil Young's Archives Vol. III Takes album, including never-before-heard renditions of "Hey Babe" and "Drive Back" and a version of "Hey Hey My My (Into the Blac) featuring Devo. Yes, Devo...   (59:05 - 01:32:05) - We discuss the final eight songs of the Takes album, which include a delectably New Wave version of the country ballad "Razor Love."   Join our Curmudgeonly Community today! facebook.com/groups/curmudgeonrock   Hosted on Podbean! curmudgeonrock.podbean.com   Subscribe to our show on these platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-curmudgeon-rock-report/id1551808911   https://open.spotify.com/show/4q7bHKIROH98o0vJbXLamB?si=5ffbdc04d6d44ecb   https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5fea16f1-664e-40b7-932e-5fb748cffb1d/the-curmudgeon-rock-report?refMarker=null    Co-written and co-produced by Arturo Andrade and Christopher O'Connor - The Curmudgeons