Neil Young Gem 'Hitchhiker' Out Today via Reprise Records
By: Caryn Robbins Sep. 08, 2017
Neil Young releases a true gem from his archives, Hitchhiker today. As previously announced, Hitchhiker is a previously unreleased 10-track acoustic solo album recorded in Malibu, CA at Indigo Studio in 1976. The original session was produced by Young's long-time studio collaborator David Briggs. It is available on vinyl, CD and digitally on Reprise Records.
Listen to Neil Young's Hitchhiker and watch the new video for "Powderfinger" here: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17284579011
Recorded between Zuma and American Stars and Bars as a solo album in a single session, the resultant performances are truly breathtaking and passionate. The simplicity of a single voice and guitar captured here is as pure and powerful as it gets, with only Young, Briggs and actor Dean Stockwell in the room at the time of recording. A few of the songs would not appear on vinyl until years later. Some have never been heard, included in the original sessions for Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Dume, another unreleased record of original sessions that yielded the classic album Zuma. When the Hitchhiker album was recorded, none of the included songs had ever been released and many of the performances of the songs were the first ever. This is truly an album of original performances.
Hitchhikertrack listing as follows:
Side One: Side Two:
1. Pocahontas 1. Ride My Llama
2. Powderfinger 2. Hitchhiker
3. Captain Kennedy 3. Campaigner
4. Hawaii 4. Human Highway
5. Give Me Strength 5. The Old Country Waltz
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