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Product DetailSonic GradeTrack ListingAMG Review
We Can't Keep Up With The Demand
Harvest is undeniably one of the most beloved albums in all of classic rock. We get letters all the time from customers hoping to get their hands on Hot Stamper copies, but we'll never have the supply to keep up with the demand. It's a tough nut to crack, because a Hot Stamper Harvest has to get so many things right -- the lovely pedal steel guitar on Out On The Weekend, the London Symphony Orchestra on A Man Needs A Maid and There's A World, Neil's grungy electric guitar on Alabama, and so much more. Many copies we played would work for the heavy songs and then fall behind on the softer numbers. Others had gorgeous sound on the country-tinged numbers but couldn't deliever any whomp for the rockers. Only a select group of copies could hold their own in all of the styles and engage us from start to finish; we're pleased to present those exceptional pressings as the Hot Stamper copies of Harvest that so many of you have been begging for.
Condition Can Be A Problem
One thing that had held up our search for Hot Stamper Harvests was the condition of most copies we've seen. We've got DOZENS of copies of this record and only a handful of them play as quiet as Mint Minus. There are some dead quiet passages on this album that are never going to be silent. It's a chronic issue, but after years of buying every clean copy we see, we were able to find a select number of copies with superb sound and reasonably quiet vinyl. I can't tell you exactly how many copies we had to discard for noise issues, but it was a bunch.
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Overall Sonic Grade:
Side One - A+ to A++
Side Two - A+
Vinyl Grade:
1) mostly Mint Minus (slightly noisy intro to track three)
2) mostly Mint Minus (noisy edge)
Cover Grade: 8 out of 10
TRACK LISTING
Side One
Out on the Weekend Track Commentary
We love the sound of the drums on Neil Young records -- think of the punchy kick drum on After The Gold Rush and the punchy thwack of the snare on Zuma. On the best copies, this song should have the kind of BIG, BOLD Neil Young drum sound we've fallen in love with. The pedal steel guitar sounds out of this world on our Hot Stampers.
Harvest
A Man Needs a Maid Track Commentary
This song features the London Symphony Orchestra. The strings at the end of the track are a great test for texture.
Heart of Gold Track Commentary
We love this song, but it never has the kind of Demo Disc sound that you'll find on some of the other tracks.
Are You Ready for the Country?
Side Two
Old Man Track Commentary
On the best copies, you'll be able to appreciate the depth of the soundfield. The pedal steel guitar should come from the back of room, with Neil front and center.
There's a World
Alabama Track Commentary
Grungy guitar rock a la Southern Man from After The Gold Rush or much of Zuma. Neil's guitar has to be meaty with lots of texture for this song to really rock.
The Needle and the Damage Done Track CommentaryThis live track can sound amazing -- warm, sweet, and intimate with lots of immediacy to Neil's vocal.
Words (Between the Lines of Age)
AMG 4 1/2 Star Rave Review
Neil Young's most popular album, Harvest employs a number of jarringly different styles. Much of it is country-tinged, although there is also an acoustic track, a couple of electric guitar-drenched rock performances, and two songs on which Young is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra... the love songs and the harrowing portrait of a friend's descent into heroin addiction, "The Needle and the Damage Done," remain among Young's most affecting and memorable songs.
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