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3rd album. Gatefold with b/w /Neil sprawled on a couch. Paper company sleeve.
Includes poster-size lyric sheet in Neil Young's handwriting.
PERSONNEL:
Neil Young – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, vibes
Danny Whitten – guitar, vocals
Nils Lofgren – guitar, piano, vocals
Jack Nitzsche – piano
Billy Talbot – bass
Greg Reeves – bass
Ralph Molina – drums, vocals
Stephen Stills – vocals
Bill Peterson – flugelhorn
"RS 6383" on labels and inner sleeve.
"6383" on back cover and spine.
BACK COVER:
Track B6 written as "Crippled Creek Ferry".
but as "Cripple Creek Ferry" on the label.
LABEL:
** Label have 31,009 on S-1 & 31,010 on S-2.
** "RE2" and the Artisan drumsticks logo etched in the runout groove of both sides.
( Versions without any "RE" are supposedly the earliest, but that remains uncertain. )
This release is well known for its numerous variations.
First pressings identified as follows:
1) Album sleeve credits only Nils Lofgren on piano... (later sleeves credit Neil Young, Nils Lofgren & Jack Nitzsche)
2) Original tan Reprise label without "WEA" logo along the edge of the label.
3) Labels have 31,009 on S-1 and 31,010 on S-2.
Musical prodigy Nils Lofgren was just 18.
Ranked #71 on RS list of 500 Greatest Albums of all Time.
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