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Hear Neil Young’s Unreleased ‘Harvest’-Era Gem ‘Goodbye Christians on the Shore’
Song was recorded in December 1972 and then placed in a vault for 48 years
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There are 12 songs on Neil Young’s new box set
Archives Volume II: 1972–1976 that have never been released before in any form. One of the most beautiful is “Goodbye Christians on the Shore,” which even die-hard Young fans didn’t know existed until very recently. It’s on disc one (
Everybody’s Alone 1972-1973) and Young also just posted it on YouTube along with a video.
He recorded the song on December 15th, 1972 with the Stray Gators (drummer Kenny Buttery, bassist Tim Drummond, pianist Jack Nitzsche, guitarist Ben Keith) just before the launch of the Time Fades Away tour. The same session yielded “Come Along and Say You Will” and “Time Fades Away.” Those two songs were played live on the tour, but “Goodbye Christians on the Shore” was shoved into the vault, where it sat for 48 years.