Neil Young will release his long lost ‘Chrome Dreams’ album in August and has shared an early edition of ‘Sedan Delivery’, which would later make its way onto the 1979 ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ album.
‘Sedan Delivery’ was originally recorded during the ‘Zuma’ sessions of 1975. When ‘Chrome Dreams’ was shelved, Young offered the song to Lynyrd Skynyrd but they declined it.
All of the songs that would have become the 1977 ‘Chrome Dreams’ album were eventually released on other albums:
“Pocahontas” (3:24) – eventually released on Rust Never Sleeps, 1979
Neil Young – guitar, vocal
Recorded at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, 8/11/1976.
“Will to Love” (7:11) – eventually released on American Stars ‘n Bars, 1977
Neil Young – guitar, vocal, glockenspiel, keyboard, piano, vibes, drums
Recorded at Broken Arrow Ranch and Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, 4/1976 and 12/3/1976.
“Star of Bethlehem” (2:42) – eventually released on American Stars ‘n Bars, 1977
Neil Young – guitar, vocal, harmonica; Ben Keith – dobro, vocal; Tim Drummond – bass; Karl T. Himmel – drums; Emmylou Harris – vocal
Recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 12/13/1974.
“Like a Hurricane” (8:14) – eventually released on American Stars ‘n Bars, 1977
Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – Stringman, vocals; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal
Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 11/29/1975.
“Too Far Gone” – eventually released on Freedom, 1989
Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – mandolin
Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 9/5/1975.
“Hold Back the Tears” (5:16) – eventually released on American Stars ‘n Bars, 1977
Neil Young – guitar, vocal
Recorded 2/6/1977
“Homegrown” (2:20) – eventually released on American Stars ‘n Bars, 1977
Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar, vocals; Billy Talbot – bass; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal
Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 11/19/1975.
“Captain Kennedy” (2:55) – eventually released on Hawks and Doves, 1980
Neil Young – guitar, vocal
Recorded at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, 8/11/1976.
“Stringman” (3:32) – eventually released on Unplugged, 1993
Neil Young – piano, guitar, vocal
Recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, London, 3/31/1976. Overdubs done at CBS Studios, London, 4/1/1976.
“Sedan Delivery” (5:22) – eventually released on Rust Never Sleeps, 1979
Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar; Billy Talbot – bass, vocal; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal
Recorded at House, Point Dume, CA, 5/22/1975.
“Powderfinger” (3:23) – eventually released on Rust Never Sleeps, 1979
Neil Young – guitar, vocal
Recorded at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu, 8/11/1976.
Look Out for My Love (4:06) – eventually released on Comes A Time, 1978
Neil Young – guitar, vocal; Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – guitar; Billy Talbot – bass, vocal; Ralph Molina – drums, vocal
Recorded at Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch, 1/20/1976.
In 2007, Young released a sequel to the unreleased ‘Chrome Dreams’ titled ‘Chrome Dreams II’. CDII was based on old Young songs. ‘Beautiful Bluebird’ was a leftover from ‘Old Ways’, ‘Boxcar’ was from the unreleased ‘Times Square’ shelved for ‘Freedom’ but was eventually released as a b-side and ‘Ordinary People’ was recorded for, but not used on ‘Freedom’.
The ‘Chrome Dreams’ recordings were all made between 1974 and 1976. The album will be released on 11 August, 2023.
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