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Reviews and Commentaries for Harvest
- A vintage copy of Neil’s undeniable classic (only the second to hit the site in 13 months), here with solid Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER from start to finish
- Side two is very close in sound to our Shootout Winner – you will be shocked at how big and powerful the sound is
- It’s practically impossible to find an early pressing with sound this good and vinyl that plays much quieter than even the barely Mint Minus Minus surfaces found here
- A Top 100 album and a sublime recording no audiophile should be without
- 4 1/2 stars: “…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.”
- If you’re a Neil Young fan, and what audiophile wouldn’t be?, this title from 1972 is clearly a Must Own
When you have this kind of open, extended top end, the grit, grain and edge just disappear, leaving you with a clear, Tubey Magical sound that’s way beyond anything you have ever heard for Harvest (or we will happily give you your money back).
Tubey Magical acoustic guitar reproduction is superb on the better copies of this recording. Simply phenomenal amounts of Tubey Magic can be heard on every strum, along with richness, body and harmonic coherency that have all but disappeared from modern recordings (and especially from modern remasterings).
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge the string of superb studio albums Neil released from 1970 to 1976.
Just look at these titles:
- After The Gold Rush,
- Harvest,
- On The Beach,
- Tonight’s The Night, and
- Zuma.
I can’t think of anyone else besides Led Zeppelin (first six titles) and The Beatles (you pick ’em!) who put out this many killer albums consecutively. We consider each of those albums a work of profound creativity, and we can proudly claim to have found copies of each with the sonic credentials to bring these masterpieces to life.