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Music Archives of Neil Young



Having heard on the radio this morning that Neil Young (CSNY, Crazy Horse,
Buffalo Springfield,.....) had a web site (who doesn't) I decided to pay a
visit. Among the many options was a visit to his archives. I thought it
would be various video/audio clips of his career but it was actually a tour
of his archives.

A video lasting several minutes panned from shelf to shelf revealing box
upon box of videos and reel to reel tapes organized by year. Most of them
had hand written labels, some crossed off and new information added. As the
camera moved down an aisle background audio played interviews or music from
that time frame. Occasionally a hand would pull a box from the shelf before
moving on.

The collection was huge, seemingly everything Neil ever did.

However, what I found most interesting was that the room did not appear to
have anything special in terms of ventilation or fire suppression or any of
those things that the members of this list would think to be essential.
Maybe the perspective that the video was shot from masked these things, I
don't know.

Neil Young is a gifted musician/singer/songwriter. Perhaps my favorite of
all time. It would seem, however, that he could use some help in preserving
his legacy.




Phil Donahue
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