Chrome Dreams

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Faked document sheet from 1977 Reprise acetate of Chrome Dreams
Faked document sheet from 1977 Reprise acetate of Chrome Dreams

Chrome Dreams is a 1977 acetate by Neil Young, originally thought to be an unreleased album.

Jimmy McDonough's Shakey: Neil Young's Biography supports the claim that Chrome Dreams is indeed a bootlegged acetate with said title. A document that accompanied the acetate gave the impression that Young had officially given Chrome Dreams as the title, (which Young's archivist Joel Bernstein denounced it as a fake) inspired by rumours in the press of a new album with the same title. Young is quoted as saying "What Chrome Dreams really was, was a sketch that [David] Briggs drew of a grille and front of a '55 Chrysler, and if you turned it on its end, it was this beautiful chick...I called it Chrome Dreams." (McDonough)


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[edit] Song Information

Chrome Dreams features a large amount of still-unreleased material. The version of "Powderfinger" included is the original acoustic demo, while the "Sedan Delivery" featured is at a slower pace than the Rust Never Sleeps take and contains an additional verse. "Pocahontas" is the same version heard on Rust Never Sleeps sans overdubs. "Hold Back the Tears" is a radically different take compared to the one that appears on American Stars 'N Bars, also featuring additional lyrics. "Too Far Gone" would not see release until 1989's Freedom. It is presented on Chrome Dreams with Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho" Sampedro accompanying Young on a 1917 mandolin. "Stringman", a piano ballad, was (according to Shakey) written for Jack Nitzsche and is presented as a performance from Young's 1976 European tour with slight studio overdubs. Eighteen years later Young revived it for his Unplugged performance, never having released the song as a studio track. The rest of the songs are for the most part identical to their releases on subsequent albums.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

  1. "Pocahontas" – 3:24
  2. "Will to Love" – 7:11
  3. "Star of Bethlehem" – 2:42
  4. "Like a Hurricane" – 8:14
  5. "Too Far Gone" – 2:41

[edit] Side Two

  1. "Hold Back the Tears" – 5:16
  2. "Homegrown" – 2:20
  3. "Captain Kennedy" – 2:55
  4. "Stringman" – 3:32
  5. "Sedan Delivery" – 5:22
  6. "Powderfinger" – 3:23
  7. "Look Out For My Love" – 4:06

All songs by Neil Young

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