Journey Through the Past

Journey Through the Past is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name by Neil Young, released in November of 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue 0698. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200, and since its initial release on vinyl and cassette tape, it has remained out of print. It has never been issued on compact disc, and is one of the rarest items in Young's discography. Journey features music mainly from four sources: television broadcas... more

Journey Through the Past is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name by Neil Young, released in November of 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue 0698. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard 200, and since its initial release on vinyl and cassette tape, it has remained out of print. It has never been issued on compact disc, and is one of the rarest items in Young's discography. Journey features music mainly from four sources: television broadcasts with Buffalo Springfield; live recordings with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; rehearsal outtakes from the Harvest sessions with The Stray Gators; and recordings by The Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation Orchestra and Chorus. It functions in part as a retrospective of Young's work, the first of his career. Side one, tracks one and two are performed by Buffalo Springfield. The medley on track one are studio recordings, including a rare alternate version of "Mr. Soul," mimed to by the group for the television program The Hollywood Palace... less