New details on Neil Young’s expansive “The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972” box set, due for release early in 2009, have been revealed. According to a newly-released trailer, the box set, on 10-disc DVD or Blu-Ray, will contain 128 audio tracks, including 43 unreleased and 13 of these never heard before.
The set, which comes with a 236-page hardback book, will also feature access to thousands of images and hours of curious audio and video stuff, Р°.Рѕ. the track “Aurora” by Neil’s high school band The Squires, the previously-released live albums “Live at the Fillmore East” and “Live at Massey Hall 1971”, as well as Young’s 1974 film “Journey Through the Past”.
Hand-written lyrics, letters, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia will also be available in the Archives, along with a detailed interactive timeline.