Neil Young Opens Up the Vaults With Crazy Horse Disc, Box Set

When Young left the Buffalo Springfield in 1968, he hit the road for a series of intimate acoustic gigs. This disc, recorded in a coffeehouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the third in his Archives series of material related to the box set. During the show, Young breaks out killer stripped-down versions of Springfield classics like "Mr. Soul" and "On the Way Home" — in addition to early solo gems like "The Old Laughing Lady," "Last Trip to Tulsa" and an instrumental sketch that eventually becomes "Winterlong." "You can hear where it all started from," says Young. "It's so raw and real. There's very little damage. It's very pure."