Time Fades Away

Time Fades Away
Live album by
Neil Young
ReleasedOctober 15, 1973
RecordedFebruary 11 – April 1, 1973 (except "Love in Mind": January 30, 1971)
VenueVarious
Genre
Length34:33
LabelReprise
Producer
Neil Young chronology
Journey Through the Past
(1972) 		Time Fades Away
(1973) 		On the Beach
(1974)
Singles from Time Fades Away
  1. "Time Fades Away" / "The Last Trip to Tulsa"
    Released: November 26, 1973[3]

Time Fades Away is a 1973 live album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Consisting of previously unreleased material, it was recorded with the Stray Gators on the support tour following 1972's highly successful album Harvest. Due to Young's dissatisfaction with the tour, it was omitted from his catalogue and not released on compact disc until 2017. The album is the first of the so-called "Ditch Trilogy" of albums that Young recorded following the major success of Harvest, whereupon the scope of his success and acclaim became so apparent that Young subsequently experienced alienation from his music and career.[4]

Nevertheless, Time Fades Away received much critical praise[5] and was widely pirated after lapsing out of print because of the ensuing demand from fans.[6] It was initially reissued on vinyl as part of the Official Release Series Discs 5-8 Vinyl Box Set for Record Store Day in 2014, then reissued again for its 50th anniversary in 2023 as Time Fades Away 50. The album finally saw an official CD release in August 2017 as part of the CD version of the boxset. It gradually became available on streaming platforms and on the Neil Young Archives website in 2021.[7]

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  2. ^ Mooney (1991). Newsmakers. Gale Research Inc. p. 483. ISBN 9780810373440.
  3. ^ "Neil Young singles & EP discography". Discogs. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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  7. ^ "Neil Young Archives". Neilyoungarchives.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.