Heart of Gold - 2009 Remasterby Neil Young

'Harvest' is the fourth studio album by Neil Young, released in 1972. The song, which features backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down. He also played his harmonica during the three instrumental portions, including the introduction to the song. bit.ly Neil Young performing "Heart of Gold" at Farm Aid in 1985: youtu.be

'Harvest' is the fourth studio album by Neil Young, released in 1972. The song, which features backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down. He also played his harmonica during the three instrumental portions, including the introduction to the song. bit.ly Neil Young performing "Heart of Gold" at Farm Aid in 1985: youtu.be

R.I.P., Elliott Mazer, producer of Neil Young's "Harvest" and much more. He died on Sunday at age 79: pitchfork.com

'Harvest' is the fourth studio album by Neil Young, released in 1972. The song, which features backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down. He also played his harmonica during the three instrumental portions, including the introduction to the song. bit.ly Neil Young performing "Heart of Gold" at Farm Aid in 1985: youtu.be

This song features backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt which is pretty neato.

Despite being Young's only U.S. No. 1 single, Bob Dylan was not a fan... In 1985 he admitted that he disliked hearing this song, despite always liking Neil Young: "The only time it bothered me that someone sounded like me was when I was living in Phoenix, Arizona, in about '72 and the big song at the time was "Heart of Gold". I used to hate it when it came on the radio. I always liked Neil Young, but it bothered me every time I listened to "Heart of Gold." I think it was up at number one for a long time, and I'd say, "Shit, that's me. If it sounds like me, it should as well be me."

Neil Young (Toronto) "Children of Destiny" www.youtube.com

Read the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography of the enormously talented Mr. Young: www.rockhall.com

That last song Tweedy did was a Neil Young cover.

"A wonderful, gorgeous-to-look-at, and surprisingly detailed and accurate illustrated biography" of Neil Young entitled "Neil Young:Heart of Gold" has just been released in honor of Mr. Young's 70th birthday.: www.houstonpress.com

"Heart of Gold" featured backup vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt. Neil Young had a back injury which prevented him from standing and playing his electric guitar, so he played acoustic guitar for this lovely song.

Check out Blitzen Trapper's cover of this song from Record Store Day back in April on our blog: blog.kexp.org

Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far Young's only U.S. No. 1 single. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972, on which date Young held the top spot on both the singles and albums charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1972. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Where will Neil Young land in our Top Artists of All Time countdown? Tune in starting this Saturday at noon and find out! The countdown continues ALL next week, so keep checking in to hear where your favorites fall!

We've got a photoset of Neil Young at Outside Lands, check it out: www.flickr.com

Check out these photos of Neil Young performing Live in San Francisco at Outside Lands Festival in 2012: www.flickr.com

LOTS of requests for Neil today.He's my favorite musician of all time. So, this one is for me! Happy Valentines Day!! Much much love to you!! xo

more Neil Young, by request...Happy Thanksgiving!

(#37) Neil Young and Crazy Horse will be in Seattle Saturday, November 10th at Key Arena. www.kexp.org