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AFTER THE GOLD DUST

Thanks for an excellent in-depth review of Neil Young's Archives Vol II: 1972-1976 boxset [January issue]. I am one of the lucky people who bagged a copy from the 3,000 on offer from Neil's Archives online store in the USA for a princely sum of over £200, as the European retail sites had sold out. There is no doubt that the music is gold dust and it's hard to believe that so many of these unheard originals and superb alternative and live versions have been locked away for over 40 years. Neil could have put out several more first-rate albums during the 1970s had he chosen to do so, but at least we have them now (or at least some of them, as who knows how long it will be until we get Archives III, covering the later 1970s).

However, the delight of finally getting these unreleased songs is rather tainted. Among the 10CD set are six