Archives Volume 3

This is the 3rd volume of the "Neil Young Archives" series of box sets produced by Neil Young. A definitive, comprehensive, and chronological record of his entire body of released work.

"Volume III" covers the period from 1976 through 1987, an extremely productive and musically diverse period in Neil Young’s career that included the release of several classic albums including "Comes A Time", "Rust Never Sleeps", "Live Rust" and "Trans". Spanning 11 years, this Archives box set covers more years, and includes more music and video than the previous 2 volumes in the "Archives"
series.

The limited edition deluxe box set contains 17 CD's and 5 BluRays, with 198 tracks on the CD' and 11 films on BluRays. It also includes a hardcover 160 page book, chronologically illustrated with archive materials, detailed descriptions of the music, and a fold out timeline of the period, plus a fold out "Archives" poster. It is housed in a large box, identical to the "Volume I" and "Volume II" deluxe editions.

The 17 CD's in the box set contains 15 completely unreleased songs, and 121 unreleased versions (original versions, alternate versions, different mixes, live tracks). Included are the unreleased albums "Oceanside Countryside", "Johnny’s Island" and "Summer Songs". 14 hours of audio.

The 5 BluRay discs contain 11 full length films with over 14 hours of material, and include the previously unreleased "Across The Water", "Boarding House", "Trans" and "Catalyst". Plus rare films "Muddy Track", "In A Rusted Out Garage", "Solo Trans", "Human Highway" and "A Treasure".

This deluxe edition contains 14 softpaks for the CD's and BluRays, each holding 1 or 2 discs, in their own custom sleeve. The BluRays enclosed in this box set are region free.

Reprise Records and Warner Music, September 6th, 2024.