Glastonbury performer Neil Young to release ‘lost’ album from the 70s-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

Neil Young is set to release a lost album (Picture: Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Neil Young has revealed that he’s set to release a ‘lost’ album that was first recorded in 1977.

The singer, 79, has announced that he is set to release a ‘lost’ album on Valentine’s Day titled Oceanside Countryside.

The collection of songs set to be released from the archives and was recorded between May and December in 1977 and is a sister record to the album 1978’s Comes A Time.

Like the sister album, this new release shares a country folk sound and shares three songs: Goin’ Back, Human Highway, and Field of Opportunity.

On his website, the singer explained that he wished he had released the album at the time it was recorded.

‘This Analog Original album was recorded in 1977 and unreleased.

‘These songs are the original mixes done at the time of the recordings in the order I planned for the album. I sang the vocals and played the instruments on Oceanside in Florida at Triad studios and Malibu at Indigo studio.’

The singer said he wished he had released it at the time it was recorded (Picture: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

‘I sang the vocals and recorded with my great band of friends, Ben Keith, Joe Osborn, Karl T. Himmel, and Rufus Thibodeaux at Crazy Mama’s in Nashville on Countryside.

‘I hope you enjoy this treasure of an Analog Original recording, recorded by Tim Mulligan, as much as I do. Listening to it now, I think I should have put it out back then.’

The 79-year-old Canadian-American singer announced he would not be playing at the Worthy Farm festival after demands from the BBC that he did not want to meet.

‘The Chrome Hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all-time favorite outdoor gigs.

‘We were told that BBC was now a partner in Glastonbury and wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in,’ he said in a statement.

The singer is set to perform at Glastonbury this summer (Picture: rune hellestad/Corbis via Getty Images)

The message concluded: ‘It seems Glastonbury is now under corporate control and is not the way I remember it being. Thanks for coming to see us the last time!’

He then revised this statement and announced he actually would be playing the festival.

‘Due to an error in the information received, I had decided to not play the Glastonbury festival, which I always have loved.

‘Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing! Hope to see you there! LOVE Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts’

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