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Following his exit from Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young began his long, legendary solo career with three Reprise albums, all of which found him merging acoustic folk-rock and country with his uniquely raw electric guitar flurries. One of the most treasured bodies of work in the annals of rock started with "Neil Young" (1968), continued with "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (1969) and fully flowered on "After the Gold Rush" (1970). And what a year 1970 was for Young. Four months after CSNY’s "Deja Vu," he vaulted to #8 with this double-platinum smash (one of the 100 greatest albums of all time, says both Rolling Stone and Time). Stephen Stills and a young Nils Lofgren appear, but it’s Young’s masterful mix of the bucolic and the ferocious that make this an enduring classic; "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "When You Dance I Can Really Love" join "Southern Man," "Till the Morning Comes," "Cripple Creek Ferry," "Don’t Let It Bring You Down," the title song and more. The first thing you’ll notice when you get this 50th-anniversary edition in your hands is the artwork. In the years before he passed away, Gary Burden, Neil’s longtime art director, mused about solarizing the "After the Gold Rush" album art. Gary’s partner, Jenice Heo, has followed through on Gary’s idea; the front cover here has been printed on silver-coated paper stock to create the solarized effect. Inside the numbered box you’ll find the album on 180-gram vinyl plus an exclusive 7" vinyl disc containing two versions of the album outtake "Wonderin’": a 1970 recording that came out in "Neil Young Archives: Vol. 1" and a 1969 Sunset Sound recording that’s never been released before (the 7" disc comes in a picture sleeve). Lastly, you get a 12" x 12" lithograph of the album cover that’s exclusive to this highly desirable "After the Gold Rush" boxed set! Reprise.