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This next tune I'd like to do for you is called Birds. It's about birds - ha. It's about real birds - about the kind of birds that you see every day that hang out around. It's not about pelicans or anything like that. It's starlings, sparrows. Actually, sometimes when I sing this song I wish I was still in school. I can't remember what you call it, but it's a real big one of them - it's a simile or metaphor or one of those things. Where something appears to be something else, but it really isn't, or something like that, I don't know ... anyway, it's called Birds, about a couple of lovebirds.
Neil Young
The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
November, 1968
| Session Date: | June 30, 1970 |
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| Studio: | Home studio, Topanga, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & David Briggs |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:35 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, piano Ralph Molina: vocals Danny Whitten: vocals |
Available on:
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Released: 1970-09-19
Side 2 Track 8
Only Love Can Break Your Heart/Birds
Neil Young
Released: 1970-11-02
Side B
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972
Neil Young
Released: 2009-06-02
Disc 06 - Topanga 3 (1970) Track (hidden track)
After The Gold Rush 50th Anniversary Edition
Neil Young
Released: 2020-12-11
Track 8
| Session Date: | c. June 30, 1970 |
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| Studio: | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & David Briggs |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | mono |
| Length: | 1:38 |
| Notes: | from the 45 single; mono; 1st verse only |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, guitar, piano Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals |
Available on:
Only Love Can Break Your Heart/Birds - mono, alt Birds
Neil Young
Released: 1970-10-19
Side B
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972
Neil Young
Released: 2009-06-02
Disc 04 - Topanga 2 (1969-1970) Track 5
| Session Date: | August 3, 1969 |
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| Studio: | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & David Briggs |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 1:38 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, guitar, piano Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals |
Available on:
Only Love Can Break Your Heart/Birds - stereo, alt Birds
Neil Young
Released: 1970-10-19
Side B
| Session Date: | November 9, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:14 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar |
Available on:
Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968
Neil Young
Released: 2008-12-08
Track 11
| Session Date: | c. June 1970 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA |
| Produced by: | |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | |
| Length: | 2:33 |
| Notes: | film clip |
| Musicians: |
Available on:
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972
Neil Young
Released: 2009-06-02
Disc 06 - Topanga 3 (1970) Track (hidden track)
| Session Date: | August 28, 1968 |
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| Studio: | TTG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & David Briggs |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:15 |
| Notes: | previously unreleased version |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: guitar, piano, vocals Jim Messina: bass George Grantham: drums |
Available on:
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972
Neil Young
Released: 2009-06-02
Disc 02 - Topanga 1 (1968-1969) Track 3
| Session Date: | November 30, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | The Cellar Door, Washington, D.C., USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & Henry Lewy |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 2:19 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, piano |
Available on:
Live At The Cellar Door
Neil Young
Released: 2013-12-10
Track 7
| Session Date: | August 3, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & David Briggs |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 3:13 |
| Notes: | complete two verse, stereo with Crazy Horse<br>released December 1, 2017 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, guitar, piano Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals Billy Talbot: bass Ralph Molina: drums, vocals |
Available on:
Neil Young Archives website
Neil Young
Released: 2017-12-01
Track 1
| Session Date: | March 2020 |
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| Studio: | Daryl Hannah & Neil Young's home, Telluride, Colorado, USA |
| Produced by: | |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | mono |
| Length: | 3:16 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, piano |
Available on:
Fireside Sessions II
Neil Young
Released: 2020-03-26
Track 3
| Session Date: | August 3, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA |
| Produced by: | David Briggs & Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Notes: | outtake - added to NYA 2021-01-21 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar Graham Nash: vocals |
Available on:
NYA Outtakes and Demos
Neil Young
Released: 2021-01-23
Track 7
Déjà Vu 50th Anniversary
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Released: 2021-05-14
Demos Track 4
| Session Date: | October 16, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | |
| Musicians: |
Available on:
1969-10-16 - 2nd show, The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Neil Young
Released: 2021-08-01
Track 3
| Session Date: | October 16, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | |
| Musicians: |
Available on:
1969-10-16 - 3rd show, The Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Neil Young
Released: 2021-08-09
Track 6
| Session Date: | December 4, 1970 |
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| Studio: | Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young & Niko Bolas: "The Volume Dealers" |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | 3:03 |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocals, piano |
Available on:
Carnegie Hall 1970
Neil Young
Released: 2021-10-01
Track 19
1970-12-04 - Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, USA
Neil Young
Released: 2023-08-28
Track 19
| Session Date: | June 30, 2018 |
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| Studio: | Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Produced by: | Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | |
| Musicians: |
Available on:
2018-06-30 - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Neil Young
Released: 2022-07-25
Track 9
| Session Date: | July 20, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA |
| Produced by: | Lou Adler and Neil Young |
| Recording type: | Live |
| Mono/Stereo: | stereo |
| Length: | |
| Notes: | Edit at the beginning |
| Musicians: | Neil Young: vocal, piano |
Available on:
Before And After
Neil Young
Released: 2023-12-08
Track 7
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