art direction, design Gary Burden art direction, design Jenice Heo tracks 5-1 to 5-6 bass guitar [bass] Billy Talbot tracks 5-1 to 5-6 drums, vocals Ralph Molina editor [digital editor] Tim Mulligan tracks 5-1 to 5-6 electric piano Jack Nitzsche engineer [assisting engineer] John Hausmann engineer [senior technical engineer] Harry Sitam tracks 5-1 to 5-6 guitar, vocals Danny Whitten tracks 3-1 to 3-20, 5-1 to 5-6, 7-1 to 7-17 guitar, vocals Neil Young mastered by Tim Mulligan music librarian [archives audio tape librarian] John Hausmann photography by [booklet art back cover] David Myers photography by [booklet art back cover] Harold Whyte photography by [booklet art back cover] Linda McCartney photography by [booklet art back cover] Nurit Wilde photography by [booklet art back cover] Tom Gundelfinger O'Neal photography by [booklet art back cover], photography by [disc 2] Henry Diltz photography by [disc 2] Danny Kelly photography by [disc 2] Michael Miller photography by [disc 3] Harold Robinson photography by [disc 3] Murray Bray photography by [disc 5] Joe Sia photography by [disc 6] Gary Burden photography by [disc 7] David Toms photography by [disc 7] Wim Van Der Linden photography by [front cover and sides] Alan Pappé photography by [front cover and sides] Julian Wasser photography by [front cover and sides] Michael Miller photography by [front cover and sides] Murray Bray photography by [front cover and sides], photography by [booklet art back cover], photography by [disc 3], photography by [disc 4], photography by [disc 5], photography by [disc 6], photography by [disc 7], photography by [disc 8] Joel Bernstein tracks 7-1 to 7-17 piano Neil Young tracks 7-1 to 7-17 producer David Briggs tracks 3-1 to 3-20, 7-1 to 7-17 producer Neil Young tracks 5-1 to 5-6 producer Paul A. Rothchild producer [audio production assistance] Will Mitchell producer [produced by] Neil Young product manager [art & text production] L.A. Johnson tracks 3-1 to 3-20 recorded by Brian Ahern tracks 7-1 to 7-17 recorded by David Briggs tracks 5-1 to 5-6 recorded by Peter K. Siegel research [archival audio tape research] Joel Bernstein research [archival audio tape research] John Nowland research [archival audio tape research] Neil Young research [art & text] Joel Bernstein restoration [audio restoration, live at the riverboat] Jamie Howarth transferred by John Nowland transferred by Plangent Processes tracks 5-5 written-by Danny Whitten tracks 3-1 to 3-20, 5-1 to 5-6, 7-1 to 7-17 written-by Neil Young Produced At Redwood Digital Phonographic Copyright (p) Silver Bow Productions, Inc. Copyright (c) Silver Bow Productions, Inc. Recorded At Radio Station CKRC, Winnipeg Recorded At CJLK Radio Station, Fort William, ON Recorded At 46 Golfdale, Toronto, ON Recorded At Elektra Studios, New York Recorded At Atlantic Studios Recorded At Columbia Studios, Hollywood Recorded At Sunset Sound Recorders Recorded At Gold Star Studios Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles Recorded At T.T.G. Studios Recorded At Sunwest Recording Studios Recorded At Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI Recorded At Riverboat Coffee House, Toronto Recorded At Fillmore East Recorded At Larrabee Sound Studios Recorded At Wally Heider Studios Recorded At Music Hall, Cincinnati Recorded At Neil Young Home, Topanga, CA Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles Recorded At Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Recorded At A&M Studios Recorded At The Cellar Door Recorded At Royce Hall Recorded At Quadrafonic Sound Studios Recorded At Island Studios Recorded At Barking Town Hall Recorded At Broken Arrow Ranch Recorded At Sawdust Burner, Kings Mountain, CA Engineered At Plangent Processes Produced At Redwood Digital Designed At R. Twerk & Co. Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA 8-CD version of Archives, released with poster and 24-page booklet. Includes two previously released live albums from [l355203]: Live At The Fillmore East (released 2006) and Live At Massey Hall 1971 (released 2008).
Recording information: Tracks 1-1 and 1-2 recorded at radio station CKRC, Winnipeg, AB, July 23, 1963. Tracks 1-3 and 1-4 recorded at radio station CKRC, Winnipeg, April 4, 1964. Track 1-5 recorded recorded at radio station CJLK, Fort William (now Thunder Bay), ON, November 23, 1964. Track 1-6 recorded in a basement somewhere in Winnipeg, March 1965. Tracks 1-7 to 1-9 recorded at 46 Golfdale, Toronto, ON, October 1965. Tracks 1-10 to 1-15 recorded at Studio B, Elektra Records, New York, December 1965. Track 1-16 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, ca. July 1, 1966. Tracks 1-17 and 1-18 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, ca. August 1966. Track 1-19 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, ca. September 5, 1966. Track 1-20 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, ca. September 1966. Track 1-21 recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, January 9, 1967. Track 1-22 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, February 1967. Track 1-23 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, March 28, 1967 and at Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, March 30-April 18,1967. Tracks 1-24 and 1-25 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, May 6, 1967. Track 1-26 recorded at Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, ca. August 12, 1967. Track 1-27 recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, August 25, 1967(live Mr. Soul segment) and at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, September 5-18, 1967. Track 1-28 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, February 5, 1968. Track 2-1 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, August 23, 1968. Track 2-2 and 2-3 recorded at TTG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, August 28, 1968. Track 2-4 recorded at TTG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, September 28, 1968. Track 2-5 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, October 1, 1968. Track 2-6 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, October 1, 1968. Track 2-7 recorded at TTG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, October 9, 1968. Tracks 2-8 and 2-9 recorded at Sunwest Recording Studio, Hollywood, October 17, 1968. Tracks 2-10 and 2-11 recorded at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, November 10, 1968. Track 2-12 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, January 17, 1969. Track 2-13 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, January 18, 1969. Track 2-14 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, January 23, 1969. Tracks 3-1 to 3-20 recorded at The Riverboat, Toronto, February 7-9, 1969. Tracks 4-1 and 4-2 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, March 20, 1969. Track 4-3 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, March 24, 1969. Track 4-4 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 2, 1969. Track 4-5 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 3, 1969. Track 4-6 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 4, 1969. Track 4-7 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 5, 1969. Track 4-8 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, September 20, 1969. Track 4-9 recorded at Larrabee Recording Studio, Hollywood, October 17, 1969. Track 4-10 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, November 5, 1969. Track 4-11 recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, November 7, 1969. Track 4-12 recorded at the Music Hall, Cincinnati, February 25, 1970. Tracks 5-1 to 5-6 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City, March 6-7, 1970. Tracks 6-1 and 6-2 recorded at home studio, Topanga, ca. March 12, 1970. Tracks 6-3 and 6-4 recorded at home studio, Topanga, ca. March 15, 1970. Tracks 6-5 and 6-6 recorded at home studio, Topanga, ca. March 17, 1970. Tracks 6-7 and 6-8 recorded at home studio, Topanga, ca. March 19, 1970. Track 6-9 recorded at home studio, Topanga, ca. April 6, 1970. Track 6-10 recorded at Studio 3, The Record Plant, Hollywood, May 21, 1970. Track 6-11 recorded at the Fillmore East, June 5, 1970. Track 6-12 recorded at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, July 5, 1970. Track 6-13 recorded at A&M records, Studio C, Hollywood, August 23, 1970. Track 6-14 recorded at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC, December 1-2, 1970 (edit). Tracks 7-1 to 7-17 recorded at Massey Hall, Toronto, January 19, 1971. Tracks 8-1 and 8-2 recorded at Royce Hall, UCLA, Westwood, CA, January 30, 1971. Tracks 8-3 and 8-4 recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, February 8, 1971. Track 8-5 recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, February 8, 1971. Track 8-6 recorded at Island Studios, London, February 25, 1971. Track 8-7 recorded at Barking Town Hall, March 1, 1971. Tracks 8-8 and 8-9 recorded at Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, April 4, 1971. Tracks 8-10 and 8-11 recorded at the Barn, Broken Arrow Ranch, September 26, 1971. Track 8-12 recorded in the Barn, Broken Arrow Ranch, September 28, 1971. Track 8-13 recorded inside a sawdust burner, Kings Mountain, CA, November 18, 1971. Track 8-14 recorded at Broken Arrow Ranch, May 22, 1972.
Release information: Tracks 1-1 and 1-2 released as B and A sides of of The Sultan, [l125004] single #V-109 , 1963. Tracks 1-16, 1-20, 1-21 (from new acetate source) and 1-26 from the Buffalo Springfield Box Set, Rhino R2 74324, 2001. Tracks 1-17 and 1-18 from the album Buffalo Springfield, Atco Records 33-200, 1966. Track 1-23 from the album Decade, Reprise Records 3RS 2257, 1977. Tracks 1-24 and 1-27 from the album Buffalo Springfield Again, Atco Records SD 33-226, 1967. Track 1-28 from the album Last Time Around, Atco Records SD 33-256, 1968. Track 2-1 released as A-side of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere stereo promotional single (second pressing), 1969. Tracks 2-2, 2-5, 2-8, and 2-9 from the album Neil Young, Reprise Records RS 6317, 1968. Track 2-6 from the album Neil Young, Reprise Records RS 6317 (second version), 1969. Tracks 2-10 and 2-11 from the album Sugar Mountain (Live At Canterbury House 1968), Reprise Records 516758-2, 2008. Tracks 2-12 to 2-14 and 4-1 to 4-3 from the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Reprise Records RS 6349, 1970. Track 4-5 in mono from B-side of Only Love Can Break Your Heart single, Reprise Records 0958, 1970. Tracks 4-7, 6-1 to 6-3 and 6-5 to 6-8 from the album After The Gold Rush, Reprise Records RS 6383, 1970. Track 4-8 from the original soundtrack album Woodstock (Music From The Original Soundtrack And More), Cotillion Records SD3-500, 1970. Track 4-10 from the album Déjà Vu, Atlantic Records SD-7200, 1970. Tracks 5-1 to 5-6 released as the album Live At The Fillmore East, Reprise Records 44429-2, 2006. Track 5-5 released in different version on the album Tonight's The Night, Reprise Records MS 2221, 1975. Tracks 6-6 and 6-9 from the album After The Gold Rush, Reprise Records RS 6383 (first pressing), 1970. Track 6-10 released as A-side of Ohio / Find The Cost Of Freedom single, Atlantic Records 45-2740, 1970. Track 6-13 from the David Crosby album If I Could Only Remember My Name, Atlantic Records SD 7203, 1971. Tracks 7-1 to 7-17 released as the album Live At Massey Hall 1971, Reprise Records 43328-2, 2008. Tracks 8-2, 8-4, 8-5, 8-8, 8-10 and 8-11 from the album Harvest, Reprise Records MS 2032, 1972. Track 8-12 from the original soundtrack album Journey Through The Past, Reprise Records 2XS 6480, 1972. Track 8-13 released as A-side of War Song, Reprise Records 1099, 1972.