Neil Young Discography:
"Everybody's Rockin'"
Neil Young
Geffen 25590
1983
|
Track |
Title |
Duration |
Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Lou's Got A New Pair Of Shoes | 3:00 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 2 | Rainin' In My Heart | 2:12 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 3 | Payola Blues | 3:08 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 4 | Wonderin' | 2:57 | April 1, 1983: Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, CA |
| 5 | Kinda Fonda Wanda | 1:48 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 6 | Jellyroll Man | 1:57 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 7 | Bright Lights, Big City | 2:16 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
| 8 | Cry, Cry, Cry | 2:39 | April 1, 1983: Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, CA |
| 9 | Mystery Train | 2:44 | April 1, 1983: Broken Arrow Ranch, Woodside, CA |
| 10 | Everybody's Rockin' | 1:55 | April 27 - May 25, 1983: Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA |
The story of this album is that Neil had finished an album in the vein of Harvest and Comes A Time called Old Ways. (This is a different album entirely than Neil's 1985 album Old Ways; in fact Neil in interviews refers to the 1985 album as Old Ways II and the unreleased 1983 album as Old Ways I). Geffen Records rejected Old Ways I and actually bought the rights to Everybody's Rockin' from Reprise, where it was to have been Neil's last album under his Reprise deal, and released Everybody's Rockin' instead.
After the release of this album, David Geffen sued Neil for making "uncommercial" records. As a part of the suit, Geffen demanded that Neil repay the $3 million dollars (US) he had received for Trans and Everybody's Rockin'. Neil responded by countersuing Geffen for $21 million dollars (US), charging breach of contract and fraud. Both suits were dropped in 1985.
As a result of these lawsuits, 1984 became the first year that Neil (or a band he was in) did not release an album.
The song "Wonderin'" was actually written by Neil in the late 60s, and was performed by Crazy Horse on their 1970 U.S. tour.
This is the one of Neil's best albums, according to him (Trans is the other).
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