On February 14, 1972, “Reprise” label released “Harvest”, the fourth Neil Young album.  It was recorded January – September 1971, at “Quadrafonic Sound Studios” in Nashville; “Barking Town Hall” in London; “Royce Hall” at UCLA and “Broken Arrow Studio No. 2” in Woodside, and was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Henry Lewy and  Jack Nitzsche. “Harvest” was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States. in 1998, “Q” magazine readers voted “Harvest” the 64th greatest album of all time. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Harvest” at number 78 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

• Neil Young— lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, harmonica
• James Taylor— banjo, backing vocals
• Teddy Irwin — acoustic guitar
• Ben Keith— pedal steel guitar
• Jack Nitzsche— piano, lap steel guitar, arrangements
• John Harris — piano
• James McMahon — piano
• Tim Drummond— bass
• Kenny Buttrey— drums
• London Symphony Orchestra— orchestrations
• Linda Ronstadt— backing vocals
• David Crosby— backing vocals
• Stephen Stills— backing vocals
• Graham Nash— backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

1. Out on the Weekend
2. Harvest
3. A Man Needs a Maid
4. Heart of Gold
5. Are You Ready for the Country?
6. Old Man
7. There’s a World
8. Alabama
9. The Needle and the Damage Done
10. Words