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Last night Neil Young released his new covers album A Letter Home, featuring Jack White, with no warning.
The album, Young's 35th, was produced by Jack White's Third Man Records, and is currrently only available to order on vinyl via Third Man's website.
A Letter Home also contains two songs featuring Jack White, even though a spokesperson for Young previously denied rumours that he would appear on the album, saying: "We are certain those rumours have no basis in truth."
Watch the video for 'Ramada Inn', from Young's 2012 album Psychedelic Pill, below
The album was recorded using a 1940s-era Voice-O-Graph recording booth, and features covers of songs including Bruce Springsteen's 'My Hometown', Bob Dylan's 'Girl From The North Country' and Willie Nelson's 'On The Road Again'.
Speaking of the recording technique, Young compared the Voice-O-Graph to "a phone booth", adding: "You can make a lo-fi, analogue record, direct to vinyl, transfer it to 192, and you have a high-res copy of a lo-fi vinyl record."
The album is currently only available on vinyl, but an online download version may be released in the near future. The full tracklist is below.
1. “Changes” (Phil Ochs)
2. “Girl From The North Country” (Bob Dylan)
3. “Needle of Death” (Bert Jansch)
4. “Early Morning Rain” (Gordon Lightfoot)
5. “Reason To Believe” (Tim Hardin)
6. “On The Road Again” (Willie Nelson)
7. “If You Could Only Read My Mind” (Gordon Lightfoot)
8. “Since I Met You Baby” (Ivory Joe Hunter)
9. “My Hometown” (Bruce Springsteen)
10. “I Wonder If I Care As Much” (Everly Brothers)
