Neil Young Mojo's Dume Review: Radical expansion of 1975’s Zuma, on vinyl at last

By editorial board on March 1, 2024

Neil Young never releasing quite what you want continues apace in 2024; at time of writing, a confirmed date for his Archives Volume III box set remains unknown. Instead, be grateful for this vinyl edition of a 16-track chunk of 2020’s Archives Volume II.

Dume is ostensibly a radical expansion of 1975’s Zuma, Point Dume being the headland next to Zuma Beach near producer David Briggs’ house in Malibu, where much of the album was recorded. Dume ditches the incongruous CSNY collab Through My Sails from the original Zuma tracklisting and replaces it with eight blazing cuts from the sessions. All the songs have now surfaced elsewhere, but often in very different and arguably inferior versions: Ride My Llama and Pocahontas are spectacular electric stomps compared with the acoustic takes on Rust Never Sleeps. Reconfigured, Dume becomes less about Young’s break-up with Carrie Snodgress and leans harder into his phantasmagorial visions of Aztecs and Incas, prompting a heretical thought: it might actually be better than Zuma. ( Read the full review on MOJO HERE)

Dume features 16 tracks recorded during the sessions for Young’s 1975 album with Crazy Horse, Zuma. It includes eight of the nine songs that originally appeared on Zuma, as well as eight unreleased outtakes from the sessions, according to Americansongwriter.

Dume is  issued as a two-LP set in a gatefold sleeve, and can pre-ordered now at Young’s official online store. A limited-edition version packaged with an 11×11-inch lithograph of the cover art also is available.

Neil Young’s Note About Dume Below.

 

 

“Zuma was full of great music by Crazy Horse, but not all of it was included,” he wrote. “Dume is a complete look at that period. When you hear Dume, you can see why some of the tracks were not released on Zuma. They have flaws here and there, but now, looking back at that time, they provide a clear picture of us playing in [producer] David [Briggs’] Dume home [in Malibu, California,] with our tube board and analog machines.”

Young adds, “The earliest Crazy Horse versions of ‘Powderfinger’ and ‘Sedan Delivery’ are included. Enjoy Dume—the complete picture of Zuma.”

Zuma
Released in November 1975, Zuma reached No. 25 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified gold for sales of more than 500,000 in the U.S. It includes such fan favorites as “Cortez the Killer,” “Don’t Cry No Tears,” “Barstool Blues,” and “Danger Bird.”

Dume Track List (* = also featured on Zuma)

Side A

“Ride My Llama”
“Cortez the Killer”*
“Don’t Cry No Tears”*
“Born to Run”
Side B:

“Barstool Blues”*
“Danger Bird”*
“Stupid Girl”*
“Kansas”
Side C

“Powderfinger”
“Hawaii”
“Drive Back”*
Side D

“Lookin’ for a Love”*
“Pardon My Heart”*
“Too Far Gone”
“Pocahontas”
“No One Seems to Know”

Neil Young said he's preparing to record a new album "pretty soon," even though Barn, his latest LP with Crazy Horse, was  released on 2021 Dec. 10.

In a recent Rolling Stone interview, the legendary rocker was asked what drives him to keep making new material when many of his peers have stopped.

“I just love music,” Young replied. “If you see the reactions that people are having to a song like ‘Welcome Back,’ that’s why we do this. It gets at people’s souls. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s me. It could just be that they found the music that they like, and they can find the music they like in any number of people. But, you know, just to read that about these songs that I’ve just done, and hear how happy people are to get them, it’s very gratifying.”

He continued: “That makes me want to keep going. I’m already planning another record. I just can’t figure out where to do it. But we’re working on that and we will figure it out. We’ll go back in the studio pretty soon.”

Young noted that, when assembling a new track, he tries to avoid performing it in full until the moment comes to record. “I don’t sit and play the guitar and sing the song,” he said. “I might sing one verse, or think it while I’m playing, maybe humming or something. Then I write all the words out and I try to never do it again until it’s being recorded with the band. Right before we do it, I’ll show the band the changes and I’ll let them play for a few minutes. Then I just start."

 

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