Neil Young (1977) Will to Love - LOST 70s GEMS

A demo sounding record with its raw, unfiltered sound full of room ambience, we hear reggae organs and country folk picking with Neil's smooth underwater vocal delivery; so subdued and yet flows like a stream. There is some background chatter and frequent clicks and creeks to give a refreshingly live in sound, while Young waxes about how he could be 'a fire in the night', his mystical verses so lyrical there is a almost Peruvian folk melody to the trippy chorus to this very trippy song. But its that raw mix of in the moment guitar harmonics and occasional vibraphone 'boings' that contrasts with Neil's soothing voice; the progression particularly the repetitious call of 'got the will to love' seems to lull you in as Neil admits I seem 'ramble on and on and repeat myself'. A very hidden classic from American Stars n Bars (1977); my personal favourite Young album.