Listen To Never-Been-Issued Song “Vacancy” From Homegrown Album

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Neil Young just dropped a previously unreleased track from his legendary “Homegrown” album which will finally see the light of day this June 19. Unlike some of the other songs, this latest offering was never issued on his other LPs.

Young recorded it on January 1975 at his Broken Arrow Ranch Studio. It features Stan Szelest on Wurlitzer organ, Ben Keith on lap slide guitar, bassist Tim Drummond and Karl T. Himmel on drums.

Young previously released another gem “Try” which he performed on tour between 2007 and 2008 but never found a home in one of his records. He also played the title track along with other rarities for his lockdown home concert series “Fireside Sessions” filmed and directed by his wife Daryl Hannah. “Homegrown” was recorded in 1975 but has never been heard in its entirety after it was shelved to make way for another studio effort.

He posted on his website early this year, “This album Homegrown should have been there for you a couple of years after Harvest. It’s the sad side of a love affair. The damage done. The heartache. I just couldn’t listen to it. I wanted to move on. So I kept it to myself, hidden away in the vault, on the shelf, in the back of my mind … but I should have shared it. It’s actually beautiful. That’s why I made it in the first place. Sometimes life hurts. You know what I mean.”

Listen to “Vacancy” below.