Jeff’s Playlist: Chrome Dreams II

Chrome Dreams II — Neil Young

How this 2007 album fol­lows 2023’s Chrome Dreams I’m not quite sure, but I real­ly like it, and I think you will too.

Give it a listen.

Music link pro­vid­ed by YouTube; Track info and cred­its pro­vid­ed by Wikipedia.

No.      Title    Length

1.         “Beautiful Bluebird”  4:27
2.         “Boxcar”                     2:44
3.         “Ordinary People”    18:13
4.         “Shining Light”          4:43
5.         “The Believer”          2:39
6.         “Spirit Road”             6:32
7.         “Dirty Old Man”         3:17
8.         “Ever After”                3:32
9.         “No Hidden Path”     14:31
10.       “The Way”                 5:15

Personnel

Primary musi­cians

Neil Young – acoustic & elec­tric gui­tars, ban­jo, har­mon­i­ca, grand piano, pump organ, Hammond B‑3 organ, vibes, per­cus­sion, vocal
Ben Keith – ped­al steel gui­tar, lap slide gui­tar, Dobro, elec­tric gui­tar, Hammond B‑3 organ, vocal
Rick Rosas – bass gui­tar, vocal
Ralph Molina – drums, per­cus­sion, vocal
Musicians for “Ordinary People“
Neil Young – elec­tric gui­tar, vocal
Joe Canuck – vocal
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro – gui­tar
Rick Rosas – bass gui­tar
Chad Cromwell – drums
Ben Keith – alto sax­o­phone
Steve Lawrence – tenor sax­o­phone, key­boards
Larry Cragg – bari­tone sax­o­phone
Claude Cailliet – trom­bone
John Fumo – trum­pet
Tom Bray – trum­pet (solo)
Background singers
The Wyatt Earps – Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Neil Young
The Jane Wyatts – Nancy Hall, Annie Stocking, Pegi Young
The Dirty Old Men – Larry Cragg, Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Neil Young
“The Way” choir

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City

Francisco J. Núñez, Artistic Director/Founder
Elizabeth Núñez, Conductor
Choristers
Rebecca Shaw
Vera Kahn
Moraima Avalos
William Cabiniss
Che Elliott
Rosa Loveszy
Christina Lu
Jamal Marcelin
Lluvia Perez
Owen Smith
Julie Urena
Emily Viola
Reginald Wilson
Catherine McGough
Helen Parzick
Production

Recorded at Feelgood’s Garage (except Ordinary People and The Way choir ses­sion)
Recorded and mixed by Niko Bolas
Assisting Engineers- John Hausmann, Rob Clark
L.A. Johnson- in stu­dio
Will Mitchell- in stu­dio sound
Larry Cragg- gui­tar tech
Harry Sitam- senior tech­ni­cal engi­neer
Digital edit­ing- Rob Clark
Analog-Digital trans­fers by John Nowland
Mastered by Tim Mulligan

Ordinary People

Recorded at Plywood ANALOG
Recorded and mixed by- Niko Bolas
Assistant Engineers- Brent Walton, Tim McColm
Digital edit­ing- Tim Mulligan
Analog-Digital trans­fers by John Nowland
Mastered by Tim Mulligan
The Way- choir session

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City
Recorded by- Niko Bolas
Assistant engi­neer- Colin Suzuki
2^nd assis­tant engi­neer- Eric Pfeifer
Choir arrange­ments by Darrell Brown & Neil Young
Elliot Roberts- direc­tion Bonnie Levetin- Lookout Management

Released       October 23, 2007
Recorded       May–July 2007 (except “Ordinary People” – July 26, 1988) at Broken Arrow Ranch
Length            65:53
Label              Reprise
Producer        Neil Young & Niko Bolas (as “The Volume Dealers”)