Neil Young - Letter From ‘Nam

Neil Young - Letter From ‘NamOver on Uncut this month, I wrote a little overview of Neil Young’s “lost” albums — many of which have been “found” since the last time I did this kind of thing. Semi-miraculously, you can buy official versions of such previously mythical records as Homegrown, Oceanside / Countryside, Chrome Dreams, Toast and so forth. But you can’t buy Letter from 'Nam! Here’s a quick rundown from the Uncut piece: A few years later and a lot of water under the bridge, Neil was casting about for a follow-up to his blockbuster Harvest. He had something ambitious in mind: Letter from ‘Nam, a concept album of sorts that dealt with the fallout from the then-still-raging Vietnam War. In Young’s Archives, there’s a scrawled tracklisting for this still-unreleased collection featuring such tunes as “Lookout Joe”, “Goodbye Christians On The Shore”, “Come Along and Say You Will” and beyond. Several tracks would show up in different form on Time Fades Away, recorded live with the…