Listen To Previously Unreleased Neil Young Song ‘Winter Winds’

Neil Young will release “one of the most extensive anthologies in [Young’s] recorded history,” Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976-1987), on September 6. Young shared a preview of the massive collection, issuing the previously unreleased song, “Winter Winds.”

Premiered by MOJO, “Winter Winds” was recorded at Young’s Broken Arrow recording studio while tracking his 1980 album, Hawks & Doves. The track features Young on piano, Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar and Rufus Thibodeaux on fiddle.

Consisting of 17 CDs and 5 Blu-Ray discs, the deluxe edition of Archives Vol. III presents 198 total music tracks — live, studio, mixes and edits — 121 of those previously unreleased. “Winter Winds” is one of 15 unreleased songs in the collection being made available for the first time.

Additionally, the Archives Vol. III deluxe edition Blu-Rays contains 11 films, four of those previously unreleased. The Blu-Rays also boast 128 tracks and a total of 14 hours of film.

A separate 17 CD limited edition box will also be available via retailers. Further, Young is offering a double vinyl LP-only set titled Takes, a 16-track collection including one track from 16 of the 17 CDs in the Archives Vol. III box set. Takes contains three unreleased songs, including “Winter Winds” and 12 previously unreleased tracks.

Listen to Neil Young’s previously unreleased song “Winter Winds” via MOJO below: