In Neil Young's extensive career, this period of music came at a definite turning point. The 1990s were almost ready to start, and Young had recently returned to his long-time home at Reprise Records. It definitely appeared to be a joyous and jubilant moment for the man who had recently celebrated the 21-year anniversary of a solo career that had never stopped progressing. The first album in VOLUME 5 is aptly named FREEDOM, and includes the song "Rockin' in the Free World."
RAGGED GLORY (1990) was a non-stop celebration for the music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are still creating at full force, and was recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. The 10 song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both b-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions. The 4 additional songs have resulted with the album expanded to 3 LPs and 2 CDs.
WELD (1991) is one of the most groundbreaking albums of Neil Young's history. It's a live album recorded with Crazy Horse after the release of RAGGED GLORY. It was from a wildly creative period of the band's history, and as Neil Young has often done, gave notice that he was a rock & roll originator who could never be second-guessed.
ARC (1991) is the live companion collection to WELD, and at the time generated the kind of musical notoriety that has often marked Young's creations. ARC is a 35-minute outburst of feedback, improvisation, guitar solos and vocal fragments.
- Disc 1 -
1 Rockin' in the Free World (Live Acoustic)
2 Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Pt. I)
3 Don't Cry
4 Hangin' on a Limb
5 Eldorado
6 The Ways of Love
7 Someday
8 On Broadway
9 Wrecking Ball
10 No More
11 Too Far Gone
12 Rockin' in the Free World
- Disc 2 -
1 Country Home - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 White Line - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 F*!#In' Up - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4 Over and Over - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5 Love to Burn - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6 Farmer John - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7 Mansion on the Hill - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8 Days That Used to Be - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9 Love and Only Love - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
10 Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Disc 3 -
1 Interstate - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Don't Spook the Horse - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Boxcar - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4 Born to Run - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Disc 4 -
1 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) [Live] - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Crime in the City (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Blowin' in the Wind (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4 Welfare Mothers (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5 Love to Burn (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6 Cinnamon Girl (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7 Mansion on the Hill (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8 F*!#In' Up (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Disc 5 -
1 Cortez the Killer (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Powderfinger (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Love and Only Love (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4 Rockin' in the Free World (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5 Like a Hurricane (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6 Farmer John (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7 Tonight's the Night (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8 Roll Another Number (For the Road) [Live] - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Disc 6 -
1 Arc (Live)