Neil Young's Bitter Pill

By Michael Lavorgna • Posted: Nov 21, 2012

I don't mean to pick on Neil Young especially since he's been one of my favorite musicians for decades (even before Decades) and he's also one of a few high profile musicians leading the charge for better sound quality and away from MP3s but his newest album, Psychedelic Pill is only available in download form as a "Digital Bundle" for $10.99 and this bundle is no bundle of hi-rez joy. Rather its, hold onto your irony board, MP3s.

There's also a 2 CD set ($12.99), a Blue-Ray disc ($18.99), and a triple LP ($79.98). The good news is there's over 85 minutes of new original music from Neil Young and Crazy Horse so I plan to dive in as soon as I decide which package I want to dive into. Eighty bucks for the LP is steep, the CD is CD-quality so maybe its the Blu-Ray then ripping.

Wouldn't it be nice if there was simply a high resolution download? Wouldn't that make sense?

You can shop for your very own version of Psychedelic Pill right here.

Comments

there is going to be a simple high resolution download

Submitted by Nando1970 on November 21, 2012 - 11:03am.

oh, you know it: there will be a simple high resolution download.

Just not officially distributed...

BTW, there is a FLAC download

Submitted by Regor Ladan on November 21, 2012 - 4:33pm.

BTW, there is a FLAC download available. Hard as hell to find..you gotta navigate like heck to find it.but it is there.

High(er) Rez: A pipe dream. 44.1/16 is it for now.

One thing we need to get through our thick skulls-

I have first hand knowledge that in the music bizness, 48 Khz/24 bit is considered high rez and way more than enough bandwidth to capture anything that pop music has to offer.

Might as well go Blu-Ray.

Submitted by deckeda on November 29, 2012 - 6:00pm.

Yes, a hires download makes sense. But HDTracks or whomever would want at least $18 for it anyway (more if higher than 96kHz.) Right?

So a physical disc for "$1 more" ($19) is a good value if you have room to store it away.

Pity about the 3xLP's price.

$45 LP

Submitted by deckeda on December 1, 2012 - 9:18am.

Just stumbled upon this:

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Neil-Young-Crazy-Horse-Psy...

or, about $45 U.S. (plus shipping ...) but that's still cheaper than buying locally, probably?

Heard a rumor this is AAA but dunno if that's true. That would be an interesting comparison against the Blu-Ray on the right setup.