Rusted Beats: The Lost Album

by Danny Fal

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1.	Eldorado (Intro) 01:22	buy track
2.	Down By The River 03:36	buy track
3.	Change Your Mind 02:55	buy track
4.	I've Been Waiting For You 01:20	buy track
5.	Eldorado 01:51	buy track
6.	Boxcar 02:38	buy track
7.	Driftin' Back 00:52	buy track
8.	Walk Like A Giant 03:01	buy track
9.	Love And War 01:37	buy track
10.	Mellow My Mind 01:24	buy track
11.	On The Beach 02:17	buy track
12.	Separate Ways 00:58	buy track
13.	The Last Trip To Tulsa 00:45	buy track
14.	Old Laughing Lady 01:39	buy track
15.	Country Girl 01:55	buy track
16.	Theme From Dead Man 02:37	buy track
17.	Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets) 03:55	buy track
18.	Southern Man 02:16	buy track
19.	Safeway Cart 01:55	buy track
20.	Sleeps With Angels 02:17	buy track
21.	F*!#in' Up 01:43	buy track
22.	Captain Kennedy 02:05	buy track
23.	Revolution Blues 02:16	buy track
24.	Ramada Inn 03:13	buy track
25.	Twilight 04:57	buy track

about

“Rusted Beats: The Lost Album” is the follow up to 2009’s “Beats Never Rust,” a hip-hop tribute to Neil Young. A couple of friends made the album in 2014, but scrapped it for unknown reasons. Five years later, the album has resurfaced, but the beats have turned to rust!

While the first album focused more on Neil’s greatest hits (Heart of Gold, Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricane), this one’s for the Rusties – deep cuts from the 70’s, songs from Young’s 90’s resurgence, and modern-day Neil. Inspired by the stage theatrics of the Alchemy tour, this album uses stage banter and quotes to move seamlessly throughout the album while Neil covers a variety of topics.

Production for the album started when Danny began messing around with Ableton Live, an upgrade from the Acid Pro software he’d been using on previous albums. The beats were coming out fresh and groovy, so Michael kept feeding Danny samples until they had an hour’s worth of material. With the beat portion done, Michael worked on the tracklisting and quotes, which the pair finished, but stopped before the final step: releasing it!

It wasn’t until recently, when a fan sparked up interest about the first album, that the duo decided to put out the follow-up. Upon re-listening, they were perplexed why it never came out. “It never had any artwork,” Danny remarked, so Michael enlisted the help of A. Shea to come up with an album cover that incorporated the idea of a lost mic turned to rust.

With that, the album was finally ready for public release. So, grab your headphones, because this one is all about the detail. Pay attention – there won’t be a test at the end, but you may pick up a thing or two. Enjoy the ride!