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after the gold rush...
I have been listening to some Neil Young this morning as I have been working on yet another bloody report. This one is more than two weeks overdue, so I really need to get it finished this weekend. I have managed to find a new and interesting way to avoid working. As I was listening to Neil it occured to me to see how many cover versions I could find of his song After The Gold Rush, which has always been one of my favourites. I managed to find twelve different versions, including a speeded up rocky version by a band called American Ambulance, although the iTunes Music Store wouldn't let me download it because I am not American, which seem a little unfair to me. In the end I was able to download ten different songs from a variety of sources, of which only nine seemed worth sharing, and here they are. My favourite version, apart from Neil's of course, is the one by k.d. lang. I think it is because I can sing along to it more easily. I just don't seem to be able to hit those high notes anymore.
I have uploaded them all as MP3 @ 128kbps. They take up quite a bit of space, so I will delete them all next weekend.
01. After The Gold Rush / Prelude 2:07
02. After The Gold Rush / Natalie Merchant 3:46
03. After The Gold Rush / Trio 3:31
04. After The Gold Rush / Flaming Lips 4:13
05. After The Gold Rush / k.d. lang 4:01
06. After The Gold Rush / Radiohead 3:42
07. After The Gold Rush / Linda Ronstadt 3:35
08. After The Gold Rush / Michael Hedges 4:08
09. After The Gold Rush / Neil Young 3:46
Perhaps I will share my collection of Ziggy Stardust cover versions, although, if truth be told, most of them are a bit crap.
mr mcmuffin on 18 Sep 2004 @ 01:58 PM ✲ Permalink
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Any chance you could tell me who did the cover version that was acapella (spelling). It was some strong voices and no instruments. I'm really trying to find that one...heard it lots back when I was a kid but can't seem to find anyone who remembers more than Neil Young doing it. :)
Thanks,
Tom
Posted by: Tom | 25 Oct 2004 03:31:59
Tom, I think the version you want is the one by Prelude - the only hit they ever had, and popular in the 70's.
Posted by: Barb | 17 Jan 2005 10:10:16
Hi Mr McMuffin
Just browsin around and found your article on all the covers of After the Gold Rush. Alas, I was too late, you've deleted the Radiohead cover version I've been dying to find. Is there any way at all that you could re-upload it or email it to me @ todd@rockinriffs.ca I would very much appreciate it.
-Todd
Posted by: Todd | 26 Jan 2005 19:42:19
Hi Mr. McMuffin
I heard a techno remix of "After the Gold Rush" about 4 years ago, and I've been looking for it ever since, with no luck. Any chance you know who did it or where I could find it. If you could email me at nettlyn@hotmail.com or post it in here I would really appreciate all your help. Thanks.
Annette
Posted by: annette | 6 Feb 2005 00:08:09
Brilliant blog... any chance you could send a copy of the Prelude version- been looking for it for ages. Thanks
Posted by: John Shillito | 14 Mar 2005 13:26:53
Where do I find Prelude's 'after the goldrush!'
Posted by: Mike | 11 Jul 2005 04:41:01
How do I find the Prelude version? I really love it - but can't purchase the album and your link is deleted. Thanks for any help you can give. d
Posted by: Deb Lister | 10 Aug 2005 21:26:35
Hi Mr Mc Muffin
I am desperately looking after the notes of After the goldrush for a choir with for voice (SABT). Do you know where I could get them?
Posted by: Hans | 25 Aug 2005 14:07:41
Mr. McMuffin,
Any chance you could put back up the links to all of the version of "After the Gold Rush", because I just heard Radiohead's version on tv, of all places, and I'd like to download a bunch of these other versions.
For everyone else, I found a webpage with Prelude's link, but I'm so stoned right now that I think I lost the web address, so I'll get back to you on this soon, just didn't want to forget.
Posted by: jarret | 27 Nov 2005 04:51:20
Prelude's "After the Goldrush" (spelled thusly) is available as an iTune download on an album called "The Dawn Anthology" credited to "Various Artists." The cut contains Prelude's "nineteen seventeen" WWI reference and is the 2:08 version.
Posted by: Tom | 26 Dec 2005 16:07:16
I am with Todd I found myself listening to a Techno version of After the gold rush with a female singer quite some time ago. If you could find it would you please email it to Ghettomoses@gmail.com
I've searched the internets as much as I can and I come up empty handed every time.
Posted by: Rick | 10 Jul 2008 08:45:23
I am with Todd I found myself listening to a Techno version of After the gold rush with a female singer quite some time ago. If you could find it would you please email it to Ghettomoses@gmail.com
I've searched the internets as much as I can and I come up empty handed every time.
Posted by: Rick | 10 Jul 2008 08:45:45
Years later and someone is still looking for the techno version of "after the gold rush". Please e-mail me if you have any information!!!
Posted by: Paula | 10 Sep 2008 04:21:03
Yes - please post here and e-mail me as well if you find the techno version of after the gold rush! My e-mail is Pnut41@yahoo.com. Have a friend that is dying to figure it out and now I just want to find it since I have been searching everywhere!!!! Thanks!!
Posted by: Paula | 10 Sep 2008 04:23:37
Hi Mr & Mrs McMuffin
Can you please post "Linda Ronstadt's - after the goldrush" again. I have been a fan of her many incarnations of song since "blue bayou".
Many thanks
John
from "the land down under"
AUSTRALIA
Posted by: John Poublon | 30 Mar 2009 07:38:28
for all those who are looking for the trance techno cover song of neil young song called after the goldrush the trance cover song you are looking for is off the cd "Trance, Vol. 2: A State of Altered Consciousness" the song is called Goldrush and the artist of the trance song is called Angel. its a great song. amazon has it for sale online but i know u can download it of limewire. the song is 8 min and 7 seconds. be warned that there are shorter versions of it. make sure u download the 8 min and 7 sec version
Posted by: brandon | 27 May 2009 08:52:52
I can't find Prelude's version of After The Gold Rush. I saw the entry from 2005 about it being on iTunes in the album The Dawn Anthology but I can't find that album in there. I would love to be able to download the song but I may have to go to Amazon and try to find it there.
Posted by: Paul Smith | 16 Aug 2009 14:17:10
