It was 1992 and Neil Young was ready to head to Nashville, meet up with some old friends (James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson) and recapture the sound and spirit of his brilliant country/folk masterpiece Harvest, then celebrating its 20th anniversary. The result was Harvest Moon, a gentle acoustic album of laid back picking and harmonizing that rejuvenated Young's commercial career and met with enormous critical success. It was, for many people, the quintessential Neil Young sound reinvented and the album went on to sell more than two million copies -- one of the most successful releases in his long history. "...He has surrounded his meditations in some of his simplest, most gorgeous melodies in years...", declared Q.

 The latest of Young's "from the vaults" live series of archival recordings, Dreamin' Man Live '92 (December 8), recreates the Harvest Moon album in an intimate live setting, pulling versions of each of the disc's ten tracks from a series of acoustic concert performances he gave in 1992 just prior to the release of the Harvest Moon album. Ironically, the disc's ten-minute epic "Natural Beauty" was taken from these live performances for the original release. The album's remaining tracks were recorded in the studio with back up from Young's Stray Gators: Music City studio vets Kenny Buttrey (drums) and Ben Keith (peddle steel) along with long-time Young players Spooner Oldham (keyboards) and Tim Drummond (bass).

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