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Neil Young

Alabama

1972 · via Neil Young

Neil Young wrote “Alabama” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1972. Also recorded by The Black Crowes (released 2008), Smoke Fairies (released 2011) and Blitzen Trapper (released 2015), among 25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Harvest (1972).

Neil Young – Alabama
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Neil had "Alabama" on record in 1972, and The Black Crowes took their run at it in 2008. Play his first, then theirs, and listen for what a band hears in a song it didn't write.

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Credited writer: Neil Young.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1972.

On the album Harvest (1972).

Other recordings on file · first release year

25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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