MARDI OLDIE / Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside - 1977 (Reprise Records)

MARDI OLDIE / Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside - 1977 (Reprise Records)

Gradually, in the course of a re-edition program (but is that the word?) whose shape and timing escape from any kind of understanding, the halo of mist that envelops part of Neil Young's discography seems finally to dissipate. As we know, the man is subject to to toquades, whims, volte-face and other mood swings. This was particularly true in the mid-1970s, a personal erratic era, but rather fruitful from an artistic point of view. Thus, multipl…