Old Man (original studio mix)

~ Recording by Neil Young

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • US1972-02-14
Reprise RecordsMS 2032
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise RecordsK 54005
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise RecordsREP 44 131
1.1Old Man3:17Neil YoungOld Man / The Needle and the Damage DoneNeil YoungSingle
Reprise RecordsREP 1084
2.8Old Man3:21Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US1977-10-28
Reprise Records3RS 2257-2
2.8Old Man3:21Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsP-5546~8R
1.6Old Man3:22Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Nautilus Recordings (US-based vinyl audiophile label)NR 44
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records2277-2 (244 131)
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records2277-2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise RecordsCD 2277
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (80s 'Target' style CD)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records244 131 (2277-2)
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • JP1986-04-25
Reprise Records32XD-395
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • US1987-07-07
Reprise Records2277-2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecade (longbox)Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records2252-2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecade (fatbox)Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records2257-2, 264 037
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records7599-27239-2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise RecordsCD 2277
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Reprise Records02277-2, 2277-2, 7599-27239-2
1.4Old Man3:24Neil YoungWonder BoysVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2000-02-15
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music SoundtraxCK 63849
1.4Old Man3:24Neil YoungWonder Boys (alternate artwork)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2000-09-15
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music SoundtraxCK 63849
1.4Old Man3:24Neil YoungWonder Boys: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Sony Music Soundtrax497738 2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2002-07-15
Reprise Records7599-27233-2
1.6Old Man3:28Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records9 48100-9
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records7599-27233-2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records7599-27233-2
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2004-11-16
Reprise RecordsCDW 48935
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-11-16
Reprise Records48935-2
1.10Old Man3:26Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-11-16
Reprise Records48924-2
2.10Old Man3:26Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-11-16
Reprise Records48924-2
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young with The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362489242
2.10Old Man3:25Neil Young with The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362489242
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young with the Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records, Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)9362489352
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young with The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362489352
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-48935-2
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young with The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362489352
1.10Old Man3:26Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsWBCD 2083
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (Cinram Olyphant pressing)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records2277-2, 244 131
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Classic Records (audiophile reissues), Reprise Records48935-1
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Classic Records (audiophile reissues), Reprise Records48935-1, 9362-48935-1
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • JP2009-01-21
Reprise RecordsWPCR-13242
8.4Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsArchives, Vol. 1: 1963–1972Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-05-29
Reprise Records175292-2
9.4Old Man3:23Neil Young with The Stray GatorsArchives, Vol. 1: 1963–1972Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-05-29
Reprise Records
9.4Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsArchives, Vol. 1: 1963–1972Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-06-02
Reprise Records2-511912
8.4Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsArchives, Vol. 1: 1963–1972Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-06-02
Reprise Records175292-2
9.4Old Man3:25Neil Young with The Stray GatorsArchives, Vol. 1: 1963–1972Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-06-02
Reprise Records524165-2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • US2009-07-14
Reprise Records517937-2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • XE2009-07-31
  • GB2009-08-10
Reprise Records9362-49789-9
4.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungOfficial Release Series Discs 1–4Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-11-24
Reprise Records519172-2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records2-517937
1.6Old Man3:22Neil YoungHarvest (Neil Young Archives Official Release Series – NYA ORS 04)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records9362-49786-5
1.6Old Man3:22Neil YoungHarvest (2009 remaster)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records
4.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungOfficial Release Series Discs 1–4 (discs reissue and remastered)Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-494975
4.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungOfficial Release Series Discs 1–4Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-06-11
Reprise RecordsLC02982
1.10Old Man3:22Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-11-14
Reprise Records
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (192.0kHz/24bit)Neil YoungAlbum
  • XW2014-12-23
Reprise Records
1.10Old Man3:25Neil Young & The Stray GatorsGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-11-04
Reprise Records
2.8Old Man3:21Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-04-22
Reprise Records558030-1
1.19Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-04-22
Reprise Records
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-06-23
Reprise Records558030-2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-49154-5
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-08-30
Reprise RecordsWPCR-17808
1.95Old Man (2009 Remaster)3:22Neil Young100 Greatest Acoustic Songs (non US)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-03-15
Rhino (reissue label)
1.6Old Man3:24Neil YoungHarvest (50th Anniversary Edition, Hi-Res)Neil YoungAlbum
  • XW2021-12-02
Reprise Records
1.6Old Man3:24Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
  • US2022-12-02
Reprise Records093624881704
1.6Old Man3:24Neil YoungHarvest (50th Anniversary Edition)Neil YoungAlbum
  • XW2022-12-02
Reprise Records093624881698
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (50th Anniversary Edition)Neil YoungAlbum
  • -2022
Reprise Records
1.9Old Man3:23Neil Young21 Great Songs by 21 Great ArtistsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecade (Columbia House)Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsW2 2257
2.3Old Man3:21Neil YoungDecade (Single Width Case)Neil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records2257-2
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)2257-2, D 208953
2.3Old Man3:22Neil YoungDecadeNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsCD 2257
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (club edition)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)2277-2, D 108955
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise RecordsRRXD 2
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records7599-27239-1
1.6Old Man3:24Neil YoungHarvest (mastered for iTunes)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvestNeil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records(MS 2032), REP 54 005
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungHarvest (WEA mfg. Commerce)Neil YoungAlbum
Reprise Records2277-2
Promotion
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungRock ExplosionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
99245
Bootleg
2.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungAfter the Gold Rush / HarvestNeil Young
Reprise Records
3.23Old Man3:22Neil YoungBacobens Rock Top 500Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Old Man3:22Neil YoungGreatest HitsNeil YoungAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.6Old Man3:25Neil YoungRock E X P L O S I O NVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Elliot Mazer (on 1971-02-06)
producer:Elliot Mazer
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) (on 1971-02-06)
banjo:James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) (on 1971-02-06)
bass:Tim Drummond (on 1971-02-06)
drums (drum set):Kenny Buttrey (on 1971-02-06)
pedal steel guitar:Ben Keith (on 1971-02-06)
piano:Andy McMahon (on 1971-02-06)
guest background vocals:Linda Ronstadt (on 1971-02-06)
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist) (on 1971-02-06)
guest performer:The Stray Gators
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1972)
Reprise Records (in 2022)
recorded at:Quadrafonic Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1971-02-06)
recording of:Old Man (on 1971-02-06)

Related works

Old Man

lyricist and composer:Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician)
publisher:Broken Fiddle Music (music publisher associated with Neil Young) (in 1971)
later parody versions:The Hunter Biden Song (Old Man)