Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free

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"Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president," Young writes to fans. "My music will never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by Bezos"

Back in October, Neil Young pledged to remove all of his music from Amazon. And in a recent post on the Neil Young Archives, he said he’s sticking with the plan.

“Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president,” he wrote. “The president’s international policies and his support of ICE make it impossible for me to ignore his actions. If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use Amazon. There are many ways to avoid Amazon and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places.”

“Record stores provide all my vinyl and CDs, while the digital music world has many alternative options to purchase my music if you like it,” he continued. “My music will never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by Bezos. My position is unfortunately harmful to my record company in the short term, but I think the message I am sending is important and clear. Thanks for buying music locally and from independent digital services.”

Young’s complete catalog and a vast archive of live concerts, studio outtakes, and concert films is available on the Neil Young Archives in super high definition sound. Prices range from $24.99 to $99.99 a year, but he’s just gifted all of it to the people of Greenland in response to President Donald Trump’s threats against the nation.

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[malaise]

1. Love it

Rec

[love_katz]

2. Recommended.

[nilram]

3. This feels important. I really like the guy

and have for a long time. I wish I liked his music--haha, sorry. But I've known that he's a solid, stand-up progressive. Thanks, Neil!

[Mtnmama]

4. Hmmm,

How can you not like Harvest Moon?

[Javaman]

5. Trash amazon

I no longer buy new. I go on eBay for the things I need and get them used.

And those of us that still read lol, there’s literally dozens of other places online to get books

[democrank]

6. K & R

I can go way, way back in my music memory and there he is….Neil Young standing up for something important.