In Neil Young's extensive career, this period of music came at a definite turning point. The 1990s were almost ready to start, and Young had recently returned to his long-time home at Reprise Records. It definitely appeared to be a joyous and jubilant moment for the man who had recently celebrated the 21-year anniversary of a solo career that had never stopped progressing. The first album in VOLUME 5 is aptly named FREEDOM, and includes the song "Rockin' in the Free World."

RAGGED GLORY (1990) was a non-stop celebration for the music Neil Young & Crazy Horse are still creating at full force, and was recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. The 10 song original album is expanded for this re-issue with 4 rare tracks. “Interstate” and “Don’t Spook The Horse” were both b-sides to singles. “Box Car” and the 12 minute “Born To Run” are both previously unreleased versions. 

WELD (1991) is one of the most groundbreaking albums of Neil Young's history. It's a live album recorded with Crazy Horse after the release of RAGGED GLORY. It was from a wildly creative period of the band's history, and as Neil Young has often done, gave notice that he was a rock & roll originator who could never be second-guessed.

ARC (1991) is the live companion collection to WELD, and at the time generated the kind of musical notoriety that has often marked Young's creations. ARC is a 35-minute outburst of feedback, improvisation, guitar solos and vocal fragments. This marks the album's first release on vinyl.

This is the 5th Volume of Reprise's chronological re-issue of Neil Young's official catalog.
NEIL YOUNG / OFFICIAL RELEASE SERIES DISCS 22, 23+, 24 & 25

- Side 1 -
1 Rockin' in the Free World (Live Acoustic)
2 Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Pt. I)
3 Don't Cry

- Side 2 -
1 Hangin' on a Limb
2 Eldorado
3 The Ways of Love

- Side 3 -
1 Someday
2 On Broadway
3 Wrecking Ball

- Side 4 -
1 No More
2 Too Far Gone
3 Rockin' in the Free World

- Side 5 -
1 Country Home - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 White Line - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 F*!#In' Up - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 6 -
1 Over and Over - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Love to Burn - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 7 -
1 Farmer John - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Mansion on the Hill - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Days That Used to Be - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 8 -
1 Love and Only Love - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 9 -
1 Interstate - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Don't Spook the Horse - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 10 -
1 Boxcar - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Born to Run - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 11 -
1 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) [Live] - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Crime in the City (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Blowin' in the Wind (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 12 -
1 Welfare Mothers (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Love to Burn (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Cinnamon Girl (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 13 -
1 Mansion on the Hill (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 F*!#In' Up (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Cortez the Killer (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 14 -
1 Powderfinger (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Love and Only Love (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3 Rockin' in the Free World (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 15 -
1 Like a Hurricane (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Farmer John (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 16 -
1 Tonight's the Night (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2 Roll Another Number (For the Road) [Live] - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 17 -
1 Arc (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse

- Side 18 -
1 Arc (Live) - By Neil Young & Crazy Horse