I've been to Scotland a number of times and have a real liking for Mortlach 25 year old. Does this count ? Can I join ?  ("Mortlach" ...... that's a fine malt whisky ..... ed.)

Back in 1986 a group of friends (one of Scottish heritage) and I went up to Mull to spend a week in a crofter’s cottage near Bunessan. Having spent the evening at a Deep Purple concert (wearing my new leather walking boots to try to break them in) I caught the midnight train with them up to Glasgow. We spent an enjoyable 2 hours avoiding drunks at Glasgow station from 6.00am waiting for a train to Oban and then a much better 4 hours in a pub in Oban waiting for a ferry across to Craignure. We duly got the ferry only to find that there was no bus on the other side on a Sunday and we had to walk the 20+ miles across the island carrying large packs in temperatures that were rapidly heading towards freezing. Did I mention it was January? Luckily an open pickup stopped to give us a lift and, after a detour to pick up the driver’s wife who had been scuba diving in a lake, we were delivered to the pub in Bunessan. Great we thought, a whiskey, a warm fire and a warm welcome  well the first 2 anyway. After thawing out from the journey we hiked the 4 miles in the dark to the cottage  arriving at 1.00am Had a great holiday but we never let the same guy do the planning again

Founder of Hiheidyin enterprises, current NYAS editor and all round Neil Young fanatic since 1971 purchase of After The Goldrush. I was fascinated by the lyric insert that came with the album and in particular the list of songs on the last page of the notebook. What were these ? I wondered and why aren't they on this album? I've been hooked ever since and am especially interested in Neil's unreleased songs.