Have to confess, I never heard Neil Young's original until I saw the comments here and went and listened. Knew this version from way back in the day. The beautiful harmonies make this version special.
she beats Karen Carpenter into cocked hat.She is just bloody amazing.This version is totally brilliant and NeilYoung should have honoured them for this.They make him sound like a beginner..
wow - didn't know the band was still going and bringing out new stuff! I have the old 70's album but can't play it as I dont have a turntable any more...
This is a beautiful song with a wonderful harmony between the singers. Irene Hume has the voice of an angel. So pure, and clear, and gentle. Humanity working together for the benefit of all - most of us are trying and one day the world will be united as one. Earth is our home and for now the only one we have.
I love this version best - love the harmony. Her voice is pure honey and makes me go weak at the knees with pleasure. I used to try to sing her version when I was a young woman. This recording still has the power to give me goosebumps 30 years later...
Good harmony, i prefer the Neil Young version, only because it's the one im used to and i enjoy the piano in it, and plus i couldn't imagine Prelude on acid, so it doesn't make sense.
Classic song from a band that is still gigging - check out their website. They also dabbled in new country and have an award-winning song on one of their albums - they will also sign albums if you order them. Irene Hume has the voice of an angel.
Not many people do a cover that is as good or better than the original but this is superb. Never aged or getting tired...this song is a gem if ever there was one....
@therachiirach I performed a terrible act on poor Ian - he had behaved badly one night, I ended up punching him on his nose and breaking it: I was distraught but managed to apologise some months later and he forgave me. It wasn't long after this that they released "After The Goldrush". It sound as good today as it did then. If you see any of them, please tell them we were asking after them... Pam & Stu(art) from the Bay Hotel Folk Club, Cullercotes.
Doesn't this just give you chills listening to them just SING!! ...the best God given instrument!! I like their version FAR better than Neil Young's.
Fabulous version of a great song. I wonder if anyone else remembers Johnny Walker on his Radio 1 show in the mid 70's asking his listeners what it all meant? He had loads of ideas sent in, but the one he eventually gravitated towards just related to the first three words of the song... I vividly recall seeing a fab band at Christmas 1978 in Yeovil who did this live. They were called 'Shady Lady' It left a lasting impression on me (which is why I remember it) I wonder what happened to them?
The words have changed. Originally Prelude used a few words of their own, like Mother Nature on the run in the 1917 - now they've reverted to 1970's to conform to Neil Young's version. The original Prelude version's chorus was female voices - this version just doesn't have the original's charm.
Wow! This is my lucky day I just saw a video of Charlie Dore doing "Pilot Of The Airwaves" that was recommended to me and then I saw a video of this song. Neil Young's version is good but I like this version better. Are there any other versions of "After The Goldrush"?
What a performance - beautiful! I prefer the harmonies in the 73 recording, but this is a very close second. Either of them knocks Neil Young's original into a cocked hat.
My dad was in this band with Irene and her husband, Tony Hornsby, and his brother Jim - grew up watching them play the local folk and country festivals in the 80's.
does that woman realise what that song means years later? i hope she is safe and well and nope if never comes true at avsberry but if it does i hope she is there
I personally think the french horn, piano, and signature voice of Neil young is what made it so great, other than the lyrics. I respect Prelude, but I must say I gave it 4 stars.
Beautiful rendition. I think it's better than Neil Young's cos her voice is sweet and vulnerable...I think it suits the song better. . . what a Lyricist Young was though x x
Beautiful. I remember this song from way back but never knew who it was. I got a copy if it by happy accident on a 70's compilation CD just a year or two ago.
I heard this song in1974 at an exhibition in London. It was a demo tape being played on a digital cassette. I took 30 years to locate it again and buy a copy. Wonderful song.
@hendrixzilla I heard their version before Neil's original. When I first heard his, I figured it was a very funny parody - with his thin tenor, and the gawdawful French horn solo...
One of my favorite songs, I had their 45 for years from when it first came out- it was a tone or two higher. I think it finally got broken just before I had to leave all my record collection behind. Still before I could put them on CD.
Thanks for posting this. I used to listen to this song when I was in HS back in the mid 70's. Never knew anything about the group or ever saw them until now. This group performs the harmonies to absolute perfection. What a great rendition. Best I've ever heard. I'll definitely have to listen to some of Prelude's other music.
One of my all time favourites - thanks so much for posting this. I found the "Freedom" performance on one of my old VHS tapes and posted it immediately. Still looking for their elusive 07/02/74 TOTP performance of "After The Goldrush" - know it exists and was briefly posted here /watch?v=BxoIXEteIUo although in B&W
thank you so much for posting this. In 1982 in my senior history class at high school I heard this version of "After the Gold Rush" and it haunted me for years until I finally got a copy of it in 2004. I finally have a face to put to that wonderful voice.
Have to confess, I never heard Neil Young's original until I saw the comments here and went and listened. Knew this version from way back in the day. The beautiful harmonies make this version special.
BobTheMunificent 1 week ago
she beats Karen Carpenter into cocked hat.She is just bloody amazing.This version is totally brilliant and NeilYoung should have honoured them for this.They make him sound like a beginner..
englishsandy 2 weeks ago
wow - didn't know the band was still going and bringing out new stuff! I have the old 70's album but can't play it as I dont have a turntable any more...
madeliaette 1 month ago
I'm sure I saw them perform at Washington Arts Centre about 25 years ago!!!!
philosopher2310 1 month ago
This is a beautiful song with a wonderful harmony between the singers. Irene Hume has the voice of an angel. So pure, and clear, and gentle. Humanity working together for the benefit of all - most of us are trying and one day the world will be united as one. Earth is our home and for now the only one we have.
colintmd 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
great voices and harmony. like this more than the original.
collibosher100 2 months ago
just a great song-enjoy ALL versions
ftmwithsafc 2 months ago
Brilliant version of this song.
briwinter2901 2 months ago
If you asked me I`d tell you I aint keen on folk music ....trouble is I love nearly all this stuff on here lol ! She has a voice to die for....
Rottenbottomrob 2 months ago
Immaculate harmonies and great live performance. For me it just lacks the raw grit of Neil Youngs' version.
GrumpyBand 2 months ago
i'd love to see this year's X Factor lot try this!
MrYORKSHIREGUY 3 months ago 2
@MrYORKSHIREGUY
Little Fix you mean?
spacecowboy7580 1 month ago
I saw these sing this at the Golden Garter around 1977
jibjab351 3 months ago
I know it sounds kinda weird, but I want this played at my funeral. "Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun"
awdbugga 3 months ago
@awdbugga - Why not? Choose your own song! :)
MrYORKSHIREGUY 3 months ago
Nice
GlasgowTuc 4 months ago
I love this version best - love the harmony. Her voice is pure honey and makes me go weak at the knees with pleasure. I used to try to sing her version when I was a young woman. This recording still has the power to give me goosebumps 30 years later...
Barneymum 4 months ago 10
Great harmony !
manyworldfutures 4 months ago
Good harmony, i prefer the Neil Young version, only because it's the one im used to and i enjoy the piano in it, and plus i couldn't imagine Prelude on acid, so it doesn't make sense.
nzsurfingrules 4 months ago
Pure gold dust, this a wonderful recording.
BlueDotMusic 4 months ago 3
great voice!
KalleGC 4 months ago
The best version!
Morglay 4 months ago
Saw this band circa 1973 at the Richfield coliseum. They opened for Niel Diamond maybe. Prelude is the reason I like this song.
justkevy 4 months ago
fuckin northerners
ghodium 5 months ago
An absolute classic and faces to voices.
hughiepuk 5 months ago
One of my all time favorites. After all these years I can finally put faces to the voices.Thank you so much.
roadhouseca 5 months ago
Classic song from a band that is still gigging - check out their website. They also dabbled in new country and have an award-winning song on one of their albums - they will also sign albums if you order them. Irene Hume has the voice of an angel.
Pawlakat 6 months ago
I give this one 5 stars. The group sounds great. The one guy looks like John boy Walton. Girls cute though.
121duane 6 months ago
Not many people do a cover that is as good or better than the original but this is superb. Never aged or getting tired...this song is a gem if ever there was one....
putrified9 7 months ago
Loves the fact that the female singer is my aunty....She is one amazing singer And this song is amazing too!!
therachiirach 7 months ago
@therachiirach I performed a terrible act on poor Ian - he had behaved badly one night, I ended up punching him on his nose and breaking it: I was distraught but managed to apologise some months later and he forgave me. It wasn't long after this that they released "After The Goldrush". It sound as good today as it did then. If you see any of them, please tell them we were asking after them... Pam & Stu(art) from the Bay Hotel Folk Club, Cullercotes.
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Doesn't this just give you chills listening to them just SING!! ...the best God given instrument!! I like their version FAR better than Neil Young's.
getdusty1 8 months ago
Nice! Makes me want to hear The Roches perform this too.
Ardalla555 8 months ago
This is just amazing, I remember when their version first came out.
The quality of their voices is fantastic, thank you for posting this, I'll add this to favourites, something I will watch over and over again
cruithneuladh 9 months ago
Fabulous version of a great song. I wonder if anyone else remembers Johnny Walker on his Radio 1 show in the mid 70's asking his listeners what it all meant? He had loads of ideas sent in, but the one he eventually gravitated towards just related to the first three words of the song... I vividly recall seeing a fab band at Christmas 1978 in Yeovil who did this live. They were called 'Shady Lady' It left a lasting impression on me (which is why I remember it) I wonder what happened to them?
4beatlefans 10 months ago
I have this album. It is wonderful, and reminds us that the 1980s need not have been filled with dreck, and that hip hop is not music.
TheGranule 10 months ago
The words have changed. Originally Prelude used a few words of their own, like Mother Nature on the run in the 1917 - now they've reverted to 1970's to conform to Neil Young's version. The original Prelude version's chorus was female voices - this version just doesn't have the original's charm.
dalethorn2 10 months ago
Wonderful song...always a favourite.
elisabeast 10 months ago
Fantastic best and most haunting version . . Pity no one ever listened to the early predictions of the worlds resources being raped . . Too late ?
foolishgirl59 11 months ago
I just found the Dolly Parton and the K.D. Lang version of this song. I think this version is the best one.
LolaCrazy222 1 year ago
Wow! This is my lucky day I just saw a video of Charlie Dore doing "Pilot Of The Airwaves" that was recommended to me and then I saw a video of this song. Neil Young's version is good but I like this version better. Are there any other versions of "After The Goldrush"?
LolaCrazy222 1 year ago
Although I really like Neil Young's original version, this version also great too!
dvidgreen 1 year ago
im pretty sure one person missed the "like" button
UpYourAssimilator 1 year ago
good!
mamafanfan 1 year ago
What a performance - beautiful! I prefer the harmonies in the 73 recording, but this is a very close second. Either of them knocks Neil Young's original into a cocked hat.
exartemarte 1 year ago
My dad was in this band with Irene and her husband, Tony Hornsby, and his brother Jim - grew up watching them play the local folk and country festivals in the 80's.
Brings back great memories
hornydee 1 year ago
Superb! What a great memory.
MultiGeraghty 1 year ago
does that woman realise what that song means years later? i hope she is safe and well and nope if never comes true at avsberry but if it does i hope she is there
c130mover 1 year ago
I personally think the french horn, piano, and signature voice of Neil young is what made it so great, other than the lyrics. I respect Prelude, but I must say I gave it 4 stars.
SkanjaGanja 1 year ago
amazing and wonderful
Wisterialodge 1 year ago
Anybody who is not moved by this song, surely has no soul. Just an opinion lol, beautiful harmonies, beautiful lyrics.
smokie227 1 year ago 2
are these a British band
tarmacmuncher 1 year ago
Beautiful rendition. I think it's better than Neil Young's cos her voice is sweet and vulnerable...I think it suits the song better. . . what a Lyricist Young was though x x
olliehoare 1 year ago
hell i was a kid in forces in a war and every i got scared i thought of this
c130mover 1 year ago
wath a voice and guys good
c130mover 1 year ago
i really enjoy this song thank you for making this video! :)
megamoggy1 1 year ago
bought this years ago never get bored of it
manthakev 1 year ago
Don't get much better......
throovest 1 year ago
what a voic she had
c130mover 1 year ago
The Gest ever rendition of this song!!
rjuhl1 1 year ago
this is real talent
sexycalib9 1 year ago
One of my all time favorite songs. I'm a sucker for a capella, so I like this version much better than Neil's.
keydet72 1 year ago
superb
c130mover 1 year ago
Beautiful. I remember this song from way back but never knew who it was. I got a copy if it by happy accident on a 70's compilation CD just a year or two ago.
ufonaut 1 year ago
That lady has a fantastic voice.
She's very pretty too.
standingforcouncil 1 year ago
I heard this song in1974 at an exhibition in London. It was a demo tape being played on a digital cassette. I took 30 years to locate it again and buy a copy. Wonderful song.
1953archer 1 year ago
5 stars are not enough for this song ....
rangvi 1 year ago
So what did Simon, Paul, and Randy have to say??
Mp25DIII 1 year ago
seventies revisited
piginwall 1 year ago
I have often wondered what the group looked like and now I know...... Thanks!
Gibbs505 1 year ago
I always liked their rendition of this song.
rhotspot 1 year ago
I like their version better than Neil Young's.
hendrixzilla 2 years ago 20
@hendrixzilla
Don't be silly, Neil's version is unique, much like this one is - equally as good, but never better!!!
44JohnH44 2 years ago
@hendrixzilla I heard their version before Neil's original. When I first heard his, I figured it was a very funny parody - with his thin tenor, and the gawdawful French horn solo...
hrothgleas 1 year ago
@hendrixzilla I have to agree with you. Excellent
jjsassenach1 5 months ago
@hendrixzilla
inkydoug 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Prelude
@hendrixzilla - WAYYYYYYY better!!!!!
getdusty1 3 months ago
One of my favorite songs, I had their 45 for years from when it first came out- it was a tone or two higher. I think it finally got broken just before I had to leave all my record collection behind. Still before I could put them on CD.
harponercam 2 years ago
Thank you for posting! Lovely live version, yes Irene is beautiful. I have this album on vinyl from the 70s and just love it.
joyfulyes 2 years ago 2
Words fail me - just beautiful.
Threes ingers whose voices blend perfectly.
tonythekingfisher 2 years ago 2
5 stars for sure...only because that's all there is to give.....too bad most young rock singers nowadays...don't have a clue about harmony
dcord123 2 years ago 11
Best of luck with the band (SPLITT). From what I have heard the sound is GREAT!!
The1949Alan 2 years ago
@The1949Alan why, thank you :o)
dcord123 1 year ago
@dcord123 Absolut. The definitive version. It doesn't get better than this
jonathanbirchley 1 year ago
@dcord123 an absolute classic
hughiepuk 5 months ago
So lovely this - reminds me of my life in the early 70's
Nettingtons 2 years ago
Beautiful woman, beautiful voice, perfect harmonies.... thanks again for posting.
mtrott1 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this. I used to listen to this song when I was in HS back in the mid 70's. Never knew anything about the group or ever saw them until now. This group performs the harmonies to absolute perfection. What a great rendition. Best I've ever heard. I'll definitely have to listen to some of Prelude's other music.
mtrott1 2 years ago
I won their album at a funfair about 35 years ago.OMG.
bleachlotus 2 years ago
One of my all time favourites - thanks so much for posting this. I found the "Freedom" performance on one of my old VHS tapes and posted it immediately. Still looking for their elusive 07/02/74 TOTP performance of "After The Goldrush" - know it exists and was briefly posted here /watch?v=BxoIXEteIUo although in B&W
gussie5555 2 years ago
thank you so much for posting this. In 1982 in my senior history class at high school I heard this version of "After the Gold Rush" and it haunted me for years until I finally got a copy of it in 2004. I finally have a face to put to that wonderful voice.
asfsdfgasdgfsdgt 2 years ago
They are so great and Irene has the voice of an angel, we just love them, Stephen and Mary.
burnleysbs 2 years ago
I had this LP and an earlier one and lost them. Now I see how great they were.
nazicops 2 years ago
This has been permanently on my play list for years...
tkohl 2 years ago
Praise indeed! I guess "The Who" will top your list.
The1949Alan 2 years ago
@tkohl
Mine too my friend! What happened to talent? I miss it...
daffo001 6 months ago