In December 1988, when Dinosaur Jr entered Boston’s famed Fort Apache Studios to record a track for The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young, the trio cut not one but two songs: “Lotta Love,” which would be included on the disc alongside covers by the Pixies, The Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth, and “I’ve Been Waiting For You.”
Never officially released, the latter song — off Young’s 1968 debut album — finally has been made public by bandmember Lou Barlow, who this week posted it on his Loobiecore website (you can also stream it below) along with a handwritten account of the band’s visit to Fort Apache. Barlow recounts that the session, which also yielded a Byrds cover and future B-side “Chunks,” likely was “my last proper session with the band (not counting Peel Sessions and whatnot).”
He writes of rediscovering “I’ve Been Waiting For You”: “I found the cassette of this stuff while home for the holidays… it hasn’t aged well, not the condition of the tape (sounds whooshy + chewed), not the performance of ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’… it ain’t great, but it’s RARE.”
Dinosaur Jr, ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’ (Neil Young cover) by Slicing Up Eyeballs
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Dinosaur Jr to reissue ‘Dinosaur,’ ‘You’re Living All Over Me,’ ‘Bug’ on vinyl
- Dinosaur Jr reissuing 1988′s ‘Bug’ on purple cassette for upcoming full-album tour
- Dinosaur Jr to perform 1988’s ‘Bug’ at five East Coast concerts this summer
- Stream: Hear J Mascis’ ‘Several Shades of Why’ in its entirety
- Free MP3: Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, ‘It Is Done,’ off ‘Several Shades of Why’
- Free MP3: Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, ‘Not Enough,’ off ‘Several Shades of Why’
- Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis to release acoustic album ‘Several Shades of Why’ in March
