Lucky Thirteen is a
compilation album by Canadian / American musician
Neil Young, released in 1993. It contains thirteen of Young's Geffen-era songs between 1982 and 1988, including five tracks that were previously unreleased, and three that are slightly different edits to their original versions.
It was the first Neil Young album (solo or otherwise) not to be distributed by
Warner Music Group. Two years after Young's departure from Geffen, the label, originally distributed by
Warner Bros. Records, was sold to
MCA Music Entertainment. Young's Geffen-era recordings, now owned by
Universal Music Group, represent the only works in his catalog that are not owned by Warner Music Group, with which he has had a long-standing relationship, dating to when his first band
Buffalo Springfield was signed to
Atco Records (which was actually not a sister label to WBR at the time of the signing, only becoming so in 1967).
Track listing
"Sample and Hold" (Previously unreleased version; original shorter version from Trans, 1982) – 8:04
"Transformer Man" (Short edit) (Trans) – 3:19
"Depression Blues" (Previously unreleased; from the original Old Ways, 1983) – 4:07
"Get Gone" (Previously unreleased; live with the Shocking Pinks – Hara Arena, Dayton - 18 September 1983) – 5:06
"Don't Take Your Love Away from Me" (Previously unreleased; live with the Shocking Pinks – Hara Arena, Dayton - 18 September 1983) – 6:16