Once ridiculed, now a classic

In the 70's was Neil Young's debut in 1968 recorded with Jack Nietzsche (and Ry Cooder), mostly ridiculed. Where were the guitars? The solos? Where the rock music? That sounded all pretty harmless. In fact, the production had fallen out a bit poor. You could hear folk here, perhaps influenced country music, produces very pop.
That made some later Fan suspicious.
In fact, Neil Young and the musical esthete Jack Nietzsche had entered into an unbeatable fusion. They began to draw a bow, which should range from Youngs Buffalo Springfield-phase up to the classic 1972 hit album HARVEST where Nietzsche and Young should their cooperation donned the crown with this album - both positive and negative sense!
The fact that coverte David Bowie two of the songs from this album on his last albums (and on his last two trips in the Live program had), shows how recent this album is even today, even if it may dusty from today's perspective a little sounds. The Country / Folk / Pop two brilliant musicians is absolutely timeless and a piece like "String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill" is believed today to concerts of Lambchop eg listening.
In short, wonderful songs and an interesting testimony of the then folk / pop scene - and has long been a classic!