The Neil Young Archives is a series of archival releases by singer-songwriter Neil Young which feature previously unreleased studio and live recordings. The Archives have been long-anticipated — work began on them in the late 1980s.[1] Neil Young has expressed his desire to release such a series in numerous interviews over the course of decades. The archives are divided into several series. The main part is a series of box sets covering separate periods of the artist's career. In addition to this is the Performance Series which is a series of individual releases of live concert recordings. Finally, there is the Special Edition series which will consist of previously unreleased albums.