UNHAPPY AS A SANDBOY – 1974 finds Neil Young ‘On The Beach.’ [email protected] June 5, 2019 ‘ON THE BEACH’ is a defining album of the 70s and arguably the most lyrically potent made in the first half of that decade. RANTS & REFLECTIONS After The Goldrush, Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Harvest, Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, On The Beach, Richie Furay, Sam Peckinpah, Stephen Stills, Time Fades Away, Tonight's The Night, Van Morrison