Return Of The "Missing 6" (minus 2)

Neil Young fans rejoice!

From Billboard.com:
The four remaining Neil Young studio albums that have never been issued on CD will finally be unveiled in that format next month. "On the Beach," "American Stars 'N Bars," "Hawks & Doves," and "Re.ac.tor" will be released June 24 via Reprise. The albums, which have been out of print in any form for years and heavily bootlegged, have been digitally remastered but do not include any bonus tracks.

To which I give a resounding WOO!

Yet, a tempered WOO!, because:

1) That's only four of the "Missing 6". (Read more here.) Only the bona fide studio albums. What about the live album Time Fades Away, Neil? Frankly, I can live without Hawks & Doves and Re.ac.tor, though they have their moments, and Journey Through The Past is just kind of a soundtrack mish-mash, but TFA is a sentimental favourite, and a bit of a diamond in the rough among Neil fans. Of course, On The Beach is a minor classic, so it'll be great to have that and American Stars 'N Bars on CD finally.

2) While it's great that they're getting remastered (word is that Neil has held off re-releasing these on CD for so long because he was never happy with the state of analogue-to-digital transfer technology, and didn't want to re-release these in what he considers inferior sound quality. My guess is that the technology used for the recent Rolling Stones ABKCO reissues is what finally convinced him) ... but no bonus tracks??!! Ah, c'mon Neil! You've got so much stuff in the vaults, surely you can spare three or four rarities or pertinent live tracks for these re-releases.

Still, a big WOO! Far be it for me to look a gift (crazy) horse in the mouth.