Neil Diamond Preps 50th Anniversary Box Set

Neil Diamond will release a career-spanning, three-disc box set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first solo hit, “Solitary Man.”

Neil Diamond will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first hit, “Solitary Man,” with a career-spanning box set out March 31st.

Neil Diamond 50 – The 50th Anniversary Collection will boast 50 tracks over three discs, as well as a booklet featuring new liner notes. Diamond helped pick the track list and oversaw the creation of the collection.

Since Diamond released “Solitary Man” in 1966, he’s notched an array of hits, including three Number Ones: “Cracklin’ Rosie,” “Song Sung Blue” and “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” the latter a collaboration with Barbra Streisand. His famed 1980 soundtrack for The Jazz Singer, in which he also starred, boasted three Top…