If it's bad, shouldn't it be bad everywhere? Why it plays in the computer and DVD player?
Error Correction.
CDs always have reading errors, the Neil Young disk probably has an error at the beginning, which, unlike vinyl, is at the center. CDs read from the center out to the edge. Look for a goober stuck to the disk.
Errors are so common that disk ripping software like the free Exact Audio Copy and dBpoweramp use AccurateRip.
https://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ "AccurateRip™ furthers Audio CD ripping by verifying ripped tracks against an Internet database, making sure they are error free.
"AccurateRip™ is the only Audio CD ripping technology which can verify extracted audio files are 100% free from errors, or put another way...no CD/DVD drive exists today which is able to self detect errors 100% of the time (in PCs or CD players), we call this the audio CD error detection hole (and applies to drives with c2 reporting abilities)"
One way to test this theory is to use Exact Audio Copy to rip Neil Young to a WAV file, then burn a new CD using Windows Media Player. The CD you make will be an exact copy of the existing disk, minus the errors. I have read
burned disks can sound better than the original but have never done a comparison.
Because a burned disk uses a different technology than manufactured disks, a weak laser may not read the disk. Also burned disks age quicker than the manufactured CDs. I used burned CDs in my woodshop for 20 years, the originals stayed safe at home. If a disk got damaged I would burn another, the cost was pennies per disk.