Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (3 Discs)


Review:
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills, and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, they are called Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their lasting influence on American music and culture, and for their intricate vocal harmonies, often tumultuous interpersonal relationships, and political activism. CSN formed in 1968 shortly after Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together informally in July of that year, discovering they harmonized well. Crosby had been asked to leave The Byrds in late 1967, and Stills' band Buffalo Springfield had broken up in early 1968; Nash left his band The Hollies in December, and by early 1969 the trio had signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Their first album, Crosby, Stills & Nash, was released in May 1969, from which came two Top 40 hits, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express". In order to tour the album, the trio hired drummer Dallas Taylor and session bassist Greg Reeves, though they still needed a keyboardist; Ahmet Ertegun suggested Neil Young, who had played with Stills in Buffalo Springfield, and after some initial reluctance, the trio agreed, signing him on as a full member. The band, now named Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, started their tour, and played their second gig at Woodstock Festival in the early morning hours of August 18, 1969. The first album with Young, Déjà Vu, reached number one in several international charts in 1970, and remains their best selling album, going on to sell over 8 million copies with three hit singles: "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children", and "Our House". The group's second tour, which produced the live double album 4 Way Street (1971), was fraught with arguments between Young and Taylor, which resulted in Taylor being replaced by John Barbata, and tensions with Stills, which resulted in his being temporarily dismissed from the band. At the end of the tour the band split up. The group have since reunited several times, sometimes with and sometimes without Young, and have released eight studio and four live albums. Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all three members were also inducted for their work in other groups: Crosby for the Byrds; Stills for Buffalo Springfield; and Nash for the Hollies.[5] Neil Young has also been inducted as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield but not as a member of CSN. They have not made a group studio album since 1999's Looking Forward, and have been inactive as a performing unit since the end of 2015. Whether or not this break is permanent remains to be seen, as the group has often been inactive for years at a time.





Track Listing:
(1970) Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young - Deja Vu
01 - Carry On
02 - Teach Your Children
03 - Almost Cut My Hair
04 - Helpless
05 - Woodstock
06 - Deja Vu
07 - Our House
08 - 4 + 20
09 - Country Girl
10 - Everybody I Love You

(1988) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - American Dream
01 American Dream
02 Got It Made
03 Name Of Love
04 Don't Say Good-bye
05 This Old House
06 Nighttime For Generals
07 Shadowland
08 Drivin' Thunder
09 Clear Blue Skies
10 That Girl
11 Compass
12 Soldiers Of Peace
13 Feel Your Love
14 Night Song

(1992) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street
Disc 1:
02 - On The Way Home
03 - Teach Your Children
04 - Triad
05 - The Lee Shore
06 - Chicago
07 - Right Between The Eyes
08 - Cowgirl In The Sand
09 - Don't Let It Bring You Down
10 - 49 Bye-Byes / America's Children
11 - Love The One You're With
12 - King Midas In Reverse
13 - Laughing
14 - Black Queen
15 - Medley- The Loner - Cinnamon Girl - Down By The River
Disc 2:
01 - Pre-Road Downs
02 - Long Time Gone
03 - Southern Man
04 - Ohio
05 - Carry On
06 - Find The Cost Of Freedom

Media Report:
Genre: folk rock, country rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits