645 - Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) - CSN Box Set (1991)

TRACKS
1 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Stills 7:28
2 Helplessly Hoping Stills 2:31
3 You Don't Have to Cry Stills 2:40
4 Wooden Ships Crosby, Kantner, Stills 5:26
5 Guinnevere Crosby 4:45
Performed by: David Crosby
6 Marrakesh Express Nash 2:36
7 Long Time Gone Crosby 4:17
8 Blackbird Lennon, McCartney 2:33
9 Lady of the Island Nash 2:36
10 Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) Crosby 3:14
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
11 Almost Cut My Hair Crosby 8:49
12 Teach Your Children Nash 2:52
13 Horses Through a Rainstorm Nash, Reid 3:40
14 Déjà Vu Crosby 4:10
15 Helpless Young 3:36
16 4 + 20 Stills 2:10
17 Laughing Crosby 5:24
Performed by: David Crosby
18 Carry On/Questions Stills 4:25
19 Woodstock Mitchell 3:50
20 Ohio Young 3:00
21 Love the One You're With Stills 3:03
Performed by: Stephen Stills
22 Our House Nash 2:58
23 Old Times Good Times Stills 3:38
Performed by: Stephen Stills
24 The Lee Shore Crosby 5:28
25 Music Is Love Crosby, Nash, Young 3:18
Performed by: David Crosby
26 I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here Crosby 1:19
Performed by: David Crosby
27 Man in the Mirror Nash 2:52
28 Black Queen Stills 6:50
29 Military Madness Nash 2:55
Performed by: Graham Nash
30 Urge for Going Mitchell 3:46
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
31 I Used to Be a King Nash 4:48
Performed by: Graham Nash
32 Simple Man Nash 2:19
Performed by: Graham Nash
33 Southbound Train Nash 3:54
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
34 Change Partners Stills 3:13
Performed by: Stephen Stills
35 My Love Is a Gentle Thing Stills 1:23
Performed by: Stephen Stills
36 Word Game Stills 4:10
Performed by: Stephen Stills
37 Johnny's Garden Stills 2:46
Performed by: Manassas
38 So Begins the Task Stills 4:00
Performed by: Manassas
39 Turn Back the Pages Dacus, Stills 4:05
Performed by: Stephen Stills
40 See the Changes Stills 2:44
41 It Doesn't Matter Hillman, Stills 2:31
Performed by: Manassas
42 Immigration Man Nash 2:58
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
43 Chicago/We Can Change the World Nash 3:58
Performed by: Graham Nash
44 Homeward Through the Haze Crosby 4:20
45 Where Will I Be? Crosby 3:22
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
46 Page 43 Crosby 2:55
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
47 Carry Me Crosby 3:33
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
48 Cowboy of Dreams Nash 3:27
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
49 Bittersweet Crosby 2:37
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
50 To the Last Whale...A. Critical Mass B. Wind on the Water Crosby, Nash 5:30
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
51 Critical Mass Crosby 1:14
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
52 Wind on the Water Nash 4:15
Performed by: Crosby & Nash
53 Prison Song Nash 3:11
Performed by: Graham Nash
54 Another Sleep Song Nash 4:42
Performed by: Graham Nash
55 Taken at All Crosby, Nash 2:54
56 In My Dreams Crosby 5:11
57 Just a Song Before I Go Nash 2:12
58 Shadow Captain Crosby, Doerge 4:31
59 Dark Star Stills 4:57
60 Cathedral Nash 5:16
61 Wasted on the Way Nash 2:46
62 Barrel of Pain (Half-Life) Nash 4:44
Performed by: Graham Nash
63 Southern Cross Curtis, Curtis, Stills 4:39
64 Daylight Again Stills 2:28
65 Thoroughfare Gap Stills 3:33
Performed by: Stephen Stills
66 Wild Tales [live] Nash 3:09
Performed by: Graham Nash
67 Dear Mr. Fantasy Capaldi, Winwood, Wood 7:04
Performed by: Stephen Stills, Graham Nash
68 Cold Rain Nash 2:33
69 Got It Made Stills, Young 4:33
70 Tracks in the Dust Crosby 4:48
Performed by: David Crosby
71 As I Come of Age Stills 2:48
72 50/50 Lala, Stills 4:20
Performed by: Stephen Stills
73 Drive My Car Crosby 3:50
Performed by: David Crosby
74 Delta Crosby 4:11
75 Soldiers of Peace Doerge, Nash, Vitale 4:20
76 Yours and Mine Crosby, Doerge, Nash 4:28
77 Haven't We Lost Enough? Cronin, Stills 3:06
78 After the Dolphin Doerge, Nash 4:55
79 Find the Cost of Freedom Stills 1:59
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CREDITS
Dana Africa Flute
Patrick Arnold Vocals (bckgr)
John Barbata Drums, Tambourine
Richard T. Bear Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
Joel Bernstein Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Vocals
Jack Casady Bass
Gloria Coleman Vocals (bckgr)
Tony Concepcion Trumpet
Rita Coolidge Vocals (bckgr), Vibraphone
George Cricker Trombone
David Crosby Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Guitar (12 String), Harmonica (Glass), String Arrangements
Donnie Dacus Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (bckgr)
Al Degooyer Trumpet
Lawrence Dermer Keyboards
Henry Diltz Vocals (bckgr)
Craig Doerge Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Tim Drummond Bass
Brenda Lee Eager Vocals (bckgr)
Chris Ethridge Bass
Cyrus Faryar Bouzouki
Venetta Fields Vocals (bckgr)
Mike Finnigan Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals
Michael Fisher Percussion
Joe Galdo Percussion, Drums
Jerry Garcia Pedal Steel
Art Garfunkel Vocals
Bob Glaub Bass
Wayne Goodwin Fiddle
Jim Gordon Drums
Al Gould Fiddle
Paul Harris Organ, Piano, Keyboards
Jimmie Haskell Conductor, String Arrangements
Michael Hedges Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
Jimi Hendrix Guitar
Chris Hillman Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
James Newton Howard Keyboards
Conrad Isadore Drums
Priscilla Jones Vocals (bckgr)
Simon Jones Radio
Ben Keith Lap Steel Guitar
Cleo Kennedy Vocals (bckgr)
Carole King Keyboards
Clydie King Vocals (bckgr)
Danny Kortchmar Guitar
Bill Kreutzmann Drums
Russ Kunkel Percussion, Conga, Drums, Tympani [Timpani]
Joe Lala Percussion, Conga, Timbales, Vocals
Michael Landau Guitar
Paul Lee Drums
Phil Lesh Bass
Marcy Levy Vocals (bckgr)
Mike Lewis Conductor, String Arrangements
David Lindley Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Guitar (Electric)
Branford Marsalis Sax (Soprano)
Dave Mason Guitar
Sherlie Matthews Vocals (bckgr)
Joni Mitchell Vocals
Dorothy Morrison Vocals (bckgr)
Graham Nash Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Piano, Conga, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Tambourine, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Harmonica (Glass, Fender Rhodes, String Arrangements)
Fred Neil Vocals (bckgr)
Jimmy Page Guitar
Bruce Palmer Bass
Dean Parks Guitar (Electric)
Al Perkins Guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals (bckgr)
George Perry Bass
Greg Reeves Bass
John Sambataro Vocals (bckgr)
Calvin Samuels Bass
Timothy B. Schmit Vocals
John Sebastian Harmonica, Vocals (bckgr)
Sid Sharp Leader
Leland Sklar Bass
Michael Stergis Guitar (Acoustic)
John M. Stevens Logo
Stephen Stills Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Conga, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Drums (Steel), Producer, Slide Guitar, Vibraphone
Dallas Taylor Drums
James Taylor Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Efrain Toro Percussion
Joe Vitale Organ, Flute, Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar (Synthesizer), Vibraphone, Synthesizer Bass
Jeff Whittaker Conga
Neil Young Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Vibraphone
Tubby Ziegler Drums
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REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
This 77-track, four-CD set remains one of the best boxes devoted to a single music act that one can buy, covering the output of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young across 22 years, from 1968 until 1990. The first thing that becomes apparent, beyond the excellent sound (which was a revelation at the time, when only extant editions of the group's work were the early, substandard CD editions), is the sheer worth of the material. Crosby, Stills & Nash's reputation, based on their first four albums, can be taken as a given for anyone who would think of buying this set, and it does cover virtually every base that one could involving the trio, with an occasional Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cut included for completeness' sake. Disc one by itself should be worth the price of the set to serious fans, eight of its 18 tracks being previously unissued songs (including a version of the Beatles' "Blackbird") and unissued early demos, alternate takes, or variant mixes on songs from the Crosby, Stills & Nash or Déjà Vu albums, along with one Crosby & Nash outtake. Disc two is similarly filled with previously unheard songs and versions of songs, although here the rarities are more focused on material by Stephen Stills (including a Crosby, Stills & Young version of "Black Queen"), Graham Nash solo, and the Crosby & Nash duo. Disc three is devoted more to Manassas and Crosby & Nash, but does work in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Taken at All" and "See the Changes" from various attempts at doing albums. Disc four takes listeners up to 1990, with Stills, Nash, and Crosby solo material (including unissued live and studio cuts) of the '80s interspersed with released Crosby, Stills & Nash tracks and previously unissued Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tracks. The accompanying booklet includes a sessionography and reminiscence about each track, and as most of this set is presented in chronological order, one not only gets a dazzling four-hour-plus song-by-song listening experience, but also what amounts to a montage/history of the group and their members across more than two decades.
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BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
The musical partnership of David Crosby (born August 14, 1941), Stephen Stills (born January 3, 1945), and Graham Nash (born February 2, 1942), with and without Neil Young (born November 12, 1945), was not only one of the most successful touring and recording acts of the late '60s, '70s, and early '80s — with the colorful, contrasting nature of the members' characters and their connection to the political and cultural upheavals of the time — it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles. The group was a second marriage for all the participants when it came together in 1968: Crosby had been a member of the Byrds, Nash was in the Hollies, and Stills had been part of Buffalo Springfield. The resulting trio, however, sounded like none of its predecessors and was characterized by a unique vocal blend and a musical approach that ranged from acoustic folk to melodic pop to hard rock. CSN's debut album, released in 1969, was perfectly in tune with the times, and the group was an instant hit. By the time of their first tour (which included the Woodstock festival), they had added Young, also a veteran of Buffalo Springfield, who maintained a solo career. The first CSNY album, Déjà Vu, was a chart-topping hit in 1970, but the group split acrimoniously after a summer tour. Four Way Street, a live double album issued after the breakup, was another number one hit. (When it was finally released on CD in 1992, it was lengthened with more live material.) In 1974, CSNY reformed for a summer stadium tour without releasing a new record. Nevertheless, the compilation So Far became their third straight number one. Crosby, Stills & Nash re-formed without Young in 1977 for the album CSN, another giant hit. They followed with Daylight Again in 1982, but by then Crosby was in the throes of drug addiction and increasing legal problems. He was in jail in 1985-1986, but cleaned up and returned to action, with the result that CSNY reunited for only their second studio album, American Dream, in 1988. CSN followed with Live It Up in 1990, and though that album was a commercial disappointment, the trio remained a popular live act; it embarked on a 25th anniversary tour in the summer of 1994 and released a new album, After the Storm. The trio again reunited with Young for 1999's Looking Forward, followed in 2000 by their CSNY2K tour.
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