9/14/2023 0 Comments Deja vu album![]() I was gonna say a darker feeling but I don‘t mean that in a negative way. “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are a completely different band than CS&N. But maybe those kids in the trees had the best seats.” “It was a different band when Neil joined,” Graham Nash explained to me in a 2014 interview we conducted for Record Collector News. “It was glorious and I am grateful I had pretty decent seats. ![]() And when CSN&Y plugged in and played electric, with Neil and Stephen on their big-bodied Gretsch’s, feedback always on the edge of chaos, they really truly rocked hard. She swayed and played those amazing songs with a golden glow about her. Sure it was there, after all, before Nash joined them Crosby and Stills had recorded and shared demos as ‘The Frozen Noses’… but in 1969, the drugs hadn’t done their eventual and inevitable damage yet. And… perhaps more importantly, cocaine hadn’t claimed their souls and voices yet. It wasn’t Don and Phil or Brian, Carl, Al and Mike perfect… It was loose because these bold artists were rehearsed and tight, but they were loose and cavalier at the same time. One of the things that made it so cool was it wasn’t perfect. The blend of their voices, which were in amazing shape in 1969, was magical. “They played together and they played separately and they played in various combinations. Crosby, Stills, Young and Ms Mitchell played amazing sounding Martin acoustic guitars that night and Nash played a stunningly good vintage black Epiphone. “One very important thing people forget these days is what a great acoustic instrument really sounds like when there’s a microphone placed in front of it instead of a pickup inside it. Weed was of course illegal, but it was passed around like gossip. The tall trees surrounding the Greek Theater were packed with kids who couldn’t get tickets to the sold out show and so they watched and listened like owls from the tall branches. “My bandmate and songwriting partner Paul Gordon and I were there and it was truly an amazing evening of fresh, great, live music. There was a Hippie glow permeating everything in Los Angeles that hadn’t fully dissipated yet and on a warm summer night… Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with Joni Mitchell played the Greek Theater. I was in a good band and we were gigging in real clubs for the first time. In April 2021 I asked him about the show. It was a groovy event.Īctor/musician Bill Mumy also caught CSN&Y at the venue opening night. In August 1969 my brother Kenny and I attended the debut of CSN&Y at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Nash, as usual, applied his workmanlike-approach to the restorative process and results in the new Déjà Vu configuration. He also gave insight on working with estranged bandmates in preparing this 2021 retail item. ![]() “The technology is much better now and you can hear the impact of it on this. In April 2021 Gram Nash spoke to me about the 50th anniversary edition of Déjà Vu. Also making its debut on the set is a version of “Our House” that features Nash singing with the song’s inspiration, Joni Mitchell. Other unreleased highlights include the demo for Crosby’s “Almost Cut My Hair” Stills’ outtake for “Bluebird Revisited” and Young’s alternate version of “Helpless” featuring harmonica. Among them is “Know You Got To Run,” the first song the quartet recorded during its first session on July 15 at the house Stills was renting from Peter Tork in Studio City. In the new anniversary edition, the album’s original 10 tracks are joined by 38 more to add nearly two-and-a-half hours of music that includes demos, outtakes, and alternate takes – most of which are previously unreleased. Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book, the collection comes illustrated with rarely seen photos from the era and annotated by writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe, whose revealing liner notes recount the making of the album through stories told by the people who were there, including David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young. Rhino will honor the intense creative journey that led to this milestone album with an expansive 4-CD/1-LP collection that includes a pristine version of the original album on both 180-gram vinyl and CD, plus hours of rare and unreleased studio recordings that provide incredible insight into the making of the record.ĭÉJÀ VU: 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available from Rhino on May 14 for $99.98. More than 50 years later, it’s one of the most famous albums in rock history with legendary songs, including “Carry On” and “Teach Your Children,” that still resonate today. The Original Album Remastered on May 14 thĬrosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu was the most-anticipated new album in America in 1970. Outtake from the #DejaVu album cover photo shoot by Tom O'Neal via Stephen Stills Official Courtesy of Rhino RecordsĬelebrates 50 Years With An Expansive 4-CD/1-LP Collection Featuring ![]()
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