1991 box set by Crosby, Stills & Nash
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CSN is a box set by Crosby, Stills & Nash , issued on Atlantic Records in 1991. It features material spanning from 1968 through 1990 from their catalogue of recordings as a group in addition to selections from Crosby & Nash , Manassas , and their individual solo albums. It peaked at No. 109 on the Billboard 200 , and has been certified platinum by the RIAA .[ 2] The set is "dedicated to the loving memory of Cass Elliot , without whom most of this music may not have been made." A two-disc distillation of the box was released for other markets later in the year.
Content
The presence of the group's occasional fourth member, Neil Young , is limited to 14 tracks and only two of his compositions for the band, "Helpless " and "Ohio ". Of its 77 tracks, 25 had been unreleased previously, although many were alternate takes, alternate mixes, or concert versions of previously issued songs. Included in the unreleased tracks are a CSNY rehearsal of "Helplessly Hoping " prior to their first tour, two outtakes from the Déjà Vu sessions "Horses through a Rainstorm" and "The Lee Shore", and the December 1968 demo of "You Don't Have to Cry", the first recording they made as Crosby, Stills & Nash.[ 3] Other highlights include a cover of The Beatles ' "Blackbird ", the full-length take of "Almost Cut My Hair", and three tracks respectively from the aborted CSNY second studio album sessions of 1973, 1974, and 1976: "See the Changes"; "Homeward through the Haze"; and "Taken at All".[ 3]
No tracks are taken from the following studio albums released either individually or in combination during the time period covered by the box: Down the Road ; Illegal Stills ; Whistling Down the Wire ; Long May You Run ; Innocent Eyes ; and American Dream .[ n 1] The orphan single by Young and Nash, "War Song ", is also not included and is only available on the Neil Young archives box .
The original recordings were produced by David Crosby , Stephen Stills , Graham Nash , and Neil Young, with assistance from Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Craig Doerge, Bill Halverson, Chris Hillman , Stanley Johnston, Paul Rothchild , Dallas Taylor, and Joe Vitale . Audio engineers on the original recordings include Stephen Barncard , Niko Bolas , Ellen Burke, Larry Cox, Russ Gary, Don Gooch, Steve Gursky, David Hassinger , Andy Johns , Glyn Johns , Gary Kellgren , Henry Lewy, Elliot Mazer, Jim Mitchell, Tim Mulligan, and Doc Storch. The original masters were recorded at the following studios: A&M Studios , Britannia Studios, Devonshire Sound Studio, Wally Heider Studios, The Record Plant, Rudy Recorders, the Sound Lab, Sunset Sound , Sunwest Studio, Village Recorders , and Westlake Audio in Los Angeles; United Studio in Hollywood ; The Record Plant in New York City; Wally Heider Studios , His Master's Wheels, and Rudy Recorders in San Francisco; The Record Plant in Sausalito ; Criteria Sound Studios in Miami ; Island Studios in London; Sol Studio in Maidstone , Kent ; Stephen Stills' late 1960s home in Laurel Canyon , Graham Nash's early 1970s home in San Francisco, and Neil Young's Redwood Digital home studio at his ranch in Woodside, California . Live recordings are from the Filmore East in New York in 1970, the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in 1979, the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon in 1982, and the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York in 1989.
The selections were compiled for this set by Crosby, Stills, Nash, Gerry Tolman, and Yves Beauvais, with additional research by Joel Bernstein. The liner notes include an essay by writer Chet Flippo. Originally in a box set conforming to the size dimensions of a vinyl record , the set was reissued as a compact disc brick on August 13, 2013. The liner notes for the 2013 reissue do not indicate whether or not any additional mastering beyond that from 1991 was undertaken.
Track listing
An asterisk (*) indicates a live recording, two asterisks (**) a previously unreleased mix, (†) a previously unreleased version, and (‡) a previously unreleased song.
Disc one
Title Writer(s) Recording date 1. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes " (deleted drum track restored, alternate vocals; original mix on Crosby, Stills & Nash ) Stephen Stills early 1969 ** 7:28 2. "Helplessly Hoping " (CSNY rehearsal ) Stephen Stills June 15, 1969 † 2:31 3. "You Don't Have to Cry" (first CSN recording ) Stephen Stills December 1968 † 2:40 4. "Wooden Ships " (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ) David Crosby , Paul Kantner , Stephen StillsFebruary 20, 1969 5:26 5. "Guinnevere " (Crosby demo ) David Crosby June 26, 1968 † 4:45 6. "Marrakesh Express " (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ) Graham Nash early 1969 2:36 7. "Long Time Gone" (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ) David Crosby early 1969 4:17 8. "Blackbird " (Crosby, Stills & Nash outtake ) John Lennon, Paul McCartney February 11, 1969 ‡ 2:33 9. "Lady of the Island " (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ) Graham Nash February 11, 1969 2:36 10. "Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)" (Crosby & Nash early version ) David Crosby November 17, 1969 † 3:14 11. "Almost Cut My Hair" (unedited take of track on Déjà Vu ) David Crosby January 8, 1970 † 8:49 12. "Teach Your Children " (from Déjà Vu ) Graham Nash October 24, 1969 2:52 13. "Horses Through a Rainstorm" (Déjà Vu outtake ) Graham Nash, Terry Reid December 28, 1969 ‡ 3:40 14. "Déjà Vu" (from Déjà Vu ) David Crosby November 17, 1969 4:10 15. "Helpless " (from Déjà Vu ) Neil Young November 17, 1969 3:36 16. "4+20" (original mix on Déjà Vu ) Stephen Stills July 16, 1969 ** 2:10 17. "Laughing" (from If I Could Only Remember My Name ) David Crosby October 24, 1969 5:24 18. "Carry On /Questions" (from Déjà Vu ) Stephen Stills December 28, 1969 4:25
Disc two
Title Writer(s) Recording date 1. "Woodstock " (original mix on Déjà Vu ) Joni Mitchell November 5, 1969 ** 3:50 2. "Ohio " (1970 single ) Neil Young May 21, 1970 3:00 3. "Love the One You're With " (from Stephen Stills ) Stephen Stills March 1970 3:03 4. "Our House " (from Déjà Vu ) Graham Nash November 5, 1969 2:58 5. "Old Times Good Times" (from Stephen Stills ) Stephen Stills early 1970 3:38 6. "The Lee Shore" (Déjà Vu outtake with 1991 vocal overdubs ) David Crosby December 28, 1969 † 5:28 7. "Music Is Love" (from If I Could Only Remember My Name ) David Crosby autumn 1970 3:18 8. "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here" (from If I Could Only Remember My Name ) David Crosby autumn 1970 1:19 9. "Man in the Mirror" (CNY version ) Graham Nash June 7, 1970 †* 2:52 10. "Black Queen" (Stills solo ) Stephen Stills June 7, 1970 †* 6:50 11. "Military Madness" (from Songs for Beginners ) Graham Nash February 12, 1971 2:55 12. "Urge for Going" (intended as 1971 Crosby & Nash single ) Joni Mitchell June 22, 1971 ‡ 3:46 13. "I Used to Be a King" (from Songs for Beginners ) Graham Nash January 9, 1971 4:48 14. "Simple Man" (original mix on Songs for Beginners ) Graham Nash July 24, 1970 ** 2:19 15. "Southbound Train" (from Graham Nash David Crosby ) Graham Nash January 6, 1972 3:54 16. "Change Partners" (from Stephen Stills 2 ) Stephen Stills early 1971 3:13 17. "My Love Is a Gentle Thing" (Stills solo ) Stephen Stills April 18, 1975 ‡ 1:23 18. "Word Game" (from Stephen Stills 2 ) Stephen Stills early 1971 4:10 19. "Johnny's Garden" (from Manassas ) Stephen Stills January 8, 1972 2:46 20. "So Begins the Task" (from Manassas ) Stephen Stills January 9, 1972 4:00 21. "Turn Back the Pages" (from Stills ) Stephen Stills, Donnie Dacus early 1975 4:05
Disc three
Title Writer(s) Recording date 1. "See the Changes" (CSNY version ) Stephen Stills June 28, 1973 † 2:44 2. "It Doesn't Matter" (from Manassas ) Stephen Stills, Chris Hillman January 7, 1972 2:31 3. "Immigration Man " (from Graham Nash David Crosby ) Graham Nash February 9, 1972 2:58 4. "Chicago/We Can Change the World" (from Songs for Beginners ) Graham Nash February 28, 1971 3:58 5. "Homeward Through the Haze" (CSNY version ) David Crosby December 16, 1974 † 4:20 6. "Where Will I Be?" (from Graham Nash David Crosby ) David Crosby November 22, 1971 3:22 7. "Page 43" (from Graham Nash David Crosby ) David Crosby December 13, 1971 2:55 8. "Carry Me" (from Wind on the Water ) David Crosby March, 1975 3:33 9. "Cowboy of Dreams" (from Wind on the Water ) Graham Nash June 18, 1975 3:27 10. "Bittersweet" (from Wind on the Water ) David Crosby June 8, 1975 2:37 11. "To the Last Whale..." (from Wind on the Water ) David Crosby, Graham Nash May 11, July 1, 1975 5:30 12. "Prison Song" (from Wild Tales ) Graham Nash spring 1973 3:11 13. "Another Sleep Song" (from Wild Tales ) Graham Nash August 18, 1972 4:42 14. "Taken at All" (CSNY version ) Graham Nash, David Crosby April 1, 1976 † 2:54 15. "In My Dreams" (from CSN ) David Crosby January 12, 1977 5:11 16. "Just a Song Before I Go " (from CSN ) Graham Nash December 19, 1976 2:12 17. "Shadow Captain" (from CSN ) David Crosby, Craig Doerge January 14, 1977 4:31 18. "Dark Star" (from Allies ) Stephen Stills December 5, 1982 * 4:57 19. "Cathedral" (from CSN ) Graham Nash January 22, 1977 5:16
Disc four
Title Writer(s) Recording date 1. "Wasted on the Way " (from Daylight Again ) Graham Nash January 30, 1981 2:46 2. "Barrel of Pain (Half-Life)" (from Earth & Sky ) Graham Nash April 4, 1979 4:44 3. "Southern Cross " (from Daylight Again ) Stephen Stills, Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis late 1981 4:39 4. "Daylight Again" (from Daylight Again ) Stephen Stills late 1981 2:28 5. "Thoroughfare Gap" (from Thoroughfare Gap ) Stephen Stills early 1978 3:33 6. "Wild Tales" (Nash solo ) Graham Nash August 3, 1979 †* 3:09 7. "Dear Mr. Fantasy " (Stills & Nash version ) Steve Winwood , Jim Capaldi , Chris Wood November 17, 1980 ‡ 7:04 8. "Cold Rain" (from CSN ) Graham Nash January 25, 1977 2:33 9. "Got It Made" (Stills & Nash version ) Stephen Stills, Neil Young November 18, 1989 †* 4:33 10. "Tracks in the Dust" (from Oh Yes I Can ) David Crosby January 23, 1989 4:48 11. "As I Come of Age" (CSN remake of track on Stills ) Stephen Stills January 1981 † 2:48 12. "50/50" (from Right by You ) Stephen Stills, Joe Lala early 1983 4:20 13. "Drive My Car" (early version of track on Oh Yes I Can ) David Crosby late 1978 † 3:50 14. "Delta" (from Daylight Again ) David Crosby May 1980 4:11 15. "Soldiers of Peace" (original on American Dream ) Graham Nash, Craig Doerge, Joe Vitale late 1988 † 4:20 16. "Yours and Mine" (from Live It Up ) David Crosby, Graham Nash, Craig Doerge February 2, 1990 4:28 17. "Haven't We Lost Enough?" (from Live It Up ) Stephen Stills, Kevin Cronin April 3, 1990 3:06 18. "After the Dolphin" (from Live It Up ) Graham Nash February 1, 1989 4:25 19. "Find the Cost of Freedom" (B-side of the "Ohio " single ) Stephen Stills May 21, 1970 1:59
Collective personnel
David Crosby — vocals , guitars , keyboards , string arrangements
Stephen Stills — vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass , banjo , percussion , vibraphone
Graham Nash — vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica , percussion, string arrangements
Neil Young — vocals, guitars, harmonica, bass, keyboards, vibraphone
Joel Bernstein , Donnie Dacus , Michael Hedges , Jimi Hendrix , Danny Kortchmar , Michael Landau , Dave Mason , Jimmy Page , Dean Parks , Michael Stergis — guitars
Chris Hillman , James Taylor — guitars, backing vocals
Jerry Garcia , Ben Keith , Al Perkins — pedal steel guitar
Joe Vitale — drums , percussion, keyboards, synthesizers , vibraphone, flute
David Lindley — fiddle , guitar, mandolin
Richard T. Bear, Joel Bernstein, Lawrence Dermer , Craig Doerge , Mike Finnigan , Paul Harris , James Newton Howard , Carole King — keyboards
Jack Casady , Tim Drummond , Chris Ethridge , Bob Glaub , Phil Lesh , Bruce Palmer , George Perry, Greg Reeves , Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels , Leland Sklar — bass
John Barbata , Jim Gordon , Conrad Isidore, Bill Kreutzmann , Russ Kunkel , Paul Lee, Dallas Taylor , Tubby Ziegler — drums
John Barbata , Michael Fisher, Joe Galdo, Joe Lala , Efrain Toro, Jeff Whittaker — percussion
Rita Coolidge — backing vocals , vibraphone
John Sebastian — harmonica, backing vocals
Patricia Arnold , Joel Bernstein, Gloria Coleman, Henry Diltz , Brenda Lee Eager , Venetta Fields , Art Garfunkel , Priscilla Jones, Cleo Kennedy, Clydie King , Marcy Levy, Sherlie Matthews , Joni Mitchell , Dorothy Morrison, Fred Neil , John Sambataro, Timothy B. Schmit — backing vocals
Cyrus Faryar — bouzouki
Dorian Rudnytsky — cello
Wayne Goodwin, Al Gould — fiddle
Dana Africa — flute
Branford Marsalis — soprano saxophone
George Cricker — trombone
Tony Concepcion, Al Degooyer — trumpet
Jimmie Haskell, Mike Lewis, Sid Sharp — string arrangements
Tony Beard — drum programming
Production personnel
Graham Nash, Gerry Tolman — producers
Stephen Barncard at Sunset Sound — 1991 mixes for unreleased material
Joe Gastwirt , John Modell at Ocean View Digital — digital remastering, July and August 1991
Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital and John Nowland at Redwood Digital, San Francisco — analog-to-digital tape transfer, June and July 1991
Joe Gastwirt, John Nowland, Joel Bernstein — tape restoration
Notes
^ However, alternate versions of tracks from these albums do appear: "Got It Made" and "Soldiers of Peace" from American Dream , as well as the quartet version of "Taken at All" from Whistling Down the Wire .
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