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| disc one:
1) Love the One You're With 2) Wooden Ships 3) Immigration Man 4) Helpless 5) Military Madness 6)Johnny's Garden 7) Walk On 8) Almost Cut My Hair 9) Teach Your Children 10) Only Love Can Break Your Heart 11) The Lee Shore 12) Time After Time 13) Southbound Train |
disc two:
1) Another Sleep Song 2) Our House 3) Hawaiian Sunrise 4) Long May You Run, 5) Ambulance Blues 6) Old Man 7) Change Partners 8) Myth of Sisyphus 9) You Can't Catch Me/Word Game 10) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 11) Deja Vu 12) First Things First |
| disc three:
1) Don't Be Denied 2) Black Queen 3) Revolution Blues 4) Pushed It Over the End 5) Pre-Road Downs 6) Carry On 7) Sugar Mountain 8) Ohio |
#2
Five
Way Street - Compilation os CSN/Y Early stuff (2 CDR)
The
Old Gray cat Says:
First
up: the Crosby-Stills demos. Following the breakup of the Springfield and
David's exit from the Byrds, Stephen Stills and David Crosby joined forces
for a series of songs which they then began to shop around. The two songs
presented here are both able blueprints for what followed. . . interesting
but not definitive renditions by any means.
Now,
then, the Deja Vu out-takes. . . the first two are long jams featuring
Stephen's prowess on guitar; if Neil is present, he's on keyboards. While
far from revelatory, they are fun and bear up to repeated listens. As far
as the two "Woodstock" takes--well, they don't add insight (or anything
else) to the official versions released on Deja Vu and CSN (the box set),
as they're basically Stills and band groping for a handle on the song.
The
first set of CSNY Live material is appreciated--although the Y was most
likely waiting backstage for his solo turn, as he's not featured here.
That said, Nash does harmonize with the Croz on "Guinnevere" and Croz repays
in kind for "Simple Man." Stills' "Black Queen" comes off nicely. I'd say
more but, really, there's not much to add aside from this: "Guinnevere"
is classic.
The
second set of Deja Vu out-takes mimics the first set's "Woodstock" in that
neither add to the known versions. I should say here that, for me, a studio
"out-take" merits attention only if it's a previously unreleased song or
if it adds something/anything to the final, released rendition. Here, "Our
House" and "Almost Cut My Hair" are very nice--but neither differs much
from the known takes. In fact, although it runs about ten seconds longer,
the "Almost Cut My Hair" here sounds virtually the same as the released
version (and, yes, I am aware that the box set contains the unabridged
8 minute run-through which was the basis for Deja Vu's version). If it
was an acoustic take or some such thing then, yes, it would be very worthwhile,
insightful, etc., etc.
Take
a deep breath and try this one on for size: Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young
& Jones. CSNY&J?! Yep. CSNY guested on The Tom Jones Show and,
after performing a nice rendition of "You Don't Have to Cry" actually back
Jones on "Long Time Gone." The mixing of "hippie" with "hip" is humorous--but
little else.
The
opening CSN/Y soundcheck that kicks off disc two is not in any way, shape
or form worthwhile. After an abridged run-through of "Wasted on the Way,"
the threesome basically tackles more abridged songs with plenty of comments
concerning monitors, feedback, etc. Neil joins CSN for "Helpless" but the
song cuts off midway under the weight of more complaints. The sound is
great. The "performance," however, isn't--and it's very
understandable.
It's a soundcheck. Of note, too, is the song listed as "Everything's Broken".
. . reminds me of many Beatles bootlegs circa the Get Back sessions. Why?
It's an off-the-cuff fragment sung by Graham Nash. "Fragment" as in maybe
ten seconds in length. And, as with those Beatles' bootlegs, it's listed
as its own song!
Thus
far, Five Way Street would grade a D+. But the next two portions of the
boot boost it. On November 9, 1970, the BBC In Concert series presented
Mssrs. Crosby & Nash. It's a revelation, folks. Words alone can't express
how wonderful their eight-song set is. Aside from the fact that this captures
their first public collaboration as a duo and, as such, is an historic
document worthy of official release, the performance itself is stunning--from
Graham's "Simple Man" to David's closing "Traction in the Rain." The only
down-side is that the sound is far from top-notch. Let's cross our fingers
and hope that producer Stephen Barncard gets his hands on the master tape
and does with it what he did with Another Stoney Evening.
On the
heels of that magical performance comes the audio from the BBC's Sounding
Out. Aired in early 1972, this most definitely was taped sometime in '71--but
who knows? Less revelatory than the C&N set, it's nonetheless interesting,
as Stills runs through the songs listed above and offers insightful comments.
For instance, he explains how horses provide him an escape from the pressures
of rock 'n' roll. Another interesting tidbit concerns his recollection
of playing the folk clubs in Greenwich Village and how, each night, he
hoped to earn fifteen cents--yes, fifteen cents--so that he could go across
the street and buy a slice of pizza for breakfast. Also covered: the impact
the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night had on folk musicians such as himself and
John Sebastian.
The
Neilster circa 1971 wraps things up. . . with "A Man Needs a Maid" and
"Heart of Gold," both of which are performed solo at the piano. It's very
similar to the "melody" found on the Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy collection, right
down to the linking of the two songs--but minus the applause. It's nice,
but these tracks are neither revelatory nor insightful. They can be summed
up with two words: They're pretty.
As this
review suggests, this collection is seriously flawed. . . but, due to the
C&N and Stills sets, it does contain material any major fan should
want to hear. (B)
Snb
Boot CD>CDR The Third Eye
Sound:
Different Sources A to B+
Time:
disc 1: 63:10 disc 2: 68:15
Flaws:
None
Kahuna's
Rating:****
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| disc one:
Crosby-Stills demos: 1) Long Time Gone, 2) 49 Bye-Byes Deja Vu out-takes #1: 3) Instrumental #1, 4) Instrumental #2, 5) Instrumental #3, 6) Woodstock (version 1), 7) Woodstock (version 2) CSNY Live: 8) Guinnevere, 9) Simple Man, 10) Black Queen Deja Vu out-takes #2: 11) Our House, 12) Almost Cut My Hair The Tom Jones Show: 13) You Don't Have to Cry, 14) Long Time Gone
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disc two:
CSNY soundcheck/Bridge Show '89: 1) Wasted on the Way, 2) Lee Shore, 3) Wooden Ships, 4) Helplessly Hoping, 5) Helpless, 6) Got It Made, 7) Everything's Broken Crosby & Nash/BBC In Concert '71: 8) Simple Man, 9) Marrakesh Express, 10) Guinnevere, 11) Trees with No Leaves, 12) Teach Your Children, 13) Right Between the Eyes, 14) The Lee Shore, 15) Traction in the Rain Stephen Stills/BBC Sounding Out '72: 16) 4+20, 17) Who Do You Love?, 18) Takes Some Insurance Out on the Baby, 19) You Can't Catch Me, 20) Know You Got to Run, 21) Hot Dusty Roads, 22) For What It's Worth Neil Young '71: 23) A Man Needs a Maid, 24) Heart of Gold |
#3
FleetCenter
- Boston, MA. 3/26/00 (3 CDR)
CSN&Y
together again playing all their hits. Great stuff
Daud
CD>CDR
Sound:
A
Time:
disc 1: 60:01 disc 2: 67:02
disc 3: 59:31
Flaws:
None
Kahuna's
Rating:*****
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| Disc I:
1) Carry On 2) Southern Man 3) Stand And Be Counted 4) Pre-Road Downs 5) Heartland 6) 49 Bye-Byes 7) Slowpoke 8) Marrakesh Express 9) Faith In Me 10) Almost Cut My Hair 11) Cinnamon Girl |
Disc II:
1) Helplessly Hoping 2) Our House 3) Helpless 4) Dream For Him 5) Looking Forward 6) Someday Soon 7) After The Goldrush 8) Guinnevere 9) Suite:Judy Blue Eyes 10) Out Of Control 11) Seen Enough 12) Teach Your Children 13) 7th Inning Stretch |
| Disc III:
1) Woodstock 2) Long Time Gone 3) Ohio 4) Love The One You're With 5) Down By The River 6) For What It's Worth 7) Rockin' In The Free World |
#4
Kansas
City Express - Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri 1/26/00 (3 CDR)
Another
great CSN&Y 2000 show. Probably better sound on this one but close
to the one above
Daud
CD>CDR
Sound:
A
Time:
disc 1: 57:00 disc 2: 55:39
disc 3: 52:52
Flaws:
None
Kahuna's
Rating:*****
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| Disc I:
1) Carry On 2) Southern Man 3) Pre-Road Downs 4) Stand And Be Counted 5) Heartland 6) 49 Bye-Byes 7) Slowpoke 8) Marrakesh Express 9) Faith In Me 10) Almost Cut My Hair 11) Cinnamon Girl |
Disc II:
1) Helplessly Hoping 2) Our House 3) Only Love Will Break Your Heart 4) Dream For Him 5) Someday Soon 6) Looking Forward 7) After The Goldrush 8) Guinnevere 9) Out Of Control 10) Seen Enough 11) Teach Your Children 12) 7th Inning Stretch |
| Disc III:
1) Woodstock 2) Long Time Gone 3) Ohio 4) For What It's Worth 5) Mr Soul 6) Southern Cross 7) Rockin' In The Free World 8) Love the One Your With 9) Long May You Run |
#5
Back
in the Day - Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA 02/09/00 (3 CDR)
Another
great CSN&Y 2000 show. This one is the best sounding of my 2000 shows.
Almost A+ but Aud
There
are some fantastic long jams on this one too!!!!
Daud
CD>CDR
Sound:
A
Time:
disc 1: 59:52 disc 2: 58:25
disc 3: 57:40
Flaws:
None
Kahuna's
Rating:*****
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