Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Live At Fillmore East, 1969 (Preorder 25/10/24)

Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young - Live At Fillmore East, 1969 (Preorder 25/10/24)

Label: Rhino Atlantic -  - 0081227883218
Format: 2 LP, Album Clear
Country: UK
Released: 25th Oct 2024
Genre: Rock 
Style: Classic Rock

Description
After famously playing their second show at Woodstock in August 1969, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham
Nash, and Neil Young spent the rest of the year touring and writing songs for what would become CSNY’s 1970
debut, Déjà Vu. Live at Fillmore East, 1969 is a newly discovered multi-track recording of the band’s September
20, 1969, concert at the historic Fillmore East in New York City captures an early moment from that first
tour. Including both Acoustic and Electric sets, as well as hit tracks such as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", "Our
House", "I've Loved Her So Long", etc. and will be released as a double live album on clear vinyl, out October
25.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were heavily involved in the creation of this never-before-heard live show. Stills
and Young compiled and mixed the original eight-track concert recordings with John Hanlon at Sunset Sound
Studios in Los Angeles. The audio is AAA lacquer cut for the vinyl release to provide the highest audio fidelity.
The setlist spotlights soon-to-be classics from CSN’s self-titled debut and Young’s Everybody Knows This Is
Nowhere with “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” “Helplessly Hoping,” and “Down By The River.” The concert also features
early versions of two future Déjà Vu tracks. Stills delivers a stunning solo acoustic performance of his
introspective ballad “4 + 20,” followed by Nash, alone at the organ, singing “Our House” to its inspiration, Joni
Mitchell, who was in the Fillmore audience.
In the acoustic set, Young gave a nod to Buffalo Springfield (his first band with Stills) playing “I’ve Loved Her So
Long,” a song he wrote for the group’s final album, 1968’s Last Time Around. Young says, “For me, CSNY was a
chance to reunite with Steve Stills and carry on the Buffalo Springfield vibe. Crosby’s great energy was always
our catalyst. Graham and Stephen’s vocals, along with David’s and mine, were uplifting every night. Great
moments I will never forget.”
The electric set is powerful and intense, highlighted by expansive versions of “Wooden Ships,” “Long Time
Gone,” and “Sea Of Madness.” The band closes the show with “Find The Cost Of Freedom,” a new song by Stills
that later would be released as the B-side to the protest anthem “Ohio.”

Tracklist

Acoustic Set
Side One
1. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
2. “Blackbird”
3. “Helplessly Hoping”
4. “Guinnevere”
5. “Lady Of The Island”
 
Side Two
6. “Go Back Home”
7. “On The Way Home”
8. “4 + 20”
9. “Our House”
10. “I’ve Loved Her So Long”
11. “You Don’t Have To Cry”

Electric Set
Side One
1. “Long Time Gone”
2. “Wooden Ships”
3. “Bluebird Revisited”
4. “Sea Of Madness”
 
Side Two
5. “Down By The River”
6. “Find The Cost Of Freedom”