![]() Out now is a 50th anniversary collection of Déjà Vu - an expansive 4-CD/1-LP collection from Rhino Records that includes a gorgeous remaster of the original album on both 180-gram vinyl and CD, plus hours of rare and unreleased studio recordings providing an insight into the making of the record like we’ve never had before. With the principals working separately, and with Stills again taking the lead in shaping the overall sound as he had on the original trio’s debut, they racked up more than 800 hours in studio time.Įven if Neil Young was already clashing with his new bandmates, having already found his next muse in his rough and ready compatriots in grunge progenitors Crazy Horse, the results were astonishing.Ĭlick here to pick up the Limited Edition CSNY Deluxe Box Set from our Rock Cellar Store So, while his guitar playing no doubt spurred Still to ever-greater heights, his voice and songs brought texture and nuance to the collaboration.īetween shows at Woodstock and Altamont - plus a handful in Europe - meticulous recording sessions at Wally Heider’s studios in Los Angeles took place. “But then I met Neil, and I was immediately won over.”Ĭrucially, Young was beginning to carve out a name as a remarkable singer-songwriter on his own. “I thought it would dilute this magical blend, this amazing chemistry, that we had developed,” he told me. Though when Atlantic Records label head Ahmet Ertegun initially mooted the idea Stills was unconvinced, there was no doubting that the pair had been a formidable team during their Buffalo Springfield days, and he was quickly warmed up to the idea. Of course, Young was, for Stills especially, a known quantity. Thank you Pick up a copy today or order here ~~> /NXYw8FybBL It also spawned three massive hit singles: Stephen Stills’ arrangement of Joni Mitchell ’s “Woodstock,” as well as Nash’s own “Teach Your Children” and “Our House.” (Young’s non-album single, and instant counterculture anthem, “Ohio,” also came from this period.) 1, selling almost twice the amount of the debut, almost immediately. ![]() Déjà Vu may have lacked the Laurel Canyon sheen of the trio’s debut, Crosby, Stills & Nash, but the newly minted quartet’s album went straight to No. Young certainly had the guitar chops needed - legend has it that Steve Winwood was the trio’s first choice - but there was no guarantee that the combination would work.īut Crosby, Stills and Nash had decided they needed someone to support Stills and bolster their live sound, and eventually settled on the extraordinary, and even then reputedly cantankerous Neil Young. ![]() He was really hitting his stride.”Īdding Neil Young to the formidable - and platinum-selling Crosby, Stills and Nash - mix was a risky move, regardless of Nash’s memories of the era. “We were all in terrible shape, it’s amazing we were able to do what we did,” Graham Nash recalled over lunch in New York City in 2014 of Déjà Vu from CSNY, the first pairing of the then already high-flying Crosby, Stills and Nash with Neil Young. ![]()
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