Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash (Vinyl)
The 1969 self titled debut for US 'supergroup', Crosby, Stills & Nash, a sparkling set immortalizing the group's amazingly close, high harmonies, shot them to immediate stardom. Former members, respectively, of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and (surprisingly) UK pop group, The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash became the mouthpiece of the US post-psychedelic generation, culturally set adrift by the new Nixon administration's crackdown as the National Guard occupied Berkeley.
Graham Nash had left the Hollies and moved to sunny California, bringing those gorgeous vocal harmonies with him. He took up with Joni Mitchell ("Our House" on the follow up album Deja Vu is about their domestic bliss), joined the Laurel Canyon crowd and CSN were born. The cover photo is of the trio on the porch of one of the Laurel Canyon houses.
Stephen Stills' lovely opener, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," is a love song, remarkable in its musical and emotional intricacy, Nash's "Pre-Road Downs" is buoyant folk-pop underpinned by light psychedelic textures, and Crosby's "Long Time Gone" remains a potent indictment of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
A few of the sentiments may sound a little naive 50 years on, but its a definitive document of its era.....and those harmonies are timeless.
Limited clear vinyl, Reissue, Remastered.
Tracklist:
A1 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
A2 Marrakesh Express
A3 Guinnevere
A4 You Don't Have To Cry
A5 Pre-Road Downs
B1 Wooden Ships
B2 Lady Of The Island
B3 Helplessly Hoping
B4 Long Time Gone
B5 49 Bye-Byes
The 1969 self titled debut for US 'supergroup', Crosby, Stills & Nash, a sparkling set immortalizing the group's amazingly close, high harmonies, shot them to immediate stardom. Former members, respectively, of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and (surprisingly) UK pop group, The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash became the mouthpiece of the US post-psychedelic generation, culturally set adrift by the new Nixon administration's crackdown as the National Guard occupied Berkeley.
Graham Nash had left the Hollies and moved to sunny California, bringing those gorgeous vocal harmonies with him. He took up with Joni Mitchell ("Our House" on the follow up album Deja Vu is about their domestic bliss), joined the Laurel Canyon crowd and CSN were born. The cover photo is of the trio on the porch of one of the Laurel Canyon houses.
Stephen Stills' lovely opener, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," is a love song, remarkable in its musical and emotional intricacy, Nash's "Pre-Road Downs" is buoyant folk-pop underpinned by light psychedelic textures, and Crosby's "Long Time Gone" remains a potent indictment of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
A few of the sentiments may sound a little naive 50 years on, but its a definitive document of its era.....and those harmonies are timeless.
Limited clear vinyl, Reissue, Remastered.
Tracklist:
A1 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
A2 Marrakesh Express
A3 Guinnevere
A4 You Don't Have To Cry
A5 Pre-Road Downs
B1 Wooden Ships
B2 Lady Of The Island
B3 Helplessly Hoping
B4 Long Time Gone
B5 49 Bye-Byes
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