Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street (1971)

"4 Way Street" is the third album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, their second as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and their first live album.

A document of their tour from the previous year, the live recordings presented were taken from shows at The Fillmore East, New York, June 2–June 7, 1970 The Chicago Auditorium, Chicago, July 5, 1970 and The Forum, Los Angeles, June 26–June 28, 1970.

The album contained material previously available in studio versions, from both the various affiliations and individual work of the four principals. Two songs each by Nash and Crosby had not been officially released by its writer at the time of the arrival of this album in the shops: "Chicago," soon to appear one month later on Nash's Songs for Beginners album, and "Right Between the Eyes"; "The Lee Shore" by Crosby, as well as his controversial ménage à trois "Triad" composition, recorded by Jefferson Airplane on their Crown of Creation album of 1968, and by The Byrds, but not released until 1987 on the compilation "Never Before" and later as a bonus track on The Notorious Byrd Brothers reissue.

Tracklist

Disc 1

01.  Suite: Judy Blue Eyes  (Stephen Stills)  - 0:33

02.  On the Way Home  (Neil Young)  - 3:19

03.  Teach Your Children  (Graham Nash)  - 2:46

04.  Triad  (David Crosby)  - 5:07

05.  The Lee Shore  (Crosby)  - 4:14

06.  Chicago  (Nash)  - 3:03

07.  Right Between the Eyes  (Nash)  - 2:19

08.  Cowgirl in the Sand  (Young)  - 3:50

09.  Don't Let It Bring You Down  (Young)  - 2:35

10.  49 Bye-Byes/For What It's Worth/America's Children  (Stills)  - 5:30

11.  Love the One You're With  (Stills)  - 2:57

Disc 2

01.  Pre-Road Downs  (Nash)  - 2:48

02.  Long Time Gone  (Crosby)  - 5:33

03.  Southern Man  (Young)  - 13:15

04.  Ohio  (Young)  - 3:24

05.  Carry On  (Stills)  - 13:06

06.  Find the Cost of Freedom  (Stills)  - 2:16

Personnel

David Crosby – vocals, guitar

Stephen Stills – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Graham Nash – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards

Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels – bass

Johnny Barbata – drums

 

Notes

Released:  April 7, 1971

Recorded:  June 2–July 5, 1970, New York, Chicago & Los Angeles

Genre:  Soft Rock

Length:  76:35

Label:  Atlantic

Producer:  David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young

(30) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Deja Vu (1970)

Déjà Vu is the first album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It was released in March of 1970 by Atlantic Records. It topped the pop album chart for one week and generated four singles: “Teach Your Children,” “Our House,” “Woodstock” and “Carry On”. Déjà Vu was greatly anticipated after the popularity of the first CSN album and the addition of Young to the group. Stills estimates that the album took around 800 hours of studio time to record; this figure may be exaggerated, even though the individual tracks display meticulous attention to detail. The songs, except for “Woodstock”, were recorded as individual sessions by each member, with each contributing whatever was needed that could be agreed upon. Young does not appear on all of the tracks, and drummer Dallas Taylor and bassist Greg Reeves are credited on the cover with their names in slightly smaller typeface. Jerry Garcia plays pedal steel on “Teach Your Children” and John Sebastian plays mouth-harp on the title track. The popularity of the album contributed to the success of the four albums released by each of the members in the wake of Déjà Vu: Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush, Stephen Stills’ self-titled solo debut, David Crosby’s If I Could Only Remember My Name, and Graham Nash’s Songs for Beginners. In 2003, the album was ranked number 148 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

01.  Carry On  (Stephen Stills)  - 4:26
02.  Teach Your Children  (Nash)  - 2:53
03.  Almost Cut My Hair  (Crosby)  - 4:31
04.  Helpless  (Young)  - 3:33
05.  Woodstock  (Joni Mitchell)  - 3:54
06.  Déjà Vu  (Crosby)  - 4:12
07.  Our House  (Nash)  - 2:59
08.  4 + 20  (Stills)  - 2:04
09.  Country Girl:  (Young)  - 5:11
       (a) Whiskey Boot Hill/
       (b) Down, Down, Down/
       (c) Country Girl (I Think You're Pretty)
10.  Everybody I Love You  (Stills, Young)  - 2:21

Released:  March 11, 1970
Recorded at:  Wally Heider's Studio C, San Francisco and Wally Heider's Studio III, Los Angeles
Genre:  Folk Rock, Country Rock
Length:  36:24
Label:  Atlantic
Producer:  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Engineer:  Bill Halverson

Personnel
David Crosby - rhythm guitar, vocals
Stephen Stills - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
Graham Nash - rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals
Neil Young - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Dallas Taylor - drums, percussion
Greg Reeves - bass
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
John Sebastian - harmonica