Deja vu csny album cover7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() When the gatefold is opened, the vinyl record & booklet go into the top of the left side, and the four CD’s store on the right. The printing is gold embossed, and the picture has the appearance of a separate piece that is attached to the cover. It looks just like the original cover, with a leather-like feel. The cover of the set is beautifully done. Admittedly, there are a lot of tracks you may never want to hear again, but fans will certainly want to at least give the set a listen. I’ll definitely add some tracks to my CSNY Demos & Rarities playlist. The conclusion… It’s always fun to take a deep dive into classic albums from great musicians. If you thought David Crosby’s vocal on the original version was a little overwrought, you’ll like this version better. The dual guitars of Stills & Young almost make CSN&Y a jam band. The only other significant outtake is a surprisingly interesting 10-minute version of “Almost Cut My Hair”. It was a wonderful coincidence that The Grateful Dead were recording in the next studio. “Teach your Children” is good too, but severely misses the pedal steel guitar that was played by Jerry Garcia. ![]() On the Alternates disc, the aforementioned “Deja Vu” and “Our House” are good. Like “The Lee Shore”, this outtake could have made the Deja Vu album if they had added harmony vocals. It’s done in a style different from the demo, or even the version on Crosby’s first solo album. The only other strong outtake is a version of Crosby’s “Laughing”. Crosby’s “The Lee Shore” is good, and deserved to be on the album however, the needed harmony/vocal overdubs were not added until the 1991 CSN box set. Of the other outtakes, “Change Partners” is pretty good, but it’s really a demo with none of the harmony added yet. It’s like putting a random “groovy” in a ‘60’s song. It’s surprising they didn’t delete the “right on” Stills threw in as they were going into an instrumental break. It’s a fully produced track, close to being album ready. Stephen Still’s “Ivory Tower” outtake is mostly an early version of “Sugar Babe”, which appeared on Still’s second solo album. If these two talented young people had ever recorded “Our House” seriously, it would probably have been the definitive version. The part with the “La-La’s” has Joni singing in kind of a Baroque style. When Graham messes up a piano part and swears, Joni laughs, but they finish the song. Included is a casual version of the two of them singing it. “Our House” is about when Graham Nash was living with Joni Mitchell in a very very fine house in Laurel Canyon. Lot’s of harmony and Still’s lead vocal carry it.Īn early version of Graham Nash’s “Our House” shows the beauty of the song, even though they hadn’t quite come up with the final harmonies and other aspects of the arrangement. Here, Crosby Stills & Nash perform their version of Sebastian’s “How Have You Been”. John Sebastian was considered as a possible 4th member of CSN before Neil Young was chosen. There’s also an early alternate mix that sounds good. The song is unnecessarily paired with “Hold On Tight”, which he also tries with “Change Partners” later.ĭavid Crosby’s “Deja Vu” is a skeletal demo, but you can hear the potential, and understand why they spent a lot of time developing such a unique song. It’s almost unbelievable that Stills held it until his third album, Manassas. This song should definitely have made the cut for Deja Vu. Young’s Archive series has already covered this era, so what else is he going to do with the unreleased tracks?īesides “Birds”, the best demo is “So Begins The Task” by Stephen Stills with his beautiful acoustic guitar and young expressive voice. Reportedly, Neil had submitted other rarities, but withdrew them (no reason has been revealed). The shame is…that’s the only Neil Young rarity (other than a previously released version of “Helpless”). It’s just Neil on guitar and lead vocal, with Graham Nash adding his usual excellent harmonies. (Graham Nash, Dallas Taylor, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Greg Reeves, and Neil Young)īefore the album was released on May 14th, 2021, an engaging duet of Neil Young’s “Birds” was previewed. Plus, fans can simply listen to these songs on whatever streaming service they use. (Click or zoom lists to enlarge.)īox sets like these might seem like “money grabs” by the labels, but serious fans want to hear how the songs developed, and what other songs were being worked on during the album sessions. The review covers the other 3 CD’s that have 38 mostly *unreleased recordings. The vinyl record and Disc One have the songs that were on the original album. The recordings are remastered (not remixed), and the list price is $100. Fifty-one years after the 1970 release of Deja Vu, comes the 50th Anniversary Deluxe box set. We’re experiencing Deja Vu again, only a lot more of it. ![]()
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