CROSBY, STILLS & NASH : CSN (BOX SET)

 

Disc 1 (73:37)

  1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
  2. Helplessly Hoping
  3. You Don't Have To Cry
  4. Wooden Ships
  5. Guinnevere
  6. Marrakesh Express
  7. Long Time Gone
  8. Blackbird
  9. Lady Of The Island
  10. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
  11. Almost Cut My Hair
  12. Teach Your Children
  13. Horses Through A Rainstorm
  14. Déjà Vu
  15. Helpless
  16. 4 + 20
  17. Laughing
  18. Carry On/Questions

Disc 2 (74:14)

  1. Woodstock
  2. Ohio
  3. Love The One You're With
  4. Our House
  5. Old Times Good Times
  6. The Lee Shore
  7. Music Is Love
  8. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
  9. Man In The Mirror
  10. Black Queen
  11. Military Madness
  12. Urge For Going
  13. I Used To Be A King
  14. Simple Man
  15. Southbound Train
  16. Change Partners
  17. My Love Is A Gentle Thing
  18. Word Game
  19. Johnny's Garden
  20. So Begins The Task
  21. Turn Back The Pages

Disc 3 (71:22)

  1. See The Changes
  2. It Doesn't Matter
  3. Immigration Man
  4. Chicago/We Can Change The World
  5. Homeward Through The Haze
  6. Where Will I Be?
  7. Page 43
  8. Carry Me
  9. Cowboy Of Dreams
  10. Bittersweet
  11. To the Last Whale
  12. Prison Song
  13. Another Sleep Song
  14. Taken At All
  15. In My Dreams
  16. Just A Song Before I Go
  17. Shadow Captain
  18. Dark Star
  19. Cathedral

Disc 4 (74:34)

  1. Wasted On The Way
  2. Barrel Of Pain (Half-Life)
  3. Southern Cross
  4. Daylight Again: A. Daylight Again/B. Find The Cost Of Freedom
  5. Thoroughfare Gap
  6. Wild Tales
  7. Dear Mr. Fantasy
  8. Cold Rain
  9. Got It Made
  10. Tracks In The Dust
  11. As I Come Of Age
  12. 50/50
  13. Drive My Car
  14. Delta
  15. Soldiers Of Peace
  16. Yours And Mine
  17. Haven't We Lost Enough?
  18. After The Dolphin
  19. Find The Cost Of Freedom

Label : Atlantic

Release Year : 1991

Review (AllMusic) : This 77-track, four-CD set remains one of the best boxes devoted to a single music act that one can buy, covering the output of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young across 22 years, from 1968 until 1990. The first thing that becomes apparent, beyond the excellent sound (which was a revelation at the time, when only extant editions of the group's work were the early, substandard CD editions), is the sheer worth of the material. Crosby, Stills & Nash's reputation, based on their first four albums, can be taken as a given for anyone who would think of buying this set, and it does cover virtually every base that one could involving the trio, with an occasional Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cut included for completeness' sake. Disc one by itself should be worth the price of the set to serious fans, eight of its 18 tracks being previously unissued songs (including a version of the Beatles' "Blackbird") and unissued early demos, alternate takes, or variant mixes on songs from the Crosby, Stills & Nash or D?j? Vu albums, along with one Crosby & Nash outtake. Disc two is similarly filled with previously unheard songs and versions of songs, although here the rarities are more focused on material by Stephen Stills (including a Crosby, Stills & Young version of "Black Queen"), Graham Nash solo, and the Crosby & Nash duo. Disc three is devoted more to Manassas and Crosby & Nash, but does work in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Taken at All" and "See the Changes" from various attempts at doing albums. Disc four takes listeners up to 1990, with Stills, Nash, and Crosby solo material (including unissued live and studio cuts) of the '80s interspersed with released Crosby, Stills & Nash tracks and previously unissued Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tracks. The accompanying booklet includes a sessionography and reminiscence about each track, and as most of this set is presented in chronological order, one not only gets a dazzling four-hour-plus song-by-song listening experience, but also what amounts to a montage/history of the group and their members across more than two decades.

Review (Wikipedia) : CSN is a box set released in 1991 by Crosby, Stills and Nash. It features material from their albums as a group in addition to selections from their various solo and duet albums. It also features many outtakes, including from sessions that did not result in an album by the group. Highlights include a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" and the full length take of "Almost Cut My Hair." With the exception of "Helpless" and "Ohio," the set excludes any material written by occasional bandmate Neil Young. A limited number (500) were signed by the 3 band members on the booklet inside with gold pen one each members image, a small business card also in box sites authenticity.