CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG : THE WINTERLAND REUNION

 

  1. Helplessly hoping

  2. wooden ships

  3. blackbird

  4. As i come of age

  5. roll another number

  6. human highway

  7. dreamland

  8. so it goes

  9. the prison song

  10. long time gone

  11. change partners

  12. down by the river

Label : Whoopy Cat

Time : 60:12

Venue : Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA

Date : October 4th, 1973

Quality : Soundboard Recording (A-)

Review (Old Grey Cat) : On October 4th, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young convened on stage following a Manassas concert. What a show! On the surface, the all-acoustic performance is a ragged affair, but the undertow is strong enough to pull you in. "There's no preparation. You're getting it as it comes," explains Nash before Stills launches  into the night's closing song, "Change Partners."In short: What a show!One highlight is Neil's "Human Highway," during which he and Stephen trade off verses. Other highlights: "Wooden Ships," "Blackbird," "As I Come of Age" ... uh, wait. Let's do it another way: See the track listing up above? Those are the highlights! Really.Soundwise, this is superb, with its only drawback being inexplicable one- or two-second drop-outs during a few of the songs.The electric "Down by the River - from an ABC-TV appearance (The Music Scene, perhaps?) in 1969 - is another revelation, yet another example of the foursome at the peak of their powers.