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Crosby Stills & Nash
Demos
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Marrakesh Express (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
2. Almost Cut My Hair (David Crosby)
3. You Don't Have To Cry (Stephen Stills)
4. Deja Vu (David Crosby)
5. Sleep Song (Graham Nash)
6. My Love Is A Gentle Thing (Stephen Stills)
7. Be Yourself (Graham Nash)
8. Music Is Love (David Crosby, Neil Young & Graham Nash)
9. Singing Call (Stephen Stills)
10. Long Time Gone (David Crosby & Stephen Stills)
11. Chicago (Graham Nash)
12. Love The One You're With (Stephen Stills)

CD Details

All Artists: Crosby Stills & Nash
Title: Demos
Members Wishing: 8
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rhino Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 6/2/2009
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 081227986438

Synopsis

Product Description

This 12 song compilation of previously unreleased demos from 1968 to 1971 offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the earliest days of one of rock's most legendary partnerships. After four decades as 'three together', the creative partnership of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash is one of the most enduring and influential in contemporary music. This compilation of previously unreleased material takes an unprecedented look at the earliest days of their collaboration with 12 demos from 1968 to 1971-destined to be classic songs that would later be featured on CSN's studio albums and solo titles. While a number of demos feature members performing solo (and one finds them joined by Neil Young), the set opens with the trio harmonizing on 'Marrakesh Express', recorded four months before their self-titled debut LP was released in 1969.

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CD Reviews

A Good Trip Back For What It's Worth

S. Bottino | Albany NY | 06/03/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"To my ears these demos are of better quality than the recent Stills release "Just Roll Tape"...The song selection/sequencing and the way the performances/performers vary make it a great disc to listen to from beginning to end. So not only do you get the early skeletal versions of the songs (and they really sound much better than "rough demos") with different twists...you also get a real "album" with various moods that you can enjoy in its own right. Not a lot of harmony singing...so this shouldn't be an introductory cd for anyone, but fans will definitely appreciate these versions!"

Surprisingly strong collection of '68-'71 demos

Paul Allaer | Cincinnati | 06/07/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Usually when I see a collection like this, I'm thinking "another money-grabbing job by the label or the band" and I tend to be highly sceptical. That said, the allure of this collection is such that I simply had to check it out.

"Demos" (12 tracks; 42 min.) brings demos from the early days, the earliest being from August, 1968 and the latest from February, 1971. This compilation starts off with the most "finished" of these demos, a nice "Marrakesh Express" (the only song on here actually performed by CS&N). However, it is followed in two of the next three tracks by 2 demos from David Crosby that are nothing short of jaw-dropping: just David and his guitar on an early version of "Almost Cut My Hair", and a 7 min. version of "Deja Vu", which you have to hear to believe it. Those songs along are worth this CD, period, and we still have two-thirds of the album to go! Stephen Stills' "My Love Is a Gentle Thing" and "Singing Call" are very nice, as is "Music Is Love", accredited to Crosby, Young & Nash (the finished version of this would appear on David Crosby's album "If I Could Only Remember My name"). The last 'can't miss' highlight is the Graham Nash demo of "Chicago" (just Graham and piano), the song's optimism/naivite is touching.

In all, I can't emphasize enough how pleased, even impressed, I am with this album. It's basically having CS&N sitting in your house and crooning their songs unplugged just for you. I wonder if this is it, tough? At just 42 min. there was room on here for a lot more. Or are they going to stretch this out on yet another CD? Stay tuned..."

Simply Beautiful

o dubhthaigh | north rustico, pei, canada | 06/13/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For the record, I am NOT a Graham Nash fan. Nice guy, but a genuine lightweight. That said, I hereby eat my words. Nash has done something extraordinary by resisting the urge to do anything but let these songs shine in unadorned beauty. Who knew they could really sing this well without 600 hours in the studio? By virtually not-producing, Nash has assembled a collective statement that packs more emotional wallop in these 12 demos than Young has been abled to deliver over 10 blu-rays. I stand corrected. Beautifully not done, Graham."