![]() Certified gold within a fortnight, partly on the back of $2 million presales, it spent nearly two years in the Billboard chart, despite largely grudging and lackluster reviews. Somehow Deja Vu holds together cohesively, in no small part down to the rhythm section, the excellent Dallas Taylor and Greg Reeves. Completion took hours, days and weeks.īut it was all worth it. Young did everything on the half of the album he appears on all by himself, then took away the contributions of the others to mix as he saw fit. All the vocals save “Woodstock” were recorded separately and then spliced together, amid much argument and revision. Maybe he did however much I loved the trio, they were always in a different league with Young’s fiery presence on board.ĭeja Vu came out in 1970, after being put together in different studios and at different times, with only selections of the four featuring at any one time. Old compadre and sparring partner of Stephen Stills in Buffalo Springfield, there was always the fear he could engineer the gig to being as big a draw in his own right as the trio he joined. To me he always seemed their secret weapon. His second gig, he appeared for the electric second part of the set. Of course, Neil Young had already joined the band by the time they got there, if mysteriously missing from the film in its initial iteration. Tune in at midnight tonight to hear it in full.Crosby, Stills and Nash had already staked their claim as a bona fide supergroup courtesy their first release, cemented by their appearance in the Woodstock documentary. Whether you’re a fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash or Young, Déjà Vu is a classic album that laid the path for all four members’ subsequent successful solo careers. Rolling Stone currently ranks Déjà Vu at number 220 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. On the other hand, with four unique voices contributing to the album at the top of their game, there’s something for everyone on Déjà Vu. Due to the nature of four distinct songwriters working in a largely individual capacity, many reviewers praised the work of some of the quartet’s members, while shrugging off the others. It would spend 88 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart after reaching number one.Ĭritics were mixed on Déjà Vu on release. ![]() Such was the anticipation that over $2 million worth of copies had been pre-ordered in the US. Earlier this year a 50th anniversary boxset of the album was released with three bonus discs filled with demos, outtakes and alternate takes.ĭéjà Vu was released on March 11th, 1970. The album also features a version of Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock. Helpless and Country Girl were Young’s contribution, along with Everybody I Love You, which he wrote with Stills. Nash wrote Teach Your Children and Our House. Crosby wrote the title track and Almost Cut My Hair. In its original release version, Déjà Vu features 10 tracks. Stills has said that over 800 recording hours were spent making the record, with over 100 takes spent on perfecting the title track.Īll four members alternate the role of lead vocalist, with Crosby on rhythm guitar Stills on guitar, keyboards and percussion Nash on piano, rhythm guitar and harmonica and Young on guitar, keyboards and harmonica.Īlong with the main quartet, Déjà Vu also sees contributions from session musicians drummer Dallas Taylor and bassist Greg Reeves, with The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia playing pedal steel guitar on Teach Your Children and The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian playing harmonica on the title track. This was largely due to the method of the individual members of the quartet recording their songs in separate sessions. Recording began in July 1969 but wasn’t completed until January of the following year. An appearance at Woodstock built up anticipation for the group’s first album as a quartet. Their debut proved a major hit in the US, peaking at number six on the Billboard chart and spawning a pair of Top 40 hits in singles Judy Blue Eyes and Marrakesh Express.įor their followup, the trio recruited Stills’ former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young to become Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. ![]() The Byrds’ David Crosby, Buffalo Springfield’s Stephen Stills and The Hollies’ Graham Nash initially formed Crosby, Stills & Nash as a trio for their self-titled 1969 debut album.
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