![]() ![]() 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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