CROSBY & NASH-appreciation. Whistling down the wire...

it was they added 2 songs

 

Missed the window...wish they'd give us 24 hours anyway....or forever! Why not. Other forums do.

 

Right. That shouldn't even count!

 

Crosby-Nash is my favorite incarnation of CSNY. Just love them. The 1972 "Crosby/Nash" album and "Whistling Down The Wire" are amazing highlights in the vast CSNY catalog to me. I find "Wind on the Water" weaker in comparison because for some reason Nash was batting almost zero on this one, while on the other hand, Crosby has never been better - ever. It's like Crosby stole all the magic for this album and left Nash dry. I have yet to hear my unopened comeback album from 2004. Just waiting for the call.

p.s. the live "Deja-Vu" on the 1977 concert cd is one of their absolute peaks.

 

Recently needle-dropped my promo pressing of the green "Best Of Crosby-Nash". Nice record, good to have it on cd(r) and my iTunes now...

 

Yes! This is my absolute favorite of them all, though I own and love all the rest. "Whistling Down the Wire" is a personal favorite too, because of what was going on in my life when it came out and how it meshed with some things I was going through. Both are very introspective, which is one of several reasons why I love them. I have an essay on the GN/DC album that I copied and pasted into a Word doc back in the day, and I was going to add a link to it but couldn't find it on the Internet and I'm at work right now.

 

Totally respect your opinion & agree with half of it! The Croz was, indeed, on fire for Wind On The Water

For me though, so was Nash. All five of his contributions, I reckon, are right up there with his best work. Add four or five of the better songs on the Stills album from '75 and we would have had a CSN double album made in heaven.

The 2004 collaboration is definitely worth a listen. It's a lot to take in, in one sitting though.

 

weird that that one and still stills have never been on CD anywhere in the world.

although, as far as i know, the first crosby*nash has never had a domestic release yet.

 

For an interesting comparison with the album, at the link below you can go to the Internet Archive to hear Crosby rehearsing some songs from the album backed by the Grateful Dead.

Grateful Dead 03/17/75 SBD>MR>DAT>CDR; David Crosby and the Dead from weir's Studio; via Raoul Duke; seeded to etree by Matt Vernon

 

I have a nice first pressing of that one too. Johnny's Garden is sublime.

 

Fascinating.

Thanks for this!

 

You can get Stills' Stills album on a threefer with Illegal Stills and Thoroughfare Gap from BGO records.

 

I also did a 'review' of the first Crosby/Nash LP if interested.

"Frozen Smiles"-Graham Nash and David Crosby's Debut LP | Talk From The Rock Room

 

no no no not the "75 stills (with the cleveland browns jersey) but his greatest hits called 'still stills".

the '75 'stills' has 'turn back the pages' and "as i come of age' and 'myth of sisyphus"

 

You mean the one that's basically a compilation of two albums (the debut Stephen Stills and Manassas albums)?

 

Nice to see this thread pop up just now. I've been listening to CSNY 1974 in the car recently, and it made me dig out my Crosby/Nash and Wind on the Water LPs. Wonderful records. I just love that dreamy state that many of these songs take you to. Will be revisiting them again this weekend!

 

Ah. I see. Mea culpa!

 

yes.

 

I think reading some of your posts inspired me to get the CSN boxed set, which I thank you for! It is excellent and so playable. Just curious, what do you think of Crosby's last 4 albums? I saw he just released one yesterday . 4 in 4 years. Remarkable.

 

I finally got the CSN 4-Cd box last year, the 2013 remaster. Indispensable listening, sounds phenomenal.

 

Interesting, is that the same box as the 1991 but with new mastering? Any idea how the 2013 compares to the 1991 mastering? I find the 1991 mastering to be excellent and am skeptical as hell about anything with the word "remastered" on it, particularly on CD.

 

I’m curious about this as well!

 

I recently discovered the live album from 77 and it blew me away. I find it strange that to me at least the CSN album sounds a bit dull while the two of them were on fire around that period, even if the well was running dry for Stills.

I need to revisit the 2004 album as well based on this thread, I own it but it never connected

 

crosby has been nothing less than amazing the last few years.

there is not a clunker in the bunch on those four albums, very listenable from beginning to end and quite an enjoyable listen as well.

 

Beautiful writing