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Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young (set)
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Music
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1012
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EUR 101.50
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EUR 7.50 |
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Reviews
I received my copies of the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Sometimes Young books last Saturday . While I`m still in the process of going through them, I just wanted to comment that I`m mightily impressed. Francesco, Stefano, Lucien and Herman obviously poured their hearts and souls onto these pages. The decade-plus effort put into this project shows. Remarkably, most of the quotes in the text have not been published in book-form before. And I was happy to see insightful comments from many `behind-the-scenes` players such as Kenny Weiss (Stills`s former manager and music publisher) as well as a lot of fresh material from CSN and sometimes Y, plus quotes from hard-to-find articles. Also, the tone of the book is definitely not fanzine-like. It has a fluid, energetic feel that makes it a great `curl up on the couch` while foul weather rages outside kind of a read. As for the photographs ... I`ve never seen many of them before. My favorites are: young Stills shots circa the Couch Album and Manassas, a number of Tom Davis photos, a selection of Henry Diltz photos I`ve never seen, and a wonderful shot by Roger Barone of Stills before a `76 Stills-Young Band concert in Philly. My only mild quibble has to do with the layout of The Early Years book, which features three separate, parallel narratives for Crosby, Stills and Nash. I found myself having to
flip pages back and forth in order to keep up with the flow of the
stories. That said, I understand what a difficult task it is to track the guys`individual journeys as well as the group combinations. In my book on CSN, I ended up breaking up the text into copy blocks, with sub-heads, in order to keep the stories rolling forward. So I don`t really know which technique is most effective. A final comment before heading off ... ORDER THESE BOOKS! I`ve got nothing to gain by saying that. If everyone on this list is as interested in CSN and sometimes Y as they seem to be, these books have too much fresh content, too many unseen photos and too many unearthed facts to do without.
Dave Zimmer
A true labor of love, this exhaustive three-volume set covers the collective and individual careers of CSN&Y; in such detail that by the time you finish reading them, you`ll be thunderstruck. Culled from hundreds of interviews and articles over the last 35 years, the authorship team weaves everything together in a all but seamless fashion, and this in itself is remarkable. But aside from the text, the photo selection is equally inspiring. Hundreds of rare shots (many never before seen), video stills and album sleeves are liberally sprinkled throughout the books, making them a virtual page-documentary. Volume one is a transitory, 150-page book on the members pre-CSN (&Y;) careers in Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and The Hollies, following their divergent paths up to the point of conception at either Cass Elliot or Joni Mitchell`s house (no one can yet agree on where the first performance took place). Volume two provides the core of the story, with CSN`s debut, Young`s addition, group, solo/duo and re-formation history from 1968 all the way through the recent turn-of-the-century CSN&Y; events. The fast-paced professional and personal events in these four individuals is quite an odyssey, and the writers take good care in balancing art and life, and for the most part, eschewing gossip. Volume 3 (subtitled ``40 Years Of Music and a Trunk Of Memories``) is a complete delight: a 350-page reference guide, containing virtually every known performance, release and recording session. This volume also contains a cornucopia of rare album/CD and 45 picture sleeves (many of them in full color), making it as close to a coffee table book as you`re likely to get on the quartet. Monumental in its scope and nearly cinematic in form, this book is a feast for fans of a band whose legend righteously stands the test of time.
Matthew Greenwald, Goldmine
The books turned out well. Lots of good information.
Graham Nash
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