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CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG 4 Way Street 1971 UK ATLANTIC 1st PRESS NM CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
Four Way Street

UK ATLANTIC (DELUXE 2400132/3) FIRST PRESSING (May 1971)
Recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York, June 2-7, 1970;
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, July 5-6, 1970,
and the LA Forum, Inglewood, CA, June 26 & 28, 1970
CONTAINS SOME OF THE FINEST VERSIONS OF THE LIVE NEIL YOUNG TRACKS BUT IT'S ALL GREAT
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED

PRESSED WITH THE UK RED/PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS
MATRICES Record One: 2400132 A▽1 1 7 / 2400132 B//2 1 1 2
MATRICES Record Two: 2400133 C▽1 1 3 / 2400133 D▽1 1 2
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY THICK CARD 1971 US GATEFOLD (used before the UK EJ Day sleeves were printed) WITH UK ATLANTIC CATALOGUE NUMBER STICKER TO THE BACK
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL UK POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES BOTH DATED APRIL 1971 ('0471')
AND THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD LYRIC INSERT

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had come out of Woodstock as the hottest new music act on the planet, and followed it up with Deja Vu, recorded across the second half of 1969 and released in March of 1970, supported by a tour in the summer of that year.
As it happened, despite some phenomenal music-making, the tour was fraught with personal conflicts, and the quartet split up upon its completion.
And 4 Way Street followed, released in April of 1971: a live double-LP set, chock-full of superb music distilled down from a bunch of nights on that tour that more than fulfilled the promise of the group.
Indeed, contained on those original four LP sides was the embodiment of everything great that the unique ethos behind this group -- which was not a "group" but four individuals working together -- might have yielded.
Each of the participants got to show off a significant chunk of his best work, whether presented alone or in tandem with the others, and the shared repertory -- "Long Time Gone," "Ohio" etc. -- binding it all together as more than a documentary of some joint appearances.
Conceptually it was all as diffuse as the concept behind the group, but musically, 4 Way Street was one of the great live rock documents of its time, a status it retains along with such touchstones as the Allman Brothers' At Fillmore East, the live half of the Cream's Wheels of Fire, and the Grateful Dead's Live/Dead; some of the extended guitar jams between Stills and Young ("Southern Man") go on longer than strict musical sense would dictate, but it seemed right at the time, and they capture a form that was far more abused in other hands after this group broke up.
Although Neil Young and Stephen Stills had the advantage of the highest wattage on their songs and their jams together, David Crosby and Graham Nash more than manage to hold their own, not only with some strong and distinctive songs, but also a strong case that less could be more; they reached the more introspective members of their audience, mostly individually, while Stills and Young wowed the crowds collectively.

Side 1: acoustic
Intro - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (0:24)
On The Way Home (3:19)
Teach Your Children (2:46)
Triad (5:07)
The Lee Shore (4:14)
Chicago (3:03)
Side 2: acoustic
Right Between The Eyes (2:19)
Cowgirl In The Sand (3:50)
Don't Let It Bring You Down (2:35)
49 Bye Byes / America's Children (5:30)
Love The One You're With (2:57)
Side 3: electric
Pre-Road Downs (2:48)
Long Time Gone (5:33)
Southern Man (13:15)
Side 4: electric
Ohio (3:24)
Carry On (13:06)
Find The Cost Of Freedom (2:16)

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
All four labels are clean, fresh and unmarked with moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT+
All four surfaces surfaces shine like-new with nothing but harmless light hairlines
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault.
No scratches, loud clicks or pops and exceptionally clean on the quiet acoustic passages.
An odd one-off light tick noted but nothing really, this is a great sounding original copy
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
The heavy duty thick card USA gatefold has the normal rub to the edges/surfaces/spine but is good and solid with no splits
INSERT: VERY GOOD+
Apart from some creases to the corners/folds the insert is clean and unmarked

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