11060 - CROSBY - NASH - ANOTHER STONEY EVENING (1998) (REPOST)

CROSBY - NASH
''ANOTHER STONEY EVENING''
RECORDED AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 10, 1971
JANUARY 13 1998
73:03
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1 /Anticipatory Crowd 0:44
2 /Deja Vu
David Crosby / Kanter / The Stills 5:35
3 /Wooden Ships
David Crosby 5:57
4 /Man in the Mirror
Graham Nash 2:35
5 /Orleans
David Crosby 2:22
6 /I Used to Be a King
Graham Nash 4:57
7 /Traction in the Rain
David Crosby 5:03
8 /Lee Shore
David Crosby 4:52
9 /Southbound Train
Graham Nash 5:01
10 /Laughing
David Crosby 5:00
11 /Triad
David Crosby 6:18
12 /Where Will I Be?
David Crosby 5:40
13 /Strangers Room
Graham Nash 3:50
14 /Immigration Man
Graham Nash 4:08
15 /Guinevere
David Crosby 6:22
16 /Teach Your Children
Graham Nash 3:39
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David Crosby — vocal, guitar
Graham Nash — vocal, guitar, piano
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
The Crosby-Nash subset of CSNY carried with it much of the charm and harmony of the larger group, and together and apart the two singers mined that appeal for several gold albums, especially in the first couple of years after the breakup of CSNY in 1970. They even inspired bootleggers, who released Another Stoney Evening, drawn from one of their 1971 shows. Hence the title of this belated official release, drawn from a different show at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on October 10. Working with acoustic guitars and piano, they sang some of their more popular CSNY songs ("Déjà Vu," "Teach Your Children"), as well as tunes from their solo albums and songs that would turn up on their duo album the following year. Boasting of having "the loosest show on earth" and making cryptic drug references, they nevertheless sang and played well, overcoming with enthusiasm and craft the relative weaknesses of some of the material -- Crosby's formlessness, Nash's preciousness. And the camaraderie they shared with each other and their audience even allowed them a certain imperiousness, such as when the drugged performers lectured the drugged audience on how to clap on the right beat.
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8401 - DAVID CROSBY AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD - DAVID & THE DORKS: 1970 MATRIX BROADCAST (2014)

DAVID CROSBY AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD
''DAVID & THE DORKS: 1970 MATRIX BROADCAST"
2014
62:50

1 Drop Down Mama 04:17
2 Cowboy Movie 09:45
3 Triad 09:47
4 The Wall Song 07:52
5 Bertha 04:13
6 Deep Elem Blues 07:15
7 Motherless Children 09:00
8 Laughing 10:37

David Crosby/Vocals, Guitar
Jerry Garcia/Vocals, Guitar
Phil Lesh/Bass Guitar
Mickey Hart/Drums

ABOUT THE ALBUM

7053 - CROSBY - NASH - Another Stoney Evening (1998) (By Request)

CROSBY - NASH
''ANOTHER STONEY EVENING''
RECORDED AT THE DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 13 1998
73:03

1 /Anticipatory Crowd 0:44
2 /Deja Vu
David Crosby / Kanter / The Stills 5:35
3 /Wooden Ships
David Crosby 5:57
4 /Man in the Mirror
Graham Nash 2:35
5 /Orleans
David Crosby 2:22
6 /I Used to Be a King
Graham Nash 4:57
7 /Traction in the Rain
David Crosby 5:03
8 /Lee Shore
David Crosby 4:52
9 /Southbound Train
Graham Nash 5:01
10 /Laughing
David Crosby 5:00
11 /Triad
David Crosby 6:18
12 /Where Will I Be?
David Crosby 5:40
13 /Strangers Room
Graham Nash 3:50
14 /Immigration Man
Graham Nash 4:08
15 /Guinevere
David Crosby 6:22
16 /Teach Your Children
Graham Nash 3:39

David Crosby — vocal, guitar
Graham Nash — vocal, guitar, piano

Review
by William Ruhlmann
The Crosby-Nash subset of CSNY carried with it much of the charm and harmony of the larger group, and together and apart the two singers mined that appeal for several gold albums, especially in the first couple of years after the breakup of CSNY in 1970. They even inspired bootleggers, who released Another Stoney Evening, drawn from one of their 1971 shows. Hence the title of this belated official release, drawn from a different show at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on October 10. Working with acoustic guitars and piano, they sang some of their more popular CSNY songs ("Déjà Vu," "Teach Your Children"), as well as tunes from their solo albums and songs that would turn up on their duo album the following year. Boasting of having "the loosest show on earth" and making cryptic drug references, they nevertheless sang and played well, overcoming with enthusiasm and craft the relative weaknesses of some of the material -- Crosby's formlessness, Nash's preciousness. And the camaraderie they shared with each other and their audience even allowed them a certain imperiousness, such as when the drugged performers lectured the drugged audience on how to clap on the right beat.

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7052 - GRAHAM NASH DAVID CROSBY (1972) (By Request)

GRAHAM NASH DAVID CROSBY
''GRAHAM NASH DAVID CROSBY''
APRIL 5 1972
35:40

1 /Southbound Train
Graham Nash 3:55
2 /Whole Cloth
David Crosby 4:34
3 /Blacknotes
Graham Nash 0:57
4 /Strangers Room
Graham Nash 2:27
5 /Where Will I Be?
David Crosby 3:21
6 /Page 43
David Crosby 2:55
7 /Frozen Smiles
Graham Nash 2:19
8 /Games
Graham Nash 4:01
9 /Girl to Be on My Mind
Graham Nash 3:27
10 /The Wall Song
David Crosby 4:26
11 /Immigration Man
Graham Nash 2:58

Dana Africa /Flute
John Barbata /Drums
Crosby & Nash /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
David Crosby /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Craig Doerge /Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Piano (Electric)
David Duke /French Horn, Horn
Chris Ethridge /Bass, Keyboards
Jerry Garcia /Guitar, Guitar (Steel)
Danny Kootch /Guitar
Danny Kortchmar /Bass, Guitar
Bill Kreutzmann /Drums
Russ Kunkel /Drums
Phil Lesh /Bass
Arthur Maebe /French Horn, Horn
Dave Mason /Guitar
Graham Nash /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals
George Price /French Horn, Horn
Greg Reeves /Bass
Leland Sklar /Bass

Review
by Lindsay Planer
This self-titled release is one of -- if not arguably the -- most impressive side project to arise from CSN. Taken beyond face value, Graham Nash/David Crosby is a direct reflection, if not an extension, of the musical and personal relationship between its co-creators. Likewise, the results remain true, enhancing rather than detracting from the very individualistic styles of Crosby and Nash. The best elements of each are readily available here, punctuated at every turn by their complicated vocal arrangements and air-lock harmonies. In the wake of the enormous successes garnered by the albums Crosby Stills & Nash, Déjà Vu, and Four Way Street, the principal members were essentially given carte blanche studio access to pursue solo projects as well. This release is the first in what would turn out to be a series of collaborative efforts between Crosby and Nash. Musically it continues in much the same vein as their respective debut solo releases, If I Could Only Remember My Name and Songs for Beginners. Nash's contributions include "Girl to Be on My Mind," "Stranger's Room," and "Southbound Train" -- a twangy piece of Americana featuring a high and lonesome steel guitar solo from Jerry Garcia that likewise hearkens to the Grateful Dead's American Beauty, Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection, or the Band's Music From Big Pink. These tracks co-exist in stark contrast to Crosby's more cerebral and incisive contributions, such as "Whole Cloth," "Games," and "The Wall Song." The latter features some outstanding instrumental support from the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (guitar), Phil Lesh (bass), and Billy Kreutzman (drums). The core band revolves around another set of all-stars: Russell Kunkel (drums), Leland Skylar (bass), Craig Doerge (keyboards), and Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar (guitar). This same band would more or less continue to back up Crosby and Nash's duo efforts throughout the remainder of the '70s. Graham Nash/David Crosby offers much of the same unique songwriting and personal style which informed their better contributions not only to the CSN-related efforts, but as far back as their offerings with the Hollies and the Byrds. Interested enthusiasts are also urged to locate Another Stoney Evening -- a live acoustic release from October 10, 1971 -- which includes seminal live versions of "Southbound Train," "Where Will I Be," "Immigration Man," and "Stranger's Room."

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6720 - DAVID CROSBY - Croz (2014)

DAVID CROSBY
''CROZ''
JANUARY 28 2014
46:44

01 - What's Broken/3:47
02 - Time I Have/3:49
03 - Holding On To Nothing/3:41
04 - The Clearing/3:56
05 - Radio/3:40
06 - Slice Of Time/4:16
07 - Set That Baggage Down/3:58
08 - If She Called/4:56
09 - Dangerous Night/5:55
10 - Morning Falling/3:40
11 - Find A Heart/4:39

REVIEW
By Andy Greene
It's taken David Crosby over 20 years to record a follow-up to his 1993 solo album, Thousand Roads, but he wants his fans to know that his new album is worth the wait. "I spent a lot of that time working with Crosby, Stills and Nash these past two decades," Crosby says of Croz, out January 28th. "But I wanted to challenge myself and work outside the group. Also, I do things differently than they do and a couple years ago, I just started writing like crazy. I'm so happy that I did."

Croz – which streams exclusively here – took about two years of work, mostly at Jackson Browne's Santa Monica studio and his son James Raymond's home studio. "These songs are all over the map," Crosby tells Rolling Stone. "If there is a unifying theme, it's that they're all about human beings. When you get to the end of the album, you've really gone on an emotional voyage."

Mark Knopfler plays on the lead track "What's Broken." "That was a real piece of generosity on his part," says Crosby. "His manager said he usually doesn't record with people, but he might if I send [to] him. I sent him the song and he just called it. He just fucking killed it."

"If She Called" was inspired by a group of prostitutes that Crosby saw outside of his hotel room in Belgium. "It was so cold, they had these skinny legs and they were trying to entice these drunk animals to fuck them," he says. "It was so gross and so sad. I imagined how they hid their heart, their soul, their spirit while they did it. That was fascinating to me."

Crosby just kicked off a rare solo tour in support of Croz; each date includes a complete performance of the album, as well as selections from his whole career. It wraps in February and, a month later, he launches a 13-date U.S. tour with Crosby, Stills and Nash.

BIOGRAPHY
By Jason Ankeny
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more remarkable tales in the annals of music history. As a founding member of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock sound, forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach which defined the West Coast music scene for years to follow; he also sold millions of records and enjoyed a cultural impact equaled by few of his contemporaries. Yet despite his often overwhelming success, Crosby is recognized far less for his artistic achievements than for his larger-than-life off-stage exploits, specifically a long and fantastically excessive battle with drug abuse which seemingly kept him teetering on the brink of death for over a decade; that he not only survived but remained as colorful and newsworthy a character as before is a testament to his continued creativity and unpredictability.
Crosby was born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1941; the son of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, he dropped out of drama school to pursue a career in music, touring the folk club circuit and recording as a member of the Les Baxter Balladeers. Under the auspices of producer Jim Dickson, Crosby cut his first solo session in late 1963; early the following year he formed the Jet Set with Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark, and with the additions of bassist Chris Hillman and drummer Michael Clarke, the group was rechristened the Byrds. Although McGuinn chiefly pioneered the Byrds' trademark 12-string guitar sound, Crosby was the architect of their shimmering harmonies; his interests in jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions into psychedelic. However, creative differences plagued the group throughout its career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his bandmates' refusal to release his menage a trois opus "Triad" -- left the Byrds in the wake of their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.

After producing Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut LP, Crosby cut a handful of solo recordings and began jamming with ex-Buffalo Springfield singer/guitarist Stephen Stills. In time the duo was joined by ex-Hollies member Graham Nash; with its exquisitely beautiful three-part harmonies, strong individual songwriting contributions, and graceful folk-rock sound, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut LP proved a pop landmark, launching all three members to greater fame than they'd experienced in any of their previous projects. The addition of Stills' former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young expanded the group to a four-piece, and in August of 1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) made just their second live appearance to date at the Woodstock Festival; 1970's Déjà Vu arrived in stores with advance orders numbering over two million, and through the thought-provoking social and political messages of songs like "Woodstock" and "Ohio," they emerged as generational torchbearers of enormous musical and cultural influence.

Following a sellout CSNY tour, the group went on hiatus, and Crosby resumed work on his long-delayed solo debut, releasing If I Could Only Remember My Name in 1971; the following year, he and Nash issued the first of several duo efforts, and he also took part in a short-lived Byrds reunion. Despite continued creative differences, CSNY reformed for a 1974 tour; Crosby and Nash issued Wind on the Water a year later, and in 1977 Stills returned to the fold for the multi-platinum CSN. However, as Crosby's longstanding drug problem continued to worsen, he eventually fell out with both Stills and Nash, and a planned second solo album, Might as Well Have a Good Time, was rejected by Capitol in 1980. A series of arrests for cocaine possession and illegal weapons charges hampered him throughout the years to follow, even as he reunited with Stills and Nash in 1982 for the Top Ten hit Daylight Again. After completing the follow-up, 1983's Allies, the trio did not record together for another seven years.

In late 1985 Crosby was sentenced to prison after fleeing the drug rehabilitation clinic he'd entered in lieu of serving out a previous jail term; upon his release the following August, he'd finally conquered his demons, later chronicling the ugly details of his addiction in the fine autobiography Long Time Gone. In 1988 -- a full 18 years after the release of Déjà Vu -- Crosby reunited with Stills, Nash, and also Young for American Dream; his second solo effort, Oh Yes I Can, finally appeared the following year as well. After the 1990 release of CSN's Live It Up, Crosby continued to suffer personal misfortunes -- first he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, and then in 1994 he lost his L.A. home as a result of massive earthquake damage. Months later, he returned to the headlines when it was announced he was diagnosed with hepatitis C and dying of liver failure, undergoing a successful organ transplant in 1995.

During the recovery period which followed, Crosby met James Raymond, the son he'd given up for adoption over three decades earlier and a professional musician as well; the two soon began writing songs together, and with guitarist Jeff Pevar they formed CPR, releasing a series of albums and touring regularly. In early 1997, Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; six years earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall as a member of the Byrds. Young returned to the fold for 1999's Looking Forward, with the resulting millennial tour -- dubbed "CSNY2K" -- heralding the foursome's first joint road venture in a quarter century. Crosby was again the subject of tabloid headlines when in early 2000 it was revealed that he fathered the children of singer Melissa Etheridge and her partner Julie Cypher; that same year, he also published a second book, Stand and Be Counted, which assembled interviews with actors and musicians to explore the intersection of celebrity and social activism.

From 2001 onwards a Crosby, Stills & Nash tour became a regular and annual event, with Crosby finding safe haven and camaraderie on stage alongside his musical compatriots of over four decades. In both 2002 and 2006 Neil Young completed the CSNY line-up for their live dates, and although the politically-motivated 2006 Freedom of Speech tour was very much driven by Young's muse, Crosby's "Déjà Vu" was a cornerstone of the set and served as the title for the both the 2008 live album and film that documented the tour. Also in 2006, Crosby, along with Nash, accompanied Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on sessions for his solo album, On an Island, and the pair went on to help him promote the record on tour.

The expansive, lavishly packaged three-disc retrospective, Voyage, was issued in 2007. Produced by Nash and archivist Joel Bernstein, the collection married two discs of classic material with a disc of unreleased recordings and set the template for both Nash's 2009 Reflections and Stills' 2013 Carry On. In summer 2013, Crosby began to talk about the sessions for his fourth solo album, his first for over 20 years. Produced in conjunction with his son, Raymond, and featuring contributions from Wynton Marsalis and Mark Knopfler, Croz was expected in late January 2014.

6415 - CROSBY & NASH Live (1977)

CROSBY & NASH
''LIVE''
NOVEMBER 1977
51:36

1/Immigration Man (Nash) 3:40
2/Lee Shore (Crosby) 5:17
3/I Used to Be a King (Nash) 4:46
4/King of the Mountain (Crosby) 6:33
5/Page 43 (Crosby) 3:44
6/Fieldworker (Nash) 3:26
7/Simple Man (Nash) 2:58
8/Foolish Man (Crosby) 4:41
9/Bittersweet (Crosby) 3:14
10/Mama Lion (Crosby) 3:28
11/Déjà Vu (Crosby) 9:49

David Crosby - Guitar, Vocals
Craig Doerge - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Melodica
Tim Drummond - Bass
Danny Kortchmar - Bass, Guitar
Russ Kunkel - Drums
David Lindley - Guitar, Violin
Graham Nash - Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
At the time of its original release in November of 1977, Live was a disappointment. As a single LP in the wake of Wind on the Water and Whistling Down the Wire, it seemed a backhanded insult to this duo, who had a lengthy and illustrious history (on the other hand, ABC Records, who released it, was virtually out of business at the time). The music also seemed somewhat perfunctory, and the content offered almost no recent material, just an odd choice of older songs. The 2000-vintage CD fixed some of those problems, adding two key songs and improving Live in just about every way possible. Remastered from the original tapes, the music now has a lot of presence, the vocals retaining their warmth while the electric playing of the duo's backing group, the Mighty Jitters — featuring Danny Kortchmar on lead, David Lindley on slide guitar and violin, and a rhythm section of Tim Drummond and Russ Kunkel — is tight and muscular, and a lot closer to the listener. The improved sound makes it easier to appreciate the performances: "I Used to Be a King" is transformed into a soaring electric number ornamented by Craig Doerge's electronic keyboard playing on the break and a rousing, raw vocal performance by Graham Nash; similarly, Crosby's "Lee Shore" is given a fresh, punchier interpretation, miles from the ethereal studio rendition — and perhaps not preferable to that version, but definitely different from it. The CD also includes a haunting, previously unissued Crosby song, "King of the Mountain," a beautiful, angry, ironic poetic essay into the consequences of fame and isolation, with a towering, startlingly atonal performance by co-author Doerge at the piano, and one of Crosby's best vocal performances ever. "Fieldworker" has a bracing urgency and immediacy that the studio version could never match. "Simple Man" sounds stunningly intimate and personal here; Lindley's violin accompaniment to Nash's solo acoustic guitar lends it a special level of lyricism and poignancy; and Crosby's "Foolish Man" starts out smooth and cool, harmonized very subtly, and suddenly sprouts a jagged, soulful edge to his singing and a surprisingly elegant lead performance by Kortchmar, until the last verse, where singer and guitarist cut loose with a sound barrage that's electrifying. "Bittersweet," the other track new to the CD, is worth the price of the CD, a lean arrangement for piano and acoustic guitar behind a soaring vocal performance by Crosby and Nash. Only the nine-minute-plus version of "Déjà Vu" doesn't quite come off. The annotation is highly informative, explaining the choice of certain tracks and the neglect of others, and putting the release in a historical context.

BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
This subset of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young featured David Crosby (b.Aug 14, 1941) and Graham Nash (b.Feb 2, 1942) relying on their sweet harmonies and strong songwriting. The duo lasted from 1972 to the more-or-less permanent re-forming of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1977.

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5326 - DAVID CROSBY - Voyage: Buried Treasure (All Previously Unreleased), Disc Three (2006)

DAVID CROSBY
''VOYAGE: BURIED TREASURE (ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED), DISC THREE''
NOVEMBER 6 2006
226:37

DISC ONE - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 1
1/Eight Miles High feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/3:34
2/Renaissance Fair feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/1:51
3/Everybody's Been Burned feat. The Byrds
David Crosby/2:59
4/Wooden Ships feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Paul Kantner / Stephen Stills/5:27
5/Guinnevere feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:38
6/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:17
7/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:10
8/Almost Cut My Hair feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:21
9/Tamalpais High (At About 3)
David Crosby/3:31
10/Laughing
David Crosby/5:24
11/Music Is Love
David Crosby / Graham Nash / Neil Young/3:21
12/Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)
David Crosby/5:56
13/What Are Their Names?
David Crosby / Jerry Garcia / Phil Lesh / Michael Shrieve / Neil Young/4:11
14/I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
David Crosby/1:21
15/Where Will I Be? feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:20
16/Page 43 feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:55
17/Critical Mass feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/1:20
18/Carry Me feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:33
19/Bittersweet feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:38
20/Naked in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Graham Nash/2:26
21/Dancer feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:49

DISC TWO - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 2
1/Shadow Captain feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/4:31
2/In My Dreams feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/5:11
3/Delta feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:13
4/Compass feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:27
5/Tracks in the Dust
David Crosby/4:48
6/Arrows feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/3:51
7/Hero
Phil Collins / David Crosby/4:37
8/Yvette in English
David Crosby / Joni Mitchell/5:53
9/Rusty and Blue feat. CPR
David Crosby/7:30
10/Somehow She Knew feat. CPR
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/7:05
11/Breathless feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:16
12/Map to Buried Treasure feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:33
13/At the Edge feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/4:21
14/Through Here Quite Often feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Dean Parks/4:00
15/My Country 'Tis of Thee
Samuel F. Smith / Traditional/1:57

DISC THREE - BURIED TREASURE (ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
1/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby & Stills
David Crosby/4:32
2/Guinnevere
David Crosby/4:19
3/Almost Cut My Hair
David Crosby/5:22
4/Games
David Crosby/3:05
5/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:36
6/Triad
David Crosby/5:26
7/Cowboy Movie
David Crosby/10:57
8/Kids and Dogs
David Crosby/6:58
9/Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? feat. Paul Kantner, Jefferson Starship
David Crosby / Paul Kantner/3:06
10/The Lee Shore feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:24
11/Traction in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:36
12/King of the Mountain
David Crosby/2:44
13/Homeward Through the Haze feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:22
14/Samurai
David Crosby/1:40
15/Climber feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:18
16/Dream for Him feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/7:57

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Rhino has gone all out to release projects to coincide with the publication of David Crosby's autobiography, Since Then. Along with this triple-disc box set, the label is also reissuing Crosby's first solo recording -- an album that carries the word "masterpiece" around with it in the 21st century. While that double disc (the original disc with a bonus cut, and a DVD of the album in a superior mix) may carry some real excitement, it's a head-scratching exercise as to who, exactly, will be interested in this box. Rhino has packaged together three CDs in a deluxe foldout package with a 130-page book with a great liner essay by Steve Silberman, and song-by-song annotations by Crosby. Compiled and produced by Joel Bernstein and Graham Nash, Voyage contains two discs of songs from Crosby's various contributing incarnations as a member of the Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby & Nash, and CPR, and as a solo artist. The work here varies in quality, and merely tells a kind of story that has been told in many ways over the individual releases he appeared on. None of his backing vocal sessions with the Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, etc., are here. That may be as it should be, but the story would have been fuller and more complete than it is presented here. After all, it is reasonable to assume that anyone interested in the aforementioned acts to any real degree would have this material anyway. And anyone new to those recording artists or to Crosby himself would be ill-disposed to purchasing something this expensive.
So it all comes down to disc three, which is a 16-cut set of unreleased demos, alternates, and rehearsals of Crosby, either solo or with CSN, CSNY, or Crosby & Nash, with one exception -- an alternate mix of "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight" with the Jefferson Starship under the leadership of Paul Kantner. Here, there are benefits for fans of rough and "unfinished" recordings. The demos of "Long Time Gone" with Crosby and Stephen Stills is compelling, as are the alternate mix of "Guinnevere" and the demo of "Déjà Vu," the latter for its intense showcase of vocal harmony. However, the takes of "Almost Cut My Hair" (acoustic) and "Games" are throwaway ones. "Triad" neither adds nor subtracts from its recorded version; it is merely different. "Cowboy Movie" is a studio take here, over ten minutes in length, that rocks. "Kids and Dogs," the bonus cut on If I Could Only Remember My Name, is a mellow but worthy inclusion. The rest is all of interest, most of it being of very high quality, and the disc is thus recommended to fans in a big way -- it would have probably sold on its own. Yet the question remains as to how willing consumers are to go after such a set, even if it is being released in the holiday season.

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more remarkable tales in the annals of music history. As a founding member of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock sound, forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach which defined the West Coast music scene for years to follow; he also sold millions of records and enjoyed a cultural impact equaled by few of his contemporaries. Yet despite his often overwhelming success, Crosby is recognized far less for his artistic achievements than for his larger-than-life off-stage exploits, specifically a long and fantastically excessive battle with drug abuse which seemingly kept him teetering on the brink of death for over a decade; that he not only survived but remained as colorful and newsworthy a character as before is a testament to his continued creativity and unpredictability.
Crosby was born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1941; the son of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, he dropped out of drama school to pursue a career in music, touring the folk club circuit and recording as a member of the Les Baxter Balladeers. Under the auspices of producer Jim Dickson, Crosby cut his first solo session in late 1963; early the following year he formed the Jet Set with Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark, and with the additions of bassist Chris Hillman and drummer Michael Clarke, the group was rechristened the Byrds. Although McGuinn chiefly pioneered the Byrds' trademark 12-string guitar sound, Crosby was the architect of their shimmering harmonies; his interests in jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions into psychedelic. However, creative differences plagued the group throughout its career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his bandmates' refusal to release his menage a trois opus "Triad" -- left the Byrds in the wake of their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
After producing Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut LP, Crosby cut a handful of solo recordings and began jamming with ex-Buffalo Springfield singer/guitarist Stephen Stills. In time the duo was joined by ex-Hollies member Graham Nash; with its exquisitely beautiful three-part harmonies, strong individual songwriting contributions, and graceful folk-rock sound, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut LP proved a pop landmark, launching all three members to greater fame than they'd experienced in any of their previous projects. The addition of Stills' former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young expanded the group to a four-piece, and in August of 1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) made just their second live appearance to date at the Woodstock Festival; 1970's Déjà Vu arrived in stores with advance orders numbering over two million, and through the thought-provoking social and political messages of songs like "Woodstock" and "Ohio," they emerged as generational torchbearers of enormous musical and cultural influence.
Following a sellout CSNY tour, the group went on hiatus, and Crosby resumed work on his long-delayed solo debut, releasing If I Could Only Remember My Name in 1971; the following year, he and Nash issued the first of several duo efforts, and he also took part in a short-lived Byrds reunion. Despite continued creative differences, CSNY reformed for a 1974 tour; Crosby and Nash issued Wind on the Water a year later, and in 1977 Stills returned to the fold for the multi-platinum CSN. However, as Crosby's longstanding drug problem continued to worsen, he eventually fell out with both Stills and Nash, and a planned second solo album, Might as Well Have a Good Time, was rejected by Capitol in 1980. A series of arrests for cocaine possession and illegal weapons charges hampered him throughout the years to follow, even as he reunited with Stills and Nash in 1982 for the Top Ten hit Daylight Again. After completing the follow-up, 1983's Allies, the trio did not record together for another seven years.
In late 1985 Crosby was sentenced to prison after fleeing the drug rehabilitation clinic he'd entered in lieu of serving out a previous jail term; upon his release the following August, he'd finally conquered his demons, later chronicling the ugly details of his addiction in the fine autobiography Long Time Gone. In 1988 -- a full 18 years after the release of Déjà Vu -- Crosby reunited with Stills, Nash, and also Young for American Dream; his second solo effort, Oh Yes I Can, finally appeared the following year as well. After the 1990 release of CSN's Live It Up, Crosby continued to suffer personal misfortunes -- first he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, and then in 1994 he lost his L.A. home as a result of massive earthquake damage. Months later, he returned to the headlines when it was announced he was diagnosed with hepatitis C and dying of liver failure, undergoing a successful organ transplant in 1995.
During the recovery period which followed, Crosby met James Raymond, the son he'd given up for adoption over three decades earlier and a professional musician as well; the two soon began writing songs together, and with guitarist Jeff Pevar they formed CPR, releasing a series of albums and touring regularly. In early 1997, Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Hame; six years earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall as a member of the Byrds. Young returned to the fold for 1999's Looking Forward, with the resulting millennial tour -- dubbed "CSNY2K" -- heralding the foursome's first joint road venture in a quarter century. Crosby was again the subject of tabloid headlines when in early 2000 it was revealed that he fathered the children of singer Melissa Etheridge and her life partner, Julie Cypher; that same year, he also published a second book, Stand and Be Counted, which assembled interviews with actors and musicians to explore the intersection of celebrity and social activism.
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5325

5325 - DAVID CROSBY - Voyage: Essential - Volume 2, Disc Two (2006)

DAVID CROSBY
''VOYAGE: ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 2, DISC TWO''
NOVEMBER 6 2006
226:37

DISC ONE - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 1
1/Eight Miles High feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/3:34
2/Renaissance Fair feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/1:51
3/Everybody's Been Burned feat. The Byrds
David Crosby/2:59
4/Wooden Ships feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Paul Kantner / Stephen Stills/5:27
5/Guinnevere feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:38
6/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:17
7/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:10
8/Almost Cut My Hair feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:21
9/Tamalpais High (At About 3)
David Crosby/3:31
10/Laughing
David Crosby/5:24
11/Music Is Love
David Crosby / Graham Nash / Neil Young/3:21
12/Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)
David Crosby/5:56
13/What Are Their Names?
David Crosby / Jerry Garcia / Phil Lesh / Michael Shrieve / Neil Young/4:11
14/I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
David Crosby/1:21
15/Where Will I Be? feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:20
16/Page 43 feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:55
17/Critical Mass feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/1:20
18/Carry Me feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:33
19/Bittersweet feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:38
20/Naked in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Graham Nash/2:26
21/Dancer feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:49

DISC TWO - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 2
1/Shadow Captain feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/4:31
2/In My Dreams feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/5:11
3/Delta feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:13
4/Compass feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:27
5/Tracks in the Dust
David Crosby/4:48
6/Arrows feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/3:51
7/Hero
Phil Collins / David Crosby/4:37
8/Yvette in English
David Crosby / Joni Mitchell/5:53
9/Rusty and Blue feat. CPR
David Crosby/7:30
10/Somehow She Knew feat. CPR
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/7:05
11/Breathless feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:16
12/Map to Buried Treasure feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:33
13/At the Edge feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/4:21
14/Through Here Quite Often feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Dean Parks/4:00
15/My Country 'Tis of Thee
Samuel F. Smith / Traditional/1:57

DISC THREE - BURIED TREASURE (ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
1/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby & Stills
David Crosby/4:32
2/Guinnevere
David Crosby/4:19
3/Almost Cut My Hair
David Crosby/5:22
4/Games
David Crosby/3:05
5/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:36
6/Triad
David Crosby/5:26
7/Cowboy Movie
David Crosby/10:57
8/Kids and Dogs
David Crosby/6:58
9/Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? feat. Paul Kantner, Jefferson Starship
David Crosby / Paul Kantner/3:06
10/The Lee Shore feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:24
11/Traction in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:36
12/King of the Mountain
David Crosby/2:44
13/Homeward Through the Haze feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:22
14/Samurai
David Crosby/1:40
15/Climber feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:18
16/Dream for Him feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/7:57

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Rhino has gone all out to release projects to coincide with the publication of David Crosby's autobiography, Since Then. Along with this triple-disc box set, the label is also reissuing Crosby's first solo recording -- an album that carries the word "masterpiece" around with it in the 21st century. While that double disc (the original disc with a bonus cut, and a DVD of the album in a superior mix) may carry some real excitement, it's a head-scratching exercise as to who, exactly, will be interested in this box. Rhino has packaged together three CDs in a deluxe foldout package with a 130-page book with a great liner essay by Steve Silberman, and song-by-song annotations by Crosby. Compiled and produced by Joel Bernstein and Graham Nash, Voyage contains two discs of songs from Crosby's various contributing incarnations as a member of the Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby & Nash, and CPR, and as a solo artist. The work here varies in quality, and merely tells a kind of story that has been told in many ways over the individual releases he appeared on. None of his backing vocal sessions with the Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, etc., are here. That may be as it should be, but the story would have been fuller and more complete than it is presented here. After all, it is reasonable to assume that anyone interested in the aforementioned acts to any real degree would have this material anyway. And anyone new to those recording artists or to Crosby himself would be ill-disposed to purchasing something this expensive.
So it all comes down to disc three, which is a 16-cut set of unreleased demos, alternates, and rehearsals of Crosby, either solo or with CSN, CSNY, or Crosby & Nash, with one exception -- an alternate mix of "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight" with the Jefferson Starship under the leadership of Paul Kantner. Here, there are benefits for fans of rough and "unfinished" recordings. The demos of "Long Time Gone" with Crosby and Stephen Stills is compelling, as are the alternate mix of "Guinnevere" and the demo of "Déjà Vu," the latter for its intense showcase of vocal harmony. However, the takes of "Almost Cut My Hair" (acoustic) and "Games" are throwaway ones. "Triad" neither adds nor subtracts from its recorded version; it is merely different. "Cowboy Movie" is a studio take here, over ten minutes in length, that rocks. "Kids and Dogs," the bonus cut on If I Could Only Remember My Name, is a mellow but worthy inclusion. The rest is all of interest, most of it being of very high quality, and the disc is thus recommended to fans in a big way -- it would have probably sold on its own. Yet the question remains as to how willing consumers are to go after such a set, even if it is being released in the holiday season.

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more remarkable tales in the annals of music history. As a founding member of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock sound, forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach which defined the West Coast music scene for years to follow; he also sold millions of records and enjoyed a cultural impact equaled by few of his contemporaries. Yet despite his often overwhelming success, Crosby is recognized far less for his artistic achievements than for his larger-than-life off-stage exploits, specifically a long and fantastically excessive battle with drug abuse which seemingly kept him teetering on the brink of death for over a decade; that he not only survived but remained as colorful and newsworthy a character as before is a testament to his continued creativity and unpredictability.
Crosby was born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1941; the son of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, he dropped out of drama school to pursue a career in music, touring the folk club circuit and recording as a member of the Les Baxter Balladeers. Under the auspices of producer Jim Dickson, Crosby cut his first solo session in late 1963; early the following year he formed the Jet Set with Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark, and with the additions of bassist Chris Hillman and drummer Michael Clarke, the group was rechristened the Byrds. Although McGuinn chiefly pioneered the Byrds' trademark 12-string guitar sound, Crosby was the architect of their shimmering harmonies; his interests in jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions into psychedelic. However, creative differences plagued the group throughout its career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his bandmates' refusal to release his menage a trois opus "Triad" -- left the Byrds in the wake of their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
After producing Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut LP, Crosby cut a handful of solo recordings and began jamming with ex-Buffalo Springfield singer/guitarist Stephen Stills. In time the duo was joined by ex-Hollies member Graham Nash; with its exquisitely beautiful three-part harmonies, strong individual songwriting contributions, and graceful folk-rock sound, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut LP proved a pop landmark, launching all three members to greater fame than they'd experienced in any of their previous projects. The addition of Stills' former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young expanded the group to a four-piece, and in August of 1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) made just their second live appearance to date at the Woodstock Festival; 1970's Déjà Vu arrived in stores with advance orders numbering over two million, and through the thought-provoking social and political messages of songs like "Woodstock" and "Ohio," they emerged as generational torchbearers of enormous musical and cultural influence.
Following a sellout CSNY tour, the group went on hiatus, and Crosby resumed work on his long-delayed solo debut, releasing If I Could Only Remember My Name in 1971; the following year, he and Nash issued the first of several duo efforts, and he also took part in a short-lived Byrds reunion. Despite continued creative differences, CSNY reformed for a 1974 tour; Crosby and Nash issued Wind on the Water a year later, and in 1977 Stills returned to the fold for the multi-platinum CSN. However, as Crosby's longstanding drug problem continued to worsen, he eventually fell out with both Stills and Nash, and a planned second solo album, Might as Well Have a Good Time, was rejected by Capitol in 1980. A series of arrests for cocaine possession and illegal weapons charges hampered him throughout the years to follow, even as he reunited with Stills and Nash in 1982 for the Top Ten hit Daylight Again. After completing the follow-up, 1983's Allies, the trio did not record together for another seven years.
In late 1985 Crosby was sentenced to prison after fleeing the drug rehabilitation clinic he'd entered in lieu of serving out a previous jail term; upon his release the following August, he'd finally conquered his demons, later chronicling the ugly details of his addiction in the fine autobiography Long Time Gone. In 1988 -- a full 18 years after the release of Déjà Vu -- Crosby reunited with Stills, Nash, and also Young for American Dream; his second solo effort, Oh Yes I Can, finally appeared the following year as well. After the 1990 release of CSN's Live It Up, Crosby continued to suffer personal misfortunes -- first he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, and then in 1994 he lost his L.A. home as a result of massive earthquake damage. Months later, he returned to the headlines when it was announced he was diagnosed with hepatitis C and dying of liver failure, undergoing a successful organ transplant in 1995.
During the recovery period which followed, Crosby met James Raymond, the son he'd given up for adoption over three decades earlier and a professional musician as well; the two soon began writing songs together, and with guitarist Jeff Pevar they formed CPR, releasing a series of albums and touring regularly. In early 1997, Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Hame; six years earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall as a member of the Byrds. Young returned to the fold for 1999's Looking Forward, with the resulting millennial tour -- dubbed "CSNY2K" -- heralding the foursome's first joint road venture in a quarter century. Crosby was again the subject of tabloid headlines when in early 2000 it was revealed that he fathered the children of singer Melissa Etheridge and her life partner, Julie Cypher; that same year, he also published a second book, Stand and Be Counted, which assembled interviews with actors and musicians to explore the intersection of celebrity and social activism.
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5324

5324 - DAVID CROSBY - Voyage: Essential - Volume 1, Disc One (2006)

DAVID CROSBY
''VOYAGE: ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 1, DISC ONE''
NOVEMBER 6 2006
226:37

DISC ONE - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 1
1/Eight Miles High feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/3:34
2/Renaissance Fair feat. The Byrds
David Crosby / Roger McGuinn/1:51
3/Everybody's Been Burned feat. The Byrds
David Crosby/2:59
4/Wooden Ships feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Paul Kantner / Stephen Stills/5:27
5/Guinnevere feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:38
6/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:17
7/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:10
8/Almost Cut My Hair feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:21
9/Tamalpais High (At About 3)
David Crosby/3:31
10/Laughing
David Crosby/5:24
11/Music Is Love
David Crosby / Graham Nash / Neil Young/3:21
12/Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)
David Crosby/5:56
13/What Are Their Names?
David Crosby / Jerry Garcia / Phil Lesh / Michael Shrieve / Neil Young/4:11
14/I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
David Crosby/1:21
15/Where Will I Be? feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:20
16/Page 43 feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:55
17/Critical Mass feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/1:20
18/Carry Me feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:33
19/Bittersweet feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:38
20/Naked in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Graham Nash/2:26
21/Dancer feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:49

DISC TWO - ESSENTIAL - VOLUME 2
1/Shadow Captain feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/4:31
2/In My Dreams feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/5:11
3/Delta feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/4:13
4/Compass feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:27
5/Tracks in the Dust
David Crosby/4:48
6/Arrows feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby/3:51
7/Hero
Phil Collins / David Crosby/4:37
8/Yvette in English
David Crosby / Joni Mitchell/5:53
9/Rusty and Blue feat. CPR
David Crosby/7:30
10/Somehow She Knew feat. CPR
David Crosby / Craig Doerge/7:05
11/Breathless feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:16
12/Map to Buried Treasure feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jan Crosby / Steve DiStanislao / Andrew Ford / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/5:33
13/At the Edge feat. CPR
David Crosby / Jeff Pevar / James Raymond/4:21
14/Through Here Quite Often feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby / Dean Parks/4:00
15/My Country 'Tis of Thee
Samuel F. Smith / Traditional/1:57

DISC THREE - BURIED TREASURE (ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
1/Long Time Gone feat. Crosby & Stills
David Crosby/4:32
2/Guinnevere
David Crosby/4:19
3/Almost Cut My Hair
David Crosby/5:22
4/Games
David Crosby/3:05
5/Déjà Vu feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/2:36
6/Triad
David Crosby/5:26
7/Cowboy Movie
David Crosby/10:57
8/Kids and Dogs
David Crosby/6:58
9/Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? feat. Paul Kantner, Jefferson Starship
David Crosby / Paul Kantner/3:06
10/The Lee Shore feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/4:24
11/Traction in the Rain feat. Crosby & Nash
David Crosby/3:36
12/King of the Mountain
David Crosby/2:44
13/Homeward Through the Haze feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/4:22
14/Samurai
David Crosby/1:40
15/Climber feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/5:18
16/Dream for Him feat. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby/7:57

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Rhino has gone all out to release projects to coincide with the publication of David Crosby's autobiography, Since Then. Along with this triple-disc box set, the label is also reissuing Crosby's first solo recording -- an album that carries the word "masterpiece" around with it in the 21st century. While that double disc (the original disc with a bonus cut, and a DVD of the album in a superior mix) may carry some real excitement, it's a head-scratching exercise as to who, exactly, will be interested in this box. Rhino has packaged together three CDs in a deluxe foldout package with a 130-page book with a great liner essay by Steve Silberman, and song-by-song annotations by Crosby. Compiled and produced by Joel Bernstein and Graham Nash, Voyage contains two discs of songs from Crosby's various contributing incarnations as a member of the Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby & Nash, and CPR, and as a solo artist. The work here varies in quality, and merely tells a kind of story that has been told in many ways over the individual releases he appeared on. None of his backing vocal sessions with the Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, etc., are here. That may be as it should be, but the story would have been fuller and more complete than it is presented here. After all, it is reasonable to assume that anyone interested in the aforementioned acts to any real degree would have this material anyway. And anyone new to those recording artists or to Crosby himself would be ill-disposed to purchasing something this expensive.
So it all comes down to disc three, which is a 16-cut set of unreleased demos, alternates, and rehearsals of Crosby, either solo or with CSN, CSNY, or Crosby & Nash, with one exception -- an alternate mix of "Have You Seen the Stars Tonight" with the Jefferson Starship under the leadership of Paul Kantner. Here, there are benefits for fans of rough and "unfinished" recordings. The demos of "Long Time Gone" with Crosby and Stephen Stills is compelling, as are the alternate mix of "Guinnevere" and the demo of "Déjà Vu," the latter for its intense showcase of vocal harmony. However, the takes of "Almost Cut My Hair" (acoustic) and "Games" are throwaway ones. "Triad" neither adds nor subtracts from its recorded version; it is merely different. "Cowboy Movie" is a studio take here, over ten minutes in length, that rocks. "Kids and Dogs," the bonus cut on If I Could Only Remember My Name, is a mellow but worthy inclusion. The rest is all of interest, most of it being of very high quality, and the disc is thus recommended to fans in a big way -- it would have probably sold on its own. Yet the question remains as to how willing consumers are to go after such a set, even if it is being released in the holiday season.

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more remarkable tales in the annals of music history. As a founding member of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock sound, forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach which defined the West Coast music scene for years to follow; he also sold millions of records and enjoyed a cultural impact equaled by few of his contemporaries. Yet despite his often overwhelming success, Crosby is recognized far less for his artistic achievements than for his larger-than-life off-stage exploits, specifically a long and fantastically excessive battle with drug abuse which seemingly kept him teetering on the brink of death for over a decade; that he not only survived but remained as colorful and newsworthy a character as before is a testament to his continued creativity and unpredictability.
Crosby was born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1941; the son of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby, he dropped out of drama school to pursue a career in music, touring the folk club circuit and recording as a member of the Les Baxter Balladeers. Under the auspices of producer Jim Dickson, Crosby cut his first solo session in late 1963; early the following year he formed the Jet Set with Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark, and with the additions of bassist Chris Hillman and drummer Michael Clarke, the group was rechristened the Byrds. Although McGuinn chiefly pioneered the Byrds' trademark 12-string guitar sound, Crosby was the architect of their shimmering harmonies; his interests in jazz and Indian music also influenced their subsequent excursions into psychedelic. However, creative differences plagued the group throughout its career, and in 1967 Crosby -- reportedly rankled by his bandmates' refusal to release his menage a trois opus "Triad" -- left the Byrds in the wake of their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
After producing Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut LP, Crosby cut a handful of solo recordings and began jamming with ex-Buffalo Springfield singer/guitarist Stephen Stills. In time the duo was joined by ex-Hollies member Graham Nash; with its exquisitely beautiful three-part harmonies, strong individual songwriting contributions, and graceful folk-rock sound, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut LP proved a pop landmark, launching all three members to greater fame than they'd experienced in any of their previous projects. The addition of Stills' former Buffalo Springfield bandmate Neil Young expanded the group to a four-piece, and in August of 1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) made just their second live appearance to date at the Woodstock Festival; 1970's Déjà Vu arrived in stores with advance orders numbering over two million, and through the thought-provoking social and political messages of songs like "Woodstock" and "Ohio," they emerged as generational torchbearers of enormous musical and cultural influence.
Following a sellout CSNY tour, the group went on hiatus, and Crosby resumed work on his long-delayed solo debut, releasing If I Could Only Remember My Name in 1971; the following year, he and Nash issued the first of several duo efforts, and he also took part in a short-lived Byrds reunion. Despite continued creative differences, CSNY reformed for a 1974 tour; Crosby and Nash issued Wind on the Water a year later, and in 1977 Stills returned to the fold for the multi-platinum CSN. However, as Crosby's longstanding drug problem continued to worsen, he eventually fell out with both Stills and Nash, and a planned second solo album, Might as Well Have a Good Time, was rejected by Capitol in 1980. A series of arrests for cocaine possession and illegal weapons charges hampered him throughout the years to follow, even as he reunited with Stills and Nash in 1982 for the Top Ten hit Daylight Again. After completing the follow-up, 1983's Allies, the trio did not record together for another seven years.
In late 1985 Crosby was sentenced to prison after fleeing the drug rehabilitation clinic he'd entered in lieu of serving out a previous jail term; upon his release the following August, he'd finally conquered his demons, later chronicling the ugly details of his addiction in the fine autobiography Long Time Gone. In 1988 -- a full 18 years after the release of Déjà Vu -- Crosby reunited with Stills, Nash, and also Young for American Dream; his second solo effort, Oh Yes I Can, finally appeared the following year as well. After the 1990 release of CSN's Live It Up, Crosby continued to suffer personal misfortunes -- first he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, and then in 1994 he lost his L.A. home as a result of massive earthquake damage. Months later, he returned to the headlines when it was announced he was diagnosed with hepatitis C and dying of liver failure, undergoing a successful organ transplant in 1995.
During the recovery period which followed, Crosby met James Raymond, the son he'd given up for adoption over three decades earlier and a professional musician as well; the two soon began writing songs together, and with guitarist Jeff Pevar they formed CPR, releasing a series of albums and touring regularly. In early 1997, Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Hame; six years earlier, Crosby had first entered the Hall as a member of the Byrds. Young returned to the fold for 1999's Looking Forward, with the resulting millennial tour -- dubbed "CSNY2K" -- heralding the foursome's first joint road venture in a quarter century. Crosby was again the subject of tabloid headlines when in early 2000 it was revealed that he fathered the children of singer Melissa Etheridge and her life partner, Julie Cypher; that same year, he also published a second book, Stand and Be Counted, which assembled interviews with actors and musicians to explore the intersection of celebrity and social activism.
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1356 - DAVID CROSBY - It's All Coming Back To Me Now... (1995)

DAVID CROSBY
''IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW...''
JAN 1995
OCT 7, 1993
ATLANTIC
LIVE
60:35
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1/In My Dreams/Crosby/6:32
2/Rusty and Blue/Crosby/7:08
3/Hero/Collins, Crosby/4:57
4/Till It Shines on You/Crosby/5:39
5/Thousand Roads/Crosby/5:02
6/Cowboy Movie/Crosby/9:08
7/Almost Cut My Hair/Crosby/6:10
8/Déjà Vu/Crosby/10:18
9/Long Time Gone/Crosby, Hartford, Ritter/5:41
10/Wooden Ships/Crosby, Kantner, Stills/10:36

Jody Cortez/Drums
David Crosby/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Mike Finnigan/Keyboards, Vocal Harmony
James "Hutch" Hutchinson/Bass
Kipp Lennon/Vocal Harmony
Graham Nash/Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Vocal Harmony
Jeff Pevar/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Chris Robinson/Vocals

0682 - CROSBY & NASH, Disc Two (2004)

CROSBY & NASH, DISC TWO
AUG 2004
SANCTUARY RECORDS
74:10
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DISC ONE
1/Lay Me Down/Raymond/3:37
2/Puppeteer/Raymond/4:06
3/Through Here Quite Often/Crosby, Parks/4:04
4/Grace/Raymond/0:45
5/Jesus of Rio/Nash, Pevar/4:12
6/I Surrender/Cohn/4:14
7/Luck Dragon/Crosby, Raymond/4:45
8/On the Other Side of Town/Nash/3:36
9/Half Your Angels/Nash/5:05
10/They Want It All/Crosby/5:35
11/How Does It Shine?/Crosby/5:20

DISC TWO
1/Don't Dig Here/Kunkel, Nash, Raymond/6:10
2/Milky Way Tonight/Nash/3:24
3/Charlie/Crosby, Parks/3:34
4/Penguin in a Palm Tree/Nash/3:50
5/Michael (Hedges Here)/Nash/2:41
6/Samurai/Crosby/1:41
7/Shining On Your Dreams/Kunkel, Nash/2:35
8/Live On (The Wall)/Flannery, Nash, Plunkett, Proffer/3:21
9/My Country 'Tis of Thee/Traditional/1:42

Crosby & Nash/Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
Michael Hedges/Arranger
Russ Kunkel/Drums, Percussion, Producer
Graham Nash/Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Piano (Electric), Producer, Vocals
Dean Parks/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Jeff Pevar/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
James Raymond/Piano, Piano (Electric)
Leland Sklar/Bass

03:31 8/4/2012

0681 - CROSBY & NASH, Disc One (2004)

CROSBY & NASH, DISC ONE
AUG 2004
SANCTUARY RECORDS
74:10
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DISC ONE
1/Lay Me Down/Raymond/3:37
2/Puppeteer/Raymond/4:06
3/Through Here Quite Often/Crosby, Parks/4:04
4/Grace/Raymond/0:45
5/Jesus of Rio/Nash, Pevar/4:12
6/I Surrender/Cohn/4:14
7/Luck Dragon/Crosby, Raymond/4:45
8/On the Other Side of Town/Nash/3:36
9/Half Your Angels/Nash/5:05
10/They Want It All/Crosby/5:35
11/How Does It Shine?/Crosby/5:20

DISC TWO
1/Don't Dig Here/Kunkel, Nash, Raymond/6:10
2/Milky Way Tonight/Nash/3:24
3/Charlie/Crosby, Parks/3:34
4/Penguin in a Palm Tree/Nash/3:50
5/Michael (Hedges Here)/Nash/2:41
6/Samurai/Crosby/1:41
7/Shining On Your Dreams/Kunkel, Nash/2:35
8/Live On (The Wall)/Flannery, Nash, Plunkett, Proffer/3:21
9/My Country 'Tis of Thee/Traditional/1:42

David Crosby & Graham Nash/Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
Michael Hedges/Arranger
Russ Kunkel/Drums, Percussion, Producer
Graham Nash/Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Piano (Electric), Producer, Vocals
Dean Parks/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Jeff Pevar/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
James Raymond/Piano, Piano (Electric)
Leland Sklar/Bass

03:31 8/4/2012