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| Released | June 2, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1968–1971 | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
| Producer | Joel Bernstein, Neil Young, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills | |||
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Demos is the seventeenth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, released in 2009 on Rhino Records. It peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200.
A compilation album, it consists of demo versions of solo and group songs recorded between 1968 and 1971. One recording, "Music Is Love," includes their some-time partner Neil Young. Most of the tracks feature solo vocals rather than the group's standard three-part harmony. Recordings took place at The Record Plant in New York City, and Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Marrakesh Express" (performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash) | Graham Nash | 2:23 |
| 2. | "Almost Cut My Hair" (performed by Crosby) | David Crosby | 5:26 |
| 3. | "You Don't Have to Cry" (performed by Stills) | Stephen Stills | 1:23 |
| 4. | "Déjà Vu" (performed by Crosby) | Crosby | 6:37 |
| 5. | "Sleep Song" (performed by Nash) | Nash | 3:01 |
| 6. | "My Love Is a Gentle Thing" (performed by Stills) | Stills | 2:06 |
| 7. | "Be Yourself" (performed by Nash) | Nash | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Music Is Love" (performed by Crosby, Nash & Young) | Crosby, Nash, Neil Young | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Singing Call" (performed by Stills) | Stills | 3:02 |
| 10. | "Long Time Gone" (performed by Crosby & Stills) | Crosby | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Chicago" (performed by Nash) | Nash | 2:52 |
| 12. | "Love the One You're With" (performed by Stills) | Stills | 3:13 |
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CSNY 1974 is the nineteenth album by Crosby, Stills, & Nash, their seventh in the CSNY quartet configuration, and their fifth live album, the third as a foursome. Issued on Rhino Records in 2014, it consists of concert material recorded in 1974 on the band's tour during the summer of that year. It was issued in several formats: a standard compact disc box set consisting of three audio discs and a standard DVD; as one pure audio Blu-ray disc and a Blu-ray DVD; and a more expensively packaged limited deluxe edition consisting of the material on six vinyl records along with the Blu-ray discs and a coffee table book. Two single disc samplers were also issued, one of the acoustic material exclusively available at Starbucks in the United States and Canada, and another at normal retail outlets. Each of the non-sampler sets also contained a 188-page booklet, and all formats were released the same day. The three-disc and DVD package peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200, while the Starbucks sampler peaked at No. 37 and the selections sampler at No. 81.
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