CROSBY,STILLS,NASH & YOUNG (CSNY).Deja Vu.Orig N/M 1970 UK Atlantic 1st Issue Lp

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  CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
‘Deja Vu' Lp

Rare Original '1st Press' UK Stereo Lp Housed In A Graded Effect, Gold Embossed Text Gatefold Sleeve.

One Of The Most Hotly Awaited Second Albums In History, Déjà Vu Worked As An Album, A Product Of Four Potent Musical Talents Who Were All Ascending To The Top Of Their Game, The Addition Of Neil Young To The Crosby, Stills & Nash Lineup Added To The Level Of Virtuosity, With Young And Stephen Stills Rising To New Levels Of Complexity And Volume On Their Guitars. Young's Presence Also Ratcheted Up The Range Of Available Voices One Notch And Added A Uniquely Idiosyncratic Songwriter To The Fold, Though Most Of Young's Contributions In This Area Were Confined To The Second Side Of The LP. Most Of The Music, Apart From The Quartet's Version Of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock," Was Done As Individual Sessions By Each Of The Members When They Turned Up (Which Was Seldom Together), Contributing Whatever Was Needed That Could Be Agreed Upon. "Carry On" Worked As The Album's Opener When Stills "Sacrificed" Another Copyright, "Questions," Which Comprised The Second Half Of The Track And Made It More Substantial. "Woodstock" And "Carry On" Represented The Group As A Whole, While The Rest Of The Record Was A Showcase For The Individual Members. David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair" Was A Piece Of High-Energy Hippie-Era Paranoia Not Too Far Removed In Subject From The Byrds' "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man," Only Angrier In Mood And Texture (Especially Amid The Pumping Organ And Slashing Guitars); The Title Track, Also By Crosby, Took 100 Hours To Work Out And Was A Better-Received Successor To Such Experimental Works As "Mind Gardens," Out Of His Earlier Career With The Byrds, Showing His Occasional Abandonment Of A Rock Beat, Or Any Fixed Rhythm At All, In Favor Of Washing Over The Listener With Tones And Moods. "Teach Your Children," The Major Hit Off The Album, Was A Reflection Of The Hippie-Era Idealism That Still Filled Graham Nash's Life, While "Our House" Was His Stylistic Paean To The Late-Era Beatles And "4+20" Was A Gorgeous Stephen Stills Blues Excursion That Was A Precursor To The Material He Would Explore On The Solo Album That Followed. And Then There Were Neil Young's Pieces, The Exquisitely Harmonized "Helpless" (Which Took Many Hours To Get To The Slow Version Finally Used) And The Roaring Country-Ish Rockers That Ended Side Two, Which Underwent A Lot Of Tinkering By Young — Even His Seeming Throwaway Finale, "Everybody I Love You," Was A Bone Thrown To Longtime Fans As Perhaps The Greatest Buffalo Springfield Song That They Didn't Record. All Of This Variety Made Déjà Vu A Rich Musical Banquet For The Most Serious And Personal Listeners, While Mass Audiences Reveled In The Glorious Harmonies And The Thundering Electric Guitars, Which Were Presented In Even More Dramatic And Expansive Fashion On The Tour That Followed……Thanks To AMG

The Lp Was Released On The Plum/Orange.White Tricolour ‘Atlantic’ Label (k5000) And Comes To Auction In Near Mint Condition

Mint: The record itself is in Brand New condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items (such as lyric sheets, booklets, posters etc) are in perfect condition.

Excellent: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there s very little lessening in Sound Quality. The cover and packaging may have slight wear and/or creasing.

Very Good+: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and occassional light scratch . Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items (without major defect) is acceptable.
 

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