Published 2021-04-26 06:00
Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s 1970 album "Déjà Vu" will be reissued as a 5 disc deluxe set in May. The album features legendary songs "Carry On", "Teach Your Children", "Helpless" and "Our House" that still resonate today.
Rhino Records' deluxe set is a 4 CD + 1 LP package that offers a pristine version of the original album on 180g vinyl and CD along with 3 further CD's packed with hours of rare and unreleased studio recordings that provide incredible insight into the making of the record.
This set includes 38 bonus tracks, delivering nearly 2½ hours of music that includes demos, outtakes, and alternate takes, most of which, 29 to be specific, are previously unreleased.
This includes "Know You Got To Run", the 1st song the quartet recorded during its 1st session on July 15th, 1969, at the house Stills was renting from Peter Tork in Studio City. Other unreleased highlights include the demo for Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair"; Stills' outtake for "Bluebird Revisited"; and Young's alternate version of "Helpless" featuring harmonica. Also included is a version of "Our House" that features Nash singing with the song’s inspiration, Joni Mitchell.
Like many of Rhino's deluxe sets, this comes as a 12 x 12 hardcover book, with textured surface with gold foil stamp, with rare photos and sleeve notes by Cameron Crowe, through stories told by the people who were there, including David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young.
This 50th anniversary deluxe of "Déjà Vu" is released on May 14th, 2021. A D2C, direct to consumer, vinyl version which adds 5 vinyl LP's will also be available.