48 years ago today: A little album called "Deja Vu."

[Miles Archer]

The addition of Neil Young to the Crosby Stills & Nash supergroup in 1969 created great expectations for the band’s second album, Déjà Vu. The follow-up didn't disappoint fans, who took the record to No. 1 album after its release on March 11, 1970.

David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash set the bar high with their 1969 debut, Crosby Stills & Nash, a deft mix of folk and rock that featured intricate three-part harmonies. Nash said the first album's success made the addition of a fourth member a necessary evil.

"When we finished the first record, we realized two things: One, that we had a big hit on our hands, because everybody was just wiped on the floor with it, and two, that we would have to go on the road,” Nash told Music Radar. “Stephen played every instrument on that record except for the drums and the acoustic guitars that David and I played on our songs. He played bass, he played organ, he played lead guitar, he played rhythm guitar, he played everything. Captain Many Hands we called him.”

Jimi Hendrix and Steve Winwood were asked to join CSN but refused. Atlantic Records’ head Ahmet Ertegun then suggested Young, Stills’ former bandmate in Buffalo Springfield. Nash was underwhelmed with the idea but agreed to meet with Young in New York's Greenwich Village.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/crosby-stills-nash-young-deja-vu/

[democratisphere]

1. One of my all time favorite albums and bands.

[Hoyt]

2. It was excellent, but not as quite as good as CSN first album.

4 Way Street was perhaps better not counting song writing, but I prefer live to studio albums.

[Bradshaw3]

9. I was lucky enough to see them at the Forum when they recorded Four Way Street

I was just visiting Cali that summer so lucked out to see them. I like that album but I'll take Deja Vu over it. Just one of my all-time favorites and I stil have it.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. I still have my copy!

[calimary]

5. So do I! One of the all time greats!

[Woodycall]

6. Me too! The jacket is slightly mildewed and smells old. It's perfect! n/t

[malchickiwick]

4. We have all been here before...

We have all been here before.

[Upthevibe]

8. One of my all time favorites too....

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My brother passed away in 2015 and we played Teach your Children as one of the songs at his service..I'd call this one a classic....

[infullview]

7. My first copy was played so much the album jacket fell apart

I still have the second copy on vinyl, and also a CD. This album is a testament to the hope, angst, and protest that was to 60s and 70s

[Number9Dream]

10. WNEW FM played the entire album straight through

Back before commercial radio turned to shit... When WNEW FM (New York) first got "Deja Vu", the DJ (can't remember who), played all of side one, flipped it over and played all of side two, to the delight of the audience.

Still have my vinyl album.

[The Polack MSgt]

11. This album is one of the "Trifecta records" that I've owned -

I bought it in 8 Track, Vinyl and CD, at least once on each format, 3 times for the vinyl LP

[Miles Archer]

12. Vinyl, 8 Track, CD, and...

...the remastered CD, and Neil Young's Pono remaster.

Atlantic Records was one of the labels that was notorious for "rush releasing" CDs into the marketplace, once the format took off.

They couldn't always find the original master tapes, and would often create new masters from a vinyl album.

All's well that ends well, though, because the Neil Young Pono remaster sounds as sweet as you'd want it to.

I've never owned a "high-end" stereo. The two places where I listen to music are in the car (reasonably OK sound system) and my computer (nice Altec Lansing speakers with a woofer). Most of my music is now converted to 320 KBPS MP3s and resides in iTunes. When I make a CD for the car, I burn it from FLAC files whenever I can.