Crosby Stills & Nash Vinyl LP + Lyrics Atlantic SD 8229 N Mint Marrakesh Express

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Crosby Stills & Nash  Near Mint Vinyl LP + Lyrics Insert  Atlantic SD 8229 - First Pressing with "Marrakesh Express," "Wooden Ships" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Condition: Near Mint Vinyl and Cover. Includes lyrics insert, first pressing with gatefold cover and original inner sleeve. A beauty.
Crosby, Stills & Nash is the first album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, released in 1969 on Atlantic Records. It spawned two Top 40 hit singles, "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", which peaked respectively at No. 28 and at No. 21 in 1969. The album itself peaked at No. 6 and it has been certified four times platinum by the RIAA for sales of 4,000,000.
The album was a very strong debut for the band, instantly lifting them to stardom. Along with the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo and The Band's Music from Big Pink of the previous year, it helped initiate a sea change in popular music away from the ruling late-1960s aesthetic of bands playing blues-based rock music on loud guitars. Crosby, Stills & Nash presented a new wrinkle in building upon rock's roots, using folk, blues, and even jazz without specifically sounding like mere duplication. Not only blending voices, the three meshed their differing strengths, David Crosby for social commentary and atmospheric mood pieces, Stephen Stills for his diverse musical skills and for folding folk and country elements subtly into complex rock structures, and Graham Nash for his radio-friendly pop melodies, to create an amalgam of broad appeal. The album features some of their best known songs: "Helplessly Hoping"; Crosby's response to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy "Long Time Gone"; Stills' lament for Judy Collins "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"; and "Wooden Ships", a collaboration between Crosby and Stills as well as Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane.
Track listing Side one
1. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" Stephen Stills Stills 7:25 2. "Marrakesh Express" Graham Nash Nash 2:39 3. "Guinnevere" David Crosby Crosby with Nash 4:40 4. "You Don't Have to Cry" Stephen Stills Stills with Crosby & Nash 2:45 5. "Pre-Road Downs" Graham Nash Nash 2:56
Side two
1. "Wooden Ships" David Crosby, Paul Kantner, Stephen Stills Crosby with Stills 5:29 2. "Lady of the Island" Graham Nash Nash 2:39 3. "Helplessly Hoping" Stephen Stills Stills with Crosby & Nash 2:41 4. "Long Time Gone" David Crosby Crosby with Stills 4:17 5. "49 Bye-Byes" Stephen Stills Stills 5:16
Personnel David Crosby – vocals; guitars on "Guinnevere"; rhythm guitar on "Wooden Ships" and "Long Time Gone" Stephen Stills – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion all tracks except "Guinnevere" and "Lady of the Island" Graham Nash – vocals; rhythm guitar on "Marrakesh Express" and "Pre-Road Downs"; acoustic guitar on "Lady of the Island" Dallas Taylor – drums on "Pre-Road Downs," "Wooden Ships," "Long Time Gone," and "49 Bye-Byes" Jim Gordon – drums on "Marrakesh Express" Cass Elliot – backing vocals on "Pre-Road Downs"
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