Live At Fillmore East, 1969 Vinyl [2LP]

After famously playing their second show at Woodstock in August 1969, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young spent the rest of the year touring and writing songs for what would become CSNYs 1970 debut, DJ VU. A newly discovered multi-track recording of the bands September 20, 1969, concert at the historic Fillmore East in New York City captures an early moment from that first tour.

Recorded only a month after Woodstock, the September 20 concert was the bands fourth show in two days at the Fillmore East and featured both acoustic and electric sets.

The setlist spotlights soon-to-be classics from CSNs self-titled debut and Youngs EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE with Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Helplessly Hoping, and Down By The River. The concert also features early versions of two future DJ VU tracks. Stills delivers a stunning solo acoustic performance of his introspective ballad 4 + 20, followed by Nash, alone at the organ, singing Our House to its inspiration, Joni Mitchell, who was in the Fillmore audience.

In the acoustic set, Young gave a nod to Buffalo Springfield (his first band with Stills) playing Ive Loved Her So Long, a song he wrote for the groups final album, 1968s Last Time Around.

The electric set is powerful and intense, highlighted by expansive versions of Wooden Ships, Long Time Gone, and Sea Of Madness. The band closes the show with Find The Cost Of Freedom, a new song by Stills that later would be released as the B-side to the protest anthem Ohio.

Stills and Young compiled and mixed the original eight-track concert recordings at Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles. The audio is AAA lacquer cut for the vinyl release to provide the highest audio fidelity.

Tracklist

Acoustic Set
Side One

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Blackbird
3. Helplessly Hoping
4. Guinnevere
5. Lady Of The Island

Side Two

6. Go Back Home
7. On The Way Home
8. 4 + 20
9. Our House
10. Ive Loved Her So Long
11. You Dont Have To Cry

Electric Set
Side One

1. Long Time Gone
2. Wooden Ships
3. Bluebird Revisited
4. Sea Of Madness

Side Two

5. Down By The River
6. Find The Cost Of Freedom