4 Way Street

Infobox Album
Name = 4 Way Street
Type = Live
Artist = Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young


Released = April 7 1971 (original)
June 15 1992 (expanded)
Recorded = June 2–July 5 1970, New York, Chicago & Los Angeles
Genre = Rock
Length = 99:45 (original)
149:55 (expanded)
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&&sql=10:3uzyxdgbjola link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1858&name=Crosby%2C+Stills%2C+Nash+%26+Young link]
*"Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/crosbystillsnashandyoung/albums/album/172532/review/5944668/4_way_street link]
Last album = "Déjà Vu"
(1970)
This album = "Four Way Street"
(1971)
Next album = "So Far"
(1974)

"4 Way Street" is the third album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, their second as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and their first live album. It was originally released in 1971, shipping as a gold record and peaking at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. A document of their tour from the previous year, the live recordings presented were taken from shows at The Fillmore East, New York, June 2–June 7 1970 The Chicago Auditorium, Chicago, July 5 1970 and The Forum, Los Angeles, June 26–June 28 1970.

The album contained material previously available in studio versions, from both the various affiliations and individual work of the four principals. Two songs each by Nash and Crosby had not been officially released by its writer at the time of the arrival of this album in the shops: "Chicago," soon to appear one month later on Nash's "Songs for Beginners" album, and "Right Between the Eyes"; "The Lee Shore" by Crosby, as well as his controversial ménage à trois "Triad" composition, recorded by Jefferson Airplane on their "Crown of Creation" album of 1968, and by The Byrds, but not released until 1997 as a bonus track on "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" reissue.

The expanded edition included four songs by each member as an acoustic solo vehicle. Young performed a trio of songs from his first two solo albums as a medley; Stills included "Black Queen" from his eponymous debut, a tune he would revisit many times in his career; Crosby added a version of the song "Laughing" from his debut; and Nash did "King Midas In Reverse," The Hollies single from 1967, his bid to have that band taken as a more serious entity in the pivotal year of flower power. Though credited to Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks as well, "Midas" was actually written solely by Nash: the three Hollies had had a pact to share publishing regardless of authorship, in an arrangement similar to that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney while in The Beatles. [Zimmer and Diltz, p. 51]

At the time this album was recorded, tensions between the band members were high, with their dressing-room fights becoming the stuff of rock legend, even being referenced by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in their 1971 LP "Fillmore East - June 1971". The tensions led to CSNY dissolving shortly after the recording of "Four Way Street" (and many months before its release). The next release of new material by the firm proper would not be until "CSN" of 1977.

"4 Way Street" was released in expanded form for compact disc on June 15 1992.

The original double album LP came packaged in typical CSNY fashion, a gatefold sleeve without a track listing. On the gatefold was a black-and-white picture of the band sitting on a bench, with Nash and Crosby's heads perfectly framed by a wire clothes hanger hanging in front of them, with recording information and credits in the lower-right-hand corner. The only track listings on the album appear on the LP's labels, and on the fold-out poster that also included full lyrics.

Track listing

Original album

LP side one

# " (coda)" (Stephen Stills) – 0:33
# "On the Way Home" (Neil Young) – 3:19
# "Teach Your Children" (Graham Nash) – 2:46
# "Triad" (David Crosby) – 5:07
# "The Lee Shore" (Crosby) – 4:14
# "Chicago" (Nash) – 3:03

LP side two

# "Right Between the Eyes" (Nash)– 2:19
# "Cowgirl in the Sand" (Young)– 3:50
# "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (Young) – 2:35
# "49 Bye-Byes/America's Children" (Stills) – 5:30
#* Includes a live version of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth"
# "Love the One You're With" (Stills) – 2:57

LP side three

# "Pre Road Downs" (Nash) – 2:48
# "Long Time Gone" (Crosby) – 5:33
# "Southern Man" (Young) – 13:15

LP side four

# "Ohio" (Young) – 3:24
# "Carry On" (Stills) – 13:06
# "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Stills) – 2:16

1992 Expanded edition

Disc one

# "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (coda)" (Stills) – 0:33
# "On the Way Home" (Young) – 3:48
# "Teach Your Children" (Nash) – 3:02
# "Triad" (Crosby) – 6:55
# "The Lee Shore" (Crosby)– 4:29
# "Chicago" (Nash) – 3:11
# "Right Between the Eyes" (Nash) – 3:37
# "Cowgirl in the Sand" (Young) – 3:59
# "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (Young) – 3:31
# "49 Bye-Byes/America's Children" (Stills) – 6:35
# "Love the One You're With" (Stills) – 3:19
# "King Midas in Reverse" (Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Nash) – 3:43
# "Laughing" (Crosby) – 3:36
# "Black Queen" (Stills) – 6:45
# "Medley: The Loner/Cinnamon Girl/Down by the River" (Young) – 9:41

Disc two

# "Pre-Road Downs" (Nash) – 3:04
# "Long Time Gone" (Crosby) – 5:58
# "Southern Man" (Young) – 13:45
# "Ohio" (Young) – 3:34
# "Carry On" (Stills) – 14:19
# "Find the Cost of Freedom" (Stills) – 2:21

Personnel

*David Crosby – vocals, guitar
*Stephen Stills – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Graham Nash – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
*Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels – bass
*Johnny Barbata – drums

Additional personnel

*Bill Halverson – engineer
*Gary Burden – art direction/design, photography
*Joel Bernstein – photography
*Henry Diltz – photography
*Joe Gastwirt – digital remastering

Charts

Album

Certifications

References

* Zimmer, Dave, and Diltz, Henry. "Crosby Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography" (First edition), St. Martin’s Press, 1984. ISBN 0-312-17660-0

Notes

succession box
before = "Pearl" by Janis Joplin
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = May 15 - May 21 1971
after = "Sticky Fingers" by The Rolling Stones