Expansive 4 CD/1 LP collection features original album remastered and rare bonus content
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu was the most-anticipated new album in America in 1970. More than 50 years later, it’s one of the most famous albums in rock history with legendary songs, including “Carry On” and “Teach Your Children,” that still resonate today. Rhino will honor the intense creative journey that led to this milestone album with an expansive 4 CD/1 LP collection that includes a pristine version of the original album on both 180-gram vinyl and CD, plus hours of rare and unreleased studio recordings that provide incredible insight into the making of the record. The previously unreleased demo for “Birds” that was recorded during the sessions is available now on all digital download and streaming services.
“Déjà Vu: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will be available from Rhino on May 14th. Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book, the collection comes illustrated with rarely seen photos from the era and annotated by writer/filmmaker Cameron Crowe, whose revealing liner notes recount the making of the album through stories told by the people who were there, including David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young. On the same day, a deluxe vinyl version will also be available with the full content across 5 LPs of 180-gram vinyl. The deluxe vinyl version is available exclusively at CSNY50.com and Rhino.com. The music will also be available on digital download and streaming services and in high-resolution audio at neilyoungarchives.com. Customers that purchase any version of the release at CSNY50.com or Rhino will receive a high-resolution download version as well.
A new line of CSNY Déjà Vu-themed, organic merch made from sustainably sourced materials is also available exclusively at CSNY50.com and Rhino.
Crowe recalls in the liner notes that “Déjà Vu caught the zeitgeist perfectly” and “might just be the legendary band’s most accurate portrait of their fiery individualism.” Of this new Deluxe Edition, Crowe opines: “50 years later, with the sonic aperture fully opened, it’s a wide-screen look at the big picture of Déjà Vu, with more music, including a batch of surprises, unseen photos, and a lot more clarity.”
On the new anniversary edition, the album’s original 10 tracks are joined by 38 more to add nearly two-and-a-half hours of music that includes demos, outtakes, and alternate takes – most of which are previously unreleased. Among them is “Know You Got To Run,” the first song the quartet recorded during its first session on July 15th 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 making its debut on the set is a delightful version of “Our House” that features Nash singing with the song’s inspiration, Joni Mitchell.
4 CD/1 LP | 5 LP
CD 1: Original Album
- Carry On
- Teach Your Children
- Almost Cut My Hair
- Helpless
- Woodstock
- Déjà Vu
- Our House
- 4 + 20
- Country Girl/Whiskey Boot Hill/Down, Down, Down/Country Girl (I Think You’re Pretty)
- Everybody I Love You
CD 2: Demos
- Our House – Graham Nash [Previously Unreleased]
- 4 + 20 – Stephen Stills [Previously Unreleased]
- Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) – David Crosby & Graham Nash
- Birds – Neil Young & Graham Nash [Previously Unreleased]
- So Begins The Task/Hold On Tight – Stephen Stills [Previously Unreleased]
- Right Between The Eyes – Graham Nash
- Almost Cut My Hair – David Crosby [Previously Unreleased]
- Teach Your Children – Graham Nash & David Crosby
- How Have You Been – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Triad – David Crosby
- Horses Through A Rainstorm – Graham Nash
- Know You Got To Run – Stephen Stills [Previously Unreleased]
- Question Why – Graham Nash [Previously Unreleased]
- Laughing – David Crosby [Previously Unreleased]
- She Can’t Handle It – Stephen Stills [Previously Unreleased]
- Sleep Song – Graham Nash
- Déjà Vu – David Crosby & Graham Nash [Previously Unreleased]
- Our House – Graham Nash & Joni Mitchell [Previously Unreleased]
CD 3: Outtakes
- Everyday We Live [Previously Unreleased]
- The Lee Shore – 1969 Vocal [Previously Unreleased]
- I’ll Be There [Previously Unreleased]
- Bluebird Revisited [Previously Unreleased]
- Horses Through A Rainstorm
- 30 Dollar Fine [Previously Unreleased]
- Ivory Tower [Previously Unreleased]
- Same Old Song [Previously Unreleased]
- Hold On Tight/Change Partners [Previously Unreleased]
- Laughing [Previously Unreleased]
- Right On Rock ‘n’ Roll [Previously Unreleased]
CD 4: Alternates
- Carry On – Early Alternate Mix [Previously Unreleased]
- Teach Your Children – Early Version [Previously Unreleased]
- Almost Cut My Hair – Early Version [Previously Unreleased]
- Helpless – Harmonica Room
- Woodstock – Alternate Vocals [Previously Unreleased]
- Déjà Vu – Early Alternate Mix [Previously Unreleased]
- Our House – Early Version [Previously Unreleased]
- 4 + 20 – Alternate Take 2 [Previously Unreleased]
- Know You Got To Run [Previously Unreleased]
