Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1969-09-13 - Big Sur, CA (SBD or HQ Aud)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

1969-09-13

Big Sur Folk Festival

Esalen Institute

Big Sur, CA

HQ Audience or SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

xx. Suite Judy Blue Eyes (missing)

xx. Blackbird (missing)

01. Helplessly Hoping

02. Guinnevere

03. Lady Of The Island

04. Birds

05. 4+20

06. You Don't Have To Cry

2nd Set;

xx. Pre-Road Downs (missing)

xx. Long Time Gone (missing)

xx. Bluebird (missing)

xx. Sea of Madness (missing)

07. Wooden Ships

08. Down By The River

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1969-09-13 - Big Sur, CA (SBD or HQ Aud)

CSNY 1969 - Back to Back - #1: The Big Sur Folk Festival took place on the weekend of September 13 and 14, 1969, and featured, in addition to CSNY, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Dave Mason and john Sebastian, just to name a few. The entire event was documented in a 1971 film entitled Celebration at Big Sur. CSNY played 2 full sets each day, though only 3 of their songs are included in the film. In addition, while several bootlegs circulate from the festival, none of them capture either day’s CSNY performance its entirety. What we’re left with is partial recordings from each day. In addition, the original text file for these recordings had some errors in terms of which tracks were played on each day, especially regarding Dave Mason’s appearance with CSNY. Using 2 very accurate sources, Ghosts On The Road and  CSNY Set Lists, I was able to paint a better picture of which songs were played each day. So, today, we bring you a high quality audience (or maybe even a soundboard) recording of 8 tunes from CSNY’s performance on September 13, 1969, 51 years ago today. Download this one, then stop back tomorrow for the 2nd part of this Back to Back entry. PS - a big thanks to old friend AZ Jones for the front cover artwork.