![]() In the liner notes to the CSN boxset, Nash recalls: “Me being a harmony freak and being the high harmony in The Hollies, when David and Stephen were singing You Don’t Have To Cry, they were singing the two parts and they started to show off because they wanted to show me that they had worked on it very diligently. The trio became immediate friends, but the moment of epiphany took a few weeks. Sacked from The Byrds because of his bad attitude, David Crosby was now collaborating with Stephen Stills, who in May 1968 had just dissolved Buffalo Springfield. In a feature he wrote for the Daily Mail in 2013, Nash described meeting Crosby and Stills: “they were refugees, like me, from successful, broken bands”. While touring the US with Mancunian moptops The Hollies, Nash, already feeling restricted by the pop format, had fallen in love with the burgeoning West Coast counterculture. To understand how Déjà Vu was made, it’s crucial to look at the nature of the CSN sound and how it came about. Now, 50 years since its release, is Déjà Vu just an old hippy relic or a true counterculture classic? But is a harmonious studio atmosphere mandatory for a great record? Surely, many of the greatest albums were created by artists who weren’t exactly seeing eye-to-eye – think Abbey Road, Rumours, Never Mind The Bollocks… or The Wall. Talking to Robert Sandall for a Q feature in 1992, Nash was trying to sum up the fractured and competitive relationship between the four members of the folk-rock supergroup. Graham Nash’s perspective on the eight million-selling second album he made with David Crosby, Stephen Stills plus new addition Neil Young was always going to be biased. By the time of Déjà Vu that had all turned to shit.” “W hen we did our first CSN record, we were very much in love with each other and each other’s music. And look to upgrade when you can.Hippy relic created by four warring egos or a timeless Americana classic? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s second album sold by the bucketload, yet 50 years on it still continues to divide opinion. Hence, I wouldn’t put too much importance on the cartridge. If they dare give you better quality ancillaries then up goes the price, the competition eats them alive and down go the sales, especially from those users who don’t care about cartridge quality (unlike your good self, John). I think most brands expect you to sort yourself out when it comes to these ancillaries. This is often why the cartridge is a ‘make do’ item, why the platter mat is poor to middlin’ and why the mains and/or phono cables are deficient. That means most of the cash will be spent on the essentials. Hence, that constriction imposes compromises in terms of parts quality. Mainly because they need to compete with others in the same price bracket. For budget and lower midrange turntables, they are looking to hit a price point and can’t deviate from that. ![]() ![]() I think, for many manufacturers of turntables, the cartridge is placed down the shopping list when the initial design is planned. Thanks for that John and no worries – this area will do. Reply Paul Rigby 19th May 2021 at 3:23 pm I’ve put my order in so, when that arrives, I hope to do a review. If you order direct from Rhino or you can pick up a five vinyl disc version that includes a hardback book and downloadable hi-res files for around £180, give or take a pound. ![]() There is another version of Deja Vu coming soon, though. I don’t normally talk prices in this column because they change so quickly and shopping around can produce wide variations but I need to talk money here because this single vinyl/four CD box set of Deja Vu is your basic edition. Only the Helpless (Harmonica Version) has been released before on this disc. This means no Country Girl and no Everybody I Love You but Know You Got to Run is in. There’s also a fourth CD that produces an alternative version of the original album in sequence as nine tracks, instead of the original’s 10. The third CD has 11 outtakes (nine of those have previously been unissued). There’s a second CD featuring 18 demos, eleven of which are previously unissued. The track Our House is here from Nash and from Nash with Joni Mitchell. The remastered original album is featured on both CD and vinyl. Which makes the newly released Deja Vu box set all the more intriguing. It was a comet that blazed and burned out, leaving cinders floating in a vacuum. ![]()
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