LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 11, 2019…HOLY SCHNIKES !!! IT WAS 1970 AND ON THIS DATE CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG RELEASED WHAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR. IT WAS THE FIRST C,S,N ALBUM TO FEATURE NEIL YOUNG. AND THE ALBUM WAS A MASTERPIECE.
STEVEN STILLS ESTIMATED THAT THE ALBUM TOOK AROUND 800 HOURS OF STUDIO TIME TO RECORD.
DEJA VU GENERATED 3 TOP 40 SINGLES ‘TEACH YOUR CHILDREN’ ‘OUR HOUSE’ AND ‘WOODSTOCK’ AND SOLD OVER 8 MILLION COPIES. KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE 1970 NUMBERS ! NO ONE SOLD 8 MILLION COPIES OF AN ALBUM IN 1970 !
THIS ALBUM IS IN THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE’S TOP 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME.
HERE’S RARE FOOTAGE OF C,S,N & Y FROM 1970