Four Way Street

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Four Way Street
Live album by 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(s)	David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young chronology
Déjà Vu (1970)	Four Way Street (1971)	So Far (1974)

Four Way Street is the third album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, their second as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 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. Credited to Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks as well, in actuality Nash wrote "Midas" himself, the three Hollies having a pact to share publishing regardless of authorship similar to that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney while in The Beatles.^[1]

At the time this album was recorded, inner tensions were rife between the members (their dressing-room fights immediately 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), and eventually caused CSNY to dissolve shortly after the recording of Four Way Street (and many months before its release); it is interesting to observe that the level of beauty evinced by this recording was born in the midst of such strife. The next release of new material by the firm proper would not be until CSN of 1977, and this album was released in expanded form for compact disc on June 15, 1992.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original album 1.1.1 LP side one 1.1.2 LP side two 1.1.3 LP side three 1.1.4 LP side four 1.2 1992 Expanded edition 1.2.1 Disc one 1.2.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications 5 References 5.1 Notes

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original album

[edit] LP side one

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

[edit] LP side two

1. "Right Between the Eyes" (Nash)– 2:19
2. "Cowgirl in the Sand" (Young)– 3:50
3. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (Young) – 2:35
4. "49 Bye-Byes/America's Children" (Stills) – 5:30
   • Includes a live version of Stephen Still's "For What It's Worth"
5. "Love the One You're With" (Stills) – 2:57

[edit] LP side three

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

[edit] LP side four

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

[edit] 1992 Expanded edition

[edit] Disc one

1. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (coda)" (Stills) – 0:33
2. "On the Way Home" (Young) – 3:48
3. "Teach Your Children" (Nash) – 3:02
4. "Triad" (Crosby) – 6:55
5. "The Lee Shore" (Crosby)– 4:29
6. "Chicago" (Nash) – 3:11
7. "Right Between the Eyes" (Nash) – 3:37
8. "Cowgirl in the Sand" (Young) – :59
9. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" (Young) – 3:31
10. "49 Bye-Byes/America's Children" (Stills) – 6:35
11. "Love the One You're With" (Stills) – 3:19
12. "King Midas in Reverse" (Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Nash) – 3:43
13. "Laughing" (Crosby) – 3:36
14. "Black Queen" (Stills) – 6:45
15. "Medley: The Loner/Cinnamon Girl/Down By The River" (Young) – 9:41

[edit] Disc two

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Additional personnel

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

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Billboard Pop Albums	1

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1971	"Ohio"	Billboard Pop Singles	14

[edit] Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	April 12, 1971
RIAA – USA	Platinum	December 18, 1992
RIAA – USA	4X Platinum	December 18, 1992

[edit] References