1991 compilation album by Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Carry On is a compilation album by
Crosby, Stills & Nash , issued on
Atlantic Records in 1991, generally for the
European and
Australian markets. It is a
two-disc sampler of their four-disc
box set ,
CSN , released two months previously in the
United States and the
United Kingdom . It features material spanning 1968 through 1990 from their catalogue of recordings as a group in addition to selections from
Crosby & Nash ,
Manassas , and their individual solo albums. It was reissued on 30 June 1998 on the
WEA International record label. This compilation should not be confused with the
Stephen Stills box set of the same name released in 2013.
Content
Where the box set is a more comprehensive overview, this one focuses on previously unreleased tracks, hits, and favorites. Of its 36 tracks, 13 had been unreleased previously, and nine contain all of the group's
Top 40 hits from the
Billboard Hot 100 . The group's some-time partner
Neil Young appears on eight tracks, including his own songs "
Helpless " and "
Ohio ". The previously-unreleased material includes studio recordings by the full quartet of "Helplessly Hoping" (originally released by the trio), "Taken at All" (originally by Crosby & Nash), and "The Lee Shore" (previously available only live).
[2] The set also includes both the demo of "You Don't Have to Cry", the first recording they made as Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the three tracks from
their most recent studio album as of 1991 that are also on the box set.
The original recordings were produced by
David Crosby ,
Stephen Stills ,
Graham Nash , and Neil Young, with assistance from Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Stanley Johnston, and
Paul Rothchild .
Audio engineers on the original recordings include
Stephen Barncard , Larry Cox, Russ Gary, Don Gooch, Steve Gursky, Bill Halverson,
David Hassinger ,
Andy Johns , and Jim Mitchell. The original
masters were recorded at the following studios: Devonshire Sound Studio, Wally Heider Studios, The Record Plant, Rudy Recorders, the Sound Lab,
Sunset Sound , Sunwest Studio, and
Village Recorders in
Los Angeles ;
United Studio in
Hollywood ;
The Record Plant in
New York City ;
Wally Heider Studios , His Master's Wheels, and Rudy Recorders in
San Francisco ;
Criteria Sound Studios in
Miami ;
Island Studios in
London ; and Stephen Stills' late 1960s home in
Laurel Canyon . The selections were compiled for this set by Crosby, Stills, Nash, Gerry Tolman, and Yves Beauvais, with additional research by Joel Bernstein.
Track listing
An asterisk (*) indicates a live recording, two asterisks (**) a previously unreleased mix, (†) a previously unreleased version, and (‡) a previously unreleased song.
Disc one
Title Writer(s) Artist; Recording date 1. "
Woodstock "
Joni Mitchell CSNY; November 5, 1969 ** 3:50 2. "
Marrakesh Express " (from
Crosby, Stills & Nash , 1969)
Graham Nash CSN; early 1969 2:36 3. "You Don't Have to Cry"
Stephen Stills CSN; December 1968 † 2:40 4. "
Teach Your Children " (from
Déjà Vu , 1970) Graham Nash CSN; October 24, 1969 2:52 5. "
Love the One You're With " (from
Stephen Stills , 1970) Stephen Stills CSN; March 1970 3:03 6. "
Almost Cut My Hair "
David Crosby CSNY; January 8, 1970 † 8:49 7. "
Wooden Ships " (from Crosby, Stills & Nash ) David Crosby,
Paul Kantner , Stephen Stills CSN; February 20, 1969 5:26 8. "Dark Star" (from
Allies , 1983) Stephen Stills CSN; December 5, 1982 * 4:57 9. "
Helpless " (from Déjà Vu )
Neil Young CSNY; November 17, 1969 3:36 10. "
Chicago/We Can Change the World " (from
Songs for Beginners , 1971) Graham Nash Nash; February 28, 1971 3:58 11. "Cathedral" (from
CSN , 1977) Graham Nash CSN; January 22, 1977 5:16 12. "4+20" Stephen Stills Stills; July 16, 1969 ** 2:10 13. "
Our House " (from Déjà Vu ) Graham Nash CSN; November 5, 1969 2:58 14. "To the Last Whale..." (from
Wind on the Water , 1975) David Crosby, Graham Nash Crosby & Nash; May 11 & July 1, 1975 5:30 15. "Change Partners" (from
Stephen Stills 2 , 1971) Stephen Stills Stills and Crosby; early 1971 3:13 16. "
Just a Song Before I Go " (from CSN ) Graham Nash CSN; December 19, 1976 2:12 17. "
Ohio " (Non-album
single , 1970) Neil Young CSNY; May 21, 1970 3:00 18. "
Wasted on the Way " (from
Daylight Again , 1982) Graham Nash CSN; January 30, 1981 2:46 19. "
Southern Cross " (from Daylight Again ) Stephen Stills, Richard Curtis, Michael Curtis CSN; late 1981 4:39
Disc two
Title Writer(s) Artist; Recording date 1. "
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes " Stephen Stills CSN; early 1969 ** 7:28 2. "
Carry On /Questions" (from Déjà Vu ) Stephen Stills CSN; December 28, 1969 4:25 3. "Horses Through a Rainstorm" Graham Nash,
Terry Reid CSNY; December 28, 1969 ‡ 3:40 4. "Johnny's Garden" (from
Manassas , 1972) Stephen Stills Manassas; January 8, 1972 2:46 5. "
Guinnevere " David Crosby Crosby; June 26, 1968 † 4:45 6. "Helplessly Hoping" Stephen Stills CSNY; June 15, 1969 † 2:31 7. "The Lee Shore" David Crosby CSNY; December 28, 1969 † 5:28 8. "Taken At All" Graham Nash, David Crosby CSNY; April 1, 1976 † 2:54 9. "Shadow Captain" (from CSN ) David Crosby,
Craig Doerge CSN; January 14, 1977 4:31 10. "As I Come of Age" Stephen Stills CSN; January 1981 † 2:48 11. "Drive My Car" David Crosby Crosby; late 1978 † 3:50 12. "
Dear Mr. Fantasy "
Steve Winwood ,
Jim Capaldi ,
Chris Wood
Stills and Nash ; November 17, 1980 ‡ 7:04 13. "In My Dreams" (from CSN ) David Crosby CSN; January 12, 1977 5:11 14. "Yours and Mine" (from
Live It Up , 1990) David Crosby CSN; February 2, 1990 4:28 15. "Haven't We Lost Enough?" (from Live It Up ) Stephen Stills,
Kevin Cronin CSN; April 3, 1990 3:06 16. "After the Dolphin" (from Live It Up ) Graham Nash CSN; February 1, 1989 4:25 17. "Find the Cost of Freedom" (
B-side of the "Ohio" single, 1970) Stephen Stills CSNY; May 21, 1970 1:59
Personnel
David Crosby –
vocals ,
guitars ,
keyboards ,
string arrangements
Stephen Stills – vocals, guitars, keyboards,
bass ,
percussion
Graham Nash – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements
Neil Young – vocals, guitars,
harmonica , keyboards
Joel Bernstein ,
Danny Kortchmar ,
Michael Landau ,
David Lindley , Michael Stergis,
James Taylor – guitars
Jerry Garcia –
pedal steel guitar
John Sebastian – harmonica, backing vocals
Joe Vitale –
drums , percussion, keyboards,
synthesizers ,
vibraphone ,
flute
Richard T. Bear, Joel Bernstein,
Craig Doerge ,
Mike Finnigan ,
Paul Harris ,
James Newton Howard – keyboards
Jack Casady ,
Tim Drummond ,
Bob Glaub ,
Bruce Palmer ,
George "Chocolate" Perry ,
Greg Reeves ,
Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels ,
Leland Sklar – bass
John Barbata ,
Russ Kunkel ,
Dallas Taylor – drums
Michael Fisher,
Joe Lala , Efrain Toro, Jeff Whittaker – percussion
Joel Bernstein,
Rita Coolidge ,
Venetta Fields , Priscilla Jones,
Clydie King ,
Sherlie Matthews , Dorothy Morrison,
Timothy B. Schmit –
backing vocals
Cyrus Faryar –
bouzouki
Wayne Goodwin –
fiddle
Branford Marsalis –
soprano saxophone
Jimmie Haskell , Mike Lewis, Sid Sharp – string arrangements
Tony Beard –
drum programming
Production personnel
Graham Nash, Gerry Tolman –
producers
Stephen Barncard at
Sunset Sound –
1991 mixes for unreleased material
Joe Gastwirt , John Modells at Ocean View Digital – digital remastering, July and August 1991
Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital and John Nowland at Redwood Digital,
San Francisco – analog-to-digital tape transfer, June and July 1991
Joe Gastwirt, John Nowland, Joel Bernstein – tape restoration
Certifications
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