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The Best Of Crosby & Nash: The ABC Years

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This is a very fine selection of tracks from the golden age of the music that David Crosby and Graham Nash made away from the CSNY mothership. At this point in time, Crosby and Nash were writing songs that were very accessible but still musically subtle, and playing them with the same band of LA studio geniuses that made the early albums by James Taylor, et. al., so memorable, including Danny Kortchmar, David Lindley, and Russ Kunkel. If you already own "Wind on the Water," "Whistling Down the Wire," and "Crosby/Nash Live," you already have these tracks, but if you don't, this is a great package of most of the best material from those albums.

This is a nice collection for those who do not already own their three albums produced for ABC (1975's Wind on the Water, 1976's Whistling Down the Wire, and 1977's Live). It includes two minor hits "Carry On" and the inspiring "Out of the Darkness". It also includes a live version of the 1972 hit "Immigration Man". Highly recommended if you do not already own the individual releases.

This collection is a nice reminder of all the great music that Nash and Crosby made while on hiatus from the mighty CSN&Y. Every track a winner.

An outstanding collection of their best material from this time period. Plus some very fine "live cuts" that are very enjoyable.
If you want a fine collection of music from these legendary
musicians, and you like the Crosby/Nash type of music, this a definately a cd you will want to add to your collection

Unfortunately, this collection is drawn from only two studio albums & one "live" one during the duo's years with ABC (1975-77), and is short on worthy "best-of" material. Arguably, there are three or four very good songs here, including "Carry Me" and "To The Last Whale." Beyond that things things go downhill sharply, with a majority of the set consisting of unmemorable filler. If you're a big CSN(Y) fan you probably already own half of these recordings. If not, you probably don't need this CD either.