Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - CSNY 1974 (2014)

Formative folk-rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have broken up, reformed, and reconfigured many times over the years, but never quite as dramatically as their initial split in 1970. Thankfully, by the summer of 1974, the band was able to bury the hatchet and reunite for a 31-date outdoor stadium tour called, fittingly enough, “Re-Union”. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tour, the band has announced a new box set entitled CSNY 1974, due out July 8th via Rhino Records. Helmed by Graham Nash and John Bernstein, the 3 CD/DVD collection features 40 previously-unreleased live tracks. That includes several Neil Young numbers, specifically “Traces”, “Love/Art Blues”, “Goodbye Dick”, and “Hawaiian Sunrise”. There’re also several songs that CSNY originally debuted during the tour, including David Crosby’s “Time After Time” and Stephen Stills’ “First Things First”. The rest of the tracklist is rounded out by band favorites like “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, “Helpless”, “Wooden Ships”, and “Teach Your Children”. According to a press release, “the box set mirrors the electric/acoustic/electric format that the band followed each night on stage, representing an idealized version of a show from the tour.”