ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CSN DEBUT PT.1
Nov 4, 2009 Rockollections, WLSO NEWS
Posted by
Mike Pell
I broadcast this show this past August- a hot, sticky August day in New York City, after having taken the bus and train to get to the radio station.
The hard candy in my pocket was melting!
It seemed like the kind of day to just play an album all the way through.
Nothing difficult, just take a classic album from 1969, let it spin and talk a little about it.
So that’s what I did with the debut album by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
The LP blew everyone away upon its release and they became superstars.
The Players in our drama:
David Crosby, from the great and still-thriving Byrds;
Stephen Stills, from the great and dissolved Buffalo Springfield;
Graham Nash, feeling stifled with the great and to continue being great Hollies.
And to keep the feeling of playing an album, I have Side One in this chapter.
I’ll flip the album over for the forthcoming Part Two.
Mike
Tags: 1969, buffalo springfield, Byrds, david crosby, Graham Nash, Hollies, stephen stills
November 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Thanks for a wonderful show, Mike.
November 4th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Thank you Brenda.
And we still have a half to go!
Gotta flip that old album over and play the other side.
Mike
November 4th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Mike,
I really enjoy the show..I learn a little bit more about the artists and music I grew up with..I have been collecting vinyl
albums since I bought my first Kiss album when I was 10…I own the Album you are playing on this show and the next, and can’t wait to learn more about one of my favorite groups.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Dear Robert,
Thanks for listening and for the kind words.
I have been collecting albums since the late 60’s, when that FM radio freedom hit me.
Looks like you went back to the things before Kiss, and that’s a very smart and open-minded thing to do.
And makes you the type of listener I value most.
Side Two of CSN will be up soon.
Thanks again for taking the time to write,
Mike