Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Four Way Street (1971)

One of the greatest live records in history, a must-have record in any minimally complete rock collection.

Originally started as a trio (Crosby, Stills & Nash) and with the subsequent union of Neil Young to give more solidity to the ensemble, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young wrote in just over a year one of the brightest pages of American music from the late 60s, thanks to the superb studio album "Déja Vu" (1970) and an exhausting tour of the United States that left this excellent live double as the final document. And it is that such a meeting of egos could not last in time without ending up devouring each other as if they were blood-hungry cannibals.

Here we can both listen to his most intimate side with really delicious acoustic sessions and his wildest side with an explosion of pure, stark and brutal rock

While in the first set the camaraderie reigned between laughter and clapping on the back, in the second set they were a rain of high decibels, immersed in devilish guitar duels and a rhythmic section that did not rest for a second, an American rock masterpiece

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-Deja Vu (1970)

Crosby, Stills & Nash, along with Cream, share the honor of being the first supergroup in history, and they, in particular, are the greatest in folk rock and country rock. 

The legendary past of its members was impressive and groundbreaking. David Crosby came from one of the pioneering folk rock bands, The Byrds, while Stephen Stills came from another influential band of the genre, Buffalo Springfield, and finally, Graham Nash came from one of the giants of British pop and blues, The Hollies. In 1969, they achieved one of the greatest accomplishments with their first and astonishing album, considered a true classic of rock music. 

After that first album, the trio embarked on an epic tour, for which they recruited a backing band. On the advice of Atlantic Records, they were suggested Neil Young, Stills' former bandmate in Buffalo Springfield, a Canadian who was already achieving great success with his new band, Crazy Horse. 

Young finally accepted the challenge, but not before setting some conditions, including that this new position wouldn't prevent him from continuing his solo career. 

In August 1969, the entire band performed at the Woodstock festival, in a show divided into two parts. The first consisted of an acoustic set, and the second an electric one, where Young's visceral and raw guitar work provided the perfect counterpoint to the rich vocal harmonies of his three bandmates. 

The band's triumphant performance at Woodstock encouraged the label to release a subsequent album. Before that, the group received the Grammy Award for Best Group of 1969, and in mid-1970, after more than 800 hours of work, "Déjà Vu" was released. It contained an impressive collection of songs, beginning with "Woodstock", composed by Joni Mitchell, the controversial "Almost Cut My Hair", and the superb "Teach Your Children" and "Our House". These tracks, along with others from the first album's repertoire, became an explosive mix of guitar jams in their concerts, featuring their endless guitar solos. Some of these historic live sessions were recorded on the double live album "Four Way Street".