CSNY Officially Announce Previously Unreleased ‘Live At The Fillmore East, 1969’ Album

Stream the never-before-heard “Hopelessly Helping” from the previously unreleased set.

By Scott Bernstein Sep 10, 2024 • 7:58 am PDT

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young will release a previously unheard recording from their first tour, Live At The Fillmore East, 1969, via Rhino on October 25. The double album documents the supergroup’s September 20, 1969 concert at the famed New York City concert venue and has been previewed with “Helplessly Hoping” from the set.

Neil Young previously revealed the live archival release was in the works back in April. “[W]e have the tapes and they sound so real. We mixed at Sunset Sound – the analog echo chamber, no digital echo. We’re staying all analog throughout the production, with the goal of creating a live double vinyl album. Pure. Analog. No digital,” Young wrote on his Neil Young Archives website.

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Young joined David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash‘s CSN earlier in 1969 to form CSNY. The quartet made its live debut on August 16 in Chicago and played Woodstock the next day. CSNY embarked on their first tour on August 25 and visited NYC for two shows each night on September 19 and 20, 1969.

A freshly-discovered multi-track recording from September 20, 1969 was used to create the chronicle of the never-before-heard live show. The collection includes both the acoustic and electric sets. Material from CSN’s self-titled debut, Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and early versions of tracks that would appear on 1970’s Déjà Vu formed the bulk of the setlist.

“Hearing the music again after all these years, I can tell how much we loved each other and loved the music that we were creating,” Nash said. “We were four people reveling in the different sounds we were producing, quietly singing together on the one hand, then rocking like f**k for the rest of the concert.”

Stream “Helplessly Hoping” from CSNY’s Live At The Fillmore East, 1969 below:

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Live At The Fillmore East, 1969 Tracklist

  1. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
  2. “Blackbird”
  3. “Helplessly Hoping”
  4. “Guinnevere”
  5. “Lady Of The Island”
  6. “Go Back Home”
  7. “On The Way Home”
  8. “4 + 20”
  9. “Our House”
  10. “I’ve Loved Her So Long”
  11. “You Don’t Have To Cry”
  12. “Long Time Gone”
  13. “Wooden Ships”
  14. “Bluebird Revisited”
  15. “Sea Of Madness”
  16. “Down By The River”
  17. “Find The Cost Of Freedom”
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