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For What It's Worth: Omnivore, Iconic Premiere 1971 Stephen Stills Concert Featuring David Crosby

March 1, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Stephen Stills Live in Berkeley 1971

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On June 30, 1971, Stephen Stills released his second solo album.  The simply-titled Stephen Stills 2 peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Top LPs chart and yielded two singles ("Change Partners" and "Marianne") which peaked just outside of the top 40 on the Hot 100.  Stills set off on his first solo tour in support of the album and brought along The Memphis Horns, the brass section which had played on the LP.  Today, Omnivore Recordings and Iconic Artists Group have announced the April 28 release of Live at Berkeley 1971, a previously unreleased 14-song album drawn from Stills' concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971.

The concerts typically opened with a solo acoustic set and closed with an electric one featuring The Memphis Horns.  Stills had some surprises in store for the Bay Area audience, however, including an appearance by David Crosby on "You Don't Have to Cry" (from Crosby, Stills, and Nash's 1969 eponymous debut) and "The Lee Shore" (which had appeared on CSNY's 1971 live album 4 Way Street).  The concert as assembled on this release opens with "Love the One You're With," Stills' infectious hit from his 1970 debut, and includes a medley played on piano of the Stills-penned Buffalo Springfield classic "For What It's Worth" and "49 Bye-Byes" which he wrote and sang as the closing track of CSN.  A number of songs from Stephen Stills 2 were also played, including "Sugar Babe," "Word Game," "Know You Got to Run," "Bluebird Revisited," and "Ecology Song."

In addition to The Memphis Horns, Stills was joined in Berkeley by Dallas Taylor (drums); Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels (bass); Paul Harris (keyboards); Steve Fromholz (guitar); and Joe Lala (percussion).  The original live recording was produced by Stills and recorded by Bill Halverson. Stills produced this first-time release with Kevin McCormick.

Stills comments in the press release for Live at Berkeley 1971, "The intimacy of the Berkeley Community Theater seemed to serve as a focal point between the audience and the energy surrounding the social climate of the day.  It was my first tour as a solo artist and these shows were raucous and unrestrained, captured here in these recordings."

The concert will be available in 2LP, 1CD, digital, and deluxe box set formats.  The latter will be available exclusively at Stills' webstore and contains the double-LP set, four 8x10 photos by Henry Diltz taken during the tour, and a 12x12 numbered, limited-edition self-portrait framed lithograph signed by Stills.  The box set is limited to just 100 copies.

Look for Live at Berkeley 1971 from Omnivore Recordings and Iconic Artists Group on April 28 at the links below.

Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic, 2023)

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2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore

  1. Love The One You're With
  2. Do For The Others
  3. Jesus Gave Love Away For Free
  4. You Don't Have To Cry (with David Crosby)
  5. The Lee Shore (with David Crosby)
  6. Word Game
  7. Sugar Babe
  8. 49 Bye-Byes/For What It's Worth
  9. Black Queen
  10. Know You've Got To Run
  11. Bluebird Revisited
  12. Lean On Me
  13. Cherokee
  14. Band Introductions
  15. Ecology Song​

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Crosby, Stephen Stills

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Earl Cambron says

    March 1, 2023 at 4:09 pm

    Automatic purchase!

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  2. David Olstein says

    March 2, 2023 at 6:45 am

    Yet another frustrating release. Sure, it's great to get an official release of live recordings from a peak period during Stephen Stills' career. But available setlists from the tour indicate that Stephen was performing roughly 25 songs per show. We're getting 15. Why is that? Is there anyone who'd buy this release that would balk at purchasing a 2CD or 4LP set containing an approximation of a complete performance? At the very lease, they could have issued two releases -- each 1CD or 2LP - one compiling the best acoustic performances from the Berkeley stand, the other compiling the best electric performances, with the songs presented in the same order in whcih they peformed.

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  3. Phil Cohen says

    March 2, 2023 at 9:11 am

    But remember, Stills has sold off his vault materials & song publishing. He may have agreed to cooperate in mixing and compiling projects, but ultimately, it's Irving Azoff who is in control, and who decides not to release the complete concert.

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    • David Olstein says

      March 2, 2023 at 2:42 pm

      Whoever made the decision, it's hard to fathom. Whether it's 1CD or 10CD, the release of an archival concert recording from 1971 is not a casual purchase. Even less so if the album is going to be on streaming services. So again, I'm struggling to find a rationale for putting out a single CD release, as opposed to a more deluxe multidisc collection.

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  4. Don Denny says

    March 2, 2023 at 10:39 pm

    It’s All about $$$$!!!!

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  5. Tom J says

    March 6, 2023 at 3:33 pm

    It would be fantastic if the Stills-Young album came out as a Deluxe Edition. They would both have to reach agreement, (almost impossible), but Young was recording live stuff like crazy and they did do a few gigs before he told Stills to "eat a peach" and end it all.

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