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FAN OF GOOD SOUND

2008-02-08
IT WAS INTERESTING TO VIEW THIS ONCE, I GUESS THEY CAN SAY ANYTHING IS IN 5.1 HOWEVER I DON'T THINK THIS IS WORTH ANOTHER LISTON.

crosby still & nash long time coming

2007-09-21
liked it a loot
takes me back to my high school days.
verry good

CSN behind the scenes and raw

2007-01-20
This is a great DVD. It's not a concert but has footage from the very early years of CSN all the way into the 90's. From woodstock to the Dick Cavett show to vintage home studio footage, you really feel like you know these guys better after watching this video. My favorite music DVD by far.

Pretty cool visual representation of CSN

2006-08-19
"Long Time Comin'" is a 1990 documentary summing up the first 20 years of Crosby Stills and Nash that was re-issued on DVD in 2004. What makes it different from most documentaries is that it simply tells the band's story through their music and some interview snippets, without any narration -- which is also probably its strength, as very few bands have been able to produce such powerful music.

What you do get is a nicely flowing compilation of TV appearances, previously unseen footage like a "lost" performance of "Marrakesh Express" from the Woodstock concert and clips from live shows, especially a 1977 gig at The Summit in Houston and a 1982 show at the Universal Amphitheatre in LA that one would love to see more of.

Among the TV appearances are clips from "The Tom Jones Show", "Smother Brothers" and "Dick Cavett Show", which features David Crosby and Stephens Still fresh from their gig at Woodstock joining a studio audience including Grace Slick and Joni Mitchell. Stills even shows off his mud-stained jeans before launching into a solo version of "4+20".

Neil Young pops up on a few clips, including "You Don't Have To Cry" and "Down By The River", but doesn't feature in the interview clips, which have the three proponents just talking about their music, inspirations and their outlook on various issues. As Graham Nash puts it at one point, their have been other bands with three-part harmonies, but something about the voices of the three man makes their music unique.

The sound quality on the 5.1 track ranges from tinny (on the Dick Cavett clip) to gorgeous (on "Long Time Gone" and "Wooden Ships" taken from the 1977 show). But the quality of the sound notwithstanding, this DVD is all about the performances.

Despite the lack of narration, the film also gives insights into the sometimes turbulent relations between the three men, with one clip capturing an angry Stills telling off Crosby for his ways!!

The video, however, doesn't seem to have been cleaned and appears very, very soft for most of the time. A little remastering could have helped. Also the fact that it ends in 1989 means there is little about the band in the period after that.

If you're a hard-core CSN fan, this is a must buy. Otherwise, just rent it for a few spins.

disappointing

2005-12-30
I bought this DVD with great anticipation and came away very disappointed. The two tracks that I wanted to view the most were For "What It's Worth" and "Down By The River". Both tracks were cut up by interviews. I haven't found "Down By The River" anywhere on DVD and thought I finally had found this great song. When a DVD is made about a groups history it would be nice if all the complete songs were included. I had the same bad experience with an ABBA DVD I recently purchased.Some of the music was great but again you would think that the interviews could be placed on the DVD after the song was over

the CSN owner's manual

2005-07-03
Long Time Comin' is the never-before-released DVD documentary of CSN's unforgettable 30-plus years together with a nostalgic musical and visual retrospective. Features include rare TV appearances, recording sessions, revealing interviews and exciting concert footage that span their entire career.

Track Listing:
Long Time Gone
Marrakesh Express
Woodstock
4+20
Mr. Tambourine Man
Carrie Anne
For What It's Worth
Helplessly Hoping
Teach Your Children
You Don't Have To Cry
Down By The River
Wooden Ships
Black Queen
Find the Cost of Freedom
To the Last Whale...
Just A Song Before I Go
Dark Star
Wasted on the Way
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Carry On

Flashes of "Golden CSN Age" 2005-04-01
If you think of CSN&Y as the "unfulfilled American Beatles" you'd want this to see this DVD of the boys in their early 70's youthful and creative vigor. Sadly, the performances also include 80's performances including a glassy-eyed-catatonic and very drugged drenched David Crosby.

Read the group's authorized bio "Crosby, Stills & Nash" (St Martin's Press) by Dave Zimmer and Henry Diltz and get background about each song while watching. The 1969 mystery of why Tom Jones is singing lead on "Long Time Gone" in a TV performance with the band is revealed that David Crosby was still grieving over the automobile death of girlfriend Christine Hinton. Many more great tidbits about how "Long Time Gone", "Teach Your Children", "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", and other classic songs came to be will enhance your listening pleasure.

This snapshot DVD doesn't "sugar coat" the volitility of young talented egos on the rise. Stills summed it up (sic): "(we were) 23 years old with more money than you can imagine and incredable adolation will do a number on your head". At its worse, it's a "Vh-1" docudrama of the rise-fall-redemption that the entertainment industry cranks out so regularly. However, as Crosby and Nash always sums it up, "It's about the music man" which is undeniably brilliant and stands the test of time that makes this fun to watch.

Ultimately, CS&N is about friendship, art, and people trying to grow up and be decent and true to loved ones and themselves. Sometimes the process isn't pretty but we have the benefit of the music as the soundtrack of their lives and the era.

I've seen clips of early 70's CSN&Y performing "Ohio" in an indoor venue (Fillmore East?) and would love to see more from it. Is it from Neil's Journey Through the Past movie? Seeing them performing in their glorious ascent period that the live "Four Way Street" album only hints at would be the ultimate video by this band. (Anyone in the CSN&Y clan listening?)

I've seen the other two recently released CS&N DVD's but they capture them in the 80's and they comes across more as nostalgia. Seeing them as middle aged musical professionals performing their "classic" songs is like looking at pictures of someone in midlife. However, "Long Time Comin'" shows glimpses of them when their music was fresh, viberant, full of youthful energy (at least most of the performances culled from late 60's-early 70's do), and ready to change the world. Those early career performances alone make this DVD worth watching.

Never Before Released? 2005-02-18
This is the same 60 minute program that was released on VHS in 1990, and shown on cable TV. It's pretty sleazy of them to try to pass this off as something new. At least they could have added some extras, or expanded it. That said, there is some good stuff on here, but the concert material is mostly from the 80's, and it's so frustrating when they show only half of a vintage TV performance of "You Don't Have To Cry" with Neil Young-it is the best thing on there! Also, they could have included the full Woodstock performance, instead of only two songs. This is one opportunity that was wasted on the way....

A harmonious display (3.5 stars) 2004-11-26
Yes, after a brief delay (I, too, was disappointed when the DVD suddenly dropped off the market) "Long Time Comin'" is available again.

This is a string of live performances by Crosby, Stills and Nash that skips around chronologically, "Kids are Alright"-style, with brief interviews peppered in here and there.

How much you like it will depend on how much you like each individual song and time period. I love seeing the fledgling group making appearances on TV variety shows like "The Smothers Brothers" and "Dick Cavett." There's one spot on Cavett, right after Woodstock, where the stage is crowded by fans, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick and the band and Cavett asks for a song and a mud-stained Stills, without waiting for a soul, launches right into a really cool solo version of "4 + 20." It's funny, it's tuneful, it's good old-school TV.

There's also a deleted scene from Woodstock and some footage of Stills raging at an apparently catatonic Crosby for being out of it, plus a brief appearance by Neil Young doing "Down by the River."

Other footage, particularly the stuff from the 80's, finds the band a little synthed out and suited up, clearly not working in their best mode. It's not bad, it just didn't interest me as much as the clips of the group in their prime.

A solid overview of the group, with several worthwhile moments and lots of their signature harmony.

great video-fun to watch 2004-05-15
Take a fun ride along with this video from woodstock to more recent concerts.Most songs are complete,but there are a few parts of songs that do not detract from the overall effect. Also mixed in are clips from different interviews,none too long,that adds perspective to their careers.Highlights of this video include "the lost performance" at woodstock of Nash's marakesh express, an acoustic version i like way better than the album version and an appearance on the Dick Cavett show with Stills doing 4 and 20.The other highlights are songs performed by CSN with just acoustic guitars and no overdubs,Helplessly Hoping,Teach your children,and Wasted on the way.If you are a fan ,this is a must!