On this day in music history: March 11, 1970 - “Deja Vu”, the first album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is released. Produced by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, it is recorded at Wally Heider’s Studio C in San Francisco, CA, and Wally Heider’s 3 in Los Angeles, CA from July - December 1969. Following their highly successful debut album, which wins them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1970, Crosby, Stills & Nash start writing and recording their next album, as the first one is still riding the charts. The trio is joined in the studio by Stephen Stills’ former Buffalo Springfield band mate Neil Young, who becomes an on again and off again fourth member of the band. It is recorded at particularly difficult time for David Crosby, whose girlfriend Christine Hinton is killed in a car accident during the sessions. Though emotionally devastated, he contributes the songs “Almost Cut My Hair” and the title track. The album also features guest appearances by Jerry Garcia and John Sebastian. It spins off three singles including “Teach Your Children” (#16 Pop), “Our House” (#30 Pop) and the Joni Mitchell penned “Woodstock” (#11 Pop). Once released, it is an immediate hit, and rivals their debut album as the best of their career. The albums iconic cover art work, designed to look like a leather bound photo album, is created by art director Gary Burden with cover photos shot by Henry Diltz and Tom Gundelfinger. “Deja Vu” spends one week at number one on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 4x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
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