Stephen Stills Live

Stephen Stills Live
Live album by
Stephen Stills
ReleasedDecember 4, 1975
RecordedMarch 8–9, 1974
VenueAuditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
GenreRock
Length34:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerStephen Stills
Stephen Stills chronology
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Stephen Stills Live is a live album by Stephen Stills, released on Atlantic Records in 1975. Recorded on his first solo tour since 1971 and released after he had signed to Columbia Records. It peaked at number 42 on the US charts.

Background and recording

Taken from live recordings in 1974, it was issued by Atlantic Records after Stills had left the label for Columbia Records. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200, and is currently out of print. It was recorded during his first solo tour in three years after the break up of Manassas. Atlantic recorded both nights of Stills' concerts at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, for a potential live album. Tom Dowd mixed the album in November 1975 at Caribou Ranch.[2] The first side of the album is Stills with an electric band, and the second side of the album is Stills on his own playing acoustically. "Four Days Gone" and "Special Care" are songs written by Stills and recorded by Buffalo Springfield. He combined the Manassas song "Jet Set (Sigh)" with Joe Walsh's similarly sounding hit "Rocky Mountain Way" on the electric side. On the acoustic side he did a cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" segueing into Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". Also included is the first release of Stills' cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' at Me" which had been recorded, but not released for the debut Crosby Stills & Nash album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen Stills, except where noted

Side one: Electric side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wooden Ships"David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner6:32
2."Four Days Gone" 3:55
3."Jet Set (Sigh) /Rocky Mountain Way/Jet Set (Sigh)"Stills/Rocke Grace, Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli/Stills5:26
4."Special Care" 3:35
Side two: Acoustic side
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change Partners" 2:53
2."Crossroads/You Can't Catch Me"Robert Johnson/Chuck Berry4:41
3."Everybody's Talkin' at Me"Fred Neil2:42
4."4 + 20" 2:27
5."Word Game" 4:07
Total length:34:55

Personnel

Side One: Electric Side

Side Two: Acoustic Side

  • Stephen Stills - vocals & acoustic guitar

Technical personnel

  • Tom Dowd, Don Gehmen, & Michael John Bowen - Mixed and edited Oct 1975 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
  • Recorded live by Bill Halverson
  • Photography - Stephen Sanders
  • Management, Cover Concept and Design - Michael John Bowen

Charts

Chart performance for Stephen Stills Live
Chart (1975-1976) Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[3] 42
Canadian RPM 100 Albums[4] 96
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[5] 44
US Record World Album Chart[6] 44

Tour

1974 Theater Tour
Tour by Stephen Stills
Start dateFebruary 6, 1974
End dateMarch 9, 1974
Legs1
No. of shows23
Stephen Stills concert chronology

The Stephen Stills 1974 Theater Tour was a concert tour by American musician Stephen Stills. It was his first solo tour since 1971, and the first since the demise of his band Manassas. He played well respected theaters across the Mid West and the East Coast of the United States. This was Stills' first solo tour in three years, a low-key affair that started with an electric set, then an acoustic set and finishing with another electric set. The setlist contained a range of material from his Buffalo Springfield days, his first two solo albums and the CSN/Y songs. It was during this tour that Stills announced the CSNY 1974 reunion tour. A live album Stephen Stills Live was recorded during the Chicago Auditorium dates and released in December 1975. On the 22 February date in Washington, Neil Young joined Stills on stage.[7][8][9]

1974 Theatre Tour[10] Attendance
Date City Country Venue Opening Act
6 Feb 1974 Passaic United States Capital Theatre Maria Muldaur Sold Out
8 Feb 1974 New York Carnegie Hall
9 Feb 1974
12 Feb 1974 New Haven Woolsey Hall
13 Feb 1974 Boston Boston Music Hall
14 Feb 1974
15 Feb 1974 Burlington Patrick Gymnasium
17 Feb 1974 Philadelphia Academy Of Music
18 Feb 1974
19 Feb 1974 Brookville The Dome
21 Feb 1974 Richmond The Mosque
22 Feb 1974 Washington JFK Center
23 Feb 1974
24 Feb 1974 Pennsylvania Penn State Recreation Hall
26 Feb 1974 Cleveland Music Hall
27 Feb 1974
1 March 1974 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque
2 March 1974 Lexington Memorial Coliseum
3 March 1974 Indiana Indiana Convention Center
5 March 1974 Detroit Masonic Temple
6 March 1974
8 March 1974 Chicago Auditorium Theatre
9 March 1974

References

  1. ^ Curd, Zach (2011). "Live - Stephen Stills | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2017). Stephen Stills: Change Partners.
  3. ^ "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  4. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-04-16). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. ^ "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. ^ "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  7. ^ Roberts, David (2016). Stephen Stills: Change Partners.
  8. ^ Zimmer, Dave (2000). Crosby Stills and Nash: The Biography. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306809743.
  9. ^ Doggett, Peter (2019). Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Biography.
  10. ^ "Cash Box Tour Dates" (PDF).


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