Stephen Stills Live


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 the Stills' concerts in Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, for a potential live album. Tom Dowd mixed the album in November 1975 at Caribou Ranch. 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 Stills songs written and released by Buffalo Springfield. He combined the Manassas song Jet Set 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' which became a live staple of both Stills solo and CSN live. And also included is the first release of Stills cover of Freddie Neil's 'Everybody's Talkin' At Me' which had been recorded, but not released for the debut Crosby Stills & Nash record.

Track listing

Personnel

Side One: Electric Side

Tour

22 Feb 1974 - Neil Young joins Stills on stage.

Setlist