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It's better than nothing
I go this DVD as soon as it became available. Working my way through the menu I began to listen to the songs I really wanted to hear. It was tough because there are so many great covers of their stuff on this concert. Wooden Ships shows Stills just blistering the guitar. I had my 15 & 24 year old watch it with me and just waited to hear them respond. They DID. Then i took them to Suite Judy Blue Eyes and that floored them as well. Same with Southern Cross and Wasted on the Way, especially the vocals. Stills' voice is so strong on this, as is Nash's. Stills is clearly in control both vocally and musically. When i first saw the DVD it appeared that Crosby was stoned out of his mind. When i checked the date of the concert i realized this was just before I saw him at The Wax Museum (an irony for his present condition) in Washington, DC. He was barely coherant then and kept leaving the stage to do whatever it was he was doing to stay high. He had the same look in this concert. His voice is tentative and he comes across as almost terrified to be on stage. Nash's harmonies are heavenly as usual. The song selection and delivery is well worth the investment. The back and forth between Stills and Finnegan during Wooden Ships is amazing.

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Good but painful to watch if you're a CSN fan...
Even though I'm only 22 I'm a die-hard CSN fan; I've seen them twice in concert and own every album they've done and their box set. I own this concert on video, along with "Acoustic" and "Long Time Comin'" and I have to say I rarely watch this. The performances are for the most part well done, but it's painful to watch because of David Crosby's condition at the time of filming. Obviously under the influence, Crosby's vacant stares are broken by occasional periods of standing closed-eyed and wooden before the micropohone, sweat beading on his forehead. To make it worse, Stills and Nash spend much of the concert trying to divert attention from their stoned comrade--Nash is extrordinarily hyper during this set, moving around much more than usual. The set is adequate for the most part; their performance of "Wasted on the Way" is very good. Still though, it appears Stills and Nash are singing harder and louder to make up for Crosby's lack of enthusiasm.
Many of the tracks on "Daylight Again" the album were in fact recorded without Crosby's participation; the studio version of "Wasted on the Way" featured Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit singing harmony with Stills and Nash instead of Crosby, and Crosby was replaced by Art Garfunkel on "Daylight Again," something that wasn't advertised too heavily. Crosby was "incapacitated" for much of this album, and, unwilling to destroy another man's work, declined to re-record the previously mentioned tracks. Perhaps this is part of the reason, chemical influences aside, that his enthusiasm for them seems minimal during this concert. If you're a fan of CSN, do check this out, but don't expect it to be a concert you watch over and over again. If you can get your hands on it, I recommend the video "Long Time Comin'" instead. It contains footage of the boys at their prime, in '69 and '70 (Stills's performance of "4+20" the day after Woodstock is amazing) and is a better investment than this one.

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Well worth having.
Hey Paul Duffy (see review below), could it be that Cathedral is a great song and you are just a wanker? There's a reason Graham Nash has sold millions of records and you are relegated to writing amaturish reviews on Amazon. What is LCD anyway?

It does seem like they've done some post production magic on this video. As I recall from my laserdics of this concert, Graham was off key several times during the show. Is it my imagination or did they clean that up some?

Of the CSN I've seen on video I like this one the best (for sound quality & performance). Too bad they didn't film the 4-Way street concert. That is one of the best live albums ever produced.