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.

liked it a loot
takes me back to my high school days.
verry good

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.

"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.

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