Stephen Stills‘ expansive, career-spanning box set, Carry On, hits stores this Tuesday, but the folk-rock great admits that if it had been left to him, the collection may have never seen the light of day. The four-CD, 82-song package was put together in large part by his band mate Graham Nash, whom the singer/guitarist says was the right man for the job.
“He’s got the patience,” Stills tells Rolling Stone. “It’s also an organizational skill…He’s got a great memory and he can listen to all this stuff…I wouldn’t have had the patience.”
Stills points out that because of the vast amount of music he’s recorded over the years, Nash and the other people who worked on Carry On “had their work cut out for them with this beautiful package.” He adds, “I had a roomful of tapes about the size of two garages, and someone had to go poring through them.”
Stephen says he thinks the compilation has “a good arc to it,” but admits that he “couldn’t listen to this entire thing” himself. “If I did, it would make me never want to play again,” he declares. “I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people.”
Carry On gathers together a wide variety of highlights from Stills’ 50-year career, including selections from his solo catalog, as well as tunes he recorded with The Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Still & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. In addition to well-known tracks, there are 25 previously unreleased recordings, including demos, live performances and newly remixed songs.
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