'How grateful we are that the musical story of CSN&Y is being celebrated with this beautiful book, which showcases our visual history through Henry Diltz's camera lens.' – Graham Nash
With their unique vocal blend and a musical approach that ranged from acoustic folk to melodic pop to classic rock, supergroup CSN&Y created some of the most beloved songs of the Sixties and Seventies. The story of one of the world's most famous vocal harmony groups has been one of extremes: sublime musical chemistry and creative conflict, break ups, make ups and reunions, and solo endeavours. Throughout, their enormous cultural impact has remained inarguable.
Documenting it all from the band's very beginning was renowned rock photographer, Henry Diltz. A fellow musician and a friend, his camera has captured CSN&Y through five decades of collective and individual milestones. Introduced and signed by Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, Genesis is delighted to present CSN&Y: Love the One You're With – the definitive celebration of the band and its individual members, documented through 835 photographs and 58,000 words from 20 contributors.
'It was scary. But once we knew what we had, you could not pry us apart with a crowbar. We knew we'd lucked into something so special. We could hear it plain as day.' – David Crosby
'I have known these guys my entire life as a photographer, way before they even formed a group and so I have photographed them all separately and together for the past almost 60 years.' – Henry Diltz
Featuring 835 photographs, Love the One You're With is the first time that Henry Diltz's photos of CSN&Y have been collected and presented in such number and format. Selected from an immense archive of colour slides, contact sheets and negatives, many are previously unpublished, while others are of iconic status.
The book's photographic journey starts at the roots of CSN&Y, centred on the 'sylvan place' that was Laurel Canyon in the late Sixties. Diltz photographed Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young in their previous incarnations in the Hollies, the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. He was then witness to musical alchemy as CSN discovered their astonishing vocal dynamic, first performing to fellow musicians and friends.
'I have been proud to call Henry Diltz a treasured friend for all these many years and hope you enjoy this fabulous collection of his CSN&Y work as much as I have.' – Stephen Stills
'People believe in CSN&Y. When they see CSN&Y, even if it is a nostalgia trip, I want them to believe that life is worth living, and that the rest of their life is going to be better than the first part. I want people to feel an energy from the band that makes you feel great.' - Neil Young
'CSN&Y knew how to talk to an audience. Their music and the camaraderie on stage was genuine. It always seemed like the real McCoy to me. A very good feeling band, they'd always get you high.' - Joni Mitchell
'Henry was a part of whatever was going on at any moment. And we certainly never thought this was history when he was shooting us. We thought, "There's our friend Henry with his camera." And we trusted him.' – Graham Nash
Following the sell-out successes of California Dreaming and Woodstock Experience, Love the One You're With is Genesis's third book with American photographer Henry Diltz.
Diltz is one of rock and roll's most beloved and respected photographers. A musician himself, he began taking pictures of his friends hanging out in Laurel Canyon, the ground zero of the folk-rock explosion. It was there a career was born.
Since the mid-Sixties, Diltz's iconic images have appeared in Rolling Stone, Life, People, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, and have graced more than 200 album covers, including those of The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor and The Eagles. In 2020, he was honoured with the International Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.
Each Collector copy is individually signed by Henry Diltz, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills.
Hand-numbered 351 to 2,000, the Collector copies feature a dark red quarter binding with colour foils and gold page edging, and have an inset portrait of the band, with a hand-drawn CSN&Y logo. The finished volume is presented in a dark red archival box covered in a typographic design with hand-drawn lettering.
As a mark of authenticity and approval, each Collector copy is individually signed by the authors Henry Diltz, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills.
In order to make investing in one of our limited edition books or prints easier, we offer an interest-free option to spread the cost.
For purchases over £150, the payments are spread over three months. For example, for a purchase of £360, £122.40 would be paid today, followed by two instalments of £118.80.
Genesis will dispatch your item once the last instalment is paid.
Introduced by Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, CSN&Y: Love the One You're With is a celebration of the supergroup and its individual members, documented through 835 photographs by Henry Diltz and 58,000 words from 20 contributors.
Since 1974 Genesis has created signed limited edition books on behalf of authors and artists ranging from the Beatles to Buckingham Palace.
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