The Best of Crosby & Nash

The Best of Crosby & Nash is a compilation album by Crosby & Nash released in 1978. It features tracks from the artists' solo albums as well as by the duo, although does not contain their biggest hit as a pair, "Immigration Man." Their final album on ABC Records, it is out of print, superseded in 2002 by a survey of their work for ABC released on compact disc.

Personnel

 * David Crosby – vocals all tracks except "Wild Tales" and "Chicago" ; electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," and "Carry Me" ; guitars on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing" piano on "Bittersweet"
 * Graham Nash – vocals; piano on "Love Work Out," "The Wall Song," "Chicago," and "To the Last Whale..." ; guitar on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," "Laughing," and "Chicago" ; Hammond organ on "The Wall Song" and "Chicago" ; harmonica on "Southbound Train" ; tambourine on "Chicago"

Additional personnel

 * Craig Doerge — electric piano on "Bittersweet" and "To the Last Whale..." ; Hammond organ on "Love Work Out" ; piano on "Carry Me" ; keyboards on "Out of the Darkness"
 * Carole King — Hammond organ on "Bittersweet"
 * Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "Southbound Train" and "Laughing" ; electric guitar on "The Wall Song"
 * Danny Kortchmar — electric guitar on "Love Work Out," "Out of the Darkness," and "Bittersweet"
 * David Lindley — slide guitar on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
 * James Taylor — guitar on "Carry Me" and "To the Last Whale..." ; backing vocals on "To the Last Whale..."
 * Tim Drummond — bass on "Love Work Out," "Wild Tales," and "Out of the Darkness"
 * Leland Sklar — bass on "Carry Me," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
 * Chris Ethridge – bass on "Southbound Train" and "Chicago"
 * Phil Lesh – bass on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
 * Russ Kunkel — drums on "Love Work Out," "Carry Me," "Out of the Darkness," "Bittersweet," and "To the Last Whale..."
 * John Barbata – drums on "Wild Tales," "Southbound Train," and "Chicago" ; tambourine on "Chicago"
 * Bill Kreutzmann – drums on "The Wall Song" and "Laughing"
 * Jackson Browne — backing vocals on "Love Work Out"
 * Joni Mitchell — backing vocals on "Laughing"
 * Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Dorothy Morrison, Rita Coolidge – backing vocals on "Chicago"
 * Jimmie Haskell — string arrangements on "To the Last Whale..."
 * Lee Holdridge — string arrangements on "Out of the Darkness"
 * Sid Sharp — orchestra leader on "Wind on the Water" and "Out of the Darkness"