Released by Atco Records around November 1966,[nb 1] the album was written by the band members Stephen Stills and Neil Young.

Most subsequent pressings of the album from March 1967 onward replaced the track "Baby Don't Scold Me" with the standalone single "For What It's Worth", which was ascending the US charts at the time.

An initial single that appeared on this album, Young's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", sung by Richie Furay and recorded on July 18, 1966, failed to reach the national charts.

[10] The band asked Atco for time to re-record the album, but not wanting to miss the Christmas holiday season the label insisted that the record be released as it was.

[11] For the second pressing of March 6, 1967, the album was reissued as Atco SD 33-200A with the hit as the lead track, dropping "Baby Don't Scold Me" and slightly reconfiguring the running order.