DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS EX+
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DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS EX+

DAVID CROSBY
If I Could Only Remember My Name

UK ATLANTIC DELUXE (2401 005 STEREO) FIRST PRESSING (March 1971)
MADE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS - NEIL YOUNG, GRAHAM NASH AND JERRY GARCIA

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK ATLANTIC RED/PLUM LABELS
MARTIX: 2401005 A//1 ▽ 11 11 / 2401005 B//1 11 1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SILKY MATT FINISH GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED JANUARY 1971 ('0171')

David Crosby's debut solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name is a one-shot wonder of dreamy but ominous California ambience.
The songs range from brief snapshots of inspiration (the angelic chorale-vocal showcase on "Orleans" and the a cappella closer, "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here") to the full-blown, rambling western epic "Cowboy Movie," and there are absolutely no false notes struck or missteps taken.
No one before or since has gotten as much mileage out of a wordless vocal as Crosby does on "Tamalpais High (At About 3)" and "Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)," and because the music is so relaxed, each song turns into its own panoramic vista.
Those who don't go for trippy Aquarian sentiment, however, may be slightly put off by the obscure, cosmic storytelling of the gorgeous "Laughing" or the ambiguous (but pointed) social questioning of "What Are Their Names," but in actuality it is an incredibly focused album.
Even when a song as pretty as "Traction in the Rain" shimmers with its picked guitars and autoharp, the album is coated in a distinct, persistent menace that is impossible to shake. It is a shame that Crosby would continue to descend throughout the remainder of the decade and the beginning of the next into aimless drug addiction, and that he would not issue another solo album until 18 years later.
As it is, If I Could Only Remember My Name is a shambolic masterpiece, meandering but transcendentally so, full of frayed threads.
Not only is it among the finest splinter albums out of the CSNY diaspora, it is one of the defining moments of hungover spirituality from the era

Side 1:
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Cowboy Movie (8:02)
Tamalpais High (At About 3) (3:28)
Laughing (5:20)
Side 2:
What Are Their Names (4:09)
Traction In The Rain (3:40)
Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) (5:53)
Orleans (1:56)
I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here (1:19)

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Both labels are clean and unmarked with light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces are clean with light marks/hairlines under bright light but none of these have any significant effect on the sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Beautiful sound throughout with nothing to fault but a few low-level ticks/touch of surface on the quiet run-ins to each side.
Otherwise, pretty much flawless.
A rich and complex record which holds back its pleasures until a few listens and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The matt gatefold is crisp and clean with just the slightest of rub to the corners and spine but all spine text is clear and bold.
A fine example

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