DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name LP ATLANTIC 1971 UK orig+foc
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DAVID CROSBY
with GRAHAM NASH, NEIL YOUNG, GRACE SLICK, PAUL KANTNER,
JONI MITCHELL, JACK CASADY, LAURA ALLEN, DAVID FRIEBERG,
MICKEY HART, MICHAEL SHRIEVE, PHIL LESH, JERRY GARCIA,
JORMA KAUKONEN, BILL KREUTZMANN, GREGG ROLLIE, etc.
The singular odyssey of David Crosby remains one of the more remarkable tales in the annals
of music history. As a founding member of the pioneering American groups the Byrds and
Crosby, Stills & Nash, he helped create and popularize the highly influential folk-rock sound,
forging the richly harmonic, radiantly acoustic approach that defined the West Coast
music scene for years to follow; he also sold millions of records and enjoyed
a cultural impact equaled by few of his contemporaries
"IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME"
Produced by David Crosby
1971 LP ATLANTIC RECORDS 2401 005 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
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LABEL: ATLANTIC - RED/WHITE/PURPLE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) ATLANTIC DELUXE 2401 005 (rear) 2401 005
Catalog on labels: 2401005
Matrix / Runout, Side A (Stamped): 2401005 A//1? 1 1 1 1
Matrix / Runout, Side B (Stamped): 2401005 B//1 1 1 1 1
On labels: top rim text reads "All Rights..........Made In Gt: Britain.............Prohibited"
bottom rim text reads "Polydor Records Limited"
STEREO
? 1971
Under licence from Atlantic Recording Corpn., U.S.A.
Copyright Control
On Inside Right Panel: Recorded at Wally Heiders in San Francisco, Calif.
Manufactured by Polydor Records Ltd., London........
On back cover: Atlantic Deluxe
tracklisting
Side 1: MUSIC IS LOVE - COWBOY MOVIE
TAMALPAIS HIGH (At About 3) - LAUGHING
Side 2: WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES - TRACTION IN THE RAIN
SONG WITH NO WORDS (Tree With No Leaves)
ORLEANS - I'D SWEAR THERE WAS SOMEBODY HERE
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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. 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...(AllMusic)
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