RARE 1971 W L PROMO GRAHAM NASH SONGS FOR + Crosby

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        SUPER RARE 1971 WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL

           Graham Nash

       Songs For Beginners

  ...USA - ATLANTIC RECORDS - SD 7204 - White label promotional

VERY RARE 1971 WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL advanced release first pressing of the famous first Graham Nash album filled with memorable timeless melodies...

Old white label promotionals, such as this, have widely been collected for years and are safely tucked away in private collections. It is known that the promo Lp's were the first to be pressed off the freshly cut masters and retain the best sound quality. The limited pressings were sent to selected news media and radio stations for review purposes...

1971 GRAHAM NASH....

After finding fame with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, expatriate Englishman turned West Coast rock icon Graham Nash made an auspicious solo debut on this 1971 disc. It's an exemplary singer-songwriter effort, striking a vital balance between graceful introspection and political fervor, with an organic intensity that Nash would never quite match in his subsequent solo work. With assistance from the likes of David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, and Dave Mason, highlights include the sensitive internal explorations "I Used to Be a King" and "Man in the Mirror" and the impassioned protest anthems "Chicago" and "Military Madness."

Songs For Beginners is an impressive and unexpected first solo album from an artist that even CSNY fans didn't know all that well at the time. Introspective to a fault, these are songs of change, of transition, masterfully capturing a tumultuous period of the artist's life and setting them in amber for listeners to hear nearly forty years later. The music and lyrics are perfectly matched, and the emotions expressed herein by Nash are universal, lending the album a timeless status.

At its heart, Songs For Beginners is an album of love songs…tales of a lost love, yes, but a romantic collection nonetheless. No less than three songs among the eleven – "Better Days," "Simple Man," and "I Used To Be A King" – deal with Nash's heartbroken break-up with singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, of whom he wrote the CSNY gem "Our House." Another song here, "Wounded Bird," was written for friend and bandmate Stephen Stills, who was going through his own break-up with folk singer Judy Collins.

Because of this romantic focus, much of Songs For Beginners sounds slightly morose, but there are rays of hope that shine through these stories if one digs deep enough in the grooves.

1. Military Madness

2. Better Days

3. Wounded Bird

4. I Used To Be King

5. Be Yourself

6. Simple Man

7. Man In The Mirror

8. There's Only One

9. Sleep Song

10. Chicago

11. We Can Change The World

CONDITION: The cover: very stiff and solid "EX" (excellent) with a promo sticker on front cover that has a little bit of wear (on the sticker - not the cover) ...on the back cover, far left side, there is a small minor, very faded word (see photo, not easily seen)... otherwise no split seams, no bends, no writing...s superb and very rare collectible as the advanced released 1971 promotional copy

The vinyl: all clean and shiny both sides "EX" (excellent) and plays outstanding  --rarer than you might imagine...makes for a definite collection keeper as well as an investment piece...the white Atlantic promo labels are clean

keeper!

     A  GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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