DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
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Aug 26, 2016
Sold Date
Aug 16, 2016
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DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
DAVID CROSBYIf 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
SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY - BARELY PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK ATLANTIC RED/PLUM LABELS
MARTIX: 2401005 A//1 ? 11 11 / 2401005 B//1 11 1
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE - DATE CODED '1170' (November, 1970)
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:
Music Is Love (3:16)
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: NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels with just on slight spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but some harmless light brush marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT+
This barely played copy delivers beautiful sound throughout - nothing but a touch of low-level surface/one-off tick noted (mostly on Side Two - nothing really) but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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