DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
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Dec 16, 2011
Sold Date
Dec 6, 2011
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£ 38
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DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971 UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT AUDIO
RED/PLUM LABELS, TEXTURED MacNeill G/F, BEAUTIFUL COPY
DAVID CROSBYIf I Could Only Remember My Name
UK ATLANTIC DELUXE (2401 005 STEREO) FIRST PRESSING (February 1971) OF DAVID CROSBY'S OUTSTANDING DEBUT LP "If I Could Only Remember My Name"
MADE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS - NEIL YOUNG, GRAHAM NASH AND JERRY GARCIA
BEAUTIFUL COPY, LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF PLAYS AND DELIVERING PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS AUDIO REPRODUCTION THROUGHOUT
PRESSED ON MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ATLANTIC RED/PLUM LABELS
MARTIX: 2401005 A//1 ▽ 11 1 / 2401005 B//1 11
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 '0371' (March, 1971)
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 / Cowboy Movie / Tamalpais High (At About 3) / Laughing
Side 2: What Are Their Names / Traction In The Rain / Song With No Words / Orleans / I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and factory-fresh labels which have lost none of their strong vibrant colour and have less than a handful of light spindle traces - the spindle hole is still quite tight
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
The vinyl surfaces are clean and unmarked with just wispy hairlines visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Beautiful sound performance throughout and my play-check at loud volume revealed no major audio issues of note - no scratches, no loud clicks or pops and only the lightest touch of surface between some of the tracks and quiet passages (nothing really) - sounds absolutely gorgeous - fabulous copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The gatefold cover is in great condition with no rubbing or ring wear to the lightly textured surfaces and no wear to speak of on the edges or spine
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Clean with no seam splits
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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