If I Could Only Remember My Name (50th Anniversary Edition; 2021 Remaster) David Crosby
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Album-Release:
1971
HRA-Release:
15.10.2021
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- 1 Music Is Love (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 03:23
- 2 Cowboy Movie (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 08:06
- 3 Tamalpais High (At About 3) (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 03:31
- 4 Laughing (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 05:23
- 5 What Are Their Names (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 04:13
- 6 Traction In The Rain (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 03:46
- 7 Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 05:55
- 8 Orleans (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 02:00
- 9 I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 08:21
- 10 Kids And Dogs (2021 Remaster) (192 kHz) 07:00
- 11 Riff 1 (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 02:22
- 12 Tamalpais High (At About 3) [Demo] (2021 Remaster) 01:53
- 13 Kids And Dogs (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 03:07
- 14 Games (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 03:17
- 15 Laughing (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 03:58
- 16 Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) [Demo] (2021 Remaster) 03:12
- 17 The Wall Song (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 04:15
- 18 Where Will I Be? (Demo) (2021 Remaster) 03:41
- 19 Cowboy Movie (Alternate Version) (2021 Remaster) 10:57
- 20 Bach Mode (Pre-Critical Mass) (2021 Remaster) 01:59
- 21 Coast Road (2021 Remaster) 05:15
- 22 Dancer (2021 Remaster) 05:03
- 23 Fugue (2021 Remaster) 02:02
Info for If I Could Only Remember My Name (50th Anniversary Edition; 2021 Remaster)
Als David Crosby 1971 sein Solo-Debüt „If I Could Only Remember My Name“ veröffentlichte, fiel es bei den Kritikern zunächst durch. Im Laufe der Jahre erfuhr das Werk jedoch eine immer größere Wertschätzung, angefangen bei seiner kühnen Ästhetik über seine vielschichtigen Harmonien bis hin zu den eindringlichen Texten über Verlust und Desorientiertheit. Angekündigt als Debütalbum des Singer-Songwriters, war das Album tatsächlich alles andere als eine One-Man-Show, ganz im Gegenteil: selten in seiner Karriere arbeitete er mit einem derartigen All-Star-Cast an Musikern zusammen, darunter Mitglieder von The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane und Santana, außerdem Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young und andere.
„If I Could Only Remember My Name“ feierte Anfang dieses Jahres sein 50-Jähriges. Rhino würdigt dies mit einem Doppelalbum, welches eine remasterte Version des Albums enthält, die mit viel Liebe von den analogen Originalbändern erschaffen wurde und das obendrein unter der Ägide von Stephen Barncard selbst, Toningenieur des Originalalbums, der bei der Restauration und Drehzahlkorrektur mit Hilfe von Plangent Processes zu Werke ging. Album zwei hält reichlich Bonusmaterial bereit, darunter ein Dutzend unveröffentlichte Demos, Outtakes und alternative Versionen.
Ein bisher unveröffentlichtes Demo aus den Sessions mit dem Titel „Riff 1“ ist bereits jetzt als Download/Stream erhältlich. Unten kann man den Track hören.
Die Linernotes zu dieser Sammlung wurden von Steve Silberman verfasst, dem Co-Autor von Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads. Er schreibt: „...die Geschichten hinter der Entstehung von ‚If I Could Only Remember My Name‘ machen deutlich, dass die erhebenden und erlösenden Qualitäten des Albums das Resultat einer eng verbundenen Gruppe begabter Musiker waren, die einen der ihren vom Rand des Abgrunds zurückholten. Die Kanten des Albums wurden durch das Feuer einer lebensverändernden Tragödie gehärtet.“
Besagte Tragödie ereignete sich 1969, als Crosbys langjährige Lebensgefährtin Christine Hinton bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kam. Als er 1970 mit den Aufnahmen für das Album begann, steckte er noch mitten im Trauerprozess und fand in den Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco einen Zufluchtsort. Was auch daran lag, dass Jerry Garcia dort fast allabendlich auftauchte: „Er hatte dieses Grinsen, diesen ganz speziellen Blick in den Augen. Und natürlich diese Faszination für die Musik“, erinnert sich Crosby. „Lässig, nicht aufgesetzt, anmutig, lustig, immer voll und ganz da. Es war eine Gefälligkeit, da bin ich mir ziemlich sicher. Jerry sagte das nie, deutete es nicht einmal an. Sondern einfach nur: ‚Hey, ich habe gehört, dass du etwas machst. Was denn genau? Lass uns was zusammen machen‘.“
Und das taten sie: sie schufen Musik, auf die sich spätere Generationen von Singer-Songwritern beriefen, die es als frühes Beispiel für das „Freak-Folk“-Genre begriffen. Die neun Songs des Originalalbums erkunden ein breites Spektrum an Stimmungen und Strukturen. Crosbys Coolness und Garcias stechende Solos verleihen „Cowboy Movie“ seine Intensität, während „Song With No Words (Trees With No Leaves)“ sich sanft zwischen chorischem Folk und Modal Jazz ausbreitet. Für „Orleans“ wandelte Crosby das französische Kinderlied um, indem er das Studio und seine Echokammer dazu verwendete, um einen Chor mit seinen Gesangsharmonien aufzunehmen.
Das zweite Album befördert fast eine Stunde unveröffentlichter Aufnahmen aus der Entstehungszeit von „If I Could Only Remember My Name“ zutage. Dazu gehört auch die erste Saat des Albums, die Crosby am 28. März 1968 bei Hollywood Recorders in Los Angeles ausbrachte. Gemeinsam mit dem Produzenten Paul Rothchild nahm er Rohversionen von Songs wie „Tamalpais High (At About 3)“ und anderen auf. Zu diesen Tracks gesellen sich mehrere unveröffentlichte Session-Aufnahmen, darunter „Coast Road“, „Dancer“ und eine alternative Version von „Cowboy Movie“, bei der Neil Young anstelle von Garcia den Solo-Part übernimmt.
David Crosby, vocals, guitars
Graham Nash, guitar, vocals (on "Music Is Love", "Tamalpais High", "Laughing", "What Are Their Names", "Traction in the Rain" and "Song with No Words")
Jerry Garcia, electric guitar (on "Cowboy Movie", "Tamalpais High", "What Are Their Names" and "Song with No Words"); pedal steel guitar (on "Laughing"); guitars (on "Kids and Dogs"); vocal (on "What Are Their Names")
Neil Young, guitars, vocals (on "Music Is Love" and "What Are Their Names"); bass, vibraphone, congas (on "Music Is Love")
Jorma Kaukonen, electric guitar (on "Tamalpais High" and "Song with No Words")
Laura Allan, autoharp, vocal (on "Traction in the Rain")
Gregg Rolie, piano (on "Song with No Words")
Phil Lesh, bass (on "Cowboy Movie", "Tamalpais High", "Laughing" and "What Are Their Names"); vocal (on "What Are Their Names")
Jack Casady, bass (on "Song with No Words")
Bill Kreutzmann, drums (on "Tamalpais High" and "Laughing"); tambourine (on "Cowboy Movie")
Michael Shrieve, drums (on "What Are Their Names" and "Song with No Words")
Mickey Hart, drums (on "Cowboy Movie")
Joni Mitchell, vocals (on "Laughing" and "What Are Their Names")
David Freiberg, vocals (on "What Are Their Names")
Paul Kantner, vocals (on "What Are Their Names")
Grace Slick, vocals (on "What Are Their Names")
Recorded 1970–1971 at Wally Heider, San Francisco A&M, Hollywood
Produced by David Crosby
Digitally remastered
David Crosby
Legendary singer-songwriter and social justice activist David Crosby is a two time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, inducted as a member of both the iconic folk-rock band The Byrds — with whom he first rose to stardom — and the iconic Woodstock era-defining group Crosby, Stills & Nash.
A native Californian-and son of an Academy Award-winning cinematographer-Crosby originally intended to be an actor when he moved from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles in 1960. Music prevailed, however, and Crosby began his career as a folksinger, playing clubs and coffeehouses nationwide. Back in L.A. in '63, Crosby formed The Byrds with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke, winning widespread recognition for his songwriting and charismatic presence. Driven by hits including "Eight Miles High," "Turn! Turn! Turn!," and a cover of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man," The Byrds' signature electric folk-rock influenced countless musicians to come.
Crosby left The Byrds in 1967 to embark on a lifelong collaboration with Graham Nash and Stephen Stills. Renowned for vocal harmonies, stellar musicianship and timeless songs, Crosby, Stills, & Nash (CSN) have been called "the voice of a generation," and were GRAMMY-honored in 1969 as Best New Artist. The trio's self-titled debut album introduced classics including the Crosby-penned tracks "Guinnevere" and "Wooden Ships"—today, it is included on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Crosby continues to tour and record with CSN, as well as with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a duo with Graham Nash.
As a solo artist, Crosby debuted with the 1971 masterpiece If Only I Could Remember My Name, recently reissued as a two-disc set featuring a 5.1 mix, video footage, and other bonuses. David Crosby also performs and records with CPR, the jazz-flavored trio he formed in 1995 with his son James Raymond and Jeff Pevar.
Crosby's most recent release is 2004's Crosby-Nash, a 2-CD set with Graham Nash, their first as a duo since 1976's Whistling Down The Wire. Their debut LP together, '72's Crosby & Nash-featuring "Southbound Train" and "Immigration Man"-is regarded as one of the best side projects from the CSN&Y sphere. Their catalogue also includes 1975's Wind On The Water and the live gem Another Stoney Evening. Previously a CD-only release of a 1971 concert recording, the latter title is now available in digital and LP versions as the inaugural releases on Blue Castle Records, the independent label Crosby formed with Nash in 2011. Voyage, a 3-disc, career-spanning retrospective box set touching on all aspects of Crosby's oeuvre, was released in 2006.
Crosby is also the author of three books including Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History/The Dramatic Story of the Artists and Causes That Changed America, which underscores his commitment to social activism, and belief that artists and musicians are potent agents for change. Crosby's two autobiographical volumes are Long Time Gone and Since Then: How I Survived Everything And Lived To Tell About It. The latter, per Entertainment Weekly, chronicles, "A fascinating life worthy of a sequel."
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