DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name (Original
Master Recording limited edition 9-track double album 2-LP
mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on the
Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated & pressed at 45RPM on
180-gram SuperVinyl from a formula developed and
manufactured by NEOTECH. One of the most singular statements to
emerge from early-1970s California, a hazy, inward-looking solo
debut that captures David Crosby at his most unguarded and intuitive.
Rooted in spontaneity and communal music-making, the album draws
on the loose, after-hours chemistry of Bay Area peers including
members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Crosby's CSN
collaborators, resulting in a work that feels suspended between song,
atmosphere, and shared experience. Long admired for its sonics, this
edition deepens the album's sense of space, texture, and emotional
weight, revealing the full subtlety of Stephen Barncard's engineering
and Crosby's fragile, expressive vocals. More than five decades on, it
remains a quietly immersive record defined by mood rather than
narrative, and by an uncommon balance of intimacy, warmth, and
sonic clarity. Presented in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve individually
gold-foil numbered and limited to just 4000 copies. Factory sealed
inside its perforated tear bag. Recommended).
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David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name - Original Master Recording - 180 Gram Super Vinyl - Sealed US 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
David Crosby's "Stoned Campfire Jam" If I Could Only Remember My Name Is a Beautiful Convergence of Spontaneity, Collaboration, Circumstance, and Engineering Acumen
No album personifies the relaxed, loose, albeit troubled early 1970s California aura like If I Could Only Remember My Name. Hallucinogenic, trippy, and akin to a foggy dream you want to last for hours on end, David Crosby's blissed-out solo debut transcends time and remains a key influence on the contemporary freak-folk scene. A thoroughly unique statement, it lingers as a beautiful convergence of spontaneity, collaboration, circumstance, and recording-studio acumen. Now, more than 50 years after its release, the longtime audiophile favorite has never sounded more ethereal, present, detailed, balanced, or lush.
Sourced from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition of the 1971 effort underlines the escapist peace of Crosby's music and brilliance of Stephen Barncard's engineering. Equally important, it reveals Crosby's unsurpassed vocal performances and the inspired contributions of the many illustrious Bay Area colleagues and friends – Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, key members of the Grateful Dead, and several members of the Jefferson Airplane included – that allow If I Could Only Remember My Name to function as an altered-consciousness paean to community, harmony, and necessary emotional release (and suspension).
Always renowned for gorgeous sonics, the album takes on deeper transcendental qualities and resonates with more spiritual energy on Mobile Fidelity's reissue. Listeners can now fully hear and see into the fabric of each song, witness the notes seemingly dissolve into thin air, and perceive why Barncard – who, a year before, helmed the Grateful Dead's American Beauty – cited the echo chamber at Wally Heider Recording as "probably the best chamber I've used anywhere, anytime. It was magic. That's what you hear on [Jerry] Garcia's pedal steel on ‘Laughing.'" Other examples of the so-called "magic" extend to the completely live take (and organic realism) of "Cowboy Movie," live autoharp and natural tonality on "Traction in the Rain," and the subtle phasing blending with the live-to-mono immediacy of Crosby, Nash, and Young's vocals on "Music Is Love."
Ranked one of the 40 Greatest Stoner Albums by Rolling Stone, which rightly declares it a "super-stoned campfire jam," If I Could Only Remember My Name is furthered by the fact it's rooted in deep-seated sorrow and haunting sadness – namely, the death of Crosby's then-girlfriend in a car accident. Originally, the singer intended to bottle up his feelings, but as sessions proceeded and the work primarily came together on the spot, the truth began to trickle out. While it lacks a narrative arc or straightforward lyrics, the nine-track record lands upon something richer than obvious words: That of a distinct, persistent vibe indicative of a nagging, ominous reality lurking beneath a warm, hazy, supportive surface.
From the slack acoustic underpinnings of the raga-like opener to the improvised "cosmic skydrop" that serves as the closing "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here," nothing in the entire Crosby, Stills & Nash canon – or that of any artist's oeuvre, for matter – orbits the same galaxy as If I Could Only Remember My Name. This is a journey that demands to be heard in full, an expressive and sensitive adventure whose paths are lined with sublime group harmonies, acoustic guitars, repeated chants, and tasteful percussion.
Despite the pedigree of the musicians involved, the effort remains free of ego, showiness, and drama. Created before Crosby began his slow descent into headline-worthy addiction and malaise, the album survives as proof of his long-underrated vision and ability to knot together pop, rock, jazz, classical, and mystical strains into a cohesive whole.
Side One
1. Music Is Love 3:16
2. Cowboy Movie 8:02
Side Two
1. Tamalpais High (At About 3) 3:28
2. Laughing 5:20
Side Three
1. What Are Their Names 4:09
2. Traction In The Rain 3:40
Side Four
1. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) 5:53
2. Orleans 1:56
3. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here 1:19
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
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In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 5th January
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| Year of Release: |
2022 |
| Artist: |
David Crosby (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
If I Could Only Remember My Name (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 119.99, US$ 161.99
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| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MFSL2-496 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
D-C2LIF864850 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
821797249614 |
| Genres: |
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Singer/Songwriter
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| Related Artists: |
Billy Talbot, Bruce Palmer, Crosby Pevar Raymond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Danny Whitten, David Crosby & Graham Nash, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, The Au Go-Go Singers, The Ducks, The Mynah Birds, The Rides, The Rockets (Crazy Horse) |
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David Crosby |
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