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IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY
NAME... CD/DVD
David Crosby
Atlantic/Rhino
Almost 40 years after letting his freak
flag fly, David Crosby's first solo effort
passes that four decade test of time.
This music is just as timely and sweet
as it was in 1970, except that with this
special CD/DVD edition, we hear it
way better than we remember it.
Presented here in advanced
resolution 192K/24bit stereo, and
Dolby Digital and DTS surround
sound, this is simply a beautiful
sounding recording.
A nice fat and full sound, with plenty
of musicality in the stereo mix, and a
pleasing soundstage with the
surround mix, although for "creative
reasons," the mixers have dropped
the RF channel, leaving a 5.0. Not to
worry; it's hard to even tell.
This album, made during one of what
would be many estrangements from
his Woodstock supergroup with
Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, and Neil
Young, the record sounds much more
introspective than one may expect.
No where to be heard is the
angry/paranoid Crosby of Almost Cut
My Hair, although he does try a
mellow, non-sneering work-out of the
dramas of the CSNY marital's, with
Cowboy Song.
Crosby even shows a sense of
humour with a send up of the
Maharishi with Laughing, which
Crosby says was directed at George
Harrison for his blind devotion to the
guru.
Also included is a mostly instrumental
bonus track, Kids and Dogs, which is
more of the same melodic groove of
most of the albums songs.
An attractive 16 page booklet contains
a track by track annotation by Crosby
and some of the musicians, that
included Phil Lesh,Jack Casady, and
Joni Mitchell.
And if one wants to get picky, why an
original album that ran out at around
39 minutes could not be expanded
past 45 in a deluxe edition needs an
explanation.
Still, an amazing relic of a long time
gone, yet still very relevant today.
DAVID CROSBY
NAME... CD/DVD
David Crosby
Atlantic/Rhino
Almost 40 years after letting his freak
flag fly, David Crosby's first solo effort
passes that four decade test of time.
This music is just as timely and sweet
as it was in 1970, except that with this
special CD/DVD edition, we hear it
way better than we remember it.
Presented here in advanced
resolution 192K/24bit stereo, and
Dolby Digital and DTS surround
sound, this is simply a beautiful
sounding recording.
A nice fat and full sound, with plenty
of musicality in the stereo mix, and a
pleasing soundstage with the
surround mix, although for "creative
reasons," the mixers have dropped
the RF channel, leaving a 5.0. Not to
worry; it's hard to even tell.
This album, made during one of what
would be many estrangements from
his Woodstock supergroup with
Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, and Neil
Young, the record sounds much more
introspective than one may expect.
No where to be heard is the
angry/paranoid Crosby of Almost Cut
My Hair, although he does try a
mellow, non-sneering work-out of the
dramas of the CSNY marital's, with
Cowboy Song.
Crosby even shows a sense of
humour with a send up of the
Maharishi with Laughing, which
Crosby says was directed at George
Harrison for his blind devotion to the
guru.
Also included is a mostly instrumental
bonus track, Kids and Dogs, which is
more of the same melodic groove of
most of the albums songs.
An attractive 16 page booklet contains
a track by track annotation by Crosby
and some of the musicians, that
included Phil Lesh,Jack Casady, and
Joni Mitchell.
And if one wants to get picky, why an
original album that ran out at around
39 minutes could not be expanded
past 45 in a deluxe edition needs an
explanation.
Still, an amazing relic of a long time
gone, yet still very relevant today.
DAVID CROSBY
