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He's been part of two huge-selling international superstar rock groups, and recorded some very popular albums on his own and with David Crosby. Yet Graham Nash has never been thought of as a talent in his own right the way that, to varying degrees, either of his three bandmates in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have. This three-CD, 64-track box set can be seen as both a way of focusing the spotlight on Nash's work both within and outside of his famous bands, and also as a career retrospective of sorts, spanning as it does about 40 years of recordings. Like almost all such box sets, however, it won't be as balanced as everyone would like between his various career phases and contexts, or contain as much in the way of revelatory rarities as some would hope. To start with the set's strengths, certainly it includes virtually all of the material for which Nash is most known as a songwriter, and to some degree as a lead singer. All of the major songs he wrote as part of CSN (or CSNY) are here in their celebrated official versions, prominent among them "Marrakesh Express," "Pre-Road Downs," "Our House," and "Teach Your Children." So is his sole Top 40 hit single, "Chicago"; highlights from his first/best/most commercially successful solo album, Songs for Beginners; and numerous tracks from his collaborative efforts with Crosby. The 150-page booklet has lots of photos and insightful comments on each track by Nash himself.
It should be noted, however, that although half of cuts are previously unreleased, about two-thirds of these are alternate mixes of officially issued tracks, not actual alternate versions or recordings previously unavailable in any form. Among the genuinely alternate versions/previously unreleased recordings, only a 1969 solo acoustic demo of "Right Between the Eyes" rates as a notable find, though a live 1993 version of "Liar's Nightmare" (with Nils Lofgren on guitar) and the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack contribution "Love Is the Reason" count as interesting rarities. Even considering that he didn't have sole songwriting credits until joining CSN, the Hollies period seems underrepresented, with just three tracks by that group finding inclusion (all 1967 hits, including the one on which Nash's songwriting ambitions were most evident, "King Midas in Reverse"). And there's no denying that disc one, with the highlights of his late-'60s/early-'70s work, is by far the best of the three CDs, much of the rest coming off as undistinguished in comparison. It's the music on the first disc for which Nash will mostly be remembered. His subsequent output, as documented on the remainder of the set, was too often ordinary soft rock that, unlike his earlier work, did not capture either the musical or cultural Zeitgeist. It's also true that, for CSN fans in particular, it can seem odd hearing so much Nash-dominated material at once when it works so much better interspersed with the compositions and lead singing of his famous bandmates. Nevertheless, as a songwriter he remained consistently devoted to themes of peace, progressive politics, and adult romance, even when those weren't fashionable to promote as idealistically as Nash has. For all its ups and downs, this is the release likely to most effectively spotlight and summarize the contributions to rock music that he's made as a singer/songwriter.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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David Crosby, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Dallas Taylor, Drums - JIM GORDON, Drums - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer - Rob Grenell, MasteringEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Dallas Taylor, Drums - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals - Cass Elliot, Backing Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer - Rob Grenell, MasteringEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Dallas Taylor, Drums - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer - Rob Grenell, MasteringEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Dallas Taylor, Percussion - Neil Young, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Band Member, Vocals, Writer - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, MainArtist - Gregory Reeves, Bass Guitar - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Dallas Taylor, Percussion - Neil Young, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Pedal Steel Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Band Member, Vocals, Writer - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, MainArtist - Gregory Reeves, Bass Guitar
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Graham Nash
David Crosby, Electric Guitar - Phil Lesh, Bass Guitar - Neil Young, Piano - Jerry Garcia, Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Johnny Barbata, Drums
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Piano, Backing Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - David Lindley, Violin - Rita Coolidge, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals - Stephen Barncard, Producer - Dorian Rudnytsky, Cello
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Neil Young, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer - Graham nash, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Dallas Taylor, Drums - Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Rita Coolidge, Backing Vocals - Calvin Samuels, Piano - Larry Cox, Clarinet - Seemon Posthuma, Clarinet - Joe Yankee, Acoustic Guitar, Organ
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Dave Mason, Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Joel Bernstein, Piano - Rita Coolidge, Backing Vocals - Pat Arnold, Backing Vocals - Calvin Samuels, Bass Guitar - Johnny Barbata, Drums
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Dorian Rudnytsky, Cello
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Ethridge, Bass Guitar - Jerry Garcia, Band Member - Graham nash, Producer, Band Member, Writer, MainArtist - Johnny Barbata, Drums - BILL HALVERSON, Producer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Mason, Guitar - David Crosby, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Graham nash, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - BILL HALVERSON, Producer - Johny Barbata, Drums - Greg Reeves, Bass Guitar
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Joe Vitale, Drums - Graham nash, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - David Lindley, Electric Guitar - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Stanley Johnston, Producer - Gloria Coleman, Backing Vocals - Brenda Eager, Backing Vocals - Cleo Kennedy, Backing Vocals
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Electric Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - David Lindley, Mandolin - Johnny Barbata, Drums - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Mason, Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Stanley Johnston, Producer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Additional Vocals - Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Johnny Barbata, Drums - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Stanley Johnston, Producer - Joe Yankee, Piano - Harry Halex, Piano
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ben Keith, Pedal Steel Guitar - Graham nash, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Johnny Barbata, Drums - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Stanley Johnston, Producer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ben Keith, Band Member - Joni Mitchell, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Joel Bernstein, Acoustic Guitar - Johnny Barbata, Drums - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Producer, Band Member, Writer - Neil Young, Producer, Band Member - Stephen Stills, Producer, Band Member - Graham nash, Producer, Band Member, Writer - Ron Albert, Producer - Howard Albert, Producer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation and Anthem Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
David Crosby, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Joe Vitale, Electric Piano - Joe Gastwirt, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals - Russ Kunkel, Drums, Percussion - Graham nash, Producer, Piano, Forte Piano, Vocals, Writer - Ron Albert, Engineer, CoProducer - Howard Albert, Engineer, CoProducer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar - Steve Gursky, AssistantEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, Forte Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Crosby, Producer, String Arranger, Vocals - Joe Vitale, Drums, Percussion, Timpani - Mike Lewis, String Arranger - Joe Gastwirt, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Vocals - Graham nash, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, Vocals, Writer - Ron Albert, Engineer, CoProducer - Howard Albert, Engineer, CoProducer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Steve Gursky, AssistantEngineer - George Perry, Bass Guitar - Joel Berstein, String Arranger - George "Chocolate" Perry, Bass Guitar
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Graham Nash
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Graham Nash
Timothy B. Schmit, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals - David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Vocals - Russ Kunkel, Drums - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Miguel Martínez, Cello - Graham nash, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer - Joel Bernstein, Acoustic Guitar - Jay Ferguson, Organ - Craig Doerge, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Wayne Goodwin, Cello Arranger - Steve Gursky, Engineer, CoProducer - Stanley Johnston, Engineer, CoProducer - Stephen Barncard, Engineer - Michael Stergis, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Ernie Ehrhardt, Cello - Jerry Hudgins, AssistantEngineer - Gaylord Holomalia, AssistantEngineer - Jay Parti, AssistantEngineer - Gordon Rowley, AssistantEngineer - Gerry Lentz, AssistantEngineer - Jeff Kallestad, AssistantEngineer - Roberleigh Barnhart, Cello
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1982 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Timothy B. Schmit, Vocals, Backing Vocals - David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Russ Kunkel, Drums - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar - Joel Bernstein, Acoustic Guitar - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Joe Lala, Percussion - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Wayne Goodwin, Violin, Fiddle - Steve Gursky, Engineer, CoProducer - Stanley Johnston, Engineer, CoProducer - Stephen Barncard, Engineer - Michael Stergis, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar - Joel Berstein, Acoustic Guitar - Jerry Hudgins, AssistantEngineer - Gaylord Holomalia, AssistantEngineer - Jay Parti, AssistantEngineer - Gordon Rowley, AssistantEngineer - Gerry Lentz, AssistantEngineer - Jeff Kallestad, AssistantEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1982 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jeff Porcaro, Drums - David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Danny Kortchmar, Electric Guitar - Stephen Stills, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD, Keyboards - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - James Newton Howard, Keyboards - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Joe Lala, Congas - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Steve Gursky, Engineer, CoProducer - Stanley Johnston, Engineer, CoProducer - Stephen Barncard, Engineer - George Perry, Bass Guitar - Michael Stergis, Guitar - Jerry Hudgins, AssistantEngineer - Gaylord Holomalia, AssistantEngineer - Jay Parti, AssistantEngineer - Gordon Rowley, AssistantEngineer - Gerry Lentz, AssistantEngineer - Jeff Kallestad, AssistantEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp.
David Crosby, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, MixingEngineer - Joe Vitale, Drums - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Neil Young, Producer, Electric Guitar, MixingEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Electric Guitar, MixingEngineer - Dan Bosworth, Assistant Mix Engineer - Graham nash, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar - RAIL ROGUT, Assistant Mix Engineer - Bob Vogt, Assistant Mix Engineer - TIM MULLIGAN, Editing Engineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Joe Lala, Percussion - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - NIKO BOLAS, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bill Dooley, Editing Engineer - Tom Banghart, Assistant Mix Engineer - Gary Long, Engineer - Brently Walton, Engineer - Tim McCollam, Engineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Crosby, Producer, Performance - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Performance - Graham nash, Producer, Writer, Performance, MixingEngineer, CompilationProducer - Joel Bernstein, CompilationProducer - Nathaniel Kunkel, MixingEngineer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Stanley Johnston, Assistant Mastering Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Crosby, Stills & Nash
Graham nash, Writer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1986 Atlantic Recording Corp.
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Graham Nash
David Crosby, Producer, Backing Vocals - Joe Vitale, Orchestra, Drums, Keyboards, Writer - Neil Young, Producer, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals - Stephen Stills, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals - Graham nash, Orchestra, Producer, Vocals, Writer - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar - Bob Vogt, MixingEngineer - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, MainArtist - Michael Finnigan, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Craig Doerge, Keyboards, Writer - Joe Lala, Percussion - Jimmy Haskell, Orchestra - NIKO BOLAS, Producer - Tom Banghart, MixingEngineer - Gary Long, Engineer - Brentley Walton, Engineer - Tim McCollan, Engineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1988 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Roger McGuinn, Guitar - J. D. SOUTHER, Backing Vocals, Writer - David Crosby, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Joe Vitale, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Additional Synthesizer, AdditionalEngineer - Danny Kortchmar, Writer - Mike Landau, Guitar - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - Mike Fisher, Percussion - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals - Eric Schilling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Gordon, AdditionalEngineer - Jim Mitchell, AdditionalEngineer - Ray Blair, AdditionalEngineer - MIKE BOSLEY, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - NIKO BOLAS, Engineer - Stanley Johnston, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Dooley, Editing Engineer - Darryl Dobson, AssistantEngineer - Allen Abrahamson, AdditionalEngineer - Larry Goodwin, AssistantEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Vocals, MainArtist - Thomas Fedorko, Writer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1986 Atlantic Recording Corp.
David Crosby, Producer, Vocals - Joe Vitale, Producer, Drums, Organ, Bass Synthesizer, AdditionalEngineer - Mike Landau, Guitar - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - Simon Jones, Additional Performance - Mike Fisher, Percussion - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - Graham nash, Producer, Vocals, Writer - Eric Schilling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Gordon, AdditionalEngineer - Jim Mitchell, AdditionalEngineer - Ray Blair, AdditionalEngineer - MIKE BOSLEY, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards, Writer - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Stanley Johnston, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Dooley, Editing Engineer - Darryl Dobson, AssistantEngineer - Allen Abrahamson, AdditionalEngineer - President Truman, Additional Performance - Larry Goodwin, AssistantEngineer - Rand Wetherwax, Sound Design Designer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
David Crosby, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Joe Vitale, Producer, Drums, String Synthesizer, AdditionalEngineer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Stephen Stills, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - Graham nash, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar - Eric Schilling, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Gordon, AdditionalEngineer - Jim Mitchell, AdditionalEngineer - Ray Blair, AdditionalEngineer - MIKE BOSLEY, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Crosby, Stills & Nash, MainArtist - Stanley Johnston, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Dooley, Editing Engineer - Darryl Dobson, AssistantEngineer - Allen Abrahamson, AdditionalEngineer - Larry Goodwin, AssistantEngineer
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Graham Nash
Albumbeschreibung
He's been part of two huge-selling international superstar rock groups, and recorded some very popular albums on his own and with David Crosby. Yet Graham Nash has never been thought of as a talent in his own right the way that, to varying degrees, either of his three bandmates in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have. This three-CD, 64-track box set can be seen as both a way of focusing the spotlight on Nash's work both within and outside of his famous bands, and also as a career retrospective of sorts, spanning as it does about 40 years of recordings. Like almost all such box sets, however, it won't be as balanced as everyone would like between his various career phases and contexts, or contain as much in the way of revelatory rarities as some would hope. To start with the set's strengths, certainly it includes virtually all of the material for which Nash is most known as a songwriter, and to some degree as a lead singer. All of the major songs he wrote as part of CSN (or CSNY) are here in their celebrated official versions, prominent among them "Marrakesh Express," "Pre-Road Downs," "Our House," and "Teach Your Children." So is his sole Top 40 hit single, "Chicago"; highlights from his first/best/most commercially successful solo album, Songs for Beginners; and numerous tracks from his collaborative efforts with Crosby. The 150-page booklet has lots of photos and insightful comments on each track by Nash himself.
It should be noted, however, that although half of cuts are previously unreleased, about two-thirds of these are alternate mixes of officially issued tracks, not actual alternate versions or recordings previously unavailable in any form. Among the genuinely alternate versions/previously unreleased recordings, only a 1969 solo acoustic demo of "Right Between the Eyes" rates as a notable find, though a live 1993 version of "Liar's Nightmare" (with Nils Lofgren on guitar) and the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack contribution "Love Is the Reason" count as interesting rarities. Even considering that he didn't have sole songwriting credits until joining CSN, the Hollies period seems underrepresented, with just three tracks by that group finding inclusion (all 1967 hits, including the one on which Nash's songwriting ambitions were most evident, "King Midas in Reverse"). And there's no denying that disc one, with the highlights of his late-'60s/early-'70s work, is by far the best of the three CDs, much of the rest coming off as undistinguished in comparison. It's the music on the first disc for which Nash will mostly be remembered. His subsequent output, as documented on the remainder of the set, was too often ordinary soft rock that, unlike his earlier work, did not capture either the musical or cultural Zeitgeist. It's also true that, for CSN fans in particular, it can seem odd hearing so much Nash-dominated material at once when it works so much better interspersed with the compositions and lead singing of his famous bandmates. Nevertheless, as a songwriter he remained consistently devoted to themes of peace, progressive politics, and adult romance, even when those weren't fashionable to promote as idealistically as Nash has. For all its ups and downs, this is the release likely to most effectively spotlight and summarize the contributions to rock music that he's made as a singer/songwriter.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 64 track(s)
- Total length: 03:43:51
- Main artists: Graham Nash
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2008 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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