WHITE LBL PROMO 1971 GRAHAM NASH "SONGS..." + David Crosby WEST COAST GEM

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                    Graham Nash

                   Songs For Beginners

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             USA ATLANTIC RECORDS - SD 7204

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rare  ADVANCED RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMO

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Final Collection Copy 1971 first pressing of the famous first Graham Nash album filled with memorable timeless melodies...

1971 GRAHAM NASH, at the peak of creativity ala CSN&Y

After finding fame with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, expatriate Englishman turned West Coast rock icon Graham Nash made an auspicious solo debut on this 1971 disc. It's an exemplary singer-songwriter effort, striking a vital balance between graceful introspection and political fervor, with an organic intensity that Nash would never quite match in his subsequent solo work. With assistance from the likes of David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, and Dave Mason, highlights include the sensitive internal explorations "I Used to Be a King" and "Man in the Mirror" and the impassioned protest anthems "Chicago" and "Military Madness."

Songs For Beginners is an impressive and unexpected first solo album from an artist that even CSNY fans didn't know all that well at the time. Introspective to a fault, these are songs of change, of transition, masterfully capturing a tumultuous period of the artist's life and setting them in amber for listeners to hear nearly forty years later. The music and lyrics are perfectly matched, and the emotions expressed herein by Nash are universal, lending the album a timeless status.

At its heart, Songs For Beginners is an album of love songs…tales of a lost love, yes, but a romantic collection nonetheless. No less than three songs among the eleven – "Better Days," "Simple Man," and "I Used To Be A King" – deal with Nash's heartbroken break-up with singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, of whom he wrote the CSNY gem "Our House." Another song here, "Wounded Bird," was written for friend and bandmate Stephen Stills, who was going through his own break-up with folk singer Judy Collins.

Because of this romantic focus, much of Songs For Beginners sounds slightly morose, but there are rays of hope that shine through these stories if one digs deep enough in the grooves.

 Military Madness

 Better Days

 Wounded Bird

 I Used To Be King

 Be Yourself

 Simple Man

 Man In The Mirror

 There's Only One

 Sleep Song

Chicago

 We Can Change The World

CONDITION: The cover: rated: M- PROMOTIONAL STICKER on front cover ...very stiff and solid with NO wear that always seems to plague this cover...otherwise no split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks... superb  collectible as PRE-released in 1971  ...

The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY all clean and shiny both sides and plays outstanding (M-) makes for a definite collection keeper ...the WHITE PROMO Atlantic labels are clean

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record