IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME

	If I Could Only Remember My Name
	Produced by David Crosby
	Released on February 22, 1971
	US CHART POSITION #12 . . . GOLD RECORD (4/8/71) . . . UK CHART POSITION #12
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SD 7203 cover

F ollowing CSN&Y’s breakup, David Crosby released an album of airy, evocative songs and instrumentals that typify the time’s affection for spiritual, organic music. With support from the members of Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane (as well as former bandmates Graham Nash and Neil Young), Crosby is free to pursue the occasionally transcendent vocal harmonies of CSN&Y in earnest. As a result, If I Could Only Remember My Name feels most closely aligned with that band’s work, and is perhaps a better bet to please CS&N’s fans than anything from Nash or Stephen Stills. “Tamalpais High (At About 3),” “Laughing” and “Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)” are like lost CS&N songs. Similar to that band’s “Guinnevere,” the songs expand on a single riff that grounds the soaring, spirit-like vocals, creating a mesmerizing effect. There are grittier moments on here that recall the work of Neil Young, such as “Cowboy Movie” and “What Are Their Names,” but these social commentaries aren’t the real attraction. While it charted well, the album failed to produce a single that fans could rally around like Stills’ “Love The One You’re With” -- the opening “Music Is Love” (cowritten by Nash and Young) is a CSN&Y outtake at best that recalls John Lennon’s “Give Peace A Chance,” while the fragmentary “Orleans” is pretty but too short (under two minutes) to make a viable single. If I Could Only Remember My Name remains a lovely and idiosyncratic album, handily the best of Crosby’s solo records. CS&N fans interested in the band’s extracurricular affairs would do well to start here.


SD 7203 inner gatefold	SD 7203 back cover

TRACK LISTING

MUSIC IS LOVE (Graham Nash/Neil Young/David Crosby) 3:16
COWBOY MOVIE (David Crosby) 8:02
TAMALPAIS HIGH (AT ABOUT 3) (David Crosby) 3:28
LAUGHING (David Crosby) 5:20
WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES (Neil Young/Jerry Garcia/Phil Lesh/Michael Shrieve/David Crosby) 4:09
TRACTION IN THE RAIN (David Crosby) 3:40
SONG WITH NO WORDS (TREE WITH NO LEAVES) (David Crosby) 5:53
ORLEANS (traditional arr. by David Crosby) 1:56
I'D SWEAR THERE WAS SOMEBODY HERE (David Crosby) 1:19

CREDITS

DAVID CROSBY --
Laura Allen --
Jack Casady --
Ethan Crosby --
David Frieberg --
Jerry Garcia --
Mickey Hart --
Paul Kantner --
Jorma Kaukonen --
Bill Kreutzmann --
Phil Lesh --
Joni Mitchell --
Graham Nash --
Gregg Rolie --
Michael Shrieve --
Grace Slick --
Neil Young --
Stephen Barncard -- engineer
Henry Lewy -- additional engineering (1)
Elliot Roberts -- management
Ronald Stone -- management
David Geffen -- direction
Gary Burden -- back cover photography, art direction, design
Henry Diltz -- inside photographs
Robert Hammer -- front cover photography

REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
US	February 22, 1971	Atlantic	LP/CS/8T	SD/CS/M8 7203	gatefold cover
UK	February 22, 1971	Atlantic	LP	2401 005	gatefold cover
GER		Atlantic	2LP	60 064	repackaged w. SONGS FOR BEGINNERS as 2 ORIGINALS OF DAVID CROSBY GRAHAM NASH
US	November 1993	Atlantic	CD	SD 7203

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