GRAHAM NASH
''REFLECTIONS, DISC ONE''
FEBRUARY 3 2009
222:47
DISC ONE (74:14)
1 On a Carousel - The Hollies 3:10
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
2 Carrie Anne - The Hollies 2:56
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
3 King Midas in Reverse - The Hollies 3:07
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
4 Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
5 Pre-Road Downs - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:57
Graham Nash
6 Lady of the Island - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:37
Graham Nash
7 Our Hourse - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3:00
Graham Nash
8 Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 2:53
Graham Nash
9 Right Between the Eyes - Graham Nash 2:06
Graham Nash
10 I Used to Be a King - Graham Nash 4:39
Graham Nash
11 Simple Man - Graham Nash 2:17
Graham Nash
12 Man in the Mirror - Graham Nash 2:36
Graham Nash
13 Better Days - Graham Nash 3:49
Graham Nash
14 Military Madness - Graham Nash 3:30
Graham Nash
15 Sleep Song - Graham Nash 2:58
Graham Nash
16 Chicago/We Can Change the World - Graham Nash 4:01
Graham Nash
17 Southbound Train - Cosby & Nash 3:55
Graham Nash
18 Immigration Man - Cosby & Nash 2:59
Graham Nash
19 Wild Tales - Graham Nash 2:13
Graham Nash
20 Prison Song - Graham Nash 3:14
Graham Nash
21 Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier) - Graham Nash 2:55
Graham Nash
22 On the Line - Graham Nash 2:35
Graham Nash
23 You'll Never Be the Same - Graham Nash 2:52
Graham Nash
24 Another Sleep Song - Graham Nash 4:46
Graham Nash
DISC TWO (73:59)
1 To the Last Whale: Critical Mass/Wind on the Water - Crosby & Nash 5:30
2 Fieldworker - Crosby & Nash 2:45
Graham Nash
3 Cowboy of Dreams - Crosby & Nash 3:28
Graham Nash
4 Love Work Out - Crosby & Nash 4:48
Graham Nash
5 Marguerita - Crosby & Nash 4:11
Graham Nash
6 Taken at All - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 2:53
Graham Nash
7 Mutiny - Crosby & Nash
Graham Nash
8 Just a Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:12
Graham Nash
9 Cold Rain - Graham Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
10 Cathedral - Crosby, Stills & Nash 5:24
Graham Nash
11 Barrel of Pain (Half-Life) - Graham Nash 4:16
Graham Nash
12 Magical Child - Graham Nash 3:41
Graham Nash
13 Song for Susan - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:04
Graham Nash
14 Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:50
Graham Nash
15 Love Is the Reason - Graham Nash 3:32
Graham Nash
16 Raise a Voice - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:32
Graham Nash / Stephen Stills
17 Clear Blue Skies - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:00
Graham Nash
18 Lonely Man - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:17
Graham Nash
19 Sad Eyes - Graham Nash 3:17
Graham Nash
20 Water from the Moon - Graham Nash 2:52
Graham Nash
21 Soldiers of Peace - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3:45
Craig Doerge / Graham Nash / Joe Vitale
DISC THREE (74:34)
1 If Anybody Had a Heart - Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:23
Danny Kortchmar / J.D. Souther
2 Chippin' Away - Graham Nash 4:02
Graham Nash
3 After the Dolphin - Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:35
Craig Doerge / Graham Nash
4 House of Broken Dreams - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:18
Graham Nash
5 Unequal Love - Graham Nash 4:50
Graham Nash
6 Liar's Nightmare - Graham Nash 8:14
Graham Nash / Jean Ritchie
7 Heartland - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 4:27
Graham Nash
8 These Empty Days - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:26
Graham Nash
9 Try to Find Me - Graham Nash 4:08
Graham Nash
10 Two Hearts - Graham Nash & Carole King 4:24
Graham Nash
11 Behind the Shades - Graham Nash 4:02
Allan McDougall / Danny Wilde
12 Michael (Hedges Here) - Graham Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
13 I Surrender - Crosby & Nash 4:13
Marc Cohn
14 Live On (The Wall) - Crosby & Nash 3:20
Patrick Flannery / Graham Nash / Steve Plunkett / Spencer Proffer
15 Dirty Little Secret - Graham Nash 4:20
Russ Kunkel / Graham Nash
16 We Breathe the Same Air - Graham Nash 2:45
Marty Jourard
17 Grace - Crosby & Nash 0:45
James Raymond
18 Jesus of Rio - Crosby & Nash 4:11
Graham Nash / Jeff Pevar
19 In Your Name - Graham Nash 3:50
Graham Nash
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REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
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.
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Legendary singer-songwriter GRAHAM NASH is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee-with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and with the Hollies. He was also inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame twice, as a solo artist and with CSN, and he is a GRAMMY Award winner.
Nash’s passionate voice continues to be heard in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In 2011, Nash was instrumental in bringing MUSE back to the forefront with a concert to benefit Japan disaster relief and groups promoting non-nuclear energy worldwide.
In September 2013, Nash released his long-awaited autobiography Wild Tales, which delivers an engrossing, no-holds-barred look back at his remarkable career and the music that defined a generation. The book landed him on the New York Times Best Sellers list, and will be released in paperback format this fall.
In recognition for his contributions as a musician and philanthropist, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth. While continually building his musical legacy, Nash is also an internationally renowned photographer and visual artist. With his photography, Nash has drawn honors including the New York Institute of Technology’s Arts & Technology Medal and Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and the Hollywood Film Festival’s inaugural Hollywood Visionary Cyber Award. His work is collected in the book Eye to Eye: Photographs by Graham Nash; he curated others’ work in the volume Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash (2009).
Nash’s work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. His company Nash Editions’ original IRIS 3047 digital printer and one of its first published works—Nash’s 1969 portrait of David Crosby— is now housed in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in recognition of his revolutionary accomplishments in the fine arts and digital printing world.
He is currently working on a new studio record.
OFFICIAL SITE
''REFLECTIONS, DISC ONE''
FEBRUARY 3 2009
222:47
DISC ONE (74:14)
1 On a Carousel - The Hollies 3:10
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
2 Carrie Anne - The Hollies 2:56
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
3 King Midas in Reverse - The Hollies 3:07
Allan Clarke / Graham Nash
4 Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
5 Pre-Road Downs - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:57
Graham Nash
6 Lady of the Island - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:37
Graham Nash
7 Our Hourse - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3:00
Graham Nash
8 Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 2:53
Graham Nash
9 Right Between the Eyes - Graham Nash 2:06
Graham Nash
10 I Used to Be a King - Graham Nash 4:39
Graham Nash
11 Simple Man - Graham Nash 2:17
Graham Nash
12 Man in the Mirror - Graham Nash 2:36
Graham Nash
13 Better Days - Graham Nash 3:49
Graham Nash
14 Military Madness - Graham Nash 3:30
Graham Nash
15 Sleep Song - Graham Nash 2:58
Graham Nash
16 Chicago/We Can Change the World - Graham Nash 4:01
Graham Nash
17 Southbound Train - Cosby & Nash 3:55
Graham Nash
18 Immigration Man - Cosby & Nash 2:59
Graham Nash
19 Wild Tales - Graham Nash 2:13
Graham Nash
20 Prison Song - Graham Nash 3:14
Graham Nash
21 Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier) - Graham Nash 2:55
Graham Nash
22 On the Line - Graham Nash 2:35
Graham Nash
23 You'll Never Be the Same - Graham Nash 2:52
Graham Nash
24 Another Sleep Song - Graham Nash 4:46
Graham Nash
DISC TWO (73:59)
1 To the Last Whale: Critical Mass/Wind on the Water - Crosby & Nash 5:30
2 Fieldworker - Crosby & Nash 2:45
Graham Nash
3 Cowboy of Dreams - Crosby & Nash 3:28
Graham Nash
4 Love Work Out - Crosby & Nash 4:48
Graham Nash
5 Marguerita - Crosby & Nash 4:11
Graham Nash
6 Taken at All - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 2:53
Graham Nash
7 Mutiny - Crosby & Nash
Graham Nash
8 Just a Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:12
Graham Nash
9 Cold Rain - Graham Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
10 Cathedral - Crosby, Stills & Nash 5:24
Graham Nash
11 Barrel of Pain (Half-Life) - Graham Nash 4:16
Graham Nash
12 Magical Child - Graham Nash 3:41
Graham Nash
13 Song for Susan - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:04
Graham Nash
14 Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:50
Graham Nash
15 Love Is the Reason - Graham Nash 3:32
Graham Nash
16 Raise a Voice - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:32
Graham Nash / Stephen Stills
17 Clear Blue Skies - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:00
Graham Nash
18 Lonely Man - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:17
Graham Nash
19 Sad Eyes - Graham Nash 3:17
Graham Nash
20 Water from the Moon - Graham Nash 2:52
Graham Nash
21 Soldiers of Peace - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3:45
Craig Doerge / Graham Nash / Joe Vitale
DISC THREE (74:34)
1 If Anybody Had a Heart - Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:23
Danny Kortchmar / J.D. Souther
2 Chippin' Away - Graham Nash 4:02
Graham Nash
3 After the Dolphin - Crosby, Stills & Nash 4:35
Craig Doerge / Graham Nash
4 House of Broken Dreams - Crosby, Stills & Nash 3:18
Graham Nash
5 Unequal Love - Graham Nash 4:50
Graham Nash
6 Liar's Nightmare - Graham Nash 8:14
Graham Nash / Jean Ritchie
7 Heartland - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 4:27
Graham Nash
8 These Empty Days - Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:26
Graham Nash
9 Try to Find Me - Graham Nash 4:08
Graham Nash
10 Two Hearts - Graham Nash & Carole King 4:24
Graham Nash
11 Behind the Shades - Graham Nash 4:02
Allan McDougall / Danny Wilde
12 Michael (Hedges Here) - Graham Nash 2:34
Graham Nash
13 I Surrender - Crosby & Nash 4:13
Marc Cohn
14 Live On (The Wall) - Crosby & Nash 3:20
Patrick Flannery / Graham Nash / Steve Plunkett / Spencer Proffer
15 Dirty Little Secret - Graham Nash 4:20
Russ Kunkel / Graham Nash
16 We Breathe the Same Air - Graham Nash 2:45
Marty Jourard
17 Grace - Crosby & Nash 0:45
James Raymond
18 Jesus of Rio - Crosby & Nash 4:11
Graham Nash / Jeff Pevar
19 In Your Name - Graham Nash 3:50
Graham Nash
----------
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
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.
----------
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Legendary singer-songwriter GRAHAM NASH is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee-with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and with the Hollies. He was also inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame twice, as a solo artist and with CSN, and he is a GRAMMY Award winner.
Nash’s passionate voice continues to be heard in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In 2011, Nash was instrumental in bringing MUSE back to the forefront with a concert to benefit Japan disaster relief and groups promoting non-nuclear energy worldwide.
In September 2013, Nash released his long-awaited autobiography Wild Tales, which delivers an engrossing, no-holds-barred look back at his remarkable career and the music that defined a generation. The book landed him on the New York Times Best Sellers list, and will be released in paperback format this fall.
In recognition for his contributions as a musician and philanthropist, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth. While continually building his musical legacy, Nash is also an internationally renowned photographer and visual artist. With his photography, Nash has drawn honors including the New York Institute of Technology’s Arts & Technology Medal and Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters and the Hollywood Film Festival’s inaugural Hollywood Visionary Cyber Award. His work is collected in the book Eye to Eye: Photographs by Graham Nash; he curated others’ work in the volume Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash (2009).
Nash’s work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. His company Nash Editions’ original IRIS 3047 digital printer and one of its first published works—Nash’s 1969 portrait of David Crosby— is now housed in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in recognition of his revolutionary accomplishments in the fine arts and digital printing world.
He is currently working on a new studio record.
OFFICIAL SITE
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