Graham Nash David Crosby

Graham Nash/David Crosby
Studio album by Crosby & Nash
Released	April 5, 1972
Recorded	1972 Wally Heider Studio III, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Rock
Length	35:26
Label	Atlantic
Producer	David Crosby, Graham Nash, Bill Halverson
Crosby & Nash chronology
Graham Nash/David Crosby (1972) Wind on the Water (1975)

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Graham Nash/David Crosby is the first album by the partnership of David Crosby and Graham Nash, released on Atlantic Records in 1972, catalogue SD 7220. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and a single taken from the album, "Immigration Man," peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 10, 1972. The album was dedicated to Joni Mitchell, as "to Miss Mitchell."

History

After the split of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the summer of 1970, all four members would release solo albums over the course of the ensuing twelve months. Neil Young and Stephen Stills would both pursue independent band projects through the early years of the decade, Young working with Crazy Horse and the Stray Gators, with Stills assembling Manassas. Crosby and Nash embarked on a series of concerts together in 1971, deciding to take the new songs audited on the road into the recording studio.

Content

Sessions for this album featured backing from notable guests Dave Mason and members of The Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann. Most of the musical support came from The Section, consisting of Craig Doerge, Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, and Russell Kunkel. This quartet would be in-demand session musicians on the West Coast in the 1970s, appearing on dozens of albums, notably those by James Taylor, Carole King, and Jackson Browne. They would continue to work with Crosby & Nash for the remainder of the decade, both in the studio and on tour.

The songs continued the qualities that marked the pair's work with the larger aggregate, with Nash writing tighter pop songs including the album's hit, and Crosby exploring mood pieces and introspection, all amidst the duo's usual vocal harmonies. The commercial success of this album outstripped that of the two solo albums by Nash and Crosby from the previous year, although it would not be until three years later, after the second break-up of CSNY following their 1974 tour, that Crosby and Nash would sign an album contract as a unit with ABC Records.

This album was remastered for compact disc in 1998 as part of the Atlantic Original Sound series, 50 titles reissued in Europe to celebrate Atlantic Records' fiftieth anniversary. It is currently out of print, and American reissues still around use first generation digital remastering from the 1980s.

Track listing and personnel

Side one

1. "Southbound Train" (Nash) – 3:54
   • Graham Nash - guitar, harmonica, vocals; David Crosby - guitar, vocals; Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar; Chris Ethridge - bass; Johnny Barbata - drums
2. "Whole Cloth" (Crosby) – 4:35
   • Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Nash - piano, vocals; Danny Kortchmar - electric guitar; Craig Doerge - electric piano; Leland Sklar - bass; Russ Kunkel - drums
3. "Blacknotes" (Nash) – 0:58
   • Nash - piano, vocal
4. "Stranger's Room" (Nash) – 2:28
   • Nash - piano, harmonica, vocals; Crosby - vocals; Kortchmar - electric guitar; Doerge - organ; Sklar - bass; Kunkel - drums; David Duke, Arthur Maebe, George Price - french horns
5. "Where Will I Be?" (Crosby) – 3:23
   • Crosby - guitar, vocals; Nash - vocals; Dana Africa - flute; Doerge - electric piano; Sklar - bass
6. "Page 43" (Crosby) – 2:56
   • Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Nash - vocals; Kortchmar - electric guitar; Doerge - piano; Sklar - bass; Kunkel - drums

Side two

1. "Frozen Smiles" (Nash) – 2:17
   • Nash - piano, harmonica, vocals; Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Kortchmar - electric guitar; Doerge - electric piano; Sklar - bass; Kunkel - drums
2. "Games" (Crosby) – 2:59
   • Crosby - guitars, vocals; Nash - vocals; Kortchmar - electric guitar; Doerge - piano; Sklar - bass; Kunkel - drums
3. "Girl to Be on My Mind" (Nash) – 3:27
   • Nash - organ, vocals; Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Kortchmar - electric guitar; Doerge - piano; Sklar - bass; Kunkel - drums
4. "The Wall Song" (Crosby) – 4:37
   • Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Nash - organ, piano, vocals; Garcia - electric guitar; Phil Lesh - bass; Bill Kreutzmann - drums
5. "Immigration Man" (Nash) – 3:02
   • Nash - piano, vocals; Crosby - electric guitar, vocals; Dave Mason - electric guitar; Greg Reeves - bass; Barbata - drums

Additional personnel

• Bill Halverson, engineer
• Doc Storch, engineer
• Robert Hammer, photography
• Elliot Roberts and David Geffen, direction
• Jean Ristori, digital mastering

External links

• Crosby & Nash