Graham Nash – Songs For Beginners
Tracklist
| A1 | Military Madness | 2:50 | |
| A2 | Better Days | 3:47 | |
| A3 | Wounded Bird | 2:09 | |
| A4 | I Used To Be A King | 4:45 | |
| A5 | Be Yourself | 3:03 | |
| B1 | Simple Man | 2:05 | |
| B2 | Man In The Mirror | 2:47 | |
| B3 | There's Only One | 3:55 | |
| B4 | Sleep Song | 2:57 | |
| B5 | Chicago | 2:55 | |
| B6 | We Can Change The World | 1:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
- Recorded At – CBS Studios, San Francisco
- Remixed At – Island Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – Presswell
- Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ16016
- Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Published By – Giving Room Music
- Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – Graham Nash (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B6)
- Art Direction, Design – Gary Burden
- Backing Vocals – Vanetta Fields* (tracks: B3, B5, B6)
- Bass – Phil Lesh (tracks: A4)
- Bass Clarinet – Seemon Posthuma* (tracks: A2)
- Cello – Dorian Rudnytsky (tracks: B1, B4)
- Drums – Johnny Barbata* (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B3, B5, B6)
- Electric Guitar – David Crosby (tracks: A4)
- Electric Piano – Rita Coolidge (tracks: A5)
- Engineer – Russ Gary
- Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Glynn Johns*
- Fiddle – David Lindley (tracks: B1)
- Lead Vocals, Written-By – Graham Nash
- Organ – Graham Nash (tracks: A2, B3, B5)
- Percussion [Paper & Comb] – Graham Nash (tracks: B1)
- Photography By [Cover] – Graham Nash
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Joel Bernstein
- Piano – Rita Coolidge (tracks: A5, B3)
- Producer – Graham Nash
- Saxophone – Bobby Keys (tracks: B3)
- Steel Guitar – Jerry Garcia (tracks: A4, B2)
- Tambourine – Graham Nash (tracks: B5, B6)
- Written-By – Terry Reid (tracks: A5)
Notes
© 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation
1st pressing w/ Broadway address on label.
Presswell - as indicated by the PR etched in the runout data and listed as "Mastered At".
Atlantic logo also stamped.
Recorded at Wally Heiders Studio III, Los Angeles & Studio "C" San Francisco
Re-mixed at Island Studios, London
Printed inner sleeve contains lyrics & credits
Blue Thumb Records
Runout details are etched except Monarch logo (MR in a circle) and Artisan logo stamped.
1st pressing w/ Broadway address on label.
Presswell - as indicated by the PR etched in the runout data and listed as "Mastered At".
Atlantic logo also stamped.
Recorded at Wally Heiders Studio III, Los Angeles & Studio "C" San Francisco
Re-mixed at Island Studios, London
Printed inner sleeve contains lyrics & credits
Blue Thumb Records
Runout details are etched except Monarch logo (MR in a circle) and Artisan logo stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): ST-A-712783-MO
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): ST-A-712184-MO
- Rights Society: BMI
- Pressing Plant ID (Matrix # suffix on labels): MO
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runout): MR (in circle)
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 1)): ST-A-712183 DD - RE MR Δ16016 (4) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 1)): ST-A-712183 DD - RE MR Δ16016 (5) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 2)): ST-A-712183DD-RE Δ16-016 (6) PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 2)): ST-A-712183CC-RE Δ16016-X (2) PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 3)): ST-A-712183 DD - RE Δ16016 (1) PR [Artisan logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 3)): ST-A-712184 DD - RE Δ16016 (5) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 4)): ST-A-712183 DD - RE Δ16016 (7) PR [Artisan logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 4)): ST-A-712184 DD - RE Δ16016 (3) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 5)): ST-A-712183 CC (MR) Δ16016 (7) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 5)): ST-A-712184 CC - RE [Artisan logo] Δ16016-X (2) PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 6)): ST-A-712183-DD RE (MR) Δ16016 (8) [Artisan logo] PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 6)): ST-A-712184 DD-RE (MR) Δ16016-X (4) [Artisan logo] PR
Other Versions (5 of 127)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Songs For Beginners (LP, Album, CTH) | Atlantic | SD 7204 | US | 1971 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Songs For Beginners (LP, Album, Misprint) | Atlantic | 2401 011, 2401011 | UK | 1971 | ||
| Songs For Beginners (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Artisan Sound Recorders) | Atlantic | 50.006, 50 006, SD 7204 | 1971 | ||||
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New Submission
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Songs For Beginners (LP, Album) | Atlantic | K 40237 | Italy | 1971 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Songs For Beginners (LP, Album) | ATCO Records | 2401 011 | Brazil | 1971 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I was not very familiar with Nash's solo work but heard "Better Days" and picked up an old copy of this LP — what a pleasant surprise. Something about it — feels like a very genuine, honest piece of work, bit of a timeless sound about it and based on some of the scores here, apparently still underrated. Worth a listen! -
For those of you who are exploring the CSN solo records you have come to the right place, Songs For Beginners is arguably the best of the CSN trio. Lyrically brilliant with at least a few songs, Wounded Bird, Better Days and Used to be a King that will leave you bewildered as to how they escape radio play and the notice of most - including me, who had no idea these songs or record even existed until a few months ago. Used to Be a King is now one of my favorite songs of all time - Imagine a beautifully written song with Nash singing his heart out, David Crosby on electric guitar, Phil Lesh on bass, Jerry Garcia playing INCREDIBLE soaring riffs on pedal steel - YESSS!!! I am not making that up - it’s literally a super group just CRUSHING it! Did I forget to mention the early pressing I have is KILLER, with dynamics and a lack of compression that is rare on ANY record. Give it a shot and let me know what you think. Cheers!
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