Michael Nesmith Songs (Edsel) 2019

Michael Nesmith

Portada: Norman Seeff

Michael Nesmith (Houston- Texas, 1942), guitarrista y polifacético artista, había tocado, cantado y grabado algún discos en determinadas ocasiones, pero su carrera discográfica con su nombre al frente de una banda se inicia en 1970 con The First National Band, un cuarteto en el que fuera guitarrista y compositor de The Monkees dio rienda suelta a su experiencia musical que orientó en un principio hacia el country rock. 

El veterano músico es objeto de un merecido reconocimiento con la reedición en formato compacto de 12 de sus mejores álbumes reunidos en una caja especial bajo el título Songs. El centenar largo de canciones pertenecen a grabaciones realizadas entre 1970 y 1994. De los primeros discos se incluyen canciones extra y el conjunto discográfico se acompaña de un libreto informativo que se pondrá en circulación el 29 de marzo.

CD 1 – Magnetic South (1970)

1. Calico Girlfriend

2. Nine Times Blue

3. Little Red Rider

4. The Crippled Lion

5. Joanne

6. First National Rag

7. Mama Nantucket

8. Keys To The Car

9. Hollywood

10. One Rose

11. Beyond The Blue Horizon

12. Rose City Chimes*

CD 2 – Loose Salute (1970)

1. Silver Moon

2. I Fall To Pieces

3. Thanx For The Ride

4. Dedicated Friend

5. Conversations

6. Tengo Amore

7. Listen To The Band

8. Bye, Bye, Bye

9. Lady Of The Valley

10. Hello Lady

11. First National Dance*

CD 3 – Nevada Fighter (1971)

1. Grand Ennui

2. Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun To Care)

3. Here I Am

4. Only Bound

5. Nevada Fighter

6. Texas Morning

7. Tumbling Tumbleweeds

8. I Looked Away

9. Rainmaker

10. René

CD 4 – Tantamount to Treason Vol 1 (1972)

1. Mama Rocker

2. Lazy Lady

3. You Are My One

4. In the Afternoon

5. Highway 99 With Melange

6. Wax Minute

7. Bonaparte’s Retreat

8. Talking To The Wall

9. She Thinks I Still Care

10. Cantata & Fugue In C&W*

11. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette*

CD 5 – And The Hits Just Keep on Comin’ (1972)

1. Tomorrow & Me

2. The Upside Of Good-Bye

3. Lady Love

4. Listening

5. Two Different Roads

6. The Candidate

7. Different Drum

8. Harmony Constant

9. Keep On

10. Roll With The Flow

CD 6 – Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash (1973)

1. Continuing

2. Some Of Shelly’s Blues

3. Release

4. Winonah

5. Born To Love You

6. The Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea (a. The F.F.V b. Uncle Pen)

7. Prairie Lullaby

CD 7 – The Prison: A Book With Soundtrack (1974)

1. Opening Theme (Life, The Unsuspecting Captive)

2. Dance Between The Raindrops

3. Elusive Ragings

4. Waking Mystery

5. Hear Me, Calling

6. Marie’s Theme

7. Closing Theme (Lamp Post)

CD 8 – From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing (1977)

1. Rio

2. Casablanca Moonlight

3. More Than We Imagine

4. Navajo Trail

5. We Are Awake

6. Wisdom Has Its Way

7. Love’s First Kiss

8. The Other Room

CD 9 – Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma (1979)

1. Dance

2. Magic

3. Tonite

4. Flying

5. Carioca

6. Cruisin’

7. Factions

8. Light

9. Horserace

10. Capsule

CD 10 – The Newer Stuff (1989)

1. Total Control

2. Tanya

3. I’ll Remember You

4. Formosa Diner

5. Dreamer

6. Eldorado To The Moon

7. Tahiti Condo

8. Chow Mein And Bowling

CD 11 – Tropical Campfires (1992)

1. Yellow Butterfly

2. Laugh Kills Lonesome

3. Moon Over The Rio Grande

4. One…

5. Juliana

6. Brazil

7. In The Still Of The Night

8. Rising In Love

9. Begin The Beguine

10. I Am Not That

11. …For The Island

12. Twilight On The Trail

CD 12 – The Garden (1994)

1. Garden’s Glow

2. Ficus Carica

3. City

4. Hills Of Time

5. Flowers Dancing

6. Wisteria

7. Life Becoming

*Canciones extra