from Billboard.com--
Rhino Charts David Crosby's 'Voyage'
By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
September 8, 2006
David Crosby's five-decade career will be the subject of the boxed set "Voyage," due Nov. 21 via Rhino. The same day, the label will also release a CD/DVD edition of Crosby's 1971 solo debut, "If I Could Only Remember My Name."
The first disc of "Voyage" begins with three tracks from Crosby's stint in the Byrds, including the classic "Eight Miles High." It proceeds onto enduring tracks from his collaboration with Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young, such as "Guinnevere," "Almost Cut My Hair" and "Long Time Gone."
Disc two anthologizes the nine albums Crosby released between 1977 and 2004, highlighted by the CSNY track "Compass," which chronicles the artist's long battle with substance abuse. Also featured are five songs from Crosby's band CPR, which finds him flanked by his son, James Raymond.
Sixteen previously unreleased tracks can be found on the third disc, including demos for "Deja Vu," "Long Time Gone" and "Triad," alternate mixes of "Homeward Through The Haze" and "Cowboy Movie" and a jam with Jerry Garcia, "Kids and Dogs." Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge and Byrds members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman contribute to the liner notes.
"Kids and Dogs" can also be found on the new "If I Could Only Remember My Name," which is offered in a 5.1 Surround Sound mix on the DVD alongside photos and rare video clips.
Disc 1
1. Eight Miles High -- The Byrds
2. Renaissance Fair -- The Byrds
3. Everybody's Been Burned -- The Byrds
4. Wooden Ships -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
5. Guinnevere -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
6. Long Time Gone -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
7. Deja Vu -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
8. Almost Cut My Hair -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
9. Talapais High (At About 3) -- David Crosby
10. Laughing -- David Crosby
11. Music Is Love -- David Crosby
12. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) -- David Crosby
13. What Are Their Names? -- David Crosby
14. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here -- David Crosby
15. Where Will I Be? -- Crosby & Nash
16. Page 43 -- Crosby & Nash
17. Critical Mass -- Crosby & Nash
18. Carry Me -- Crosby & Nash
19. Bittersweet -- Crosby & Nash
20. Naked In The Rain -- Crosby & Nash
Disc 2
1. Shadow Captain -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
2. In My Dreams -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
3. Delta -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
4. Compass -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
5. Tracks In The Dust -- David Crosby
6. Arrows -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
7. Hero -- David Crosby
8. Yvette In English -- David Crosby
9. Rusty And Blue -- CPR
10. Somehow She Knew -- CPR
11. Breathless -- CPR
12. Map To Buried Treasure -- CPR
13. At The Edge -- CPR
14. Through Here Quite Often -- Crosby & Nash
15. My Country 'Tis Of Thee -- David Crosby
Disc 3
1. Long Time Gone (demo) -- Crosby & Stills
2. Guinnevere (alternative mix) -- David Crosby
3. Almost Cut My Hair (demo) -- David Crosby
4. Games (demo) -- David Crosby
5. Deja Vu (demo) -- Crosby & Nash
6. Triad (demo) -- David Crosby
7. Cowboy Movie (studio version) -- David Crosby
8. Kids And Dogs (unissued song) -- David Crosby
9. Have You Seen The Stars Tonite? (alternative mix) -- Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship
10. The Lee Shore (live) -- Crosby & Nash
11. Traction In The Rain (live) -- Crosby & Nash
12. King Of The Mountain (demo) -- David Crosby
13. Homeward Through The Haze (alternative mix) -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
14. Samurai (studio version) -- David Crosby
15. Climber (studio version) -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
16. Dream For Him (live) -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
from amazon.com--
He's always received second billing to Stephen Stills in Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and once played third fiddle to Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark in the Byrds, but there is no doubt that David Crosby is one of the true originals of a folk-rock style that has paralleled his 40-year career, which is celebrated on this three-disc set of hits and near misses, demos, and outtakes. The first two CDs run chronologically, from the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" (which Crosby co-wrote) through his '70s and '80s solo records to "Through Here Quite Often," from his 2004 album with Graham Nash. Crosby was the draftsman of the transcendental harmonies that defined both of his bands, his plaintive vocals generally serving as a complement to the others'. But he takes the lead on this 52-song collection's greatest moments: his chilling falsetto on "Music Is Love" (from his 1971 debut solo release); a call out to his dying mother on "Carry Me" (1975's
Wind on the Water, with Nash), and "Yvette in English," a 1993 collaboration with Joni Mitchell (
Thousand Roads). Some selections swing and miss--"Hero," co-written with Phil Collins in 1993, and a few recorded in the late '90s with CPR, featuring his son James Raymond--but Voyage recuperates with disc three's 16 previously unreleased tracks. The jewel? "Cowboy Movie," a 10:57 opus from 1970 featuring both Neil Young and Jerry Garcia on lead guitar. -
-Scott Holter
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