[2018-06-29] Graham Nash "Over The Years ..." 2CD compilation including full disc of demos (Atlantic/Rhino)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2018 3:08 pm

Description
Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash has accomplished in his long and multi-faceted career, there stands the litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of the past half-century. Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nash burst on to the scene during the British Invasion with The Hollies before he formed the legendary supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1968 with David Crosby and Stephen Stills. As Nash prepares to launch a European tour in July, Rhino looks back at some of his best-known recordings from the past 50 years in a new anthology featuring more than a dozen unreleased demos and mixes.

Over The Years... features 30 tracks and will be available on June 29 as a two-CD set. The anthology has been painstakingly curated by Nash and longtime associate Joel Bernstein and includes extensive credits and liner notes.

"It does my heart good to present my songs this way. I hope that listeners will enjoy hearing the demos of my songs - how my demos of 'Our House,' 'Teach Your Children,' and others turned into the records that have endured 'Over The Years,' how I started writing them, and how they became the now familiar recordings when they were released," said Nash.

Over The Years... highlights songs from the iconic CSN debut album ("Marrakesh Express") and its successor album Déjà Vu, for which Neil Young joined forces with CSN ("Our House" and "Teach Your Children") as well as songs from subsequent CSN albums ("Just A Song Before I Go" and "Wasted On The Way"). In addition, the collection highlights songs that Nash recorded for his 1971 solo debut, Songs For Beginners, including "Military Madness" and "Simple Man," and includes unreleased mixes for two other songs from that album: "Better Days" and "I Used To Be King." The most recent recording on the compilation is "Myself At Last" from Nash's 2016 solo album This Path Tonight.

Two tracks from his enduring albums with David Crosby ("Immigration Man" and "Wind On The Water") are also included in the collection.

Over The Years... includes 15 demo recordings, 12 of which have never been released. Standouts include the 1968 London demo of "Marrakesh Express," rejected by the Hollies and setting the stage for Nash's relocation to Los Angeles and the next chapter of his life. The set contains early versions of CSN classics like "Our House," "Wasted On The Way," "Pre-Road Downs," and "Teach Your Children." Other unreleased gems include: "I Miss You" and "You'll Never Be The Same" - both from Nash's 1974 solo album Wild Tales - and "Horses Through A Rainstorm," originally intended for Déjà Vu.

In addition to his July UK and European tour, Nash will continue to support Over The Years... with a Fall US tour beginning in Austin, TX on September 19.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills & Nash
2. Military Madness – Graham Nash
3. Immigration Man – Crosby/Nash
4. Just A Song Before I Go – Crosby, Stills & Nash
5. I Used To Be King – Graham Nash *
6. Better Days – Graham Nash *
7. Simple Man – Graham Nash
8. Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. Lady Of The Island – Crosby, Stills & Nash
10. Wind On The Water – Crosby & Nash
11. Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
12. Cathedral – Crosby, Stills & Nash
13. Wasted On The Way – Crosby, Stills & Nash
14. Chicago/We Can Change The World – Graham Nash
15. Myself At Last – Graham Nash

* Previously unreleased mixes

[CD2: The Demos]
1. Marrakesh Express – London, 1968
2. Horses Through A Rainstorm – London, 1968
3. Teach Your Children – Hollywood, 1969
4. Pre-Road Downs – Hollywood, 1969
5. Our House – San Francisco, 1969
6. Right Between The Eyes – San Francisco, 1969 *
7. Sleep Song – San Francisco, 1969 *
8. Chicago – Hollywood, 1970 *
9. Man In The Mirror – Hollywood, 1970
10. Simple Man – Hollywood, 1970
11. I Miss You – San Francisco, 1972
12. You’ll Never Be The Same – San Francisco, 1972
13. Wind On The Water – San Francisco, 1975
14. Just A Song Before I Go – San Francisco, 1976
15. Wasted On The Way – Oahu, 1980

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Kym · 11 Nov 2006

What? No "Innocent Eyes"?

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

The demos will suck me in though I already own the box.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

kudos to graham nash for not putting anything on this that no one has ever heard.

sure there is a whole CD of demos, which, as geff said, i would like to hear, but at least i don't have to buy this to get one or two 'previously unreleased' songs.

as for the demos.......someday somewhere, maybe. and at $25 it is a little pricey for sure.

and for those of you that have no nash solo, that first disc is not bed, not bad at all. however, nary a tune form 'earth and sky', the nash solo effort that has still never been on CD in the U.S. it seems as though he has just abandoned that album and every song on it from his repertoire.

still hard believe that 'earth and sky' and the first crosby*nash album have never been released in the U. S. isn't it?

Rokin Robin of Locksley · 20 Oct 2007

I found another internet source with more info. Immigration Man gets squeezed in between songs 2 and 3 in Linda's track listing, whereas Amazon has Military Madness listed twice. And sources are listed.

Note that the Marrakesh Express demo source is shown as London 1968. Could this dare to be a Hollies version, or Graham solo prior to leaving them?

Linda · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2018 7:54 pm

I've moved Robin's more detailed tracklist all the way from Finland into the first post of our thread.

(Thank you, Robin!)

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Rokin Robin of Locksley wrote:

I found another internet source with more info. Immigration Man gets squeezed in between songs 2 and 3 in Linda's track listing, whereas Amazon has Military Madness listed twice. And sources are listed.

Note that the Marrakesh Express demo source is shown as London 1968. Could this dare to be a Hollies version, or Graham solo prior to leaving them?

i'm just guessing, but more likely it's the one from the 'demos' CD.

i am also guessing that the 'previously unreleased mix" of 'i used to be a king" is form the remixed 'songs for beginners" with the drums moved much more out front.

Rokin Robin of Locksley · 20 Oct 2007

I posted this info on a Hollies forum, and Cameron (who made that mash-up of Marrakesh, the CSN demo mashed with The Hollies instrumental version) sez this:

Quote:

This is exciting, though I know for a fact that it won't be the Hollies' version of "Marrakesh Express", as Graham recorded his own demo tape complete with vocals to play to the Hollies. A brief section of this was included on a Graham Nash documentary about 15 years ago. That said, the CSN demo version was a nightmare to sync to the Hollies track as it was in the wrong key and featured a syncopated guitar strum that was very bass-heavy and difficult to remove without taking away from the vocal quality. It had to be removed as it didn't fit with the Hollies demo at all. So fingers crossed this new version will be a simpler demo and I definitely will have a go at creating a 'complete' Hollies version with this new track if it's suitable.

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

Kym wrote:

What? No "Innocent Eyes"?

You beat me to it!

Linda · **Posted:** Thu May 03, 2018 1:37 pm

Another bump to add the cover image to the first post.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Linda wrote:

Another bump to add the cover image to the first post.

sort of reminiscent of the long lost 'earth and sky" cover.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2018 4:35 am

Rhino's official description (now in the first post) confirms what Robin was told:

Quote:

Standouts include the 1968 London demo of "Marrakesh Express," rejected by the Hollies and setting the stage for Nash's relocation to Los Angeles and the next chapter of his life.

Rokin Robin of Locksley · 20 Oct 2007

The odds should be highly favorable that Graham's "presented to The Hollies" demo and their subsequent instrumental version would be of similar tempo and in the same key. So Cameron's future combined mash-up should work out really well. Looking forward to hearing both Nash's demo and Cameron's impending mash-up!

How about one more listen to Cameron's previous mash-up, using the CSN demo and The Hollies instrumental?

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Rokin Robin of Locksley wrote:

The odds should be highly favorable that Graham's "presented to The Hollies" demo and their subsequent instrumental version would be of similar tempo and in the same key. So Cameron's future combined mash-up should work out really well. Looking forward to hearing both Nash's demo and Cameron's impending mash-up!

How about one more listen to Cameron's previous mash-up, using the CSN demo and The Hollies instrumental?

interesting to say the least. that is about as positive as i can get about it.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I'll be getting this!

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

if this your first foray into solo graham nash, this isnot for you, but sadly, there is no other nash comp out there that would be better.

this would have been more interesting hasd they used just nash's solo stuff, or even the crosby*nash tunes that were his, the CSN and CSNY stuff just isn't necessary as i would guess most music fans already those songs.

i highly recommend all of his solo albums, as they all have something to offer. however, as i said earlier, 'earth and sky" is an import only, and i rarely, if ever, see any solo nash in the used bins.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2018 3:20 pm

Rokin Robin of Locksley wrote:

The odds should be highly favorable that Graham's "presented to The Hollies" demo and their subsequent instrumental version would be of similar tempo and in the same key. So Cameron's future combined mash-up should work out really well. Looking forward to hearing both Nash's demo and Cameron's impending mash-up!

How about one more listen to Cameron's previous mash-up, using the CSN demo and The Hollies instrumental?

I appreciate the work that went into getting this to sync up, but yeh, it doesn't sound like a Hollies recording. Fingers crossed that Cameron can get a good version out of the London '68 demo. It would cap off The Hollies' Graham Nash era beautifully, even as an outfake.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

FYI

you can get this shipped from amazon UK for $9.81 US including shipping. a great great price i wasn't going to buy this but for that price.....................

it is 4.99 pounds (is that how you say it?)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CQKKFJT/?tag=imwan-21

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Yes, 4.99 GBP!

David Baker · 31 Oct 2006

Renny wrote:

FYI

you can get this shipped from amazon UK for $9.81 US including shipping. a great great price i wasn't going to buy this for for that price.....................

it is 4.99 pounds (is that how you say it?)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CQKKFJT/?tag=imwan-21

I was debating, but nothing to debate at that price. Ordered.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3844

Jay wrote:

Yes, 4.99 GBP!

I have a question about ordering from the Amazon UK site. I am an Amazon USA customer and have prime. How do you go about ordering from the UK site? Do you have to sign up at the UK site or what is the ordering process? Thanks in advance.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Same password as US site. You will be all set up already.

[2018-06-29] Graham Nash "Over The Years ..." 2CD compilation including full disc of demos (Atlantic/Rhino)

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