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. The Keys To The Car
9. Hollywood
10. One Rose
11. Beyond The Blue Horizon
12. Silver Moon
13. Lady Of The Valley
14. Here I Am
15. Nevada Fighter
16. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Nesmith has always been a favorite of mine and I have all of his original material on vinyl. Only in the past couple years have I tried to replace it on CD and realized what a difficult task this was. Getting entire albums was almost impossible, so I settled for any compilation I could get my hands on. Ten of these tracks are on "Listen to the Band" (which has a generous 22 tracks), three of these are on "Masters" (which has 20 tracks), and 13 of these tracks are on the two-fer "Magnetic South/Loose Salute" (which has 21 tracks).
So here's what you get:
1.) All 11 tracks from his first (and arguably best) album "Magnetic South," including his only Top 40 hit "Joanne." These are all Nesmith originals except the lovely "One Rose," the gorgeous "Beyond the Blue Horizon," and the 21-second Red Rhodes instrumental "First National Rag." The late Red Rhodes and his steel guitar playing was an integral part of Nesmith's sound throughout his entire recording career.
2.) Two tracks from Nesmith's second album "Loose Salute." The minor hit "Silver Moon" and "Lady of the Valley." This second album is nearly as excellent as the first, and it's puzzling why only two tracks were included.
3.) Three tracks from his third album "Nevada Fighter." This was Nesmith's third album in less than two years, and while it is billed as a First National Band album, it would be the last--and several session players were used to complete the album. The tracks included here are "Here I Am," the title track, and a wonderful cover of the classic "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." The biggest disappointment is that it did not also include "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)."
With so much overlap among these different releases, it's difficult to recommend one over the other; but this is excellent music and you can't go wrong in beginning to build your Nesmith collection here. .]
http://rapidshare.com/files/114867472/16_Original_Classics.zip
