Vinyl Album - Michael Nesmith And The First National Band - Nevada Fighter - RCA Victor

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band
Title:	Nevada Fighter
Label:	RCA Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	LSP-4497
Date:	Apr 1971
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	14 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Grand Ennui	Michael Nesmith	Rate
A2	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)	Michael Nesmith	9.0 Rate
A3	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Here I Am	Michael Nesmith	Rate
A4	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Only Bound	Michael Nesmith	Rate
A5	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Nevada Fighter	Michael Nesmith	Rate
B1	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Texas Morning	Mike Murphy, Boomer Castleman	Rate
B2	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Bob Nolan	Rate
B3	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	I Looked Away	Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock	Rate
B4	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Rainmaker	Harry Nilsson, Bill Martin	Rate
B5	Michael Nesmith And The First National Band	Rene	O. J. "Red" Rhodes	Rate

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BB Album Reviews: May 8, 1971

Produced by Michael Nesmith.

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frankheussner 24th May 2021		Were they all dynaflex?



Phantom Gtowner 12th Oct 2018		Review This was the third in a trilogy of LP's and it had the potential to be the best of them all. Produced once again by Nesmith and recorded in Los Angeles, side one is the best side The First National Band recorded. Leading off with "Grand Ennui" a short rocking rootsy tune without a lot of melody but still a promising start. The last entry on side one "Nevada Fighter", the title song, another rocker very similar to "Circle Sky" from The Monkees "Head" LP is not a song that moves me but sandwiched in between "Only Bound", "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" and "Here I Am" are some of Mikey's finest moments. On "Here I Am" alone, we get some of the best western style falsetto singing we've heard since Slim Whitman hung them up. Side two, although far from terrible, is not as strong. All songs on side one are Nesmith compositions whereas side two is cover tunes. It begins well with a Michael Murphey (aka Michael Martin Murphey) tune called "Texas Morning", a minor cowboy classic and the second 45 release from the LP. (It flopped, no surprise there!) We continue in this cowboy motif with another of the record’s high points, The Sons Of The Pioneers classic "Tumbling Tumbleweeds". The Nilsson song "Rainmaker" fairs pretty well but " I Looked Away", a Derek & The Dominos tune didn't work. That song was too well known and recent for me. I think most fans of Nesmith want to hear his own compositions as opposed to covers. I know he had many other originals in the can so it is puzzling why he did so many non originals here. Another problem on Nevada Fighter was that the band was disintegrating as the record was being made and mercenaries, though very capable ones, like Al Casey and James Burton had to be recruited to provide some finishing touches. Despite a couple of negative things, this is still one very good record. If you like his first two, you’ll love this. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



TheDroid ● 9th Feb 2017		Added front cover, back cover and second label set pressed by RCA, Rockaway, NJ. Hard to notice any difference from the Indianapolis pressing, but I added it for completeness and because you don't see too many of the Rockaway pressings out here on the left coast.

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