David Crosby - Voyage
|
List Price: Our Price: $35.88 You Save: $14.10 (28%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $23.94 (click here) Category: Music CD See more new music releases 
|
|---|
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Free Music Notes for Voyage
Free Music Review: A riddle, wrapped in a jelly roll, inside an enigma, stuffed in a bong
Hit: 4 Stars
David Crosby must be the most successful singer to never have a hit. Actually, "Eight Miles High" was a huge hit. Unfortunately, it was Gene Clark's song (Clark's only true hit) and is completely out of place here, just as "Revolution" would be out of place on a Paul McCartney anthology. However, the B-side of EMH, "Why?" is also a terrific song, is a David Crosby song, and would have been an ideal opener for this anthology. "Why?" summarizes Crosby's philosophical vision in a single word. And why is Crosby's only Byrds A-side, "Lady Friend" not included here. It's a beautiful song, and one of Crosby's best. The other two Byrds songs are excellent (especially "Everybody Has Been Burned"), but his six albums (plus) with the Byrds would be better represented by four (or maybe more) excellent Crosby songs, rather than by two excellent Crosby songs and one awesome Clark song. It's a shame "Draft Morning" couldn't have been included also, but Crosby's involvement in and approval of the final recording of that song is questionable. Similar to EMH, "Wooden Ships" is a Stephen Stills song with a few peripheral Crosby lyrics added. WS does not accurately illustrate David Crosby's specific musical vision, and should not have been included. The CSN album After the Storm (1994) was a very underrated album and should have been represented here by at least one song (e.g. "Camera"). Otherwise, Crosby's CSNY, CSN, CN, & solo recordings are nicely covered by this compilation. However, nearly all of those tracks, 18 of 35 tracks on discs 1 & 2, were included in the far superior CSN box set (and the three Byrds tracks are in the Byrds box set). Disc 3 might have appealed to someone other than hardcore Crosby fans had it been released as a seperate album. When Crosby phases into his vocal netherworld, it's nearly impossible to resist going along for the ride. But, although this collection is full of netherworld delights, the average listener would be better served with Byrds or CSN recordings, or even Crosby's first solo album. This collection is awfully good, but almost exclusively for diehards.Free Music Review: Very Nice Overview & Great Rarities Disc
Hit: 4 Stars
I just got the DC box today & thought I'd share a few thoughts. I'm a huge DC fan, & I own everything he's officially released other then CSN Live It Up & CSN After The Storm (I bought both of these when they came out, but other then the best Stills song in years, "Haven't We Lost Enough" on Live It Up they're both so bad that I sold them soon afterwards).
If I had to choose a favorite amongst CSNY it would definitely be DC, although I also own & enjoy tons of solo stuff from Stills & Young, + Nash's Songs For Beginners. With that said, I had 2 reasons to buy the box: the previously unreleased stuff on disc 3 & the remastering on 1 & 2.
I'm beyond happy with Disc 3. Highlights for me included the acoustic demos of Cut My Hair, Deja Vu & Triad (Triad sounds more like a finished master then a demo), & the alternate mix of the Perro track was also cool. I'll be listening to this several more times.
I also have very few complaints with Graham Nash's's track selection for disc 1. I was really happy that he caught Renaissance Fair (an almost forgotten but superb "Summer Of Love" track). Not sure if Naked In the Rain & Dancer are essential, but... I would personally have added The Byrds It Happens Each Day & probably the 3 missing tracks from IICORMN (but then no one would have bought the remaster!).
I do have some issues with disc 2's selection. In my opinion a few glaring omissions include For Free (either the live version from Allies or the version from The Byrds Reunion), Oh Yes I Can, It's All Coming Back To Me Now (probably one of the live versions) & Might As Well Have A Good Time. I also would have added one of the live versions of Deja Vu. The only tracks on Voyage disc 2 I consider essential are Delta, Compass, Tracks In The Dust, Hero, Yvette in English & Somehow She Knew; which in my opinion leaves 9 that could have potentially been replaced.
Mind you, this is all nitpicking, I highly recommend the set.
Free Music Review: Cros "Voyage" Box Set
Hit: 4 Stars
Great product, photos and booklet. Had i not had all of Crosby's solo works which are repeated on the first 2 discs, this product would've been a "5" for me. The content of music is superior to most which is offered by Amazon or anywhere else.Free Music Review: Missing Track From Disc 1
Hit: 4 Stars
Amazon just can't get anything right. . . . There is actually a 21st track on Disc 1 -- "Dancer" by Crosby & Nash. It is left off of the track listings for this CD.