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Nineteen seventy-one was a transition year for Michael Nesmith. During the recording of NEVADA FIGHTER, The First National Band broke up, and session musicians completed the album. Nesmith then formed The Second National Band, who recorded the next album, TANTAMOUNT TO TREASON, VOLUME ONE, originally released in early 1972. These two albums make up the second "two-fer" in the BMG Camden Deluxe Nesmith series.
NEVADA FIGHTER has many good tracks, including the title song, a cover of Derek and The Dominos' "I Looked Away," a cover of the old country classic "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," the Harry Nilsson/Bill Martin song "Rainmaker," a Red Rhodes instrumental called "René," and Nesmith originals "Here I Am" and "Only Bound."
TANTAMOUNT TO TREASON is probably the weakest of Nes' six RCA albums. It has its highlights, including the Nesmith rocker "Mama Rocker" and a cover of "She Thinks I Still Care" (also recorded by Elvis), but the songs do suffer just a tad when compared to the first three albums. This is probably why Rhino did not select any tracks from this album for their
The Older Stuff - The Best of the Early Years
compilation.
There are three bonus tracks included on this release. "Cantata & Fugue in C&W" was originally recorded by The Monkees during their
Headquarters Sessions
, and was included in the out-of-print 2000 Rhino Handmade 3-CD set (as "Six-String Improvisation"); Michael's solo version makes its debut here. Also included are a cover of the Tex Ritter/Merle Travis/Phil Harris anti-nicotine rant, "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)," not as good as the original, and an FNB instrumental called "Rose City Chimes," originally released in the U.S. as a non-LP B-side in 1970.
Sound quality is superb (five stars). I give NEVADA FIGHTER four stars, and TANTAMOUNT TO TREASON three stars. That averages out to four stars overall.
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Sid Griffin
Michael, you changed music twice!
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Ex Monkee gets down to business
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loved nevada fighter album but not so keen on tantamount ...
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