Michael Nesmith

[Charlie O.]

Digital "Expanded Editions" of all of his RCA albums just came out. I haven't seen anything about CD or vinyl releases.

I bought all of them (44.1/24 wav files) from HDTracks.com, but there were problems with Tantamount To Treason - two songs wouldn't download at all. I went back and forth with HDTracks about that, and they finally determined that "the album is defective" and they didn't know when they would get new files, so they refunded my money. I only just now noticed that the songs from that album that did download didn't download in full - they all start in mid-song, and finish prematurely, too. I also notice that HDTracks hasn't removed the album from their website.

The other albums sound fine, though I admit I mainly got them for the bonus tracks, most of which are previously unreleased - outtakes, alternate versions (not just alternate mixes but different arrangements, etc.), unused backing tracks, single b-sides, and so on - good stuff, for the most part.

Comedy: two radio spots for Loose Salute, in which - after briefly mentioning that fine record - Nesmith goes on to promote Derek & The Dominoes' Layla album and Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples Of The Moon, respectively, neither of which was on RCA Records. For the subsequent Nevada Fighter, RCA elected to do their own radio spots.


bonus tracks:

Magnetic South
12. Rose City Chimes
13. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
14. Magnolia Simms [instrumental]
15. Born To Love You [instrumental]
16. Hollywood [alternate backing track]

Loose Salute
11. Different Drum [alternate version]
12. 1st National Dance
13. American Airman
14. Bye, Bye, Bye [alternate version]
15. Dedicated Friend [alternate version]
16. Tengo Amore [alternate Instrumental]
17. Loose Salute radio spots

Nevada Fighter
11. Texas Morning [alternate take]
12. Rene [uncut version]
13. Tapioca Tundra [instrumental]
14. Roses Are Blooming - Come Back to Me Darling? [instrumental]
15. Nevada Fighter "Trilogy" radio spots

Tantamount to Treason, Vol. 1
10. Six Days On the Road
11. Circle Sky
12. Listen To The Band [alternate version]
13. Tan My Hide [instrumental]
14. You Are My One [alternate instrumental]
(These - what I was able to hear of them - sound like rehearsals. As there are no notes with the downloads, I don't know just what the deal is/was.)

And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'
11. Some Of Shelly's Blues [alternate version]
12. Keep On [alternate version]
13. Roll With The Flow [alternate version]
14. Cantata and Fugue In C & W [instrumental]

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
08. Marie's Theme [alternate version]

[toomanyhatz]

Comedy: two radio spots for Loose Salute, in which - after briefly mentioning that fine record - Nesmith goes on to promote Derek & The Dominoes' Layla album and Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples Of The Moon, respectively, neither of which was on RCA Records. For the subsequent Nevada Fighter, RCA elected to do their own radio spots.

This is wonderful, and couldn't be more quintessentially "Nez." He is his own man at all times.

bonus tracks:

Magnetic South
13. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette

Loose Salute
11. Different Drum [alternate version]
12. 1st National Dance
13. American Airman
17. Loose Salute radio spots

Nevada Fighter
13. Tapioca Tundra [instrumental]
14. Roses Are Blooming - Come Back to Me Darling? [instrumental]
15. Nevada Fighter "Trilogy" radio spots

Tantamount to Treason, Vol. 1
10. Six Days On the Road
11. Circle Sky

And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'
14. Cantata and Fugue In C & W [instrumental]

And this is the stuff I'm most dying to hear.