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David Crosby — Laughing
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Coventry
(the great flyover country)
Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 07:17
 
First time ever hearing this tune. A snowy Sunday morning and a sonically blissful tune with Crosby's voice like butter in the background.

wlpendley
(New Mexico)
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 13:06
 
Exquisite.  Pass the Owsley please...

Emwolb
(NJ)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 04:39
 
One if the truly "perfect" recordings....timeless

Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion)
Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 20:02
 
 k-man wrote:
Oh man, Lesh on that Gibson bass.... What an astronaut.
 
I thought it sounded like Jack Casady. You sure it's Phil? I'll have to look into this...may be a purchase required too!

ETA: guess I shoulda done more back-scrolling. I can see this has been well-discussed!

ETAA: and holy cow, it was me making this same claim! Hahahaha{#Bounce}

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 10:55
 
 k-man wrote:
Oh man, Lesh on that Gibson bass.... What an astropsychonaut.
 
FYT

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 10:54
 

Classic Tracks: David Crosby's "Laughing"

A number of years later, Garcia himself noted that during that era when he was playing steel on a lot of albums, “The nicest thing I did during that period was on Crosby's solo album. I like what I did on that, generally speaking. I particularly like the pedal steel on ‘Laughing.’ That was some of the prettiest and most successful of what I was trying to get at at that time.”


Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 11:29
 
I have it on Vinyl,  priceless!

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 11:26
 

boring snooze time



ajlept
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 22:10
 
What a trip, man!

Perfect late night surreal, aural journey into meditative bliss.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 10:27
 
 black321 wrote:
How did i miss this album all through my college years and 20s? Now a favorite.
 
yeah...wow.

black321
(Perigee)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 09:08
 
How did i miss this album all through my college years and 20s? Now a favorite.

k-man
(SCruz, CA)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 09:08
 
Oh man, Lesh on that Gibson bass.... What an astronaut.

buddy
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 14:17
 
An amazing song by a great artist, and one of the most underrated albums of it's era. Artists participating on the album include Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner, David's brother Ethan, David Freiberg, Jack Casady,  Greg Rolie, Michael Shrieve, Laura Allan, and others not credited. If you're into this era and these artists, it's a must-have.

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 12:31
 

A great underrated album!




midigitguy
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:50
 
Thanks Bill!
Forgotten about this album and your Amazon link takes me to the remastered version on DVD-A which includes hi res stereo and hi res surround mixes.
KaCHING!  Can't wait for UPS! 

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:48
 
One giant golden chunk of classic perfect Americana hippiedom. 

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:46
 
This album is a Who's-Who of Rock and Roll in the San Francisco scene. Love that Garcia pedal steel. Thanks for rolling this one again.

KaiT
(Toronto Canada)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 11:45
 
Transported. Oh what this man does to my mind. 

Dgradeworkunit
(Shenandoah Valley)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 06:25
 
Never heard this - heck, I never knew it even existed.
Thanks RP! 

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 06:24
 
This entire album remains one of my favorites to this day.  Its moody melodies and haunting harmonies never get old.

calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 14:43
 
Personnel Studio-album-

Laughing:
David Crosby - guitar, vocals
Graham Nash - vocals
Joni Mitchell - vocals
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, tambourine

What Are Their Names:
David Crosby - guitar
Neil Young - guitar
Jerry Garcia - guitar
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
The PERRO Chorus (David Crosby, Paul Kantner, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, David Freiberg, Graham Nash) - vocals


pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 12:14
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Make all the jokes you want about "David Crosby, before the drugs..."  He's probably nobody's illustrious hero, but he's MY illustrious hero. I love this song, and the man who brought it to life. {#Meditate}
 

Back in the day it was Stephen Stills and Neil Young who stood out, but now I realize that David wrote some of the best music of anybody in that era.

mgoldman
(Wherever you Go, There You Are)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 20:32
 
One of my all time favorite records.  Great tunes and playing.  This tune had:
David Crosby - guitar, vocals
Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, others - vocals
Jerry Garcia - guitar, pedal steel guitar
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, tambourine

Can't beat that with a stick.


link
(Big Sur & other highly ambient domains)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 16:06
 
I Love the Joni in the background !*!




Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 16:04
 
Make all the jokes you want about "David Crosby, before the drugs..."  He's probably nobody's illustrious hero, but he's MY illustrious hero. I love this song, and the man who brought it to life. {#Meditate}

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 21:58
 
Never Heard It Before Now


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 13:26
 
Hello RP-Listeners!

I wish all of you "MERRY CHRISTMAS",
wherever you are - whoever you wanna be!

Christmas is a sweet-naive tradition -
not a religious event! 

I like it anyway!

Still - I hope Bill takes the chance
to rock the christmas-tree to pieces tonight!

"Happy Christmas
your "BAD SANTA",
aka STINGRAY
-from Cologne/Germany-
PS
Sermon of the day (promise: I'm serious):

The "Three Wise Men" - Melchior, Balthasar + Caspar
are buried in a golden sarcophage in"our" dome, the famous 
"Cologne dome" - the third highest church-building
in the world - right in the very centre of town, next to the Rhine.
A gothic building of extra-class!

Have a look:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Koelner_Dom_bei_Nacht_1_RB.JPG&filetimestamp=20060517174554

The "grave" for the non-believers:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/17450.html?&L=1

+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings


Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 13:22
 
 k_trout wrote:
One of my favorite albums of all time - this song represents some of the best that was going on in 1971. Jerry Garcia;s steel guitar still makes me well up.  "Only a child laughing in the sun."

 
Well said....One of my all time favorites as well!


Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 13:21
 
Listening to RP on Xmas day thru my Apple TV and this comes on.....OUTSTANDING!! Wow, I love this album by David Crosby!


aurora1957
(New Hampshire)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:37
 
 capandjudy wrote:

I feel sure that is Phil Lesh. If you listen, you can tell that a pick is striking that D note. Casady uses his fingers on his right hand when playing.
 
You're right! I had always assumed it was Jack until I learned recently (sometime in the last ten years) otherwise. It's the... growl... that Lesh is making the bass do that had me fooled.
Tune brings tears to my eyes, btw, always has. Pure brilliance.


paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 11:22
 
 capandjudy wrote:

I feel sure that is Phil Lesh. If you listen, you can tell that a pick is striking that D note. Casady uses his fingers on his right hand when playing.
 

I think you just might be right about this being Phil. Good ear. No, great ear. Love this song, by the way, along with several other things on this album. It was good to be alive during that time. Always loved Jerry's pedal steel playing (New Riders, etc.)


black321
(Apogee)
Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 11:19
 
just found a DVD Audio version of this album...the sound is fantastic.

capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 11:46
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:

Do you know that it's Phil on this track?  I thought it sounded like Jack Casady, who also appears on this album.

 


I feel sure that is Phil Lesh. If you listen, you can tell that a pick is striking that D note. Casady uses his fingers on his right hand when playing.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 10:41
 

And I thought I'd seen someone who seemed at last
To know the truth
I was mistaken, only a child laughing in the sun

{#Meditate}


Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 13:51
 
 aurora1957 wrote:
pure joy. Phil Lesh's bass line rumbles and growls like thunder right through me, and Garcia's pedal steel makes me want to cry it's so beautiful. And of course David Crosby's lyric sends shivers up my spine.

 
Do you know that it's Phil on this track?  I thought it sounded like Jack Casady, who also appears on this album.


shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 12:12
 
Hey!  I submitted this song a long time  ago and it got rejected.  I'm glad it got reconsidered! Bass and pedal steel are just so sublime in this song.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 12:12
 
A favorite LP, to be sure.

aurora1957
(New Hampshire)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 17:03
 
pure joy. Phil Lesh's bass line rumbles and growls like thunder right through me, and Garcia's pedal steel makes me want to cry it's so beautiful. And of course David Crosby's lyric sends shivers up my spine.


coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 15:28
 
Beautiful!!

k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 15:27
 
One of my favorite albums of all time - this song represents some of the best that was going on in 1971. Jerry Garcia;s steel guitar still makes me well up.  "Only a child laughing in the sun."


Guyeeno
Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 15:25
 

Great tune!  Have had it as my cell phone ring for years.



mgoldman
(Wherever you Go, There You Are)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 21:59
 
One of my all time favorite albums.  Still have it on vinyl.

gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jan 10, 2010 - 11:02
 
Unmistakeable sound.
Recognized him with the speakers down to minimum low, at work after less than one second.
Carry on.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 17:16
 
 drarmstrong wrote:
Never posted here before, but this song did it. If I Could Only Remember My Name has long been one of my all time favorite albums. It has giants of that time doing some of their best work. Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, members of the Grateful Dead (JG), Jefferson Airplane, & Santana, Ethan Crosby. Check out the inside cover art. Magnificent album.
 
Holy Moly, Thanks for the post! I've never heard of this album before - yes I know, I must have been living in a cave :( - I'll have to check it out.

Cheers,
PJB


allenrudd
(2219.62 miles east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 16:57
 
That's because Jerry G is doing the peddle steel on both.  polymath wrote:
The guitar reminds me of N.R.P.S.
 



drarmstrong
Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 04:32
 
Never posted here before, but this song did it. If I Could Only Remember My Name has long been one of my all time favorite albums. It has giants of that time doing some of their best work. Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, members of the Grateful Dead (JG), Jefferson Airplane, & Santana, Ethan Crosby. Check out the inside cover art. Magnificent album.

polymath
(Virtual Paradise)
Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 04:21
 
The guitar reminds me of N.R.P.S.

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 18:36
 
This album is a masterpiece.

I uploaded I Could Swear There Was Somebody Here but it didn't even make it to the LRC.

I betcha that sooner or later it gets playlisted ... nearly every track on this album should be.


Wana
Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 15:58
 
Ahhhhh Crosby at his peak.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 15:54
 
Over the years, this album shows David Crosby's finest efforts.

{#Notworthy}