Michael Nesmith 7A Records
Tantamount To Treason
Volume One (50th Anniv. Edition)

Released on June 3, 2022

7A039
CD Digipak Case
$36.99

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CD Case

 

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7A040LP
Aqua Splatter 180g Vinyl
$44.99

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Gatefold Jacket

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

We are proud to announce the 50th Anniversary Edition of "Tantamount To Treason, Volume One" by Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band - released on June 3rd. The 1972 album has been remastered, expanded with bonus tracks and given a brand new cover painting by Wilson McLean, who also painted the original album sleeve. The CD comes with a 32 page booklet, including extensive liner notes, previously unpublished photos and lyrics to all of the songs. The Vinyl is presented in a gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180g Aqua coloured splatter Vinyl. The bonus tracks have never previously been released on vinyl.

The sleeve is how Wilson McLean would have done it today, had it been a brand new album. The original cover with the “old Nez” is featured on the inner sleeve.

The Album History-

By late 1971, Michael Nesmith found himself confronted with dissenting opinions of his First National Band releases on RCA Records. Though critics generally lauded the music, radio audiences and the record buying public became less interested in the material with each subsequent release. Contemplating his next move under his RCA contract, Nesmith made some significant changes to his approach in recording new material, which would ultimately yield Tantamount to Treason, Volume One. Gone would be a supporting “band” in the sense of a collective partnership of musicians. Rather, an eclectic group of session musicians would be gathered to lay down what were arguably Nesmith’s most free-form, jazz-influenced and psychedelic country tracks of his career.