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Label: RCA Victor - LSP • Format: Vinyl LP, Album RCA Hollywood Pressing • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Loose Salute (, RCA Hollywood Pressing, Vinyl) | Discogs4/5(88).

Dec 13,  · Label: Camden Deluxe - • Format: CD Compilation • Country: Europe • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Magnetic South & Loose Salute (, CD) | Discogs/5(16).

After reinventing himself as an engagingly spacey cowboy on the splendid Magnetic South, Michael Nesmith took a slightly more eclectic approach on his second album with the First National Band, Loose Salute.8/

The trilogy of albums created by First National Band have become an important entry in the lexicon of country rock. The use of Red Rhodes's pedal steel as a substitute for an electric lead guitarist defined the band's unique approach to the then-developing genre. Magnetic South Blue Vinyl / Download / T-Shirt. Loose Salute Red Vinyl / CD.

The first two FNB albums, MAGNETIC SOUTH and LOOSE SALUTE, both released in , have been combined on one magnificent "two-fer" CD by BMG's (Sony hadn't yet bought them out) Camden Deluxe label (a boutique imprint, as opposed to the old budget-line RCA Camden label in the U.S.) These two albums represent early '70s country-rock at its finest/5(47).

This European two-fer CD contains Michael "Papa Nez" Nesmith's first two post-Monkees recordings -- Magnetic South and Loose Salute-- as a member of the First National Band. Although the heavily orchestrated Wichita Train Whistle Sings () is credited to Nesmith as a solo artist, it was technically released while he was still a Monkee. As a bonus for collectors, 8/

Magnetic South/Loose Salute buy CD music Description The former Monkees guitarist/ vocalist's first two solo LPsfor RCA (second & third overall) together on one CD, complete with the previously unreleased bonus track '1st National Dance' (Instrumental) added.

The First National Band signed to RCA Victor and released two albums in , Magnetic South and Loose Salute. The single "Joanne" hit the pop Top 25, and "Silver Moon" also charted later in the year. Nesmith added several members for 's Nevada Fighter, and credited it to the Second National Band.