Just Roll Tape

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Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968
Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 cover
Studio album by Stephen Stills
Released July 10, 2007
Recorded April 26, 1968
Genre Rock
Length 40:16
Label Eyewall/Rhino
Producer Stephen Stills
Professional reviews
Stephen Stills chronology
Man Alive!
(2005)		 Just Roll Tape
(2007)

Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 is a Stephen Stills demo album released in 2007. Stephen Stills was at a Judy Collins session in 1968, and when she was finished, Stills reserved a studio and recorded a tape of new songs. Stills left the masters in the studio, and they were almost discarded when the facility closed in 1978. Musician Joe Colasurdo, who was rehearsing there at the time, was told by the owner that he could cart off any tapes he wanted to before they cleared the place out. After seeing Stills' names on several of the boxes, Colasurdo kept them safe until he could find a reel-to-reel machine to play them on.

Joe began attempting to get the masters safely back into Stills' hands, an undertaking that took 25 years. In 2003, he was connected to Graham Nash after happening to meet a close friend of his. Nash received the tapes, passed them on to Stephen, encouraging him to release them.

Stills is the only musician on the album. He sings all the songs and plays acoustic guitar and dobro. Treetop Flyer is not from the 1968 sessions.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All I Know is What You Tell Me" (Stills) – 1:41
  2. "So Begins the Task" (Stills) – 2:26 [Later Recorded for "Manassas"]
  3. "Change Partners" (Stills) – 3:14 [Later Recorded for "Stephen Stills 2"]
  4. "Know You Got To Run" (Stills) – 3:12 [Later Recorded for "Stephen Stills 2"]
  5. "The Doctor Will See You Now" (Stills) – 2:38
  6. "Black Queen" (Stills) – 3:06 [Later Recorded for "Stephen Stills"]
  7. "Bumblebee (Do You Need A Place to Hide?)" (Stills) – 1:54
  8. "Judy" (Stills) – 2:02
  9. "Dreaming of Snakes" (Stills) – 1:45
  10. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (Stills) – 6:33 [Later Recorded for "Crosby, Stills & Nash"]
  11. "Helplessly Hoping" (Stills) – 2:11 [Later Recorded for "Crosby, Stills & Nash"]
  12. "Wooden Ships" (Stills/Crosby/Kantner) – 2:26 [Later Recorded for "Crosby, Stills & Nash"]
  13. "Treetop Flyer" (Stills) – 7:04 [Later Recorded for "Stills Alone"]

[edit] Personnel

  • Stephen Stills - vocals, guitar, dobro, producer
  • John Haney - engineer
  • Joe Vitale, Jr. - digital engineer & mixing
  • Joe Vitale - mixing on track 13
  • John Hanlon - mixing and digital engineer track 13
  • Steven Rhodes - assistant engineer
  • John Nowland - digital transfers
  • James Austin & Robin Hurley - A&R Supervision
  • Marc Salata - production manager
  • Graham Nash - photos
  • Joe Halbardier & Steve Woolard - project assistance
  • Elliot Roberts - direction
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They Call Us Au Go Go Singers (with the Au Go Go Singers) | Super Session (with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper) | Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills 2 | Manassas (with Manassas) | Down The Road (with Manassas) | Stills | Illegal Stills | Long May You Run (with Neil Young as The Stills – Young Band) | Thoroughfare Gap | Right By You | Stills Alone | Man Alive! | Just Roll Tape
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