 Stills signed with Columbia early in 1975 and turned in this album, "a collection of tracks Stephen had been working on over the preceding several years" including "much of the material recorded for "As I Come of Age"".He recorded an early unissued version of "Guardian Angel" on January 23, 1975, at The Record Plant, the next day Crosby and Nash joined him.The piano and drum tracks by Stills and Ringo Starr for "As I Come of Age" date back to 1971, while "Turn Back the Pages" was recorded in 1975.