The Byrds - The Byrds (4CD Box Set) (1990)
BAND/ARTIST: The Byrds
- Title: The Byrds
- Year Of Release: 1990
- Label: Columbia/Legacy C4K 46773
- Genre: Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Coutry-Rock
- Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) / 320 kbps
- Total Time: 266'24
- Total Size: 1.94 GB / 1 GB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
Disc one: We Have Ignition
x1."Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:29 †
2."I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:31
3."Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) – 3:50
4."She Has a Way" (Gene Clark) – 2:30 †
5."All I Really Want to Do" [LP version] (Bob Dylan) – 2:03
6."Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan) – 1:57
7."The Bells of Rhymney" (Idris Davies, Pete Seeger) – 3:31
8."It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 2:56 †
9."She Don't Care About Time" (Gene Clark) – 2:31 ø
10."Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) – 3:54 #
11."It Won't Be Wrong" (Roger McGuinn, Harvey Gerst) – 1:57 #
12."Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan) – 3:30 #
13."He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
14."The World Turns All Around Her" (Gene Clark) – 2:14 #
15."The Day Walk (Never Before)" (Gene Clark) – 3:00 †
16."The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:18 #
17."5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34 #
18."I Know My Rider" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby) – 2:44 †
19."Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 3:34
20."Why" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 2:58 †
21."Psychodrama City" (David Crosby) – 3:24 †
22."I See You" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 2:37 #
23."Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 2:25 #
Disc two: Cruising Altitude
x1."Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10 #
2."John Riley" (Bob Gibson, Ricky Neff) – 2:59 #
3."Roll Over Beethoven" [Live] (Chuck Berry) – 2:11 ‡
4."So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:05
5."Have You Seen Her Face" (Chris Hillman) – 2:43 #
6."My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:08
7."Time Between" (Chris Hillman) – 1:54 #
8."It Happens Each Day" (David Crosby) – 2:44 †
9."Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 1:51 #
10."Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) – 3:06 #
11."The Girl With No Name" (Chris Hillman) – 1:49 #
12."Triad" (David Crosby) – 3:29 †
13."Lady Friend" (David Crosby) – 2:35 #
14."Old John Robertson" [Single version] (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:49
15."Goin' Back" [LP version] (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:27
16."Draft Morning" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:38
17."Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:02
18."Dolphin's Smile" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:59
19."Reputation" (Tim Hardin) – 3:08 ‡
20."You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) – 2:33
21."The Christian Life" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 2:28 ø
22."I Am a Pilgrim" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) – 3:37
23."Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:34
24."You Don't Miss Your Water" (William Bell) – 3:49 ø
Disc three: Full Throttle
x1."Hickory Wind" (Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan) – 3:29
2."Nothing Was Delivered" (Bob Dylan) – 3:22
3."One Hundred Years from Now" (Gram Parsons) – 2:56 ø
4."Pretty Polly" (traditional, arranged Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:53 ‡
5."Lazy Days" (Gram Parsons) – 3:27 ‡
6."This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko) – 4:40 #
7."Nashville West" (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 2:28
8."Old Blue" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn) – 3:21
9."Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 3:53
10."Bad Night at the Whiskey" (Roger McGuinn, Joseph Richards) – 3:20
11."Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16 ø
12."Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood" (Jackson Browne) – 2:43 ‡
13."Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) – 2:02
NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".
14."Oil in My Lamp" (traditional, arranged Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 2:02 ø
15."Jesus Is Just Alright" (Arthur Reynolds) – 2:08
16."Way Beyond the Sun" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn) – 2:56 ‡
17."Tulsa County" [aka "Tulsa County Blue"] (Pamela Polland) – 2:46
18."Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman) – 3:50
19."Lover of the Bayou" [Live] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 4:24 ø
20."Willin'" [Live] (Lowell George) – 3:13 ‡
21."Black Mountain Rag" [Live] (Byron Berline/arranged Clarence White, Roger McGuinn) – 1:12 ‡
22."Positively 4th Street" [Live] (Bob Dylan) – 3:04
Disc four: Final Approach
x1."Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 5:07
2."Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 3:49 #
3."Kathleen's Song" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:35 ø
4."Truck Stop Girl" (Lowell George, Bill Payne) – 3:20
5."Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 3:58 ‡
6."Stanley's Song" (Roger McGuinn, Robert J. Hippard) – 3:11 ‡
7."Glory, Glory" (Arthur Reynolds) – 4:00
8."I Trust" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:17
9."I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:01
10."Green Apple Quick Step" (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 1:47
11."Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
12."Bugler" (Larry Murray) – 3:05
13."Lazy Waters" (Bob Rafkin) – 3:32
14."Farther Along" (traditional, arranged Clarence White) – 2:57
15."White's Lightning" (Roger McGuinn, Clarence White) – 2:36 ‡
16."Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" [Live] (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) – 3:51 ø
Recorded live at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert on February 24, 1990.
17."Mr. Tambourine Man" [Live] (Bob Dylan) – 5:26 ø
Recorded live at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert on February 24, 1990.
18."He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:26 ø
19."Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) – 3:09 ‡
20."From a Distance" (Julie Gold) – 3:14 ‡
21."Love That Never Dies" (Roger McGuinn, Stan Lynch) – 3:54 ‡
The above four tracks were recorded by a reunited line-up of The Byrds at Treasure Isle Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee, between August 6 and August 8, 1990.
Disc one: We Have Ignition
x1."Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:29 †
2."I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:31
3."Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) – 3:50
4."She Has a Way" (Gene Clark) – 2:30 †
5."All I Really Want to Do" [LP version] (Bob Dylan) – 2:03
6."Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan) – 1:57
7."The Bells of Rhymney" (Idris Davies, Pete Seeger) – 3:31
8."It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 2:56 †
9."She Don't Care About Time" (Gene Clark) – 2:31 ø
10."Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) – 3:54 #
11."It Won't Be Wrong" (Roger McGuinn, Harvey Gerst) – 1:57 #
12."Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan) – 3:30 #
13."He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
14."The World Turns All Around Her" (Gene Clark) – 2:14 #
15."The Day Walk (Never Before)" (Gene Clark) – 3:00 †
16."The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:18 #
17."5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34 #
18."I Know My Rider" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby) – 2:44 †
19."Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 3:34
20."Why" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 2:58 †
21."Psychodrama City" (David Crosby) – 3:24 †
22."I See You" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 2:37 #
23."Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 2:25 #
Disc two: Cruising Altitude
x1."Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10 #
2."John Riley" (Bob Gibson, Ricky Neff) – 2:59 #
3."Roll Over Beethoven" [Live] (Chuck Berry) – 2:11 ‡
4."So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:05
5."Have You Seen Her Face" (Chris Hillman) – 2:43 #
6."My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:08
7."Time Between" (Chris Hillman) – 1:54 #
8."It Happens Each Day" (David Crosby) – 2:44 †
9."Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 1:51 #
10."Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) – 3:06 #
11."The Girl With No Name" (Chris Hillman) – 1:49 #
12."Triad" (David Crosby) – 3:29 †
13."Lady Friend" (David Crosby) – 2:35 #
14."Old John Robertson" [Single version] (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:49
15."Goin' Back" [LP version] (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:27
16."Draft Morning" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:38
17."Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:02
18."Dolphin's Smile" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:59
19."Reputation" (Tim Hardin) – 3:08 ‡
20."You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) – 2:33
21."The Christian Life" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 2:28 ø
22."I Am a Pilgrim" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) – 3:37
23."Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:34
24."You Don't Miss Your Water" (William Bell) – 3:49 ø
Disc three: Full Throttle
x1."Hickory Wind" (Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan) – 3:29
2."Nothing Was Delivered" (Bob Dylan) – 3:22
3."One Hundred Years from Now" (Gram Parsons) – 2:56 ø
4."Pretty Polly" (traditional, arranged Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:53 ‡
5."Lazy Days" (Gram Parsons) – 3:27 ‡
6."This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko) – 4:40 #
7."Nashville West" (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 2:28
8."Old Blue" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn) – 3:21
9."Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 3:53
10."Bad Night at the Whiskey" (Roger McGuinn, Joseph Richards) – 3:20
11."Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16 ø
12."Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood" (Jackson Browne) – 2:43 ‡
13."Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) – 2:02
NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".
14."Oil in My Lamp" (traditional, arranged Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 2:02 ø
15."Jesus Is Just Alright" (Arthur Reynolds) – 2:08
16."Way Beyond the Sun" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn) – 2:56 ‡
17."Tulsa County" [aka "Tulsa County Blue"] (Pamela Polland) – 2:46
18."Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman) – 3:50
19."Lover of the Bayou" [Live] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 4:24 ø
20."Willin'" [Live] (Lowell George) – 3:13 ‡
21."Black Mountain Rag" [Live] (Byron Berline/arranged Clarence White, Roger McGuinn) – 1:12 ‡
22."Positively 4th Street" [Live] (Bob Dylan) – 3:04
Disc four: Final Approach
x1."Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 5:07
2."Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 3:49 #
3."Kathleen's Song" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:35 ø
4."Truck Stop Girl" (Lowell George, Bill Payne) – 3:20
5."Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 3:58 ‡
6."Stanley's Song" (Roger McGuinn, Robert J. Hippard) – 3:11 ‡
7."Glory, Glory" (Arthur Reynolds) – 4:00
8."I Trust" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:17
9."I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:01
10."Green Apple Quick Step" (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) – 1:47
11."Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
12."Bugler" (Larry Murray) – 3:05
13."Lazy Waters" (Bob Rafkin) – 3:32
14."Farther Along" (traditional, arranged Clarence White) – 2:57
15."White's Lightning" (Roger McGuinn, Clarence White) – 2:36 ‡
16."Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" [Live] (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) – 3:51 ø
Recorded live at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert on February 24, 1990.
17."Mr. Tambourine Man" [Live] (Bob Dylan) – 5:26 ø
Recorded live at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert on February 24, 1990.
18."He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:26 ø
19."Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) – 3:09 ‡
20."From a Distance" (Julie Gold) – 3:14 ‡
21."Love That Never Dies" (Roger McGuinn, Stan Lynch) – 3:54 ‡
The above four tracks were recorded by a reunited line-up of The Byrds at Treasure Isle Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee, between August 6 and August 8, 1990.
A fitting tribute to one of the most influential and respected bands of the rock & roll era, this 4CD box-set may have been superseded since its original release in 1990 by Sony Legacy's systematic reissue of the original Byrds albums complete with bonus tracks, but this box still makes a strong case for the Byrds' place in the pantheon of rock & roll greats. The 90 tracks are enhanced by a well-written booklet chronicling the rise and fall of the Byrds, which includes comments from founder-members Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman, as well as the band's late publicist, Derek Taylor.
The Byrds' story began in 1965 with their electric, jingle-jangle cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man". In one mighty bound--with a nod to the Beatles and, less well remembered, the Searchers--the Byrds helped invent folk-rock. Dylan was transformed by the song's success--from campus favourite to a chart star who would soon head off on his own electric odyssey; but the 14 Dylan covers included here suggest that the Byrds' debt was far greater. The band's folk-rock roots are most obvious on Disc 1, with inspiration coming from various sources, including the Bible ("Turn! Turn! Turn!") and Welsh hymnbooks ("The Bells Of Rhymney").
After a well-publicised spat in 1967, David Crosby walked, and for the remainder of the Byrds' career McGuinn carried the flame. Not content with their role as folk-rock innovators, the Byrds also pioneered country-rock; their 1968 release Sweetheart Of The Rodeo was a landmark album, introducing the world of rock & roll to that of country & western. And, as if all that wasn't enough, the band then went to work on the soundtrack of the 1969 film Easy Rider, which marked another breakthrough--the use of rock songs as an integral part of a film.
Their final four years together were not quite as glorious, but there were still some exceptional songs--"Just A Season", "Lover Of The Bayou" and "Farther Along" all date from that maligned period. One of the joys of this box-set is discovering the rare and previously unreleased material, notably Gram Parsons' vocal tracks for the Sweetheartalbum, which at the time were erased for contractual reasons. There is also a 1990 live version of "Mr Tambourine Man" on which the Byrds are joined, for the first time on disc, by Dylan--which helps bring the story nicely full-circle. --Patrick Humphries
The Byrds' story began in 1965 with their electric, jingle-jangle cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man". In one mighty bound--with a nod to the Beatles and, less well remembered, the Searchers--the Byrds helped invent folk-rock. Dylan was transformed by the song's success--from campus favourite to a chart star who would soon head off on his own electric odyssey; but the 14 Dylan covers included here suggest that the Byrds' debt was far greater. The band's folk-rock roots are most obvious on Disc 1, with inspiration coming from various sources, including the Bible ("Turn! Turn! Turn!") and Welsh hymnbooks ("The Bells Of Rhymney").
After a well-publicised spat in 1967, David Crosby walked, and for the remainder of the Byrds' career McGuinn carried the flame. Not content with their role as folk-rock innovators, the Byrds also pioneered country-rock; their 1968 release Sweetheart Of The Rodeo was a landmark album, introducing the world of rock & roll to that of country & western. And, as if all that wasn't enough, the band then went to work on the soundtrack of the 1969 film Easy Rider, which marked another breakthrough--the use of rock songs as an integral part of a film.
Their final four years together were not quite as glorious, but there were still some exceptional songs--"Just A Season", "Lover Of The Bayou" and "Farther Along" all date from that maligned period. One of the joys of this box-set is discovering the rare and previously unreleased material, notably Gram Parsons' vocal tracks for the Sweetheartalbum, which at the time were erased for contractual reasons. There is also a 1990 live version of "Mr Tambourine Man" on which the Byrds are joined, for the first time on disc, by Dylan--which helps bring the story nicely full-circle. --Patrick Humphries
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