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The Byrds

The Byrds

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When the four-CD Byrds set was first released in 1990, it was something of a landmark in Columbia Records' history on several counts. For starters, it was the first box set ever released by Columbia Records' pop division (as opposed to its jazz division) devoted to a noncurrent act (that is, they'd already issued boxes on Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, but both of them were active artists), and there had been boxes of sorts on Miles Davis and some other jazz figures, but their place in music history was already a given, whereas the Byrds, to Columbia Records' management and a lot of mainstream critics and even most listeners not attuned to their history, were "nothing" but a defunct rock act. In a sense, this set was a long-overdue declaration of their importance, in addition to being the first good-sounding CD incarnation of their work ever to come from Columbia. For five years or more prior to that, listeners had been forced to endure poorly mastered, inadequate CDs of their work. It took this project, plus the work of a lot of people behind the scenes and an unending stream of complaints from consumers, to get the label to find the right source tapes and then treat them right in digitizing them. In the decade and a half since its release, the Byrds box has receded in obvious importance as the group's entire catalog was subsequently upgraded and many of the rarities and outtakes in this set appended as bonus tracks on those separate CDs of their albums. But it remains the best overview of their history ever assembled, despite a few minor flaws in its content. One suspects, for instance, that had Bob Irwin, who oversaw the later upgrading of the group's albums, been producing this box, there might be a few tracks predating the hit of "Mr. Tambourine Man," from the group's Elektra recordings (as "the Beefeaters"), or their demos as the Jet Set; and maybe the audio portion of their live set from The Big TNT Show or perhaps a track or two from the Monterey Pop Festival; and, conversely, two or three fewer tracks representing the Skip Battin/Gene Parsons lineup of the band. But strangely enough, along with British CBS' double-LP History of the Byrds and the more recent Essential Byrds, this four-disc set is one of only three attempts at doing a comprehensive history of the group, and it's still got all of the competition beat right out of the starting gate, and well worth owning.

© Bruce Eder /TiVo

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1
Mr. Tambourine Man
00:02:17

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

2
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
00:02:31

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

3
Chimes Of Freedom (Album Version)
00:03:50

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

4
She Has A Way
00:02:30

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

5
All I Really Want To Do (Album Version)
00:02:03

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

6
Spanish Harlem Incident
00:01:58

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

7
The Bells Of Rhymney (Album Version)
00:03:31

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - I. Davies, Composer, Lyricist - P. Seeger, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

8
It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue (Album Version)
00:02:56

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

9
She Don't Care About Time (Album Version)
00:02:31

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

10
Turn! Turn! Turn!
00:03:54

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ecclesiastes, Composer, Lyricist - Pete Seeger, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

11
It Won't Be Wrong (Album Version)
00:01:57

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - Gerst, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

12
Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Album Version)
00:03:29

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

13
He Was A Friend Of Mine (Album Version)
00:02:10

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

14
The World Turns All Around Her (Album Version)
00:02:14

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

15
The Day Walk (Never Before) (Album Version)
00:03:01

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Terry Melcher, Producer - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist

Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

16
The Times They Are A-Changin' (Album Version)
00:02:17

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

17
5 D (Fifth Dimension) (Single Version)
00:02:35

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

18
I Know My Rider (Album Version)
00:02:43

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - Allen Stanton, Producer - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally recorded 1966 and released 1990. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

19
Eight Miles High (Album Version)
00:03:34

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist - G. Clark, Composer, Lyricist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

20
Why
00:02:59

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

21
Psychodrama City (Album Version)
00:03:23

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

22
I See You (Album Version)
00:02:37

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

23
Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go) (Album Version)
00:02:25

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Powers, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

DISC 2

1
Mr. Spaceman (Album Version)
00:02:10

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

2
John Riley (Album Version)
00:02:59

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Gibson, Composer, Lyricist - R. Neff, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

3
Roll Over Beethoven (Album Version)
00:02:11

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Berry, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

4
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star (Single Version)
00:02:05

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

5
Have You Seen Her Face (Album Version)
00:02:42

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

6
My Back Pages (Album Version)
00:03:06

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

7
Time Between (Album Version)
00:01:54

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

8
It Happens Each Day
00:02:44

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gary Usher, Producer - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally recorded 1966 & released 1990. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

9
Renaissance Fair
00:01:51

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

10
Everybody's Been Burned
00:03:06

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

11
The Girl With No Name (Album Version)
00:01:49

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

12
Triad (Album Version)
00:03:29

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

13
Lady Friend (Single Version)
00:02:36

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - David Crosby, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1967 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

14
Old John Robertson
00:01:50

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - J. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist

Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

15
Goin' Back (Single Version)
00:03:26

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gerry Goffin, Composer, Lyricist - C. King, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

16
Draft Morning
00:02:38

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

17
Wasn't Born to Follow
00:02:02

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gerry Goffin, Composer, Lyricist - C. King, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

18
Dolphin's Smile (Album Version)
00:01:59

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - D. Crosby, Composer, Lyricist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist - R. McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

19
Reputation
00:03:08

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gary Usher, Producer - Roger McGuinn, Banjo, Guitar - J.T. Hardin, Composer, Lyricist - Roy Halee, Engineer - Gram Parsons, Guitar - Charlie Bragg, Engineer - John Hartford, Banjo, Guitar - Tim Geelan, Re-Mixer - Clarence J. White, Guitar - Chris Hillman, Bass Guitar, Mandolin - Lloyd Green, Steel Guitar - Jaydee Maness, Steel Guitar - Kevin Kelley, Drums - Jon Corneal, Drums - Earl P. Ball, Piano - Roy M. Huskey, Bass

Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

20
You Ain't Going Nowhere
00:02:33

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

21
The Christian Life (Master Take)
00:02:28

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ira Louvin, Composer, Lyricist - Charlie Louvin, Composer, Lyricist - Gram Parsons, Guitar - Roger McGuinn, Banjo, Guitar - John Hartford, Banjo, Guitar - Clarence J. White, Guitar - Chris Hillman, Bass Guitar, Mandolin - Lloyd Green, Steel Guitar - Jaydee Maness, Steel Guitar - Kevin Kelley, Drums - Jon Corneal, Drums - Earl P. Ball, Piano - Roy M. Huskey, Bass - Gary Usher, Producer

Originally recorded 1968 & released 1990. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

22
I Am A Pilgrim
00:03:38

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - C. Hillman, Composer, Lyricist - R. McGuinn, Arranger

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

23
Pretty Boy Floyd (Album Version)
00:02:33

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - W. Guthrie, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

24
You Don't Miss Your Water (Master Take)
00:03:49

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - W. Bell, Composer, Lyricist - Gary Usher, Producer - Gram Parsons, Guitar - Roger McGuinn, Banjo, Guitar - John Hartford, Banjo, Guitar - Clarence J. White, Guitar - Chris Hillman, Bass Guitar, Mandolin - Lloyd Green, Steel Guitar - Jaydee Maness, Steel Guitar - Kevin Kelley, Drums - Jon Corneal, Drums - Earl P. Ball, Piano - Roy M. Huskey, Bass

Originally recorded 1968 & released 1990. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

DISC 3

1
Hickory Wind (Album Version)
00:03:29

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - G. Parsons, Composer, Lyricist - B. Bucannan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

2
Nothing Was Delivered (Album Version)
00:03:22

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - B. Dylan, Composer, Lyricist

Originally Released 1968 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

3
One Hundred Years from Now (Master Take)
00:02:56

The Byrds, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gary Usher, Producer - Gram Parsons, Guitar - G. Parsons, Composer, Lyricist - Roger McGuinn, Banjo, Guitar - John Hartford, Banjo, Guitar - Clarence J. White, Guitar - Chris Hillman, Bass Guitar, Mandolin - Lloyd Green, Steel Guitar - Jaydee Maness, Steel Guitar - Kevin Kelley, Drums - Jon Corneal, Drums - Earl P. Ball, Piano - Roy M. Huskey, Bass

Originally recorded 1968 & released 1990. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Album review

When the four-CD Byrds set was first released in 1990, it was something of a landmark in Columbia Records' history on several counts. For starters, it was the first box set ever released by Columbia Records' pop division (as opposed to its jazz division) devoted to a noncurrent act (that is, they'd already issued boxes on Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, but both of them were active artists), and there had been boxes of sorts on Miles Davis and some other jazz figures, but their place in music history was already a given, whereas the Byrds, to Columbia Records' management and a lot of mainstream critics and even most listeners not attuned to their history, were "nothing" but a defunct rock act. In a sense, this set was a long-overdue declaration of their importance, in addition to being the first good-sounding CD incarnation of their work ever to come from Columbia. For five years or more prior to that, listeners had been forced to endure poorly mastered, inadequate CDs of their work. It took this project, plus the work of a lot of people behind the scenes and an unending stream of complaints from consumers, to get the label to find the right source tapes and then treat them right in digitizing them. In the decade and a half since its release, the Byrds box has receded in obvious importance as the group's entire catalog was subsequently upgraded and many of the rarities and outtakes in this set appended as bonus tracks on those separate CDs of their albums. But it remains the best overview of their history ever assembled, despite a few minor flaws in its content. One suspects, for instance, that had Bob Irwin, who oversaw the later upgrading of the group's albums, been producing this box, there might be a few tracks predating the hit of "Mr. Tambourine Man," from the group's Elektra recordings (as "the Beefeaters"), or their demos as the Jet Set; and maybe the audio portion of their live set from The Big TNT Show or perhaps a track or two from the Monterey Pop Festival; and, conversely, two or three fewer tracks representing the Skip Battin/Gene Parsons lineup of the band. But strangely enough, along with British CBS' double-LP History of the Byrds and the more recent Essential Byrds, this four-disc set is one of only three attempts at doing a comprehensive history of the group, and it's still got all of the competition beat right out of the starting gate, and well worth owning.

© Bruce Eder /TiVo

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