Formed in Los Angeles in 1964, the Byrds are credited as the first
Folk Rock group, pioneering a sound that bridged the gap between popular
Folk acts like the Kingston Trio and the bands of the British Invasion. But you already knew that, so I'll "cut to the chase".
'The Columbia Singles '65-'67' released in 2002, is a limited edition 30-track 2-LP set pressed on 180 gram Virgin Vinyl, featuring landmark recordings in their perfectly constructed, original mono mixes, including all A & B sides from 'Mr Tambourine Man' (April 1965) through to 'Goin' Back' (October 1967), plus five cuts originally intended as single sides which were withdrawn last minute.
Track list:
1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. I Knew I'd Want You
3. All I Really Want To Do
4. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
5. The Bells Of Rhymney
6. Chimes Of Freedom
7. She Don't Care About Time (I)
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
11. She Don't Care About Time (II)
12. Set You Free This Time
13. It Won't Be Wrong
14. He Was A Friend Of Mine
15. Eight Miles High
16. Why
17. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
18. Captain Soul
19. Mr. Spaceman
20. What's Happening?!?!
21. So You Want To Be A Rock n' Roll Star
22. Everybody's Been Burned
23. My Back Pages
24. Renaissance Fair
25. Have You Seen Her Face
26. Don't Make Waves
27. Lady Friend
28. Old John Robertson
29. Goin' Back
30. Change Is Now
5. The Bells Of Rhymney
6. Chimes Of Freedom
7. She Don't Care About Time (I)
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
11. She Don't Care About Time (II)
12. Set You Free This Time
13. It Won't Be Wrong
14. He Was A Friend Of Mine
15. Eight Miles High
16. Why
17. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
18. Captain Soul
19. Mr. Spaceman
20. What's Happening?!?!
21. So You Want To Be A Rock n' Roll Star
22. Everybody's Been Burned
23. My Back Pages
24. Renaissance Fair
25. Have You Seen Her Face
26. Don't Make Waves
27. Lady Friend
28. Old John Robertson
29. Goin' Back
30. Change Is Now
This is an extraordinary sounding collection, with Kevin Gray cutting the lacquers for this repress.
For the freeload, when and where did you first hear The Byrds?
1970, when Chestnut Mare was a minor UK hit. My first Byrds album was a mid 70s History Of 2LP anthology that a friend's aunt managed to step on in high heels, cracking it so that the first two tracks on each side of LP 2 were unplayable without ruining the needle.
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing Mr. Tambourine Man on my trusty transistor radio when it came out ('65?). I immediately ran to my local music store & plopped down 98 cents for my copy, which I still have...
ReplyDeletePS---KONO AM 860, San Antonio TX...
DeleteTambourine Man in 1965 on radio station CKY in Winnipeg, I guess...
ReplyDeleteHad to be Mr. Tambourine Man back in '65, when played on the Mighty 690, WTIX, in New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteOn clear winter nights I remember picking up WTIX in Winnipeg!
DeleteWithout question Tambourine Man on top 40. I saw them in what must have been late 66 or 67 immediately after Gene Clark was fired. I remember being puzzled by his absence. Great seats, great show and one of my favorite bands.
ReplyDeleteWhen my dad brought home this CD
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one of the first CDs he bought after getting a CD player. I didn't know it at the time, but my life-long fandom of both The Byrds and The Beach Boys was founded at that moment...
I also absolutely loved Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco", which, at least during its intro, uses a very Byrds-ian jingle jangle sound.
That's a nice collection!
DeleteYoung Girl by Gary Puckett has always made me shudder - ever since I was 8 years old. Even more so now!
DeleteRhosde Island summer cottage 1965 Mr Tambourine Man on the tiny tinny little transistor radio that was my lifeline.
ReplyDeleteOf course, that's Rhode Island...
DeleteSpring of 1965 - Mr Tambourine Man. If I remember correctly the album came out in early June and I hitchhiked it down to Sam Goody's at Garden State Plaza in Paramus to get it. Still have it to this day. Lots of pops and scratches now.
ReplyDelete1965, my mother was enamored...I was not and except for Sweetheart of the Rodeo never really got these; my bad.
ReplyDeleteI saw them in my home town of Worthing, in England, 1965. Crosby, in cape, did a sound check by emulating a bird call. It was an excellent concert.
ReplyDeleteThe above comment is mine.
ReplyDeleteAround '76 a friend of a friend had the Greatest Hits album and recommend I give it a listen - needless to say I was hooked.
ReplyDeleteBTW if anyone is interested there's a YouTuber called Stereofidelic who's done some Byrd's remixes (among many others - Kinks, Yardbirds etc)
I remember hearing it in the Caltech cafeteria on a small transistor radio we had on the table. The radio station was probably either KHJ (Boss Radio) or KFWB out of LA.
ReplyDeleteYou were at CalTech; I was in elementary school. But we both listened to KHJ and KFWB!
DeleteD in California
On an AM radio in my parents' 1965 Ford.
ReplyDeleteProbably Turn! Turn! Turn! on WMCA New York- The Good Guys
ReplyDeleteMy brother had a WMCA Good Guys sweatshirt.
DeleteNice!
DeleteAs an aside, I heard Roger McGuinn perform a solo show in scenic Fairhope, Alabama (eastern shore across from Mobile). He was active on the old Usenet group rec.music.dylan then & "secretly" invited me to stay after the concert for a "patron's reception." Due to technical problems, he performed the concert with an acoustic 12-string, but had the Rickenbacher on stage. He let me strum it & autographed a couple of CD covers for me. On my Byrds Greatest Hits, he wrote to my daughter "Quit stealing your parents records, but keep this one." She still has it.
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I suspect I first heard them over KPCC—the Pasadena City College station that had a pretty hefty transmitter and featured a late-night show hosted by a guy with the nom de air, Binky Pelligrini. The conceit was that he broadcast from his bathtub with a rubber ducky as sidekick.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember KPCC, but I have fond memories of KPPC, where I heard the Congress of Wonders and the Credibility Gap (comedy ensembles with material, much of which wouldn't pass muster in today's PC environment), besides The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and other ear-opening music. Babs, did you listen to KPPC while you were a SoCalian?
DeleteDon't remember my Byrds initiation.
C in California
So hard to say what their first song was that I heard. Probably Tambourine Man but Eight Miles High made a huge impression as did Chestnut Mare. I saw Roger McGuinn play a solo gig above a pub in Brighton in 1987 (I think): he was excellent. An acoustic guitar and a 12 string electric. I was like a pig in poo - very very happy. And, what a nice bloke too!
ReplyDelete1973 All I Really Want To Do Was On K-Tel's History Of Pop although I'm pretty sure I heard that and Turn Turn Turn and Eight Miles High and the likes on the radio in the 60's as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI believe I first heard The Byrds when I was in my mid-teens listening to a late-nite radio program devoted to the latest bands & releases. It wasn't until I heard 'Eight Miles High' that I bought my first LP.
ReplyDeleteBrian
Twofold answer, because, first, was exposure that didn't really register at the time, and, of transformative import, the second encounter late in the game in the fall of 1969, sitting in my (soon-to-be) best friend's bedroom playing catch-up.
ReplyDeleteThe Byrds remain my favorite band.