![]() ![]() I had a brief but intense Gram Parsons period right around 1999, when the fantastic tribute album “Return of the Grievous Angel” came out. So, just like Buffalo Springfield, I came to a fuller appreciation of The Byrds much much later than I should have. Key songs found their way onto cassettes, and so I actually thought I had more Byrds than I did. But for some groups, and I think The Byrds fell into that category, I had some, he had some, and that was just fine. Because I believe that we had some other Byrds records (I know we had Fifth Dimension, but I do not, so it must have been Danny’s)- but at a time of life when money was very limited, there were quite a few records that I never bought because Danny had them, and why would we need two? There were a lot of things that didn’t apply to - both being Beatles fanatics, we knew that when graduation day finally came, we’d both be graduating with full Beatles collections. This is one of those cases where having a lot in common with a roommate that you live with for several years can come back to bite you. Byrds Greatest Hits front cover – shot through the bag, because whoever owned this before I did taped the bag to the jacket, and I’ve never bothered to change it. And yet, I never had another Byrds record. Did I feature most of its songs on various mix tapes in the early ‘80s? I did. Did I love this record, and play it endlessly? I did. This 1967 collection, which I bought well-used in 1980, is the only Byrds album I ever owned, until quite recently. The Byrds' sound and spirit lives on in the music of the countless artists whom they inspired, and in fine retrospectives like this one.True confessions time. With a sound marked by soaring, multi-part harmonies and 12-string Rickenbacker guitar, the Byrds racked up several more hits over the next two years, including a chart-topping interpretation of Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn." GREATEST HITS concentrates on the band's glory days before personnel changes and internal disputes, combined with changing musical fashions, caused their popularity to dwindle in the late '60s (though they helped create country-rock on the Gram Parsons-aided SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO in 1968). Photographers: Guy Webster Sandy Speiser.įormed in Los Angeles in 1964, the Byrds hit with their first single, a vibrant take on Bob Dylan's "Mr.Tambourine Man," in 1965, introducing the term "folk-rock" into the pop vocabulary. Liner Note Authors: Dave Swaney Johnny Rogan. Personnel: Roger McGuinn (vocals, guitar, electric 12-string guitar) David Crosby, Gene Clark (vocals, guitar) Chris Hillman (vocals, electric bass) Michael Clark (drums). ![]() ![]() ![]() To Self-Destruct (180 Gram Vinyl, Digital Download Card) (2 Lp's) - Vinyl Queens Of The Stone Age Lullabies To Paralyze (2LP) - Vinyl Tom Petty Finding Wildflowers (Colored Vinyl, Gold, Indie Exclusive) (2 LP) - Vinylīlink 182 Nine (Gatefold LP Jacket, 140 Gram Vinyl) - Vinylįrank Zappa 200 Motels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (50th Anniversary) - VinylĮlvis Presley Elvis 30 #1 Hits (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) - Vinylīoston Don't Look Back (180 Gram Vinyl) - Vinylģ11 Greatest Hits 93-03 (150 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Download Insert) (2 Lp's) - Vinyl Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news and special offers. ![]()
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