The Byrds - Greatest Hits Vol I - Sealed Psych Rock LP
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The Byrds - Greatest Hits Volume I



Columbia Records
Canada
70's Issue Nice Price Series

Record: Sealed
Cover: Mint

1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
3. The Bells Of Rhymney
4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
5. All I Really Want To Do
6. Chimes Of Freedom

7. Eight Miles High
8. Mr. Spaceman
9. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
10. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
11. My Back Pages
12. It Won't Be Wrong
13. Set You Free This Time
14. Have You Seen Her Face


This is the group that made stars of David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Roger McGuinn, and some of the stresses of their monumental talents tended to undermine the stability of the group. Yet in the relatively short period of time that they were together, they were both tremendously productive and unusually successful, with quite a string of top-ten hits to their credit. From Dylan covers like "Mr. Tambourine Man", "My Back Pages" and "All I Really Want To Do" to a wonderful reworking of Pete Seeger's folk classic "Turn! Turn! Turn!", the Byrds soared to the top of the charts with the combination of their infectiously classic harmonies and innovative electric guitar accompaniments.
Most of their top hits are here, from "Eight Miles High" to "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star", from a humorous "Mr. Spaceman", to "I'll Feel A Whole Lot better".


The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

The band made their televison debut just three days before this broadcast, 5/8/65 on "Shivaree".

This is a very interesting video for many reasons.

First, Gene Clark is on a Fender Xll 12 string guitar (As opposed to Tambourine), Gene & David's vocal mics are not in the mix until the second chorus.

AND; the coolest anecdote of all:

If you listen carefully, you can hear Gene Clark's barritone vocal part in the second chorus during "In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you".

This part was NOT on the record; reason being is that Gene's vocals were on the same track as Leon Russell's electric piano, which was taken out of the mix.

The vocals here are LIVE, while the music is the recorded backing track.





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The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
TV Show "Shindig!" 21 October 1965






Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
on Shivaree




The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man






The Byrds - Eight Miles High - 9/23/70
Live at The Fillmore East