Essential Byrds

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Artist: Byrds
Edition: Music CD
Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-04-22
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Mr. Tambourine Man
  2. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
  3. All I Really Want To Do
  4. Chimes Of Freedom
  5. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
  6. She Don't Care About Time (Single Version)
  7. It Won't Be Wrong
  8. Set You Free This Time
  9. He Was A Friend Of Mine
  10. Eight Miles High
  11. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
  12. Mr. Spaceman
  13. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
  14. Have You Seen Her Face
  15. Renaissance Fair
  16. My Back Pages
Music CD 2
  1. Lady Friend
  2. Old John Robertson (Single Version)
  3. Goin' Back
  4. Natural Harmony
  5. Wasn't Born To Follow
  6. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  7. Hickory Wind
  8. This Wheel's On Fire
  9. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
  10. Ballad Of Easy Rider
  11. Jesus Is Just Alright
  12. Lover Of The Bayou (Live)
  13. Chestnut Mare
  14. Glory, Glory
  15. I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
  16. Tiffany Queen
  17. Farther Along

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Free Music Review: THE GRAND TOUR:
Hit: 5 Stars

I've been a Byrds fan since 'Mr. Tambourine Man' the single was followed by that first great album in 1965. I have everything and wouldn't part with any, but of them all this is a very strong personal favorite.

It is for me where the rubber meets the road -- a career retrospective that samples in chronological order at least two cuts from each of the eleven original Columbia albums, each selected with such taste that despite inevitable omissions there's not a single misstep or annoying cut to spoil the experience.

All the surprises are good ones: every selection is the original released take, the sound quality is exceptional, and the remastering so crisp I've never heard these sound better.

Gripes? Sure, I wish "Spanish Harlem Incident" were here, and that the back cover was the front cover.

But for those times when you're in a Byrds sort of mood but can't put your finger on a specific period, why not take the Grand Tour?


DISK 1: Tracks (1-4) = "Mr. Tambourine Man" album. (5/6) = `Turn! Turn! Turn' single; (7-9) = "Turn! Turn! Turn!" album. (10-12) = "5D (Fifth Dimension)". (13-16) = "Younger Than Yesterday".

DISK 2: (1/2) = `Lady Friend' single. (3-5) = "Notorious Byrds Brothers". (6-7) = "Sweetheart of the Rodeo". (8-9) = "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde". (10-11) = "Ballad of Easy Rider". (12-13) = "(Untitled)". (14-15) = "Byrdmaniax". (16-17) = "Farther Along".

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POSTSCRIPT (6/6/06) RE: A 44 TRACK VERSION OF THIS ALBUM

My thanks to the reviewer on 6/3/06 (above) who points out the existence of a 44 track U.K. version of this album.

The album I have is Columbia Legacy C2K 89110 (USA) released 2003. Side 1 = 16 tracks, side 2 = 17 tracks. Total is 33 tracks, not 35.

With 11 extra tracks the U.K. version will be hard to resist for those who can find it. It is unique in offering album cuts that have never appeared on USA compilations.

On the other hand, "more" is not necessarily better -- losing 'Lady Friend' for 'Artificial Energy' is to my mind not a good trade, and 'Spanish Harlem Incident' is still passed over. The USA version remains a tightly focused "lean and mean" first class retrospective, and no one should hesitate to pick it up.










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Japanese Blu-Spec CD pressing of this classic album. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Sony. 2009.

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