The Byrds - There Is a Season
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Music CD Cover Artist: The Byrds Edition: Music CD Format: Box set CD Release Date: 2007-01-16 Music Label: Legacy Soundtracks: Music CD 1
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Free Music Notes for There Is a Season Album
Free Music Review: Labor of Love
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought "There Is A Season" even though I already owned all of the Byrds CDs and the 1990 box set. Why? Because the group has meant a lot to me, and this new box set was clearly inspired by a record label wanting to set the record straight on the Byrds -- probably without any expectations of making much money on the set.
Any box set is going to be a compromise between creating an ideal listening experience and commercial considerations. For a group with as complex a history as the Byrds and as many personnel changes, personal politics will likely enter in as well.
The 1990 box set did a great job of presenting the Byrds, rightly highlighting Roger McGuinn's central role, David Crosby's innovative contributions, and Gram Parsons' lost vocals. But, it downplayed the wonderful contributions of Gene Clark, gave too much weight to the McGuinn-led Byrds following the departure of Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, ignored anything pre-Mr. Tambourine Man, ignored the 1973 reunion album, ignored the 1971-72 solo tracks that included all five original Byrds, and ignored the McGuinn-Clark-Hillman albums. In short, it took a narrow view of the Byrds -- in contrast to some other box sets, such as the ones on the Beach Boys and Eric Clapton, as examples, that took a more inclusive view.
The McGuinn-led Byrds produced some great songs after Parsons and Hillman departed, but were they really the Byrds any more than McGuinn-Clark-Hillman?
Any Byrds fan can nitpick with the selections on the new box set. There are a few better Preflyte selections than "You Movin'", such as "Tomorrow Is a Long Ways Away" and "For Me Again"; "Hey Joe" should have been included; "She's the Kind of Girl", "One In a Hundred," and "My New Woman" would all have been welcome additions, as well as some of the Byrdsier-sounding MCH tracks.
This box set is not going to sell a bundle, but it's a great introduction to the Byrds for any new fans; the sound is fantastic; the booklet and packaging are great; and it redresses some imbalances in the earlier box set. It's a nice culmination to all the work that dedicated folks at Columbia have done to burnish the Byrd's legacy. As a long-time fan, that's worth my $40.