(Untitled)

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(Untitled)
Studio album by The Byrds
Released	September 16, 1970
Recorded	Live disc: February–March 1970 Studio disc: May 26–June 11, 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	71:26
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer(s)	Terry Melcher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C+) link
The Byrds chronology
Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)	(Untitled) (1970)	Byrdmaniax (1971)

(Untitled) is a double album by American band The Byrds, released in 1970. It marks the last change to the band's line-up, with John York being asked to leave in September 1969, just preceding the release of Ballad of Easy Rider, so that Skip Battin could take his place.

The first LP includes concert material (the first release of any live Byrds recordings), highlighted by a sixteen-minute rendition of 1966's "Eight Miles High" that was popular on progressive rock radio. The second disc is a new studio effort.

As a result, (Untitled) – again, produced by Terry Melcher – is generally considered The Byrds' best late-era recording and was well-received upon its release, reaching number 40 in the United States during a chart stay of twenty-one weeks and number 11 in the United Kingdom, where it was bolstered by the surprise Top 20 hit "Chestnut Mare".

The album's title was used accidentally, as the album was released too early.

Contents 1 Personnel 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc 1 (live) 2.2 Disc 2 (studio) 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Personnel

• Roger McGuinn - guitar, vocals
• Clarence White - guitar, vocals
• Skip Battin - bass, vocals
• Gene Parsons - drums, vocals

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1 (live)

1. "Lover of the Bayou" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 3:39
2. "Positively 4th Street" (Bob Dylan) – 3:03
3. "Nashville West" (Gene Parsons/Clarence White) – 2:07
4. "So You Want to Be a Rock'N'Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman) – 2:38
5. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:14
6. "Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:07
7. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/Roger McGuinn/David Crosby) – 16:03

[edit] Disc 2 (studio)

1. "Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 5:08
2. "Truck Stop Girl" (Lowell George/Bill Payne) – 3:20
3. "All the Things" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 3:03
4. "Yesterday's Train" (Gene Parsons/Skip Battin) – 3:31
5. "Hungry Planet" (Skip Battin/Kim Fowley/Roger McGuinn) – 4:50
6. "Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 3:50
7. "Take a Whiff on Me" (Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax/Alan Lomax) – 3:24
8. "You All Look Alike" (Skip Battin/Kim Fowley) – 3:03
9. "Welcome Back Home" (Skip Battin) – 7:40

(Untitled) was remastered and re-issued in 2000 as (Untitled)/(Unissued) with an extra CD of bonus tracks from its sessions and live performances from that era.

[edit] Sources

• (Untitled) CD booklet essay, David Fricke, c.2000.
• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002.

[edit] External links

• Article about the album's title

The Byrds
Roger McGuinn | Chris Hillman | David Crosby | Gene Clark | Michael Clarke Gram Parsons | Kevin Kelley | Clarence White | Gene Parsons | John York | Skip Battin
Discography
Studio albums: Mr. Tambourine Man | Turn! Turn! Turn! | Fifth Dimension | Younger Than Yesterday | The Notorious Byrd Brothers | Sweetheart of the Rodeo | Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde | Ballad of Easy Rider | (Untitled) | Byrdmaniax | Farther Along | Byrds
Live albums: Live at the Fillmore - February 1969
Compilations: The Byrds' Greatest Hits | The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II | The Original Singles: 1965-1967, Volume 1 | The Original Singles: 1967-1969, Volume 2 | Super Hits | The Byrds Play Dylan | The Essential Byrds
Box Sets: The Byrds | There Is a Season