The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II

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The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II
Compilation album by The Byrds
Released	November 20, 1972
Recorded	November 1965–July 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	31:11
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	The Byrds
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link
The Byrds chronology
Farther Along (1971)	The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II (1972)	Byrds (1973)

The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II is the second compilation album released by American band The Byrds. With the band's contract with Columbia Records expired, the label issued a successor to the highly popular The Byrds' Greatest Hits from 1967.

Released in late 1972, just before the reunion of the original Byrds took place, The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II could only manage to reach #114 in the United States.The cover photograph was later used for a UK double compilation, History of the Byrds.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:03
2. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) – 2:00
3. "Jesus Is Just Alright" (A. Reynolds) – 2:09
4. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Add. Lyrics: Roger McGuinn) – 2:32
5. "Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 5:09
6. "Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:42
7. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn/Gram Parsons) – 3:52
8. "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) – 2:35
9. "Citizen Kane" (Skip Battin/Kim Fowley) – 2:33
10. "I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:03
11. "America's Great National Pastime" (Skip Battin/Kim Fowley) – 3:00

The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II reached 114 in the U.S. during a chart stay of thirteen weeks.

[edit] The Byrds Greatest Hits Volume II

In 1971, CBS Records in England released an alternate version of "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2." The song selection was slightly different. Included on the album were the following tracks:

1. "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:03
2. "Jesus Is Just Alright" (A. Reynolds) - 2:09
3. "Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) - 5:09
4. "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) - 2:35
5. "I Am A Pilgrim" (trad. arr. Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman) – 3:42
6. "Goin' Back" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) – 3:26
7. "I Trust" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:19
8. "Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17
9. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn/Gram Parsons) – 3:52
10. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) – 2:00
11. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:18
12. "Get to You" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 2:39

[edit] Sources

• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002.

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