The Essential Byrds
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The Essential Byrds | ||
Compilation album by The Byrds | ||
Released | April 22, 2003 | |
Recorded | 20 January 1965–25 July 1971 | |
Genre | Rock | |
Length | 94:40 | |
Label | Columbia/Legacy | |
Producer(s) | Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, Gary Usher, Bob Johnston and The Byrds | |
Professional reviews | ||
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The Byrds chronology | ||
The Byrds Play Dylan (2002) |
The Essential Byrds (2003) |
There Is a Season (2006) |
The Essential Byrds is a comprehensive two-CD compilation album released by American band The Byrds in 2003 on Columbia Records. Their previous two official "hits" packages were 1967's The Byrds' Greatest Hits and The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II from 1972.
Contents |
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[edit] Disc one
- "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:31
- "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:32
- "All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) – 2:04
- "Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) – 3:51
- "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger)– 3:51
- "She Don't Care About Time" (single version) (Gene Clark) – 2:30
- "It Won't Be Wrong" (Gerst/Roger McGuinn) – 1:59
- "Set You Free This Time" (Gene Clark) – 2:50
- "He Was a Friend of Mine" (add. lyrics Roger McGuinn) – 2:31
- "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 3:36
- "5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34
- "Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
- "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 2:06
- "Have You Seen Her Face" (Chris Hillman) – 2:41
- "Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 1:52
- "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:08
[edit] Disc two
- "Lady Friend" (David Crosby) – 2:31
- "Old John Robertson (single version)" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 1:54
- "Goin' Back" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 3:27
- "Natural Harmony" (Chris Hillman) – 2:12
- "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 2:03
- "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) – 2:35
- "Hickory Wind" (Gram Parsons/B. Buchanan) – 3:32
- "This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko) – 4:45
- "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn/Gram Parsons) – 3:54
- "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:04
- "Jesus Is Just Alright" (A. Reynolds) – 2:10
- "Lover of the Bayou (live)" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 3:40
- "Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 5:08
- "Glory, Glory" (A. Reynolds) – 4:01
- "I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 2:02
- "Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
- "Farther Along" (trad. arr. Clarence White) – 2:57
The Essential Byrds never charted in either the U.S. or the UK
[edit] Sources
- The Essential Byrds CD booklet essay, Alan Bisbort, c.2003.
- AllMusicGuide.com
The Byrds |
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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 |