The Original Singles: 1965–1967, Volume 1

The Original Singles: 1965-1967, Volume 1 is a compilation album by American rock 'n' roll band The Byrds. Originally released in 1980, it offered, for the first time, all of the mono single versions of the Byrds' singles released between 1965 and early 1967. The tracks on the album are laid out chronologically by release date of the single, and features the A-side first, then the B-side. For example, the Byrds' first single was "Mr. Tambourine Man" with "I Knew I'd Want You" on the B-side. The next single was "All I Really Want to Do" with "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" on the B-side, and so forth.

1 Sound quality
2 Track listing
- 2.1 Track Notes
3 References

[edit] Sound quality

Many fans consider the sound quality of this album (either on LP or CD) to be atrocious.^[1] It was made from poor quality tapes and there are times where there is an audible swishing noise that comes from using a stereo tape head to read a mono tape.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks are in mono. They were all previously released on 45 RPM singles and most of them were also released on the mono versions of the Byrds' LPs Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Fifth Dimension or Younger Than Yesterday.

"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) - 2:20
"I Knew I'd Want You" (Gene Clark) - 2:14
"All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) - 2:03
"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) - 2:32
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" (Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) - 3:37
"She Don't Care About Time" (Gene Clark) - 2:30
"Set You Free This Time" (Gene Clark) - 2:50
"It Won't Be Wrong" (Roger McGuinn/Harvey Gerst) - 1:58
"Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/Roger McGuinn/David Crosby) - 3:35
"Why" (Roger McGuinn/David Crosby) - 3:01
"5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:34
"Captain Soul" (Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman/Michael Clarke/David Crosby) - 2:35
"Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:09
"What's Happening?!?!" (David Crosby) - 2:33
"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman) - 2:05
"Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) - 3:02

[edit] Track Notes

The single version of "All I Really Want to Do" (featured on this album) is a completely different recording than the version released on the mono and stereo versions of the Mr. Tambourine Man album.
"She Don't Care About Time" appeared on the B-side of the "Turn! Turn! Turn!" single, but was never included on a Byrds studio album.
The single version of "Why" (featured on this album) is a completely different recording than the version released on the mono and stereo versions of the Younger Than Yesterday album.
- The LP release of The Original Singles: 1965-1967, Volume 1 contains this single version of "Why", but the CD release, in error, includes the mono album version of "Why" (from Younger Than Yesterday) rather than the single version.

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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 \| John Guerin \| Joe Lala \| Jimmi Seiter

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