Mr. Tambourine Man

"Mr. Tambourine Man"
Song by Bob Dylan from the album Bringing It All Back Home
Released March 22, 1965 (album)
Recorded January 15, 1965, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Folk
Length 5:29
Label Columbia
Writer Bob Dylan
Producer

Tom Wilson

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1965 Dutch picture sleeve.
Single by The Byrds
from the album Mr. Tambourine Man
B-side "I Knew I'd Want You"
Released April 12, 1965
Format 7" single[a 1]
Recorded January 20, 1965, Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:29
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Bob Dylan
Producer Terry Melcher
The Byrds singles chronology
"Mr. Tambourine Man"
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"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home (see 1965 in music). The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records and which reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. The Byrds' version was also the title track of their first album, Mr. Tambourine Man. The Byrds had access to an early version of the song recorded by Dylan and Ramblin' Jack Elliott during the session for the 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. Because of their early access to the song, The Byrds were able to release their version just two weeks after Dylan's. The Byrds' recording of the song was influential in initiating the musical subgenre of folk rock, leading many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly guitars and intellectual lyrics in the wake of the single's success.

This song has been covered by many artists, including Judy Collins, Odetta, Melanie, and William Shatner. The song's popularity led to Dylan recording it live many times, and it has been included in multiple Dylan and Byrds compilation albums. It has been translated into several languages, and has also been used in television shows and films, and referenced in several books.

The song has a bright, expansive melody and has become famous in particular for its surrealistic imagery, influenced by artists as diverse as French poet Arthur Rimbaud and Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The lyrics call on the title character to play a song and the narrator will follow. Interpretations of the lyrics have included a paean to drugs such as LSD, a call to the singer's muse, a reflection of the audience's demands on the singer, and religious interpretations. Dylan sings the song in four verses, but only one of these was recorded by The Byrds. Dylan's and The Byrds' versions have appeared on various lists ranking the greatest songs of all time, including an appearance by both on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 best songs ever. Both versions also received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards.

Contents

Bob Dylan's version

Composition and recording

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was written in early 1964, about the same time as "Chimes of Freedom", which Dylan recorded later that spring for his last acoustic album, Another Side of Bob Dylan.[1][2] Dylan began writing "Mr. Tambourine Man" in February 1964, after partying in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, while on a cross-country road trip with several friends, and completed it sometime between mid-March and late April after returning to New York.[1] Nigel Williamson has suggested in The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan that the influence of Mardis Gras can be heard in the swirling and fanciful imagery of the song's lyrics.[3] Journalist Al Aronowitz has claimed that Dylan completed the song at his home but folk singer Judy Collins (who later covered the song) has stated that Dylan completed the song at her home.[1] Dylan premiered the song the following month at a May 17 concert at London's Royal Festival Hall.[1]

Dylan first recorded "Mr. Tambourine Man" a few weeks later, on June 9, with Tom Wilson producing, during the Another Side of Bob Dylan session.[1][4] The take, recorded with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, was cut from the album because Dylan felt the song was special and their performance did not do it justice.[1] More than six months passed before Dylan re-recorded the song, again with Wilson in the producer's chair, during the final Bringing It All Back Home session on January 15, 1965, the same day that "Gates of Eden", "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" were recorded.[1][5] It was long thought that the four songs were each recorded in one long take.[6] However, in the biography Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades, Clinton Heylin relates that the song required six attempts, possibly because of difficulties in working out the playoffs between Dylan's acoustic guitar and Bruce Langhorne's electric lead.[1] The final take was selected for the album, which was released on March 22, 1965.[1][6]

The song has a bright, expansive melody,[7] with Langhorne's electric guitar accompaniment, which provides a countermelody to the vocals, being the only instrument besides Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica.[8] Unusually, rather than beginning with the first verse, the song begins with an iteration of the chorus:[7]

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you.[9]

The four verses expand on the narrator's situation using heavily embroidered imagery.[7][10] Though weary, the narrator is unable to sleep and wants to hear Mr. Tambourine Man's song, believing that the song will fulfill his desire to be set free.[10]

There has always been speculation that the song is about drugs such as LSD or marijuana, particularly with lines such as "take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship" and "the smoke rings of my mind."[1][2][8] However, Dylan has always denied the song is about drugs, and though he was using marijuana at the time the song was written, he was not introduced to LSD until a few months later.[1][2][11] Other commentators have interpreted the song as a call to the singer's spirit or muse, or the singer's search for transcendence.[2][11][12][13][14] The singer is praying to his muse for inspiration; ironically the song itself is evidence that the muse has already provided the sought-after inspiration.[12][14] Mr. Tambourine Man has also been interpreted as a symbol for Jesus Christ and for the Pied Piper of Hamelin.[10] The song may also reference gospel music, with Mr. Tambourine Man being the bringer of religious salvation.[14]

Dylan cited the influence of Federico Fellini's movie La strada on the song,[7][15] while other commentators found echoes of the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud.[1][16][17] The lyrics "in the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you" are taken from a Lord Buckley recording.[15] Dylan has said that, in addition to providing the electric guitar accompaniment for the song, Bruce Langhorne was the inspiration for the tambourine man image in the song.[7] Langhorne used to play a giant, four-inch-deep Turkish tambourine, and had brought it to a previous Dylan recording session.[1][8][18][19]

Other releases

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was included on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits in 1967 and several later Dylan compilation albums, including Biograph, Masterpieces, and The Essential Bob Dylan.[10][20] The song has always been a personal favorite of Dylan's, and he has said that "it's the only song I tried to write 'another one'", although he did not succeed.[14]

Bob Dylan has often played "Mr. Tambourine Man" in live concerts.

The song has been in Dylan's live concert repertoire ever since it was written,[7] and live performances have appeared on various concert albums and DVDs. At Dylan's appearance at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, after he was heckled by acoustic folk music fans during his electric set, Dylan returned to play acoustic versions of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".[21][22] That performance of "Mr. Tambourine Man" is included in Murray Lerner's film The Other Side of the Mirror.[23], and in Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home.[24] Dylan also played it as part of his evening set at the August 1, 1971, Concert for Bangladesh, a benefit concert organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar. That performance is included on The Concert for Bangladesh album, although it was excluded from the film of the concert.[25] A live version from Dylan's famous May 17, 1966, concert in Manchester, England (popularly but mistakenly known as the Royal Albert Hall Concert) is included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert.[26] Another live version from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975 is on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, and yet another live version from 1978 is on Bob Dylan at Budokan.[27][28]

Two 1964 recordings of the song by Dylan have been released. A live performance at New York's Philharmonic Hall dating from October 31, 1964, appeared on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall.[10] A version recorded with Ramblin' Jack Elliott on backing vocals during sessions for Another Side of Bob Dylan was included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home.[10]

The Byrds' version

Release and the birth of folk rock

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was the debut single by the American band The Byrds and was released on April 12, 1965 by Columbia Records.[29] The song was also the title track of the band's debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, which was released on June 21, 1965.[30] The single, along with the album of the same name, was influential in originating the musical style known as folk rock, with the single becoming the first folk rock smash hit.[31][32] Indeed, the term "folk rock" was first coined by the U.S music press to describe the band's sound at around the same time as "Mr. Tambourine Man" peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart.[33][34]

The single initiated the folk rock boom of 1965 and 1966, with many acts imitating the band's hybrid of a rock beat, jangly guitar playing and poetic or socially conscious lyrics.[10][35] This hybrid had its antecedents in the American folk revival of the early 1960s,[36] The Animals' rock-oriented recording of the folk song "The House of the Rising Sun",[37] the folk-influences present in the songwriting of The Beatles,[38] and the twelve-string guitar jangle of The Searchers and The Beatles' George Harrison.[39][40] However, it was The Byrds who first melded these disparate elements into a unified whole, creating a template for folk rock that would prove successful for many acts during the mid-1960s.[41][10]

Conception

Most of the members of The Byrds had a background in folk music,[32] since Jim McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby had all worked as folk singers during the early 1960s.[42][43] They had also spent time, independently of each other, in various folk groups, including The New Christy Minstrels, The Limeliters, The Chad Mitchell Trio, and Les Baxter's Balladeers.[42][44][45][46] In early 1964, McGuinn, Clark and Crosby formed The Jet Set and started developing a fusion of folk-based lyrics and melodies, with arrangements in the style of The Beatles.[43][47] In August 1964, the band's manager Jim Dickson acquired an acetate disc of "Mr. Tambourine Man" from Dylan's publisher, featuring a performance by Dylan and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.[1][43][48] Although the band were initially unimpressed with the song, they eventually agreed to begin rehearsing and demoing it.[49][50] In an attempt to make it sound more like The Beatles, the band and Dickson elected to give the song a full, electric rock band treatment, effectively creating the musical subgenre of folk rock.[32][48][49] To further bolster the group's confidence in the song, Dickson invited Dylan to hear the band's rendition.[51] Dylan was impressed, enthusiastically commenting "Wow, you can dance to that!" and his endorsement erased any lingering doubts the band had about the song.[51] During this period, drummer Michael Clarke and bass player Chris Hillman joined,[43] and the band changed their name to The Byrds over Thanksgiving 1964.[48] The two surviving demos of "Mr. Tambourine Man" dating from this period feature an incongruous marching band drum part from Clarke but overall the arrangement, which utilized a 4/4 time signature instead of Dylan's 2/4 configuration, is very close to the later single version.[52][53]

Production

The master take of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was recorded on January 20, 1965, at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, prior to the release of Dylan's own version.[54] The song's jangling, melodic guitar playing (performed by McGuinn on a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar) was immediately influential and has remained so to the present day.[48] The group's complex harmony work, as featured on "Mr. Tambourine Man", became another major characteristic of their sound.[55] Due to producer Terry Melcher's initial lack of confidence in The Byrds' musicianship, McGuinn was the only Byrd to play on "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its B-side, "I Knew I'd Want You".[48] Rather than using band members, Melcher hired The Wrecking Crew, a collection of top L.A. session musicians, who (with McGuinn on guitar) provided the backing track over which McGuinn, Crosby, and Clark sang.[56] By the time the sessions for their debut album began in March 1965, however, Melcher was satisfied that the band was competent enough to record its own musical backing.[32]

The Byrds' recording of the song opens with a distinctive, Bach-inspired guitar introduction played by McGuinn and then, like Dylan's version, goes into the song's chorus.[48] Although Dylan's version contains four verses, The Byrds only perform the song's second verse and two repeats of the chorus, followed by a variation on the song's introduction, which then fades out.[10] The Byrds' arrangement of the song had been shortened during the band's rehearsals at World Pacific Studios in 1964, at the suggestion of Jim Dickson, in order to accommodate commercial radio stations, which were reluctant to play songs that were over two-and-a-half minutes long.[48][49] Thus, while Dylan's version is five-and-a-half minutes long, The Byrds' runs just short of two-and-a-half minutes.[10] The lead vocal on The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was sung by McGuinn, who attempted to modify his singing style to fill what he perceived as a gap in the popular music scene of the day, somewhere between the vocal sound of John Lennon and Bob Dylan.[48] The song also took on a spiritual aspect for McGuinn during the recording sessions, as he told The Byrds' biographer Johnny Rogan in 1997: "I was singing to God and I was saying that God was the Tambourine Man and I was saying to him, 'Hey, God, take me for a trip and I'll follow you.' It was a prayer of submission."[48]

Reception

The single reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the first recording of a Dylan song to reach #1 on any pop music chart.[57][58][59] Critic William Ruhlmann has argued that in the wake of "Mr. Tambourine Man", the influence of The Byrds could be heard in recordings by a number of other Los Angeles-based acts, including The Turtles, The Leaves, Barry McGuire, and Sonny & Cher.[10] In addition, author and music historian Richie Unterberger sees the influence of The Byrds in recordings by The Lovin' Spoonful, The Mamas & the Papas, and Simon & Garfunkel.[41] Other American bands who enjoyed commercial success by emulating The Byrds' folk rock sound include The Grass Roots, We Five, and Love.[60][61] In addition, by late 1965, The Beatles themselves were assimilating the sound of folk rock, and in particular The Byrds, into the material found on their Rubber Soul album, most notably on the songs "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone".[41][62][63][64] As the 1960s came to a close, folk rock changed and evolved away from this jangly template,[35] but the influence of The Byrds could still be heard in the music of bands like Fairport Convention and Pentangle. The Byrds' jangly, folk rock sound has continued to influence bands from the 1970s up to the present day, including Big Star, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, R.E.M., The Long Ryders, The Smiths, The Bangles, The Stone Roses, and Teenage Fanclub.[65][66]

In addition to appearing on The Byrds' debut album, "Mr. Tambourine Man" is included on several Byrds' compilation and live albums, including The Byrds Greatest Hits, Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971, The Very Best of The Byrds, The Essential Byrds, The Byrds Play Dylan, and the live disc of The Byrds' (Untitled) album.[10] The Byrds' version of the song also appears on compilation albums that include hit songs by multiple artists.[10] Two earlier demo recordings of "Mr. Tambourine Man", dating from the World Pacific rehearsal sessions, can be heard on The Byrds' archival albums Preflyte, In the Beginning, and The Preflyte Sessions.[67]

Other covers and references

Folk singer Judy Collins covered "Mr. Tambourine Man" in 1965.

"Mr. Tambourine Man" has been covered by many artists, and at least 13 times in 1965 alone, including versions by Odetta, Judy Collins, The Four Seasons, The Barbarians, and Chad and Jeremy.[7][10] Other artists who have covered the song include Alvin and the Chipmunks (1965), The Beau Brummels (1966), The Lettermen (1966), Kenny Rankin (1967), Melanie (1969), Gene Clark (1984), Les Fradkin (2007), and Bob Sinclar (2009).[7][68][69] William Shatner also covered the song in a spoken-word recitation on his 1968 album, The Transformed Man.[7][68] A reunited line-up of The Byrds, featuring Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and David Crosby, performed "Mr. Tambourine Man" with Dylan at a Roy Orbison tribute concert on February 24, 1990. This live performance of the song was included on the 1990 box set, The Byrds.[51] At the October 1992 Bob Dylan 30th anniversary tribute concert at Madison Square Garden, McGuinn performed the song, backed by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench, among others.[7][68]

The song has been translated and recorded in several languages. Müslüm Gürses has covered the song with different lyrics written in Turkish. The Turkish version of the song was called Hayat Berbat.[70] It was translated into Romanian by Florian Pittiş, and sung by Pasărea Colibri on their 1995 album În căutarea cuibului pierdut.[71] There are also at least two Brazilian Portuguese versions of the song, covered by Zé Ramalho and Zé Geraldo on their Zé Ramalho canta Bob Dylan and Catadô de Bromélias albums respectively.[72][73]

"Mr. Tambourine Man" has also been referenced in books and film. In Tom Wolfe's non-fiction novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, "Mr. Tambourine Man" is referenced regarding Dylan's "raunching and rheuming."[74] In Stephen King's book Carrie, the song is mentioned as one of the songs to be sung as the entertainment portion of the famous prom scene alongside "500 Miles", "Cabaret", "Lemon Tree", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", and "Bridge over Troubled Water".[75] The students in the movie Dangerous Minds study the poetry of "Mr. Tambourine Man", and discuss possible drug-related meanings.[76][77][78]

The song has been played at funerals. Journalist Hunter S. Thompson requested the song be played at his funeral while his ashes were shot out of a cannon, and also dedicated his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to Dylan because of the song.[79][80] Also, Pete Townshend played this song at the funeral of Neil Aspinall, The Beatles' road manager and personal assistant.[81][82]

Legacy

The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the #79 song on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and Dylan's version was ranked #106.[83] It is one of three songs to place twice, along with "Walk This Way" by both Aerosmith and Run-DMC with Perry and Tyler, and "Blue Suede Shoes" by both Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.[83] The Byrds version was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998, and Dylan's version was honored with the same award in 2002.[84]

In 1989 Rolling Stone listed The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the #86 single of the prior 25 years.[85] That same year, music critic Dave Marsh listed it as #207 in his list of the top 1001 singles ever made.[86] In 1999, National Public Radio in the United States listed this version as one of the 300 most important American records of the 20th century.[87] In the UK, music critic Colin Larkin listed The Byrds' version as the #1 single of all time.[88] Other UK publishers that have listed this song as one of the top songs or singles include Mojo, New Musical Express, and Sounds.[89][90][91] Australian music critic Toby Creswell included the song in his book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them.[49]

In a 2005 reader's poll reported in Mojo, Dylan's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the #4 all-time greatest Bob Dylan song, and a similar poll of artists ranked the song #14.[92] In 2002, Uncut listed it as the #15 all-time Dylan song.[93]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Byrds' recording of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was originally released as a 45 rpm 7" gramophone record, which was the dominant format for single releases during the 1960s (Shuker 2007, p. 56).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Heylin 2009, pp. 181–186
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Williamson 2006, pp. 223–224
  3. ↑ Williamson 2006, p. 268
  4. ↑ Heylin 1995, p. 29
  5. ↑ Heylin 2002, pp. 104–106
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Varesi 2002, pp. 51–53
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Trager 2004, pp. 438–441
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gill 1998, pp. 74–75
  9. ↑ Dylan 2006, pp. 152–153
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 Mr. Tambourine Man: The Byrds
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Rogovoy 2009, pp. 81–82
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hinchey 2002, pp. 94–99
  13. ↑ Williams 1990, pp. 128–133
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Shelton 1997, pp. 274–275
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sounes 2001, p. 182
  16. ↑ Tamarin, Jean, "Bringing It All Back Home", in Dettmar 2009, p. 135
  17. ↑ Heylin 2002, p. 151
  18. ↑ Unterberger (1)
  19. ↑ Unterberger (2)
  20. ↑ Erlewine (1)
  21. ↑ Williams 1990, pp. 156–163
  22. ↑ Santelli 2005, pp. 49–50
  23. ↑ Deming
  24. ↑ Sutton
  25. ↑ Ginell
  26. ↑ Unterberger (3)
  27. ↑ Erlewine (2)
  28. ↑ Erlewine (3)
  29. ↑ Eder 1990
  30. ↑ Rogan 1998, p. 545
  31. ↑ Rogan 1996
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Unterberger (4)
  33. ↑ Rogan 1998, pp. 81–83
  34. ↑ Unterberger 2002, p. 133
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Folk-Rock
  36. ↑ 1962-66: American Folk-Rock vs. The British Invasion
  37. ↑ Unterberger 2002, pp. 93–96
  38. ↑ Unterberger 2002, p. 88
  39. ↑ Wadhams 2001, p. 194
  40. ↑ Eder
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Unterberger (5)
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Hjort 2008, p. 11
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 Hjort 2008, pp. 14–21
  44. ↑ Russel
  45. ↑ Musicians Associated With The Byrds: The New Christy Minstrels
  46. ↑ David Crosby
  47. ↑ Rogan 1998, pp. 31, 35–36
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 48.6 48.7 48.8 Rogan 1998, pp. 49–63
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Creswell 2006, p. 59
  50. ↑ Fricke 2001
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 Rogan 1998, pp. 54–56
  52. ↑ Rogan 1998, p. 52
  53. ↑ McGuinn
  54. ↑ Hjort 2008, p. 24
  55. ↑ Mr. Tambourine Man
  56. ↑ Fricke 1996
  57. ↑ The Byrds: Billboard Singles
  58. ↑ Warwick 2004, p. 6
  59. ↑ Shumway, David R., "Bob Dylan as a Cultural Icon", in Dettmar 2009, p. 114
  60. ↑ Einarson 2005, p. 62
  61. ↑ Unterberger (6)
  62. ↑ Unterberger (7)
  63. ↑ Plangenhoef 2009
  64. ↑ MacDonald 1995, p. 135
  65. ↑ Smith 2009, p. 32
  66. ↑ Rogan 1998, p. 417
  67. ↑ Rogan 1998, pp. 548–549
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 Song Search Results for: Mr. Tambourine Man
  69. ↑ Chipmunks a Go-Go
  70. ↑ Mungan
  71. ↑ Pasarea Colibri
  72. ↑ Zé Ramalho: Disco
  73. ↑ Zé Geraldo: Discografia–Oficial
  74. ↑ Wolfe 1969, p. 171
  75. ↑ King 1974
  76. ↑ Maslin 1995
  77. ↑ Gleiberman 1995
  78. ↑ McCarthy 1995
  79. ↑ Hunter S. Thompson Funeral
  80. ↑ Thompson, p. (Dedication page)
  81. ↑ Singh 2008
  82. ↑ Simpson 2008
  83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
  84. ↑ Grammy Hall of Fame Award
  85. ↑ Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years
  86. ↑ Marsh 1999, p. 145
  87. ↑ The Original NPR 300
  88. ↑ Larkin
  89. ↑ Mojo: The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time
  90. ↑ NME’s 100 Greatest Singles of All Time
  91. ↑ Sounds All Time Top 100 Albums & Singles
  92. ↑ Mojo: 100 Greatest Dylan Songs
  93. ↑ Uncut: Top 40 Dylan Tracks

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The Byrds
Roger McGuinn • Gene Clark • David Crosby • Chris Hillman • Michael Clarke •
Kevin Kelley • Gram Parsons • Clarence White • Gene Parsons • John York • Skip Battin
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
(Untitled) · Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 · Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971
Compilations
The Byrds' Greatest Hits · Preflyte · The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II · History of The Byrds · The Byrds Play Dylan · The Original Singles: 1965–1967, Volume 1 · The Original Singles: 1967–1969, Volume 2 · Never Before · In the Beginning · 20 Essential Tracks from the Byrds Box Set (1965-1990) · The Very Best of The Byrds · The Preflyte Sessions · The Essential Byrds
Box sets
The Byrds · There Is a Season
Tribute albums
Time Between – A Tribute to The Byrds
Notable songs
"You Showed Me" · "Mr. Tambourine Man" · "All I Really Want to Do" · "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" · "The Bells of Rhymney" · "Turn! Turn! Turn!" · "Set You Free This Time" · "It Won't Be Wrong" · "He Was a Friend of Mine" · "Eight Miles High" · "Why" · "5D (Fifth Dimension)" · "Mr. Spaceman" · "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" · "My Back Pages" · "Have You Seen Her Face" · "Lady Friend" · "Triad" · "Goin' Back" · "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" · "Hickory Wind" · "Lay Lady Lay" · "Ballad of Easy Rider" · "Jesus Is Just Alright" · "Chestnut Mare" · "Full Circle"
Associated people
Jimmi Seiter • John Guerin • Jacques Levy • Terry Melcher • Gary Usher • Derek Taylor • Johnny Rogan
See also: Discography