''History of The Byrds'' is a

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by the American

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the Byrds The Byrds () were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole cons ...

and was released on May 18, 1973 by

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(''see''

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). The compilation was released exclusively in Europe and the UK, peaking at number 47 on the

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, but it was also available in the United States as an import.

''History of The Byrds'' provides a chronological survey of the band's career from 1965 to 1971, a period when they were signed to

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. It begins with the Byrds' debut

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on Columbia, "

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", and culminates with their final single release for the

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, "America's Great National Pastime". The album features the first appearance on an LP of the non-album single " Lady Friend" and the 1965

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"She Don't Care About Time". It was issued to coincide with the reunion of the original members of the Byrds and the release of a reunion album, titled ''

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'', in March 1973. However, none of the tracks from the 1973 reunion album were included on ''History of The Byrds'', due to that album having appeared on

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rather than on Columbia. At the time of its release, ''History of The Byrds'' was the most comprehensive overview of the band's recorded output available. Every variation of the Byrds' ever changing lineup is represented within the album's song selection and as such, it provides a survey of the band's musical journey from their days as

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and

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pioneers through to their later exploration of

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. Many of the band's biggest selling singles are included, along with a number of their best known album tracks. Consequently, the album includes musical contributions from all of the key players in the Byrds' convoluted history, including

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...

Chris Hillman Christopher Hillman (born December 4, 1944) is an American musician. He was the original bassist of and one of the original members of the Byrds, which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby and Michael Clarke. With frequent ...

, Michael Clarke,

Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) who was known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, ...

Clarence White Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 – July 15, 1973) was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds, ...

, and the group's only consistent member,

Roger McGuinn James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician. He is best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds. As a ...

. The album's front cover made use of a

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photograph featuring the last lineup of the Byrds to be represented on the album: Roger McGuinn,

Skip Battin Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 – July 6, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, bassist, performer, and recording artist. He was a member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Εarly life C ...

Gene Parsons Gene Victor Parsons (born September 4, 1944, in Morongo Valley, California) is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and engineer, best known for his work with the Byrds from 1968 to 1972. Parsons has also released sol ...

, and Clarence White. The same photograph had already been used for the cover of the U.S. compilation album '' The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II'' just six months earlier. It is likely that CBS in the UK didn't have access to the original photograph because the cover of ''History of The Byrds'' features the same track listing as ''Greatest Hits, Volume II'', with three amendments added in a noticeably smaller font over black bars that cover track names from the earlier compilation. The back cover of ''History of The Byrds'' included liner notes by

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and the inside gatefold sleeve of the double vinyl LP featured

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's "Byrds Family Tree". This intricately detailed

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traced the group's roots and complicated membership history over the years. The very first pressing of this double LP mentioned the Byrds English fan club's (run by Chrissie Oakes) name and address in the middle of the family tree. Despite being one of the band's biggest selling compilations in Europe, ''History of The Byrds'' went out of print in the early 1990s and has never been released on CD.

Track listing

Side 1

" (

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) – 2:20 #"

Turn! Turn! Turn! "Turn! Turn! Turn!", or "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and first recorded in 1959. The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the fin ...

" (

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/Pete Seeger) – 3:49 #"

She Don't Care About Time "She Don't Care About Time" is a song by American folk rock band the Byrds. It was released on a non-album single in October1965, as the B-side to "Turn! Turn! Turn!". The song was written by Gene Clark, the Byrds' main songwriter between 1964 and ...

" (

) – 2:28 #"

Wild Mountain Thyme "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song. The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and S ...

" (

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, arranged

, Michael Clarke,

) – 2:29 #"

Eight Miles High "Eight Miles High" is a song by the American Rock music, rock Musical ensemble, band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby. It was first released as a Single (music), single on Ma ...

" (Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby) – 3:35 #"

Mr. Spaceman "Mr. Spaceman" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds and was the third track on their 1966 album, '' Fifth Dimension''. It was released as the third single from the album in September 1966, reaching number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 1 ...

" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:08 #"

5D (Fifth Dimension) "5D (Fifth Dimension)" is a song by the American rock music, rock Musical ensemble, band the Byrds, written by band member Roger McGuinn, Jim McGuinn. It was released as a Single (music), single in June 1966, and also included as the title track o ...

" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:32

Side 2

So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and included on the band's 1967 album, '' Younger Than Yesterday''. The song was inspired by the manufactured natur ...

" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:03 #"Time Between" (Chris Hillman) – 1:56 #"

My Back Pages "My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album ''Another Side of Bob Dylan''. It is stylistically similar to his earlier folk protest songs and features Dylan's voice with an acoustic guitar accompaniment. However ...

" (Bob Dylan) – 3:05 #" Lady Friend" (David Crosby) – 2:30 # "

Goin' Back "Goin' Back" (also recorded and released as "Going Back") is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966. It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood, along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture th ...

" (

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Gerry Goffin Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one ...

) – 3:26 # " Old John Robertson" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:51 # "

Wasn't Born to Follow "Wasn't Born to Follow", also known as "I Wasn't Born to Follow", is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Goffin wrote the lyrics and King provided the music. The song was first recorded by the Byrds on their 1968 album, ''The Notor ...

" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) – 2:02

Side 3

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" is a song written by American musician Bob Dylan in 1967 in Woodstock, New York, during the self-imposed exile from public appearances that followed his July 29, 1966 motorcycle accident. A recording of Dylan performin ...

" (Bob Dylan) – 2:33 #"

Hickory Wind "Hickory Wind" is a song written by country rock artist Gram Parsons and former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. The song was written on a train ride the pair took from Florida to Los Angeles in early 1968, and first appeared on Th ...

" (

, Bob Buchanan) – 3:30 #"Nashville West" (

) – 2:30 #"Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 3:52 #"Gunga Din" (Gene Parsons) – 3:01 #" Jesus Is Just Alright" (Arthur Reid Reynolds) – 2:09 #"

Ballad of Easy Rider "Ballad of Easy Rider" is a song written by Roger McGuinn, with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer), for the 1969 film, ''Easy Rider''. The song was initially released in August 1969 on the ''Easy Rider'' soundt ...

" (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) – 2:01 #*NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".

Side 4

Chestnut Mare "Chestnut Mare" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named ''Gene Tryp''. The musical was never staged and the song was instead released in September ...

" (Roger McGuinn,

Jacques Levy Jacques Levy (July 29, 1935 – September 30, 2004) was an American songwriter, theatre director and clinical psychologist. Early life and education Levy was born in New York City in 1935 and graduated from the City College of New York in 1956. ...

) – 5:10 #"Yesterday's Train" (Gene Parsons,

) – 3:32 #"Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 3:52 #"Citizen Kane" (Skip Battin,

) – 2:35 #"Jamaica (Say You Will)" (

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) – 3:25 #"Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:40 #"America's Great National Pastime" (Skip Battin, Kim Fowley) – 2:56

Personnel

;The Byrds *

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, vocals *

- guitar, vocals (

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on "Old John Robertson") *

- electric bass, guitar, vocals * Michael Clarke -

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, vocals * Kevin Kelley - drums *

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, vocals *

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- drums, acoustic guitar,

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, vocals *

- electric bass, piano, vocals ;Additional personnel *

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(on "

") *

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon ...

- electric bass (on "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Citizen Kane") *

Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

- drums (on "Mr. Tambourine Man") *

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and ...

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(on "Mr. Tambourine Man") *

Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle (album), Song Cycle'' and for his ...

- organ (on "

") *

Hugh Masekela Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...

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(on "

" and " Lady Friend") *

Vern Gosdin Vernon Gosdin (August 5, 1934 – April 28, 2009) was an American country music singer. He had 19 top-10 solo hits on the country music charts from 1977 through 1990. Three of these hits went to Number One: " I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You ...

– acoustic guitar (on "Time Between") * Jim Gordon - drums (on "

") *

Red Rhodes Orville J. Rhodes, better known as Red Rhodes or O. J. Rhodes (December 30, 1930 – August 20, 1995), was an American pedal steel guitarist. His mother taught him to play the Dobro at the age of five, but at the age of fifteen he switched to ...

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(on "Goin' Back" and "Wasn't Born to Follow") *

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(on "Goin' Back") * Dennis McCarthy -

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(on "Goin' Back") *

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- guitar (on "Goin' Back") *Terry Trotter - piano (on "Goin' Back") *Lester Harris -

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(on "Goin' Back") *Victor Sazer, Carl West -

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(on "Goin' Back") *Ann Stockton -

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(on "Goin' Back") *Dennis Faust -

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(on "Goin' Back") *

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- pedal steel guitar (on "

", "

" and "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man") *

John Hartford John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive kno ...

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(on "Hickory Wind") *

Glen D. Hardin Glen Dee Hardin (born April 18, 1939) is an American piano player and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such artists as Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, and Ricky Nelson. Career Hardin was born in Welling ...

- organ (on "Gunga Din") *

Sneaky Pete Kleinow Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow (August 20, 1934 – January 6, 2007) was an American country-rock musician. He is best known as a member of the band The Flying Burrito Brothers and as a session musician playing pedal steel guitar for such arti ...

- pedal steel guitar (on "Yesterday's Train") *

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(on "Citizen Kane")

References

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Contents

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

Personnel

References