The Byrds (boxed set)

Infobox Album | Name = The Byrds
Type = Box Set
Artist = The Byrds


Released = October 22 1990
Recorded = January 1965–July 1971, 24 February 1990, & August 1990
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:20:25
Label = Columbia
Producer = Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, Gary Usher, Bob Johnston, The Byrds, and Don DeVito
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3e851v0jzzua link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebyrds/albums/album/159366/review/6212244/the_byrds link]
Last album = ""
(1982)
This album = "The Byrds"
(1990)
Next album = "Super Hits"
(1998)

"The Byrds" is a boxed set released by American band The Byrds in 1990 on Columbia Records. A four-CD package, it is a career-spanning set (save for the 1973 reunion album released on Asylum Records, "Byrds".).

This release is notable for its inclusion of rare and unreleased songs (many of which turned up as bonus tracks on the remastered CDs of the individual albums). It is also notable for its four new recordings featuring Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, and David Crosby. Both Gene Clark and Michael Clarke, still living in 1990, did not take part in the reunion.

Reaching 151 in the U.S. charts, "The Byrds" provides a well-executed overview of the band and their music. It is currently out of print.

A newly revised box set, "There Is a Season" was released on September 26, 2006 by Legacy Recordings and replaces "The Byrds"; however each boxed set contains tracks that the other does not.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:29
#"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:31
#"Chimes of Freedom" (Bob Dylan) – 3:50
#"She Has a Way" (Gene Clark) – 2:30
#"All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) – 2:03
#"Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan) – 1:57
#"The Bells of Rhymney" (I. Davies/Pete Seeger) – 3:31
#"It's All over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 2:56
#"She Don't Care About Time" (Gene Clark) – 2:31
#"Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Adap. Pete Seeger) – 3:54
#"It Won't Be Wrong" (Gerst/Roger McGuinn) – 1:57
#"Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan) – 3:30
#"He Was a Friend of Mine" (Roger McGuinn, Traditional) – 2:10
#"The World Turns All Around Her" (Gene Clark) – 2:14
#"The Day Walk (Never Before)" (Gene Clark) – 3:00
#"The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:18
#"5D (Fifth Dimension)" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34
#"I Know My Rider" (arr. Roger McGuinn/Gene Clark/David Crosby) – 2:44
#"Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark/David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 3:34
#"Why?" (David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 2:58
#"Psychodrama City" (David Crosby) – 3:24
#"I See You" (David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 2:37
#"Hey Joe" (B. Roberts) – 2:25

Disc two

#"Mr. Spaceman" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
#"John Riley" (Gibson/Neff) – 2:59
#"Roll over Beethoven (live)" (Chuck Berry) – 2:11
#"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 2:05
#"Have You Seen Her Face" (Chris Hillman) – 2:43
#"My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:08
#"Time Between" (Chris Hillman) – 1:54
#"It Happens Each Day" (David Crosby) – 2:44
#"Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby/Roger McGuinn) – 1:51
#"Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) – 3:06
#"The Girl With No Name" (Chris Hillman) – 1:49
#"Triad" (David Crosby) – 3:29
#"Lady Friend" (David Crosby) – 2:35
#"Old John Robertson (45 Version)" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 1:49
#"Goin' Back (LP version)" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 3:27
#"Draft Morning" (David Crosby/Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 2:38
#"Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 2:02
#"Dolphin's Smile" (David Crosby/Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 1:59
#"Reputation" (Hardin) – 3:08
#"You Ain't Going Nowhere" (Bob Dylan) – 2:33
#"The Christian Life" (Charlie Louvin/Ira Louvin) – 2:28
#"I Am a Pilgrim" (Traditional) – 3:37
#"Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:34
#"You Don't Miss Your Water" (Bell) – 3:49

Disc three

#"Hickory Wind" (Buchanan/Gram Parsons) – 3:29
#"Nothing Was Delivered" (Bob Dylan) – 3:22
#"One Hundred Years from Now" (Gram Parsons) – 2:56
#"Pretty Polly" (Chris Hillman/Roger McGuinn) – 2:53
#"Lazy Days" (Gram Parsons) – 3:27
#"This Wheel's on Fire" (Rick Danko/Bob Dylan) – 4:40
#"Nashville West" (Gene Parsons/Clarence White) – 2:28
#"Old Blue" (trad. arr. Roger McGuinn) – 3:21
#"Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn/Gram Parsons) – 3:53
#"Bad Night at the Whiskey" (Roger McGuinn/Richards) – 3:20
#"Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
#"Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood" (Jackson Browne) – 2:43
#"The Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:02
#"Oil in My Lamp" (Gene Parsons/Clarence White) – 2:02
#"Jesus Is Just Alright" (Reynolds) – 2:08
#"Way Beyond the Sun" (Traditional) – 2:56
#"Tulsa County" (Polland) – 2:46
#"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" (Woody Guthrie/Hoffman) – 3:50
#"Lover of the Bayou" (live) (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 4:24
#"Willin'" (live) (Lowell George) – 3:13
#"Black Mountain Rag" (live) (traditional) – 1:12
#"Positively 4th Street" (live) (Bob Dylan) – 3:04

Disc four

#"Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 5:07
#"Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 3:49
#"Kathleen's Song" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 2:35
#"Truck Stop Girl" (Lowell George/Bill Payne) – 3:20
#"Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 3:58
#"Stanley's Song" (Roger McGuinn/Hippard) – 3:11
#"Glory, Glory" (Reynolds) – 4:00
#"I Trust" (Roger McGuinn) – 3:17
#"I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn/Jacques Levy) – 2:01
#"Green Apple Quick Step" (Gene Parsons/Clarence White) – 1:47
#"Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
#"Bugler" (Murray) – 3:05
#"Lazy Waters" (Rafkin) – 3:32
#"Farther Along" (trad. arr. Clarence White) – 2:57
#"White's Lightning" (Roger McGuinn/Clarence White) – 2:36
#"Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/adapt. Pete Seeger) – 3:51
#"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 5:26
#"He Was a Friend of Mine" (Roger McGuinn, Traditional) – 2:26
#"Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) – 3:09
#"From a Distance" (Gold) – 3:14
#"Love That Never Dies" (Roger McGuinn/Lynch) – 3:54

"The Byrds" reached 151 in the U.S. during a chart stay of four weeks. It never charted in the UK

ources

* "The Byrds" Box set booklet essay, David Fricke, c.1990.
* AllMusicGuide.com
* "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002.
* [http://www.legacyrecordings.com/artists/thebyrds/thereisaseason_p76034.html/ Legacy Recordings]