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- Part Four of the History of the Byrds continues with their movements through the 1970s. By 1973 they had come full circle and the original five Byrds got back together for a reunion album.
This video covers 1970-1973 and offers key album tracks, singles, and unreleased music clips throughout. Byrds featured are Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, David Crosby, Skip Battin, Clarence White and Gene Parsons.
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the birds untitled record is so good, totally underrated. i found a mint copy at wreckless records in chicago and got it for like 5 bucks and was blown away.
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If I had to pick just one Byrds album to own, it would have to be “Untitled”…
@@BaconTomatoCheese the live side is my personal favorite.
Nothing better than finding a record like that! (Well, almost nothing.)
i always really liked Tom Petty's cover of Lover of the Bayou on the Mudcrutch album..
The deal with Asylum getting the reunion album is that Columbia was supposed to get a McGuinn/Crosby album. In the wake of Clive Davis firing that didn't happen. I've often wondered what that would have sounded like.
I saw the line up of Battin, White, Parsons, McGuinn three times. I saw a lot of bands back in the day and that lineup kicked ass and took no prisoners. I have played Lover of the Bayou on stage more than any other song. Clarence White was the best guitarist I ever saw live and I saw a lot of them.
Yeah, Clarence continues to amaze me. I don't know what the Byrds would have been without him during this period.
When I discovered FM rock radio, “Chestnut Mare” happened to be in heavy rotation. The Byrds in their late country period were extremely important to my development as a music aficionado. Clarence White was a fantastic guitarist, and the entire band exuded a hip denim-chic that quieted any potential critics. Country-hippie once was a thing, and that came from both Dylan and the Byrds…
Yes the Byrds certainly had street cred during this late period. They never lost their cool.
as well as the dead & new riders too ...
Same here with Chestnut Mare and early 70s AOR FM. But then early 70s AOR played such a WIDE variety of music.
@@popgoesthe60s52 have you seen the great documentary in 2020 (Laurel Canyon-2 part documentary)about all the great folk and rock singers who lived there during the 60’s and 70’s. It starts with the Byrds and everything you discussed.
Can you do a review on this?
Thank you for your channel.
@@jimclemente6546 I have yet to see it. There is also a book I've been meaning to read on it as well. Thanks for the recommendation.
Well done. Fond memory of a trip to CA in my youth. Daytimes at the beach, nighttime’s at Whiskey A Go Go watching and listening to the Byrds.
Absolutely love the Clarence White" era"of the Byrds!
🎤🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🥁
Gene Parsons was an incredible drummer in this era.
Clarence Whites mother used to babysit my two kids in the early 70s in North Hollywood, Ca. I had the chance to meet him a couple of times, really great guy and so good looking! RIP Clarence.
A very underrated era for the Byrds. The Untitled record is my favorite record from this period. PLAY LOUD
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Clarence White brought a new dimension. One of the most unique sounds.
I saw the last incarnation of the Byrds in December, 1972 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Festival seating, a local act called 'Wildflowers', the Commander Cody and his Airmen, who only clicked on 'Hot Rod Lincoln' and 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette). The Byrds set was amazing - apart from the drummer who wasn't dialed in a on a couple songs (there wasn't a band introduction, so I've never been sure if it was John Guerin or more likely Jim Moon (a/k/a Jim Schwerz). Mcguinn, White and Battin played off each other like jazz musicians and the sound was phenomenal, the best I've ever heard at any concert. The audience loved The Byrds demanding and getting multiple encores before Roger politely asked everyone to go home. Wonderful show.
Thanks for sharing that experience, Thomas!
I saw that version too, with Guerin on drums. December 15th at the Tower Theater. Unfortunately, McGuinn was drunk by the time The Byrds came on after Paul Butterfield and Commander Cody. The rest of the band took up the slack. McGuinn could barely stand up and only got 4 notes into Eight Miles High before handing it off to Clarence. McGuinn was celebrating something though I can't quite recall what it was. Some fans were tossing presents up on stage.
Just remembered that the only Byrd I saw live was a Gene Clark at a Mass. coffeehouse in 1987, very intimate, about 50 people there, lots of early Byrd songs , just him with acoustic guitar. He did a version of 8 miles high, I taped it on a cassette and he died not long after I believe. He was a musical hero and didn’t disappoint.
I'd love to hear that!
Out of all the Byrd lineups, this one had the best musicianship.
Yes, Battin, Parsons, and White has real tight musical and mutual chemistry among them which made for all the more musical and social harmony within the band at that time. Hence the reason that particular lineup lasted the longest of all The Byrds’ band lineups throughout the group’s career.
*had real tight
“Untitled” is the best Byrds album by their finest lineup. Pull up the live version of “8 Miles High”. It is epic.
Gene Parsons on drums and Skip Battin on bass = one of the greatest rhythm sections in rock.
“Untitled” is just fantastic. Every track.
Matt thanks so much for this Byrds history series. Really great.
Thanks! I loved your history of the Byrds. One of my favorite bands ever. Your experience and analysis mirrored mine so closely, it was kinda spooky.
I worked for a version of the Byrds in the 90's doing the light show .They played the state/County fair circuit with Paul Revere and the Raiders. Skip was an awesome guy! One show in Montana, the promoter gave him cases of microbrews and artisan liquors. Skip sent me to the store to get him Pabst Blue Ribbon, and gave me all the beer and liquor to share with the crew. Thanks for bringing back this memory, hadn't thought about it in years. What a great summer that was.
What a great experience - thanks for sharing!
You put a lot of work in this series. thanks for what you have done. The Byrds did some great material.
Such a beautiful song , Chestnut Mare .
I saw the Dylan/Tom Petty tour in the late 80's in Stuttgart Germany. Petty did several Byrds songs. My friend and I said wow they really sound like the byrds. Then we noticed that's McGuinn!! They did 8 Miles High. As close as I ever got to seeing the byrds. On the reunion album your dog 🐕 bailed!! Even he thought they should have stopped after Untitled!! I liked alot of the Chris Hillman stuff in the 80's he did as the Desert Rose Band. Enjoyed the 4 part series of the byrds. Great job!! 🎸🎸🎸
Thank you, Lucian!
I enjoy every incarnation of the Byrds. The McGuinn, Battin, White and Parsons line-up was fantastic live; every recording I've heard has been great. Along with the Untitled album, that makes that line-up essential for me as a Byrds fan. I do enjoy quite a bit from those later albums, but McGuinn should have exerted more quality control. I think they had another really good album in them when you consider that McGuinn, Skip and Gene Parsons all had solid to very good solo albums following the dissolution of the band. But maybe that's my Byrds bias coming through.
Nevertheless, they remain one of the handful of groups from that era and beyond that will always brighten my day when I put one of their records on.
I agree - the final lineup of the Byrds of McGuinn, White, Parsons, and Battin were absolutely fantastic live! Wish they could’ve kept going…
@@BaconTomatoCheese Agreed. I don't generally like jam bands (that do 10- or 20-minute solos), but I sure liked the latter Byrds.
I consider Clarence White the Mick Taylor of the band, bringing the live sound forward
Fantastic Job. I never apreciated the depth or longevity of this band, even though I was "there", though young. I am going to listen to them now :)
BTW…..EXCELLENT 4-PART Byrds History. Thank you. Well-researched and presented. I was a radio DJ for over a decade, a music TV reporter and have written for many publications, besides being a real musician with songs on the radio. VERY nice work!
Thank you, mc2!
Congratulations Matt on your excellent 4 part series on The Byrds. Their influence on other artists over the period is huge. Regarding how good a guitar player Clarence was, after a Byrds gig a guy came back stage and a told Clarence how much he admired his guitar playing..... the guy was non other than Jimmy Hendrix !
I didn't know that about Hendrix, but I certainly understand it!
Wow that’s amazing! I bet Hendrix and White are jamming up a storm up in Heaven. ❤️
love the sound of Clarence's guitar nothing sounds like it so glad Marty Stuart owns it and we can hear it still
Agreed, this was an excellent 4 part CZcams series on The Byrds. They remain arguably the most underrated band of the 60's. Great job!
Really?
Great retrospective on a great band. Final comment :I lived in Northwest New Jersey for a while and Roger McGuinn was touring. This was somewhere in the late 1990s. he did a single show in a county Park in Hunterdon County-- just him and his 12-string Rickenbacker. I got to meet him,shake his hand wish him good luck. he sounded like the whole band. Great performer on his own.
Cool stuff Eugene! How was Roger to talk to as a person?
@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 well I'm going back quite a few years but he was very personable down to earth .didn't really talk too much and that was about it really
@@eugenedegeorge5084 Cool; thanks for sharing!
Gene's drumming on Eight Miles High is amazing. So much drive and swing.
Michael Clarke was the drummer. He was born Michael Dick, but changed his last name to Clarke, with an 'e' to differentiate from Gene's last name.
Craig meant Gene Parsons’s drumming on the latter-day lengthy landmark live version of Eight Miles High, as featured on the Untitled, Live At The Fillmore, and Live At Royal Albert Hall albums.
@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 Thanks for pointing this out. The Byrds suffered from having too many people with similar names: Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Gene Parsons, Gram Parsons. And let's not even talk about Jim/Roger McGuinn. Nice that he's back from Rio. :)
@@greg6351 No problem, Greg. It is interesting how there were many parallels drawn within the band in that regard. Sadly, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, and Gram Parsons are all sadly no longer with us. And yes, Back From Rio is my favorite solo album of McGuinn's. :)
@Glenn Watson That's from the Filmore. The (Untitled) live sides were taped at Queens College and The Felt Forum.
Just want to thank you, Matt, for your awesome videos. Thank you for covering The Byrds, Association st.al. Perhaps in the future you could do a feature on the Chicago groups of the mid-60's, The Buckinghams, Cryan Shames, New Colony Six, Shadows of Knight, Ides of March, etc. Thanks again, Tom Robinson, ex-Byrds Online Appreciation Society (BOAS).
Yes! You will eventually see the New Colony Six, Bucks, and Cryin' Shames for sure. The others are in play as well. I saw them all do a concert in 2019 at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Surprisingly good show, especially the New Coloy Six!
Very nicely done. Learned a lot despite starting at ground floor in 1965 & going 8 miles up. I saw the (untitled) band- Clarence was a wonder. Also saw (& met) Gene & Roger playing a club in Newport RI. & Roger singing Chestnut Mare with Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review 4 times. Chris & his band in GG Park. in more recent years. Saw & met Michael in the 70s with Firefall. I still llisten too. Gram & Gene are hero-saints of mine.
Given the way the front cover is designed, one could argue that the reunion album is actually by "Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Michael Clarke", and entitled "Byrds". That is probably a more accurate artist name for this configuration than Byrds. While maybe a step up from the last two official Byrds albums (I am kind of partial to the sleepy...some might say lazy...version of Cowgirl in the Sand), it really doesn't sound like a cohesive band at all. I'm glad that McGuinn, Clark, and Hillman didn't call their new project Byrds when they reconvened in the late 1970s. Otherwise, we'd have a disco tune in the Byrds canon!
It is titled exactly that way...just like CSN/Y. I think Clark, Hillman & McGuinn saw it as a springboard for their solo aspirations, and went along with Crosby on this. They also predominantly used the others as a backing band. Considering the short amount of time they had to rehearse and record, It still isn't a bad album.
Excellent 4 part series. Some of your best stuff. Good depth, and a storied group. Thanks
I appreciate the feedback Alan! Thank you.
Well researched series. I enjoyed it a lot.
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The 2018 Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th anniversary concert tour with McGuinn, Hillman, and Marty Stuart (playing Clarence White's Stringbender) were something of a Byrds swan song - there are plenty of clips on CZcams and they're worth checking out.
Excellent series! I started to get into the Byrds this last year after always not really caring for them too much. Something just clicked and I've been obsessed since.
I was really hoping to hear your take on Gene Clark's No Other.
That was a really deep dive into the Byrds . The weren't my favourite band but I found the series more than interesting. Great stuff as usual Matt.
Hey Tony - thanks for hanging in there and watching all 4.
@@popgoesthe60s52 I thank you Matt, for the education and all the work you put into your presentations. You are seriously the GOAT when it comes to reviewing bands from back in the day.
You know of course that I'm still waiting for the "Airplane" to land on your channel : )
P.S.
It will be a monster task BUT have you ever considered attempting to review "The Rolling Stones" ?
@@BrixtonTone This Byrds series is one of the more intense series. Of the other 'biggies' I have in my cross hairs are the Beach Boys, Airplane, Monkees, Stones - probably in that order. I'll only be able to handle 2 of those in this calendar year if I'm really on top of it. I have some additional Beatles series to sprinkle in as well plus some interviews and feature on Psychedelia. Others have requested the Airplane too and I have tons of deep research Ill have to condense into 3 videos, so that will be a fun one!
Just great! Learned a lot of their later years that I didn't know. Enjoy your extremely high quality productions.
Thank you, Brian - much appreciated!
The original group got back together one final time in 1991, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Gene Clark died shortly afterwards, and Michael Clarke two years later.
Thanks for this information. This was a band that was and is very near and dear to me, but the songs were hit or miss. The mix of psychedelic and folk was so captivating for me as a kid, and still sound amazing to me. An innocence that was fleeting. The Notorious Byrd Brothers is my favorite by far. Perhaps it was mainly the lifestyle excesses took its toll after that, and they could not focus on their musical strengths, and had a hard time staying organized enough to produce a strong coherent album. That’s just my opinion, I’m sure many may disagree.
I appreciate the comment!
Bravo Matt. Amazing 4 part series. Your understated talent is undeniable.
Outstanding Matt! Great 4 part series! The Byrds Reunion Album was disappointing to me because the Rickenbacker was missing in action. Watched their Hall of Fame clip the other night. Sad that Gene Clark passed away a few months later. Your series has reignited my love of the Byrds. Matt you're a genius! Thanks for all your videos!
Matt, thank you for taking all the time to do this retrospect on the Byrds! It brought back soooo many memories. Sometimes it's odd where music can take your mind. It's not just memories but feelings as well. I plan on watching and listening to these videos several times. Again, Thank you Matt. 😊
I'm please that you watched them just once! What a nice compliment!
With this Long 8 Miles high
The Byrds touched Grateful Dead Territory
… supreme WestCoast Music
That‘s why we love this Kind of Music
Please do a Gene Clarke Special
THX for your Passion & Great Work
Thanks for these great bios! I shall commence evangelize to my 200 friends.
Much thanks! More to come.
Great documentary on the best band ever.
Respect.
Much thanks, Nick!
Well done covering this era of the Byrds. Still love the band during this era, because they were a great live act.
Loved this series, Matt! Excellent job. Would be cool to do a Part 5 with some of the post-Byrds solo work, especially Gene Clark's material.
Loved your series on the Byrds. Was a fan from the moment I first heard Mr Tamborine Man in my teens - am 72 now. Never cared for the country sounds yet I bought every album I saw. Listened to Byrdmaniax once - felt it was a waste of vinyl and trashed it. Actually liked the reunion album, especially Cowgirl in the Sand and Gene Clark's Changing Heart. Still a McGuinn fan and see his solo show whenever it is nearby (CT/MA/RI/NY).
Another great installment, many kudos for shedding light on this obscure period for them. Can certainly hear where the Eagles got their template from.
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Excellent recap on the. BYRDS! Thanks
Thank you Matt... like walking back into history.
Hi Matt, this was great. The Byrds couldn't have wished for a more respectful and worthwhile review of their creative output. I really didn't know much about the Byrds and I honestly thought they were just a couple of Dylan covers and a couple of Pete Seeger covers with Eight Miles High. As a result of my lack of knowledge I really expected this installment to be a bit weak, but I really enjoyed this. I will have to check out (untitled). If one thinks about modern recording with records taking a full year, and their output of 11 albums in 7 years (1965 to 1971), if they would have been a bit more judicious in their releases, and as you said, had better understanding of their own songs, they might have been more consistent. That said, The Byrds have a much better catalogue than I realized. Thank you!
I appreciate the warm comment, Leemer! I always wonder if these videos will hold the attention of a casual fan. I'm glad stuck it out!
Love these Byrds episodes. I’m learning a lot. Thank you.
I see Spotify has finally added Byrdmaniax. It has some great tunes on it. I really like “Glory Glory” and “I Trust” along with Clarence’s version of “Jamaica Say You Will”. Cheers ✌️❤️
"Glory Glory" was a big hit in E England. "Pale Blue" and Kathleen's song" were two of McGuinn's greatest songs. "Green Apple Quick Step" was epic bluegrass. "Jamaica..." was the best thing Clarence ever sang. If the best tracks from the last two albums had been combined, it would have been one of their greatest albums and more than worthwhile.
Thanks for this fascinating four-part. And thanks in particular for the Gene Clark stuff. My favorite song in the world--not just my favorite Byrds song--is Free This Time. I'm going to have to search for those Gene Clark albums!
Thank you, Jon. I appreciate the feedback and your comments.
Yeah, Set You Free This Time from Turn Turn Turn, RIP Gene,always loved your songs and your voice.
Thanks Matt, this was a nice wind-up for the Byrds series. “Untitled” was my favorite album of this bunch. I continued to purchase all of their albums from this period, and found a lot of the material lacking with some exceptions. Byrdmaniax had great album cover art, but again, had just a few outstanding cuts with a lot of filler.
Looking back, the Byrds and the individual members produced a great body of work over several decades that has left an indelible mark on multiple music genres.
The sound of that Ric-12 exploded out of my '61 Falcon's AM Radio dashboard speaker(I was driving at 15) ...Never had a guitar cut thru in the mix like this on Mr.Tambourine Man in June '65 and a mere month later? Like a Rolling Stone was released by Dylan...yeah you had to be there...
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A truly superb series. Thank you.
Great series. I just watched all 4 in one sitting. Loved it. Very well done!
That's quite a compliment to watch all 4 in a row! Much thanks!
Incredible! Thanks for this incredible history of the Byrds! Incredible!
Bravo, maestro Matt. I stayed up all night listening to your really superb documentary of the BYRDS, all 4 parts. Music history is richer indeed to have your magnificent legacy.
Loved this Byrds retrospective. Best musical history channel on CZcams by-far!!!!!!!
Thank you, David! Much appreciated.
Problems with "reunions" :
(1) Past members get back together and after an initial burst of enthusiasm start to remember why they left
(2) PR/Record company stoke up expectations that can't possibly be met (3) Success or lack thereof by previous members introduces challenging new power dynamics.(Crosby/Clark?)(4) If they try to recreate their original sound it will be compared to their heyday, usually negatively. If they do something different they'll be accused of not sounding like themselves.
Thanks for turning me on to some lesser known stuff, you're so right about them being a bad judge of their own material.
Thanks for the comment, Shadow. Right on with your reunion points.
But listen to the KSAN/Boarding House bootleg. A couple tracks have been online. A bunch of guys having a good time making good music. Humor to boot.
Excellent points. Another reason McGuinn doesn’t want to have anymore Byrds reunions with Crosby and Hillman today is because he feels like it would be doing the gigs just to earn a paycheck. And McGuinn himself has always firmly believed that (and I quote him directly) “once being in a band feels more like work and less like pleasure, you know it’s time to hang it up and move on.”
@@thomasrobinson182 Sounds like a one-off reunion gig, nice vibe for sure. But when bands reunite and go back into the PR/album machine they've often faltered .
@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 McGuinn and Hillman are both born-again Christians, Crosby donated sperm to Julie Cypher (Melissa Ethridge's then partner). Completely different life views. Roger has also dealt with some seriously awful 'fans', including one who made his life miserable over ownership claims on a stolen guitar and others attacking his appearing on The 700 Club. He used to participate in online Byrds forums before all this. So I can assure you there will never be a reunion with Crosby as Roger has repeatedly affirmed this since the mid-nineties.
Well done.
BTW, there are also some bootlegs of a pretty good reunion at San Francisco's 'Boarding House', broadcast by KSAN, in 1978 prior to the first McGuinn, Clark and Hillman album, with Clark, Hillman and McGuinn each doing two songs solo and then as a group w/Crosby joining in on a mix of early and later Byrds classics, it's great to hear Gene's 'Release Me, Girl' and Roger's 'Bye, Bye Baby' without the studio glop the Albert Brothers (the Bee Gee's producers) applied to the M-C-H release. Keep in mind that the CDs normally omit either 'Release Me, Girl' or 'Feel A Whole Lot Better', the encore. Great vibes, they're having a great time and music is great. Fun moment: David Crosby asking if he sang on 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere' and if he enjoyed himself. Great version of 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door', which makes me wish there has been a legitimate release.
Jon York was pushed out by Clarence and Gene who wanted to bring their pal Skip Battyn into the band. York had co-written two songs on "Dr. Byrds" and sang backup vocals that were closer to what you came to expect from the original band.
One great thing about the latter-day Byrds albums is they're really easy to find for low prices. 👌
Thank you for this epic series on The Byrds. I've been a fan since 1965! Keep them comin'.
Great work Matt - The Byrds to me are the original line-up, so I struggled with parts 2, 3 and 4, but appreciate your full coverage of the band's career. Take care!
I appreciate you watching them all! Thanks for the support, Borella.
Matt, the Byrds lineup of: McGuinn, Battin, Parsons and White was a great touring/recording band. That lineup was able to capture all the sounds the group created during their time together. (Thanks for remembering McGuinn’s Rickenbacker and White’s Telecaster). Great job!
I'd agree if they'd kept Battin's songs off the records.
Stellar, one of the best things I've seen in some time.
can't thank you enough, Matt. This is by far my most cherished channel.
I appreciate the support, Aceface! Thank you.
Very enjoyable series mate, and one of my favourite 60s bands 👍
I've never been keen on most of the Byrds songs after the Notorious LP, and in particular I Wasn't Born To Follow plus the other Byrds songs they did for the Easy Rider soundtrack (I'm not sure if some of that was solo McGuinn or not).....but I have to say I was quite liking the sound of the Untitled LP, so I might have to keep my eyes open for a copy of the CD 😎
Get the “untitled/unissued” CD version of this. You won’t be sorry!
I'm like you and never cared much for the later stuff until I poured through every song and found some gems. You'll love Untitled!
Hey Matt what you doing is so freaking cool… I am a mammoth music freak myself so keep doing this show I think it’s awesome!!!
Thank you, George - much appreciated!
Very valuable documentary. Bravo, Matt!
In 1973 I saw them at c w post dome .No light show, no explosion, no giant inflatable pig . I wasn't ready for what I was about to hear . The music was on the highest level I've ever heard ! McGuinn was laying down fancy chords and Clarence and Skip were shredding in and out of the chords . The sound had a inner power , , ,
That is very good to hear - thanks Chris!
As usual, excellent series.
If your posts weren't so consistently superb I wouldn't have to be so repetitive in telling you so. But I know you're not going to stop and I don't want you to stop. So once again -- fantastic work, Matt !
That's high praise, syater! Much thanks.
Thanks for this,
I’m a big fan of (Untitled), the 2 cd reissue is fantastic, not crazy about the version of “Eight miles high” on it though! I’m ashamed to say that I don’t have the 2 last albums - yet, I really should pick them up on cd with the extra tracks. I’m sure I will find something I like on them.
Not a big fan of the reunion album, though Gene Clark does shine on it. The two songs the original Byrds did that ended up on Gene Clark’s “Roadmaster” are far superior - because it sounds like The Byrds.
I have those 2 volumes of “The original singles” and they sound wonderful in mono in their original mixes. Another compilation I love is “The Byrds Collection” on Castle Communions Records on vinyl from the late ‘80’s I believe - an old friend has it and that was my first introduction to the band - I’ve used it as a template for my own playlist.
I must try to find a cd copy of “In the beginning” as another old friend has it and let me tape it years ago.
Enjoyed this series as I played the albums for the first time in a long time because of it.
Cheers.
Brilliant on all four parts Matt. Much appreciated from the Uk.
Watching The Byrds perform on 'Playboy After Dark' is surreal to say the least.
What an excellent series this is Matt. Such a turbulent history, but you analysed and explained it very well.
I appreciate the comment, Alan!
"Never Before" was definitely something a fan would have wanted to get at the time, but I'm pretty sure all the songs have now been included in the expanded CD reissues of the regular albums.
With the exception of 'Flight 713'.
@@thomasrobinson182 yeah and in fact it's not even on the vinyl release, CD only.
It's a great one, they sound like Love!
The version of Lady Friend with the 1980's overdubs has (mercifully) not been reissued on any subsequent releases.
What an awesome series, you did a great job on this one Matt. It's crazy how often everything changed for them, basically changing band mates almost every album! Can't wait to see who you cover next.
I had The Original Singles Volume One on cassette, my first Byrds album ever.
A better compilation of The Byrds Hits/Misses is “The Essential Byrds”. I have the Limited Edition 3 CD version, the third disc is six songs from the early Byrds lineup.
Thank You. This is Wonderful! 💗💗💗
The Untitled album is as far as i've ventured into their catalogue and would have been a good way to go out, leaving a solid body of work. Not to be, however still some gems in the final few albums which i had not heard before. Nicely wrapped up and an enjoyable band history!
Thank you, Shayne!
Great series, thanks so much for doing all the research and putting these together.
I don't recall you mentioning the 4 CD box set from Columbia/Legacy in 1990. It was simply titled "The Byrds" and came in a plain black box which had the name embossed. It boasted 17 previously unissued recordings with 4 new tracks and some live stuff as well. And of course there's a booklet, 56 pages.
There is a second box set, 'There Is A Season', which has 3 CDs of music and a DVD of Byrds television appearances.
Untitled is a great album and the best of their latter albums
Wonderfully educational, and appreciative of the different sounds the Byrds produced. Thank you.
Thank you, Antonio!
After 53 years I still think All The Things is about the best song of the later period and Clarence White was a most inspired and inspiring addition to their personnel. Brilliant appraisal of Untitled.
I love that song and I would put it near or at the top too. Thank you, David.
Thanks Matt. I love the I Have To Get This Album Someday note. A great deal of this later material is very good. It is odd how they consistently left some of the best material of each album to make room for weaker tracks. The previously unreleased material made some pretty good collections. Cheers. I love that Beau Brummels album in the back ground as well.
Thanks Martin! The Beau Brummels are also on my very long list!
I think the Byrd reunion in 1972 was the second big reunion of a 60s band. The first was the critically lambasted “people like us” by the Mamas and the Papas…It was heavily criticized because mama Cass was barely felt on the album.
Good comparison to the Mamas and Papas LP.
Oh yeah, America's Great National Pastimes. I remember that song now, got some radio play where I lived. I always liked it and never knew who it was. You put that age old question to rest. Finally lol, because I haven't heard it since about 1971.
Very well done. I enjoyed this four part series on the Byrds. Thank you.
I appreciate you watching all 4!
I'd completely lost track of The Byrds at this point in time. My familiarity was mostly before the Gram Parsons days. These have been very educational.
Always enjoy your video's, thank you so much 😊
I never knew about Milestones before Matt thank you so much for telling us! Also your dog in the background is so adorable lol
You're probably aware but fans/collectors may not be of a CD single from 1989 by Crowded House with Roger McGuinn. It features their new single 'I Feel Possessed' which is fine but the bonus tracks are credited to ByrdHouse: 'Mr. Tambourine Man', 'Eight Miles High' and 'So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star'.
I didn't know that - thank you!
Super ending to another super series Matt, thanks! Looking forward to whoever you will next be covering. Always learning something from your videos. :- )
Great series. Thanks so much for this Matt!
excellent series, I learned some things and enjoyed all 4 segments.
I appreciate you watching all 4, Harry! Thank you.
I always wondered about how the cover for Byrdmaniax was created. For an album for a band with declining fortunes it looked very expensive to produce
Never really cared for that album cover. Gives me the heebie-jeebies…
They were called life masks. I have mixed feelings about the cover, but the inside of the vinyl album is fun. The letter of reference for Gene Parsons is very informative and you get to see Jimi Seiter, who's brother John drummed for Spanky and Our Game and the Turtles, erstwhile road manager, who inserted himself as percussionist on some live dates.
@@BaconTomatoCheese Skip said the same thing about making it.
You have a great way of telling a story. Looking forward to more videos!
Superb work ol’ chap! You’ve introduced me to some really decent Byrd’s music I wasn’t aware of. Thank you.
The original lineup is my favorite.Just watched all four parts.Nice presentation that puts the band's evolution into perspective for me.Thanks for posting this interesting and informative series.
Thank you, Jim!