3 VINTAGE BYRDS VINYL ALBUMS--"YOUNGER,,,", "DR.BYRDS & MR.HYDE"+"SWEETHEART"
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THESE ARE THREE CLASSIC VINTAGE VINYL ALBUMS BY 1960s LEGENDS THE BYRDS, WHOSE ALUMNI INCLUDED DAVID CROSBY, ROGER McGUINN, GRAM PARSONS, CHRIS HILLMAN, AND OTHER NOTABLES !! ALL THREE ARE THE ORIGINAL RELEASES ON COLUMBIA RECORDS AND ARE IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE (NO SCRATCHES OR WARPS) FOR THEIR AGE --- THE ALBUM COVERS ARE ALSO IN TERRIFIC CONDITION, WITH ONLY A SLIGHT "HALO WEAR" ON "DR. BYRDS & MR. HYDE". THEY ARE BOTH ARTIFACTS FROM ABOUT HALF A CENTURY AGO AND ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL MUSICAL WORKS, SHOWING THE BYRDS' JOURNEY FROM FOLK-ROCK TO PSYCHEDELIC OFFERINGS TO AUTHENTIC BLUEGRASS-INFLUENCES. WHAT A BAND !!!
THE ALBUMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. "YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY" -- FROM 1967, QUITE PSYCHEDELIC, INCLUDING THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC "DO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR?" PLUS OTHERS;
2. "SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO" -- FROM 1968, IT BLEW PEOPLE'S MINDS DUE TO ITS UNABASHED BLUEGRASS STYLINGS & INFLUENCES BROUGHT IN BY GRAM PARSONS (PLUS EXCELLENT INSTRUMENTATION BY JOHN HARTFORD & OTHERS); POSSIBLY THE BEST COUNTRY-TYPE PATHOS EVER WITH "AN EMPTY BOTTLE, A BROKEN HEART, AND YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND" !! ALSO, TWO GREAT VERSIONS OF DYLAN'S "YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE" & "NOTHING WAS DELIVERED" MAKE THIS ONE OF THE BEST BYRDS EFFORTS OF ALL TIME;
3. "DR. BYRDS & MR. HYDE" -- FROM 1969, THE TITLE DESCRIBES THE CHANGES THE BAND WENT THROUGH, AND IT IS REFLECTED IN A WIDE RANGE OF SONG STYLES, WITH HIP & BLUEGRASSY "OLD BLUE" , "HICKORY WIND" & "DRUG STORE TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN" --PLUS GREAT VERSIONS OF DYLAN'S "THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE" & THE BLUES CLASSIC "BABY, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO?".
THE BYRDS WENT ON AN ALL-AMERICAN JOURNEY FROM EARLY FOLK TO ROCK AND THEN BACK TO EVEN EARLIER INFLUENCES OF BLUEGRASS & QUALITY COUNTRY MUSIC, NEVER LOSING THEIR INTEGRITY OR VALIDITY !! LONG LIVE THEIR MEMORY, AND LONG LIVE THE HEART AND SOUL OF GRAM PARSONS !!
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