RARE PROMO 2xLP THE BYRDS UNTITLED Rural + PSYCH

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MINTY CLEAN ~ RARE PROMOTIONAL 2xLP COLLECTIBLE!

              The BYRDS

               UNTITLED

                 Columbia Records - G 30127 ((promo))     

RARE...advance release PROMOTIONAL first issue from 1970...one of the great unsung BYRDS albums...a sprawling 2xLP set in thick gatefold...

The band sound thoroughly reinvigorated. The live material...is stunning....the studio half is equally impressive and highlighted by the lovely 'Chestnut Mare' one of Jim (Roger McGuinns best ever songs) ...this double album includes an entire album's worth of unreleased material. Split between live cuts of vintage Byrds material and newer studio songs, record one features new member Skip Battin's contributions along with songs originally written by Roger McGuinn for an aborted Broadway remake of Ibsen's PEER GYNT. Guitarists McGuinn and Clarence White are the in-concert driving forces throughout Dylan covers ("Positively 4th Street"), early hits ("Hey Mr. Spaceman"), and newer songs ("Lover Of The Bayou").

Battin proved his value by writing a stirring anti-war anthem ("Welcome Back Home") and a song about the environment ("Hungry Planet"), which he co-wrote with McGuinn. Elsewhere, McGuinn lends the stirring "Chestnut Mare" and the poignantly introspective "All The Things." White pumped up the country/blues side of the Byrds by taking a rare vocal on both Lowell George's "Truck Stop Girl" and Leadbelly's "Take A Whiff On Me."

But, there is a lot more here. Some of the live versions of known songs are really good (Dylan's Positively 4th Street, Mr. Spaceman, Ballad of Easy Rider, My Back Pages), and "Lover of the Bayou" on the second side smokes. As expected, the sixteen minutes (!) jam of "Eight Miles High" is xompletely different from the studio version on the 5th Dimension Lp as it's turned into an adventure with a lot of improvisations, alot like the progressive psych bands were doing at the time. All in all there's much to love here, and one can easily consider essential to anyone interested in this fabulous band.

side 1)
1.) Lover of the Bayou   (Roger McGuinn - Jacques Levy) - 3:40
2.) Positively 4th Street   (Bob Dylan) - 2:03
3.) Nashville West (instrumental)    (Graham Parsons - Clarence White) - 2:00
4.) So You Want To Be a Rock 'n Roll Star   (Chris Hillman - Roger McGuinn) -  2:37
5.) Mr. Tambourine Man   (Bob Dylan) - 2:18 
6.) Mr. Spaceman   (Roger McGuinn) - 3:11

(side 2)
1.) Eight Miles High   (Roger McGuinn - David Crosby - Gene Clark) - 16:15

(side 3)
1.) Chestnut Mare   (Roger McGuinn - Jacques Levy) - 5:10
2.) Truck Stop Girl   (Lowell George - Bill Payne) - 3:19
3.) All Things   (Roger McGuinn - Jacques Levy) - 3:05   
4.) Yesterday's Train   (Gene Parsons - Skip Battin) - 3:32
5.) Hungry Planet   (Skip Battin - Kim Foley - Roger McGuinn) - 5:00

(side 4)
1.) Just a Season   (Roger McGuinn - Jacques Levy) - 3:54
2.) Take a Whiff (On Me)   (arranged Clarence White - Roger McGuinn) - 3:28
3.) You All  Look Alike   (Skip Battin - Kim Fowley) - 3:04
4.) Well Come Back Home   (Skip Battin) - 7:45

CONDITION: The thick gatefold cover is clean M- with 2 (PROMO) track listing timing strips on front cover that considerably raises the value in that the item is a very limited issue as a promotional like this...no split seams, no bends, no writing...very collectible

THE VINYL ~ all 4 sides (2xLP set) clean and glossy smooth M- ...TOP Collectible

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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