THE BYRDS | Sweetheart Of The Rodeo | 1972 VINYL LP | reissue | GRAM PARSONS
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The Byrds
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Artist: The Byrds
Title: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Release Year: 1968
Pressing Year: 1972 (reissue)
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: CS 9670
Run-Out Stamping: XSM136654-1H
Format: 33 RPM • 12” Album • Stereo
UPC: none
This Byrds’ recording was not the first important country-rock album (Gram Parsons managed that feat with The International Submarine Band’s debut), and The Byrds were hardly strangers to country music, dipping their toes in the twangy stuff as early as their second album. But no major band had gone so deep into the sound and feeling of classic country (without parody or condescension) as The Byrds did with this album. At a time when most rock fans viewed country as a musical "L'il Abner" routine, The Byrds dared to declare that C&W could be hip, cool, and heartfelt.
Though Gram Parsons had joined the band as a pianist and lead guitarist, his deep love of C&W soon took hold, and Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman followed his lead; significantly, the only two original songs on the album were both written by Parsons (the achingly beautiful Hickory Wind and One Hundred Years from Now), while on the rest of the set classic tunes by Merle Haggard, The Louvin Brothers, and Woody Guthrie were sandwiched between a pair of twanged-up Bob Dylan compositions.
While many cite this as more of a Gram Parsons album than a Byrds set, given the strong country influence of McGuinn's and Hillman's later work, it's obvious Parsons didn't impose a style upon this band so much as he tapped into a sound that was already there, waiting to be released. If The Byrds didn't do country-rock first, they did it brilliantly, and few albums in the style are as beautiful and emotionally affecting as this.
Personnel: Roger McGuinn (vocals, guitar, banjo); Chris Hillman (vocals, mandolin, bass); Gram Parsons (vocals, guitar); Kevin Kelley, Jon Corneal (drums); Earl P. Ball (piano); Lloyd Green, Jaydee Maness (pedal steel guitar); Clarence White (guitar); John Hartford (banjo, guitar); Roy M. Huskey (bass).
Side One: Side Two: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Hickory Wind I Am A Pilgrim One Hundred Years From Now The Christian Life Blue Canadian Rockies You Don’t Miss Your Water Life In Prison You’re Still On My Mind Nothing Was Delivered Pretty Boy FloydNOTE: I try to match the condition of my vinyl records to Ebay's Grading System.
VINYL GRADE: VG+
Notes: Minimal surface noise. A good cleaning is all this one needs. No warp.
LABEL GRADE: VG+
Notes: Neither side has spindle wear, writing, ring wear, or tape. Orange Columbia all-caps text logo with six “eyes” in a circle on red. Text is black on red.
SLEEVE GRADE: EX
Notes: Non-original brand-new plain white paper with rounded corners and a circle cut in the center of both sides to display the label.
JACKET GRADE: VG
Notes: Visible ring wear, no splits, no stains, no writing, no tape, no crinkles. Edges, spine (readable), and corners are worn. (See my original scan.)
Shipping is $4.00. NOTE: I will NOT be responsible for items lost or damaged in the mail.
Combined shipping: I will be happy to combine multiple items. If you buy more than one item from me, the shipping cost will be the highest original shipping fee plus $1 per additional item.
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This is not a cut-out or a record-club pressing. It is the original issue.
Note: I haven't cleaned this 51-year-old record because everybody seems to prefer their own methods. I'll leave the cleaning up to the buyer. Also, I'm not a professional vinyl seller or buyer. This comes from my own collection. Bought at Books, Strings & Things in downtown Blacksburg VA.
Enjoy the auction — and good luck!
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