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| Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 | 
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Category: Music
Artist: The Byrds
Publisher: Sundazed Music Inc.
Studio: Sundazed Music Inc.
Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 11177
UPC: 090771117724
EAN: 0090771117724
ASIN: B0016GLX4O
Release Date: June 17, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Lover of the Bayou | | • | You Ain't Going Nowhere | | • | Truck Stop Girl | | • | My Back Pages | | • | Baby, What You Want Me to Do | | • | Jamaica, Say You Will | | • | Black Mountain Rag / Soldier's Joy | | • | Mr.Tambourine Man | | • | Pretty Boy Floyd | | • | Take a Whiff (On Me) | | • | Chestnut Mare | | • | Jesus Is Just Alright | | • | Eight Miles High | | • | So You Want to Be a Rock `n' Roll Star | | • | Mr. Spaceman | | • | I Trust | | • | Nashville West | | • | Roll Over Beethoven | | • | Amazing Grace |
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Album Description
From their earliest days as 12-string-wielding folk-rockers, to the thrilling psychedelic excursions of their raga-rock period to their 1968 birthing of country-rock, the Byrds were always accorded a hero's welcome in England. What better place to record founding Byrds member/guitarist/singer Roger McGuinn's new version of the band--featuring fretboard ace Clarence White, bassist Skip Battin and drummer Gene Parsons--than London's Royal Albert Hall! Rescued from a tape that had sat forgotten in McGuinn's climatized garage for decades, this stellar 1971 set, featuring live versions of the current band's studio faves ("Lover of the Bayou," "Chestnut Mare") as well as adventurous reworkings of Byrds classics ("Mr. Tambourine Man," "My Back Pages," "Eight Miles High," "So You Want to Be a Rock `n' Roll Star") might be the most accurate and stirring live performance yet of the legendary Los Angeles combo. By 1971, the guitar interplay of McGuinn and White had become a jaw-dropping highlight of their live performances, as had their stripped-down, acoustic mini-set and peerless four-part vocal harmonies. As McGuinn, in typically understated fashion, says of this new Sundazed release, available now on both compact disc and as a high-definition vinyl, double-gatefold LP: "It was a great night, so I'm happy there's a record of it!"
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 Byrds Live in London 1971 August 31, 2008
this is a super CD of a concert, the Byrds on this Evening in Super top Form. Top Seller - Good Sound
Byrds/Clarence White Live at their Best August 31, 2008
I have loved the Byrds since the days of Turn Turn Turn and Mr. Tamborine Man, but the early band was better as a vocal group than as instrumentalists. After Sweethearts of the Rodeo, the band added Clarence White, who had been a sessions musician on several of the previous albums, as a band member. During the time that he was with the band, Clarence made it one of the best live acts going. Only the Grateful Dead had a guitar player as innovative. This album shows the band live in 1971 and highlights both Clarence's pedalsteel-like Telecaster playing and his awsome acoustic bluegrass skills. Clarence had been one of the people who created newgrass with his band Kentucky Colonels and with Muleskinner, which had many of the same musicians as Old and In the Way. His death at the hands of a drunk driver was a major loss to music. This album has the best version I've heard of Clarence's showstopper, Black Mountain Rag/Soldier's Joy. My only problem with the album is that the mix seems off on the first couple of tunes -- a problem with live recordings. After that the album is pure gold.
Holy Cow, Where Did THIS Come From?!?! August 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Everything is already out there," one reviewer complained when the second boxed set was released.
Well, it wasn't and isn't.
Seemingly out of nowhere here is lots lots more. The post-Sweetheart Byrds red hot and live at Albert Hall, seriously tearing into one great performance after another on a night when everything seems to have gone right.
This band is on fire with no time for dead air. One great performance follows quickly on the heels of the last, as if they can't wait to nail the next one.
And the sound quality... Okay, not perfect but consistently solid and better than anyone had a right to expect. When it really gets right it threads the eye of a needle and, whoa, you're in the front row.
The 1969-72 Byrds have been described as a "solid rock and roll band with an honest country heart" -- they were, and their sound is timeless.
Happily so is the material....
Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do", Jackson Browne's "Jamaica Say You Will," Lowell George's "Truck Stop Girl", Woody Guthrie's "Pretty Boy Floyd," Ledbelly's "Take A Whiff on Me," Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven..."
Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages," "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," and an almost bluegrass performance of "Mr. Tambourine Man."
McGuinn's finest post-Sweetheart compositions are here - "Lover Over the Bayou" and "Chestnut Mare", along with his earlier hits and a lovely delivery of "I Trust."
And the "Eight Miles High" jam. I swear that's "Old Blue" in the opening, but it quickly takes off to places unknown. Happily, this time McGuinn and Clarence don't take such a long cigarette break and leave Skip and Gene hanging...
Since this arrived I've either been listening to it or wishing I was...
Thank you, Jim Roger McGuinn, and Camilla too.
This is a keeper, and a nicely packaged one too.
 BAMBOOZLED August 17, 2008
THIS Album is Almost unlistenable. not the high flying byrds I remember. 8 mles high is almost unrecognizable. i played it thru once . Very painful. It won't get played again. I am sorry I wasted good money on this album!
Long overdue August 10, 2008
Another terrific live performance by the Byrds. A must have and must listen too, very often, concert CD. Now you can find out how many Byrds it takes to fill Albert Hall.
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