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The Byrds

MUSIC

Jangly rock band, active 1962-72.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gene Clark
Singer/Songwriter
17-Nov-1944 24-May-1991 The Byrds, No Other
David Crosby
Musician
14-Aug-1941   Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Roger McGuinn
Musician
13-Jul-1942   Singer/guitarist for The Byrds
Gram Parsons
Musician
5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers

DISCOGRAPHY

Mr. Tambourine Man (1965, Columbia)
1Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover)
2I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
3Spanish Harlem Incident (Bob Dylan cover)
4You Won't Have to Cry
5Here Without You
6The Bells of Rhymney (Idris Davies/Pete Seeger cover)
7All I Really Want to Do (Bob Dylan cover)
8I Knew I'd Want You
9It's No Use
10Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe (Jackie DeShannon cover)
11Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan cover)
12We'll Meet Again

Remastered in 1996 including the song "She Has a Way", as well as alternate versions of "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better", "It's No Use", "You Won't Have to Cry", "All I Really Want to Do", and the instrumental "You and Me".

Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965, Columbia)
1Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season) (Pete Seeger cover)
2It Won't Be Wrong
3Set You Free This Time
4Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Bob Dylan cover)
5He Was a Friend of Mine
6The World Turns All Around Her
7Satisfied Mind
8If You're Gone
9The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan cover)
10Wait and See
11Oh! Susannah

Fifth Dimension (1966, Columbia)
15D (Fifth Dimension)
2Wild Mountain Thyme
3Mr. Spaceman
4I See You
5What's Happening?!?!
6I Come and Stand at Every Door
7Eight Miles High
8Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
9Captain Soul
10John Riley
112-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)

Younger Than Yesterday (1967, Columbia)
1So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star?
2Have You Seen Her Face
3C.T.A.-102
4Renaissance Fair
5Time Between
6Everybody's Been Burned
7Thoughts and Words
8Mind Gardens
9My Back Pages (Bob Dylan cover)
10The Girl with No Name
11Why

The Byrds' Greatest Hits (1967, Columbia)
1Mr. Tambourine Man
2I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
3The Bells of Rhymney
4Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season
5All I Really Want to Do
6Chimes of Freedom
7Eight Miles High
8Mr. Spaceman
95D (Fifth Dimension)
10So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star
11My Back Pages

The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968, Columbia)
1Artificial Energy
2Goin' Back (Carole King/Gerry Goffin cover)
3Natural Harmony
4Draft Morning
5Wasn't Born to Follow
6Get to You
7Change Is Now
8Old John Robertson
9Tribal Gathering
10Dolphin's Smile
11Space Odyssey

Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968, Columbia)
1You Ain't Going Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)
2I Am a Pilgrim
3The Christian Life
4You Don't Miss Your Water
5You're Still on My Mind
6Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie cover)
7Hickory Wind
8One Hundred Years from Now
9Blue Canadian Rockies
10Life in Prison (Merle Haggard cover)
11Nothing Was Delivered (Bob Dylan cover)

Remastered in 1997, including the songs "You Got a Reputation", "Lazy Days", "Pretty Polly", "The Christian Life", "Life in Prison", "You're Still on My Mind", "One Hundred Years from Now", and "All I Have Are Memories". A special two-disc edition was released in 2003:

Sweetheart of the Rodeo (2003, Columbia/Legacy)
Disc 1
1You Ain't Going Nowhere
2I Am a Pilgrim
3The Christian Life
4You Don't Miss Your Water
5You're Still on My Mind
6Pretty Boy Floyd
7Hickory Wind
8One Hundred Years from Now
9Blue Canadian Rockies
10Life in Prison
11Nothing Was Delivered
12All I Have Are Memories (master take)
13Reputation
14Pretty Polly
15Lazy Days
16Christian Life (master take)
17You Don't Miss Your Water (master take)
18One Hundred Years from Now (master take)
19Radio Spot: Sweetheart of the Radio Album
Disc 2
1Sum up Broke
2One Day Week
3Truck Drivin' Man
4Blue Eyes
5Luxury Liner
6Strong Boy
7Lazy Days (alternate version)
8Pretty Polly (alternate version)
9Hickory Wind (:(alternate version))
10Christian Life (take 7)
11Christian Life (take 8)
12Life in Prison (takes 1-2)
13Life in Prison (takes 3-4)
14One Hundred Years from Now (takes 12-13)
15One Hundred Years from Now (takes 13-14)
16You're Still on My Mind (take 13)
17You're Still on My Mind (take 48)
18All I Have Are Memories (instrumental, take 17)
19All I Have Are Memories (instrumental, take 21)
20Blue Canadian Rockies (take 14)

Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969, Columbia)
1This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan cover)
2Old Blue
3Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me
4Child Of The Universe
5Nashville West
6Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
7King Apathy III
8Candy
9Bad Night At The Whiskey
10Medley: My Back Pages/B.J. Blues/Baby What You Want Me To Do

Ballad of Easy Rider (1969, Columbia)
1Ballad of Easy Rider
2Fido
3Oil in My Lamp
4Tulsa County
5Jack Tarr the Sailor
6Jesus Is Just Alright
7It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan cover)
8There Must Be Someone (I Can Turn To)
9Gunga Din
10Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) (Woody Guthrie cover)
11Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins

Untitled (1970, Columbia)
Disc 1 - Live
1Lover of the Bayou
2Positively 4th Street
3Nashville West
4So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star
5Mr. Tambourine Man
6Mr. Spaceman
7Eight Miles High
Disc 2 - Studio
1Chestnut Mare
2Truck Stop Girl
3All the Things
4Yesterday's Train
5Hungry Planet
6Just a Season
7Take a Whiff on Me
8You All Look Alike
9Welcome Back Home

Byrdmaniax (1971, Columbia)
1Glory, Glory
2Pale Blue
3I Trust
4Tunnel of Love
5Citizen Kane
6I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician
7Absolute Happiness
8Green Apple Quick Step
9My Destiny
10Kathleen's Song
11Jamaica Say You Will (Jackson Browne cover)

Farther Along (1971, Columbia)
1Tiffany Queen
2Get Down Your Line
3Farther Along
4B.B. Class Road
5Bugler
6America's Great National Pastime
7Antique Sandy
8Precious Kate
9So Fine
10Lazy Waters
11Bristol Steam Convention Blues

The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II (1972, Columbia)
1Ballad of Easy Rider
2Wasn't Born to Follow
3Jesus Is Just Alright
4He Was a Friend of Mine
5Chestnut Mare
6Tiffany Queen
7Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
8You Ain't Going Nowhere
9Citizen Kane
10I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician
11America's Great National Pastime

Byrds (1973, Asylum)
1Full Circle
2Sweet Mary
3Changing Heart
4For Free
5Born to Rock'n'Roll
6Things Will Be Better
7Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young cover)
8Long Live the King
9Borrowing Time
10Laughing
11(See the Sky) About to Rain (Neil Young cover)

The Byrds (1990, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Mr. Tambourine Man
2I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
3Chimes of Freedom
4She Has a Way
5All I Really Want to Do
6Spanish Harlem Incident
7The Bells of Rhymney
8It's All over Now, Baby Blue
9She Don't Care About Time
10Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)
11It Won't Be Wrong
12Lay Down Your Weary Tune
13He Was a Friend of Mine
14The World Turns All Around Her
15The Day Walk (Never Before)
16The Times They Are a-Changin'
175D (Fifth Dimension)
18I Know My Rider
19Eight Miles High
20Why?
21Psychodrama City
22I See You
23Hey Joe
Disc 2
1Mr. Spaceman
2John Riley
3Roll over Beethoven (live)
4So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star?
5Have You Seen Her Face
6Time Between
7It Happens Each Day
8Renaissance Fair
9Everybody's Been Burned
10The Girl With No Name
11Triad
12Lady Friend
13Old John Robertson (45 version)
14Goin' Back (LP version)
15Draft Morning
16Wasn't Born to Follow
17Dolphin's Smile
18Reputation
19You Ain't Going Nowhere
20The Christian Life
21I Am a Pilgrim
22Pretty Boy Floyd
23You Don't Miss Your Water
Disc 3
1Hickory Wind
2Nothing Was Delivered
3One Hundred Years from Now
4Pretty Polly
5Lazy Days
6This Wheel's on Fire
7Nashville West
8Old Blue
9Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
10Bad Night at the Whiskey
11Lay Lady Lay
12Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood
13The Ballad of Easy Rider
14Oil in My Lamp
15Jesus Is Just Alright
16Way Beyond the Sun
17Tulsa County
18Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
19Lover of the Bayou (live)
20Willin' (live)
21Black Mountain Rag (live)
22Positively 4th Street (live)
Disc 4
1Chestnut Mare
2Just A Season
3Kathleen's Song
4Truck Stop Girl
5Just Like a Woman
6Stanley's Song
7Glory, Glory
8I Trust
9I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician
10Green Apple Quick Step
11Tiffany Queen
12Bugler
13Lazy Waters
14Farther Along
15White's Lightning
16Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)
17Mr. Tambourine Man
18He Was a Friend of Mine
19Paths of Victory
20From a Distance
21Love That Never Dies

Box set.

Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 (2000, Columbia)
1Nashville West
2You're Still on My Mind
3Pretty Boy Floyd
4Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
5Medley: Turn! Turn! Turn!/Mr. Tambourine Man/Eight Miles High
6Close up to The Honky Tonks
7Buckaroo
8The Christian Life
9Time Between
10King Apathy III
11Bad Night at the Whiskey
12This Wheel's on Fire
13Sing Me Back Home
14So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star?
15He Was a Friend of Mine
16Chimes of Freedom

The Byrds Play Dylan (2002, Columbia)
1All I Really Want to Do
2Chimes of Freedom
3It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
4Lay down Your Weary Tune
5Lay Lady Lay
6Mr. Tambourine Man
7My Back Pages
8Nothing Was Delivered
9Positively 4th Street
10Spanish Harlem Incident
11The Times They Are a-Changin'
12This Wheel's on Fire
13You Ain't Going Nowhere
14It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
15Just Like a Woman
16Lay Lady Lay (alternative version)
17The Times They Are a-Changin' (early version)
18Mr. Tambourine Man (live)
19Chimes of Freedom (live)
20Paths of Victory

Chronicling the Byrds' staple of Bob Dylan covers.

The Essential Byrds (2003, Columbia)
Disc 1
1Mr. Tambourine Man
2I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
3All I Really Want to Do
4Chimes of Freedom
5Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)
6She Don't Care About Time (single version)
7It Won't Be Wrong
8Set You Free This Time
9He Was a Friend of Mine
10Eight Miles High
115D (Fifth Dimension)
12Mr. Spaceman
13So You Want to Be a Rock'N'Roll Star?
14Have You Seen Her Face
15Renaissance Fair
16My Back Pages
Disc 2
1Lady Friend
2Old John Robertson (single version)
3Goin' Back
4Natural Harmony
5Wasn't Born to Follow
6You Ain't Going Nowhere
7Hickory Wind
8This Wheel's on Fire
9Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
10Ballad of Easy Rider
11Jesus Is Just Alright
12Lover of the Bayou (live)
13Chestnut Mare
14Glory, Glory
15I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician
16Tiffany Queen
17Farther Along



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