The Byrds

Gotta Start Somewhere...

The Beefeaters

Please Let Me Love You / Don't Be Long Clark-Gerst-McGuinn (2:19) / Gerst-McGuinn (1:58) Elektra 45013, 10/64

Mr Tambourine Man / I Knew I'd Want You Dylan (2:18) / Clark (2:13) Columbia 43271, 4/65  #1   #1

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Roger McGuinn-vocals, 12 string guitar
William Pitman-guitar
Jerry Kolbrak-guitar
Leon Russell-piano
Larry Knechtel-bass
Hal Blaine-drums
Gene Clark & David Crosby-vocals (overdubbed later)

Hullabaloo: 5/14/65, Mr Tambourine Man, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

All I Really Want To Do² / I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better Dylan (2:02) / Clark (2:31) Columbia 43332, 6/65 BB T20

	Mr Tambourine Man
	Columbia CS-9172
	6/21/65 T20 RS500 [UK: 8/20/65] T20
	Back Cover   Bob & The Byrds

Side One
Mr Tambourine Man	Dylan	2:20
I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better	Clark	2:31
Spanish Harlem Incident	Dylan	1:58
You Won't Have To Cry	Clark-McGuinn	2:07
Here Without You	Clark	2:36
The Bells Of Rhymney	arr Seeger	3:30
Side Two
All I Really Want To Do	Dylan	2:02
I Knew I'd Want You	Clark	2:14
It's No Use	Clark-McGuinn	2:23
Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe	DeShannon	2:46
Chimes Of Freedom	Dylan	3:50
We'll Meet Again	Charles-Parker	2:07

Note: Back photo of The Byrds with Special Guest Mr Dylan (taken at Ciro's)—see last note
 

Shindig: 6/23/65, Not Fade Away, Mr Tambourine Man

8/3/65: Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, England with Donovan and Them

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) / She Don't Care About Time¹ arr Seeger (3:34) / Clark (2:28) Columbia 43424, 10/65  #1  UK

Shindig: 10/23/65, Chimes Of Freedom, Turn, Turn, Turn

Hullabaloo: 11/29/65, The Times They Are A-Changin'

	Turn! Turn! Turn!
	Columbia CS-9254
	12/6/65 T20 [UK: 3/22/66] T20
	Back Cover

Side One
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)	arr Seeger	3:34
It Won't Be Wrong	Gerst-McGuinn	1:58
Set You Free This Time	Clark	2:49
Lay Down Your Weary Tune	Dylan	3:30
He Was A Friend Of Mine	Crosby	2:30
Side Two
The World Turns All Around Her	Clark	2:12
Satisfied Mind	Hayes-Rhodes	2:21
If You're Gone	Clark	2:45
The Times They Are A-Changing	Dylan	2:17
Wait And See	Crosby-McGuinn	2:19
Oh! Susannah	Foster, arr McGuinn	3:00

The Ed Sullivan Show: 12/12/65, Mr Tambourine Man, Turn, Turn, Turn

Set You Free This Time / It Won't Be Wrong Clark (2:49) / Gerst-McGuinn (1:58) Columbia 43501, 1/66 BB

Gene Clark can't fly, quits for solo career

	The Big TNT Show(1/16/66)
	Joanie, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Ronettes, more

Eight Miles High / Why?² Clark-Crosby-McGuinn (3:35) / Crosby-McGuinn (2:58) Columbia 43578, 3/66 T20 UK

5D (Fifth Dimension) / Captain Soul McGuinn (2:32) / Clark-Crosby-Hillman-McGuinn (2:35) Columbia 43702, 6/66 BB

	Fifth Dimension
	Columbia CS-9349
	7/18/66 BB [UK: 9/22/66] UK
	Back Cover

Side One
5D (Fifth Dimension)	McGuinn	2:31
Wild Mountain Thyme	arr Clark-Crosby-Hillman-McGuinn	2:29
Mr Spaceman	McGuinn	2:08
I See You	Crosby-McGuinn	2:31
What's Happening?!?!	Crosby	2:30
I Come And Stand At Every Door	Hikmet	3:01
Side Two
Eight Miles High	Clark-Crosby-McGuinn	3:35
Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)	Powers	2:08
Captain Soul	Clark-Crosby-Hillman-McGuinn	2:35
John Riley	Gibson-Neff	2:57
2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)	McGuinn	2:08

Mr Spaceman / What's Happening?!?! McGuinn (2:08) / Crosby (2:30) Columbia 43766, 9/66 BB

So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star / Everybody's Been Burned Hillman-McGuinn (2:04) / Crosby (3:03) Columbia 43987, 1/67 BB

	Younger Than Yesterday
	Columbia CS-9442
	2/6/67 BB RS500 [UK: 4/7/67] UK
	Back Cover

Side One
So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star	Hillman-McGuinn	2:05
Have You Seen Her Face?	Hillman	2:40
CTA-102	Hippard-McGuinn	2:28
Renaissance Fair	Crosby-McGuinn	1:51
Time Between	Hillman	1:53
Everybody's Been Burned	Crosby	3:05
Side Two
Thoughts And Words	Hillman	2:56
Mind Gardens	Crosby	3:46
My Back Pages	Dylan	3:08
The Girl With No Name	Hillman	1:50
Why?	Crosby-McGuinn	2:45

My Back Pages³ / Renaissance Fair Dylan (2:30) / Crosby-McGuinn (1:50) Columbia 44054, 3/67 BB

Have You Seen Her Face? / Don't Make Waves¹ Hillman (2:20) / Hillman-McGuinn (1:30) Columbia 44157, 5/67 BB Movie version of Don't Make Waves is different recording

Magic Mountain Music Festival(6/11/67)

Monterey International Pop Festival(6/17/67)

	Don't Make Waves(6/20/67)
	Soundtrack album includes alternate version of title song

Lady Friend¹ / Old John Roberston² Crosby (2:30) / Hillman-McGuinn (1:50) Columbia 44230, 7/67 BB

Greatest HitsGreatest Hits Columbia CS-9516, 8/7/67 T20 RS500 [UK: 10/67] no unique tracks

Goin' Back² / Change Is Now Goffin-King (3:23) / Hillman-McGuinn (3:17) Columbia 44362, 10/67 BB

Crosby kicked out, lounges on his sailboat, and eventually hooks up with Stills & Nash in Laurel Canyon

	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
	Columbia CS-9575
	1/15/68 BB RS500 [UK: 4/12/68] T20
	Back Cover

Side One
Artificial Energy	Clarke-Hillman-McGuinn	2:18
Goin' Back†	Goffin-King	3:26
Natural Harmony†	Hillman	2:11
Draft Morning	Crosby-Hillman-McGuinn	2:42
Wasn't Born To Follow†	Goffin-King	2:04
Get To You‡	Hillman-McGuinn	2:39
Side Two
Change Is Now‡	Hillman-McGuinn	3:21
Old John Robertson	Hillman-McGuinn	1:49
Tribal Gathering	Crosby-Hillman	2:03
Dolphin's Smile	Crosby-Hillman-McGuinn	2:00
Space Odyssey	Hippard-McGuinn	3:52

Note: Draft Morning material written and performed by The Firesign Theatre
Michael Clarke quit halfway thru the recordings, thus Gordon & Blaine fill in.
 

Gram Parsons from  The International Submarine Band 

You Ain't Going Nowhere / Artificial Energy Dylan (2:48) / Clarke-Hillman-McGuinn (2:17) Columbia 44499, 4/68 BB UK

The Weight / Splendor In The Grass Robertson (2:58) / DeShannon (2:24) Imperial 66313, 7/68 On this Jackie DeShannon single, The Byrds provide backup for their friend on the b-side , recorded in 1965

Newport Pop Festival(8/4/68)

	Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
	Columbia CS-9670
	8/30/68 BB RS500 [UK: 9/27/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
You Ain't Going Nowhere	Dylan	2:33
I Am A Pilgrim	Trad	3:39
The Christian Life	Louvin-Louvin	2:30
You Don't Miss Your Water	Bell	3:48
You're Still On My Mind	McDaniel	2:25
Pretty Boy Floyd	Guthrie	2:34
Side Two
Hickory Wind	Buchanan-Parsons	3:31
One Hundred Years From Now	Parsons	2:40
Blue Canadian Rockies	Walker	2:02
Life In Prison	Haggard-Sanders	2:46
Nothing Was Delivered	Dylan	3:24

Note: Cover artwork adapted by Geller & Butler Advertising based on the poster The American Cowboy Rodeo (1932) by Uruguyan artist Jo Mora
 

I Am A Pilgrim / Pretty Boy Floyd Trad (3:38) / Guthrie (2:35) Columbia 44643, 9/68

Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman (last original Byrd) form The Flying Burrito Brothers

	Candy(12/17/68)
	Soundtrack album includes alternate version of title song

Bad Night At The Whiskey / Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man McGuinn-Richards (3:20) / McGuinn-Parsons (3:42) Columbia 44746, 1/69

 ➜ Live: 2/7-8, Fillmore West; released 1998: Live At The Fillmore—February 1969 

	Dr Byrds & Mr Hyde
	Columbia CS-9755
	3/5/69 BB [UK: 4/25/69] T20
	Back Cover

Side One
This Wheel's On Fire	Danko-Dylan	4:48
Old Blue	Trad	3:25
Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me	Guilbeau-Paxton	2:38
Child Of The Universe	Grusin-McGuinn	3:08
Nashville West	Parsons-White	2:32
Side Two
Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man	McGuinn-Parsons	3:56
King Apathy III	McGuinn	3:03
Candy	McGuinn-York	3:01
Bad Night At The Whiskey	McGuinn-Richards	3:26
Medley:    My Back Pages    BJ Blues    Baby What You Want Me To Do	Dylan McGuinn-Parsons-Reed-White-York Reed	4:09

Lay Lady Lay¹ / Old Blue Dylan (3:15) / Trad (3:21) Columbia 44868, 5/69 This is the crappy version of Lay Lady Lay, with overdubbed everything—McGuinn hated it!

	Easy Rider(7/14/69) Roger McGuinn
	Great soundtrack album!

	Pre-Flyte
	Together ST-T-1001
	7/69 BB [UK: 9/73]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Label (reverse shows backs of heads)   1973 Columbia Reissue   1973 UK Cover

Side One
You Showed Me	Clark-McGuinn	1:59
Here Without You	Clark	2:25
She Has A Way	Clark	2:30
The Reason Why	Clark	2:31
For Me Again	Clark	2:30
Boston	Clark	2:03
Side Two
You Movin'	Clark	2:05
The Airport Song	Crosby-McGuinn	1:59
You Won't Have To Cry	Clark-McGuinn	2:13
I Knew I'd Want You	Clark	2:15
Mr Tambourine Man	Dylan	2:17

Note: Consists of demos recorded at World Pacific Studios in LA in 1964
 

Newport Pop Festival(6/22/69)

Seattle Pop Festival(7/25/69)

Atlantic City Pop Festival(8/2/69)

New Orleans Pop Festival(8/31/69)

Ballad Of Easy Rider / Wasn't Born To Follow McGuinn (2:03) / Goffin-King (2:03) Columbia 44990, 10/69 BB

	Ballad Of Easy Rider
	Columbia CS-9942
	11/10/69 BB [UK: 1/16/70] UK
	Back Cover

Side One
Ballad Of Easy Rider	McGuinn	2:05
Fido	York	2:42
Oil In My Lamp	Parsons-White	3:16
Tulsa County Blue	Polland	2:50
Jack Tarr The Sailor	Trad	3:33
Side Two
Jesus Is Just Alright	Reynolds	2:12
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	Dylan	4:56
There Must Be Someone (I Can Turn To)	Gosdin-Gosdin-Gosdin	3:30
Gunga Din	Parsons	3:05
Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)	Guthrie-Guthrie	3:49
Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins	Manners-Seely	1:41

John York fired

Palm Beach Music & Art Festival(11/29, 30/69)

Jesus Is Just Alright / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Reynolds (2:09) / Dylan (4:52) Columbia 45071, 12/69 BB

	(Untitled)
	Columbia G-30127
	9/14/70 BB [UK: 11/13/70] T20
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One (Concert)
Lover Of The Bayou‡	Levy-McGuinn	3:40
Positively 4th Street‡	Dylan	3:03
Nashville West‡	Parsons-White	2:00
So You Want To Be a Rock & Roll Star†	Hillman-McGuinn	2:37
Mr Tambourine Man†	Dylan	2:18
Mr Spaceman†	McGuinn	3:11
Side Two (Concert)
Eight Miles High†	Clark-Crosby-McGuinn	16:15
Side Three
Chestnut Mare	Levy-McGuinn	5:10
Truck Stop Girl	George-Payne	3:19
All The Things	Levy-McGuinn	3:05
Yesterday's Train	Battin-Parsons	3:32
Hungry Planet	Battin-Fowley-McGuinn	5:00
Side Four
Just A Season	Levy-McGuinn	3:54
Take A Whiff On Me	Leadbelly-Lomax-Lomax	3:28
You All Look Alike	Battin-Fowley	3:04
Well Come Back Home	Battin	7:45

Note: Recorded live at Colden Center Auditorium, Queens College, NY (2/28/70)† and the Felt Forum (3/1/70)‡
 

Chestnut Mare / Just A Season³ Levy-McGuinn (5:10) / Levy-McGuinn (3:48) Columbia 45259, 10/70 T20 The version you mighta heard on the radio was edited down to 2:54 (and was terrible).

 ➜ Live: 5/13, Royal Albert Hall; released 2008: Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971 

	Byrdmaniax
	Columbia KC-30640
	6/3/71 BB [UK: 8/6/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Glory, Glory	Reynolds	4:02
Pale Blue	McGuinn	2:20
I Trust	McGuinn	3:29
Tunnel Of Love	Battin-Fowley	3:29
Citizen Kane	Battin-Fowley	2:35
Side Two
I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician	Levy-McGuinn	2:02
Absolute Happiness	Battin-Fowley	2:36
Green Apple Quick Step	Parsons-White	1:49
My Destiny	Carter	3:35
Kathleen's Song	Levy-McGuinn	2:39
Jamaica Say You Will	Browne	3:25

Glory, Glory³ / Citizen Kane Reynolds (3:27) / Battin-Fowley (2:37) Columbia 45440, 8/71

	Farther Along
	Columbia KC-31050
	11/17/71 BB [UK: 1/21/72]
	Back Cover

Note: Recorded in London, July 22-28
 

America's Great National Pastime / Farther Along Battin-Fowley (2:56) / White (3:00) Columbia 45514, 11/71

Toured with final group, disbanding for good in 73. Recorded boring reunion album (original five guys) in 73.

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