Friday, September 16, 2011

The Byrds - Rainbow Theater, London 1972-01-16 (soundboard)

The Byrds - The Rainbow, London 1972

Rainbow Theatre, London, England – January 16, 1972

Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals)
Clarence White (guitar, vocals)
Gene Parsons (drums, banjo, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)

This concert has been made available on this blog in March 2010 as a very poor quality audience recording.

This is a soundboard quality recording that has surfaced 24 hours ago, recorded by Byrds sound engineer Dinky Dawson with the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit


1. Lover Of The Bayou (4:01)
2. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (3:09)
3. Mr Spaceman (3:55)
4. Buglar (3:29)
5. I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician (2:35)
6. My Back Pages - Baby What You Want Me To do (6:50)
7. Black Mountain Rag (1:51)
8. Mr Tambourine Man (4:59)
9. Pretty Boy Floyd (2:30)
10. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:56)
11. Tiffany Queen (2:56)
12. Chestnut Mare (5:33)
13. Jesus Is Just Alright (2:54)
14. Chimes Of Freedom (3:54)
15. Eight Miles High (17:15)
16. Nashville West (3:09)
17. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:44)
18. Roll Over Beethoven (2:46)
19. Hold It (1:27)

7 comments:

Rocking--Byrd said...
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Steve said...

I found this show exciting even on the earlier version, but the vastly improved sound quality of this soundboard recording reveals just how good live this group really was. I never saw this version of the Byrds live--just the John York lineup--but from the evidence of this and other recordings the later Byrds put on one hell of a good show. Definitely one of their best concert bootlegs. Thanks for sharing it.

kilby said...

I have to agree - this is a real treat.The sound is great, the band have an electric rejuvenated feel about them. Add to that a decent set list and you have a strong contender for one of the best Byrds concerts out there.

Rocking--Byrd said...
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intercepter said...

This Is killer Live Show!!!

Thanks!!!

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