The Byrds – Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 1970
Binder Physical Education Building, Hartwick College,
Oneonta, NY – January 30, 1970
Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals)
Clarence
White (guitar, vocals)
Gene
Parsons (drums, harmonica, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
1. You
Ain't Going Nowhere (2:51)
2. You All
Look Alike (4:11)
3. Old Blue
(3:41)
4. My Back
Pages (2:39)
5. Jesus Is
Just Alright (3:37)
6. He Was A
Friend Of Mine (3:02)
7. I'll
Feel A Whole Lot Better (3:05)
8. Wasn't
Born To Follow (2:32)
9. It's
Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (1:57)
10. Mr.
Spaceman (2:28)
11. Close
Up The Honky Tonks (3:06)
12.
Positively 4th Street (4:09)
13. Take A
City Bride (2:36)
14. So You
Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:07)
15. This
Wheel's On Fire (5:20)
16. Nashville
West (3:12)
17. Turn!
Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Seaon) (2:17)
18. Mr
Tambourine Man (2:19)
19. Eight
Miles High (part) (1:25)
Artwork
Included (front, back)
5 comments:
Amazing ! Thank you so much ! Just when I thought the torrent of new Byrds concerts had dried up this amazingly interesting and different show has turned up. Really enjoying it.What a great job you are doing for us diehard Byrds fans Best Kevin
To put this concert into context, John York had been fired some four months previous, and so Skip Battin had to adapt very quickly to the band's sound. As it turned out, his hiring meant a change in the latter Byrds (and most stable lineup) style and sound. John York had wanted the Byrds to move on to new territory, while McGuinn wanted to keep the identity similar to the original group, but with a more country sound. When Skip Battin joined the Byrds, more than a personnel change occurred. John York sang high harmony, like Crosby, and did it quite well. Battin did not have a high harmony voice, so Gene Parsons took over, and did a creditable job. But it no longer sounded like the original Byrds. There's quite a lot of harmony singing in this concert, and they are out front, unlike the harmonies in the live Untitled album or Fillmore album with John York. But they did not sound like the original Byrds, and that was what York had wanted. Irony of ironies. Another change was that McGuinn started decreasing the 12-string sound, giving the spotlight to Clarence White. That was a mistake. There's not much 12-string jingle jangle on the latter Byrds albums, and even in this concert you can barely hear it at times. The result is that this band is starting to find its new identity and, even when playing the old songs, sounds like a new group. This concert is alive and kicking, like the new Byrds. The group is tight, and Battin adds a strong melodic bass line much like Hillman did, especially on the rock songs. A very enjoyable concert of a group in late transition and in its full musical powers. This is the group's new identity, and it's a good one. Thanks for the upload.
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