The Byrds – Back Pages
My LP = Colombia Records GUINN 202 (USA 1987)
From Discogs :
--- Sleeve
is mock up of an official 1960's Columbia release including production/re-mix
credits and bogus sleeve notes by Derek Taylor
A2 is labelled as "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" on the back cover,
and "Baby Blue" on the label.
A1-B1: Studio versions, from the rough tapes used for the LP 'Never
Before', including alternative versions
B2-B7: Live In Stockholm 1967
B8: Taken from a US television show circa 1966 ---
Abrupt starts and endings of tracks are as on the vinyl.
Track B9 is a rare interview from US TV circa 1966. It is linked to track B8 on the vinyl, but I made it a separate track.
1. A1 She
Has A Way (3:42)
2. A2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (2:54)
3. A3 The Day Walk (aka Never Before) (mistitled Tabernacle Hillside) (2:55)
4. A4 It Happens Each Day (2:55)
5. A5 John Riley (3:15)
6. A6 I Know You Rider (2:41)
7. A7 Psycho Drama City (3:34)
8. B1 Triad (1:27)
9. B2 Band Intro + Hey Joe (2:49)
10. B3 My Back Pages (3:28)
11. B4 Mr. Tambourine Man (2:21)
12. B5 He Was A Friend Of Mine (2:54)
13. B6 So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:59)
14. B7 Roll Over Beethoven (2:42)
15. B8 The Bells Of Rhymney (3:36)
16. B9 Original 5 Interview US TV 1966 (3:14)
Fresh Vinyl Rip - Artwork Included (front, back, labels) (from Discogs)
3 comments:
Odds and ends, interesting to true fans, probably not interesting to casual listeners. The sound is OK, but obviously not well-engineered. I think I've heard most of these tracks, including the Stockholm show, from other sources, but that doesn't mean they're without interest. When I hear It Happens Each Day or Psychodrama City, I wonder why they weren't included on 5D. Triad is a matter of taste--it's a pretty song, but the subject matter is, well, too macho for today's audiences. Hey Joe has been much-maligned, but I admit I have always liked this song for its energy and intensity. Jimi Hendrix did the definitive interpretation, to be sure, but the Byrds version has its merits. The only things missing on this upload are the contributions of Chris Hillman and Gene Clark, who was forgotten by one of the interviewers on this record. Gene was a mahjor force in the early Byrds, especially as a songwriter, and Chris wrote four songs for Younger Than Yesterday, and both deserve more. But that's where compilations fall down--they depend on who's compiling and what tastes he/she has. Nonetheless, this is worth a listen. I wish this lineup had lasted longer, but while it did last it produced some of the best rock music of the sixties. Thanks, as always, for these historic musical documents.
thanks Rockingbyrd
Steve,
Psychodrama was recorded after Fifth Dimension was completed, and It Happens Each Day was recorded at the Younger Than Yesterday Sessions. I happen to like this version without Hillman's acoustic guitar overdub better. That overdub doesn't fit the feel of the YTY era. Gene Clark is present in his song The Day Walk aka Never Before, and She Has A Way. I think the compilers used whatever they had access to, as this lp goes way back to the late 80's, which is when I bought it. Anything we could get back then was more than welcomed. Thanks to RB for posting this.
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