The Byrds – There Is A Season
– Two Hour Radio Special
This 2-CD set was made by
Sony / BMG to promote the 2006 “There Is A Season” box set of 4 CDs.
It was made available for
all USA radio broadcasters at no cost, to be broadcast beginning late September
2006.
Back insert text:
---Two one-hour
documentaries on The Byrds, the continuously groundbreaking band who bridged
the gaps between The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Beach Boys, the Los
Angeles psychedelic underground and classic country. Their memorable music set
the stage for everyone from The Eagles to Tom Petty to R.E.M..
Each hour is hosted by
singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, and covers a distinct period of their
prolific history that can either be aired as one two-part series, or as your
choice of two insightful one-hour programs. Both shows are available here in
0:59 and 0:54 (for news-hole) versions.
Instead of being directed
by the singular vision of one leader, The Byrds were consistently led by
everybody's contributions - from their original five members to the musicians
involved with their later years. Despite the inner turmoil that resulted in a
revolving cast of characters, The Byrds always used those changes as
opportunities to further their musical evolution.
"They all brought
something new and something defining", says journalist David Fricke,
"and it all became part of The Byrds sound. They didn’t change The Byrds
to the degree that it changed the sound. What they did became The Byrds."
Both segments feature the
wide range of music that made The Byrds of the 60s most influential bands,
along with comments by its two longest-lasting members: Roger McGuinn and Chris
Hillman. Writers David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, Lenny Kaye and Byrds historian
Sid Griffin are also interviewed.
THERE IS A SEASON covers
1964-1967, the all-too-brief hitmaking years of The Byrds' original five
members - Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael
Clarke. They were an electrified folk band who topped the charts with some of
the decade’s most innovative singles and albums. By 1967, their musical harmony
was engulfed by the off-stage disharmony that pushed them to reach those
heights.
FARTHER ALONG picks up the
story in 1968 and details how The Byrds' legendary Act I was followed by one of
rock history's most fascinating second acts. Despite their lower record sales,
The Byrds' later incarnations alternately defined and re-defined
"country-rock", thanks to the influential contributions by folks like
Gram Parsons and guitarist Clarence White.
Broadcast Window begins
late September 2006, available for all USA radio broadcasters at no cost.---
Disc 1: The Byrds
(part 1): There Is A Season
Track 1: Billboard
In: Roger
McGuinn: "Well, we had the Beach Boys, and there were other rock and roll
bands..."
Out: Host Laura Cantrell intro: I'm Laura Cantrell, and you're listening to
"The Byrds: There Is A Season".
Track 2: Segment 1
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview with Byrds music in the background
The Jet Set
– The Only Girl I Adore (excerpt)
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
You Showed Me (Preflyte acoustic version) (excerpt)
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
The Byrds
(You Movin’) (Preflyte electric version) (excerpt)
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
The Byrds –
Mr. Tambourine Man (single) (complete)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
The Byrds –
You Won’t Have To Cry (excerpt) (fades in)
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
introduces song
The Byrds –
I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Host
Track 3: Break 1 with music bed
The Byrds –
Change Is Now (instrumental)
Track 4: Segment 2
Host In:
Welcome back to "The Byrds: There Is A Season". I'm Laura Cantrell.
Host with
Byrds music in the background
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (excerpt)
Host
Unidentified
interview
Chris
Hillman interview
The Byrds -
Chimes Of Freedom (excerpt)
Host
Unidentified
interview (David Fricke?)
Host
Unidentified
interview
The Byrds –
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (complete 1965 fast version)
Host
The Byrds –
Bells Of Rhymney (excerpt)
Host
Unidentified
interview
The Byrds –
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (complete)
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
The Byrds –
So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (complete)
Host Out:
I'm Laura Cantrell, and you're listening to "The Byrds: There Is A Season".
Track 5: Break 2 with music bed
The Byrds –
Stranger in A Strange Land (instrumental)
Track 6: Segment 3
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
The Byrds –
Eight Miles High (complete)
Host
Chris Hillman
interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
The Byrds –
Time Between (complete)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
Everybody’s Been Burned (fades in)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview (with My Back Pages in the background)
Roger
McGuinn interview (with My Back Pages in the background)
Host
The Byrds –
My Back Pages (ending)
Host outro
(with My Back Pages in the background)
Track 7: Promo Spot
Roger Mc
Guinn
Host
Disc 2: The Byrds
(part 2): Farther Along
Track 1: Billboard
Chris
Hillman Interview (with Byrds music in the background)
Host (with
Byrds music in the background)
Track 2: Segment 1
Host In:
"You know, the Byrds were just always interesting..."
Unidentified
interview
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Lenny Kaye
interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
The Byrds –
You Ain’t Going Nowhere (complete)
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
The Byrds –
One Hundred Years From Now (complete) (Gram Parsons vocals)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
The Byrds –
Hickory Wind (complete) (Gram Parsons vocals)
Host Out:
I'm Laura Cantrell, and you're listening to "The Byrds: Farther
Along."
Track 3: Break 1 with music bed
The Byrds –
Green Apple Quick Step (instrumental)
Track 4: Segment 2
Host In:
Welcome back to "The Byrds: Farther Along". I'm Laura Cantrell.
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
The Christian Life (ending)
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
The Byrds –
Drugstore Truck Drivin’ Man (complete)
Host
Unidentified
interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
The Byrds –
You Don’t Miss Your Water (complete) (Gram Parsons vocals)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
I Am A Pilgrim (ending)
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
The Byrds –
Pretty Boy Floyd (fades out)
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host
Chris
Hillman interview
Host with
The Byrds – Wheels On Fire in background
David
Fricke interview with The Byrds – Wheels On Fire in background
Host
Chris
Hillman interview with The Byrds – Wheels On Fire in background
Host
Unidentified
interview
The Byrds –
Wheels On Fire (live) (uncomplete)
Host Out:
I'm Laura Cantrell, and you're listening to "The Byrds: Farther
Along".
Track 5: Break 2 with music bed
The Byrds –
Nashville West (instrumental)
Track 6: Segment 3
Host In:
Welcome back to "The Byrds: Farther Along". I'm Laura Cantrell.
Unidentified
interview
Host
Roger
McGuinn interview
Unidentified
interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
The Byrds –
Lover Of The Bayou (live) (excerpt)
Host
Lenny Kaye
interview
Host
David
Fricke interview
Host
David
Fricke interview
Host
David
Fricke interview
The Byrds –
Chestnut Mare (complete)
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
Sid Griffin
interview
Host
The Byrds –
Ballad Of Easy Rider (live) (complete)
Host
Host Out:
I'm Laura Cantrell, and thanks for listening.
Track 7: Promo Spot
Roger Mc
Guinn
Host
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