The Byrds – Across The Borderline
Gastown Hall, PNE Gardens, Vancouver, Canada – November 26, 1971
Retrorock Records RR 2001 (Europe 2021)
Roger McGuinn (guitar, vocals)
Clarence White (guitar, mandolin, vocals)
Gene Parsons (drums, harmonica, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
Double LP, 3 sides only (side D is blank)
Disc 1
1. A1 Lover
Of The Bayou (3:29)
2. A2 So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:23)
3. A3 Mr. Spaceman (3:11)
4. A4 Bugler (3:28)
5. A5 I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician (2:31)
6. A6 My Back Pages (2:44)
7. A7 B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:07)
8. B1 Soldier's Joy - Black Mountain Rag (2:42)
9. B2 Mr. Tambourine Man (4:01)
10. B3 Pretty Boy Floyd (2:38)
11. B4 Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:39)
12. B5 Tiffany Queen (2:35)
13. B6 Chestnut Mare (5:27)
Disc 2
1. C1 Jesus
Is Just Alright (3:01)
2. C2 Eight Miles High (12:22)
3. C3 Hold It (1:35)
4. C4 I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:32)
5. C5 Roll Over Beethoven (2:53)
Artwork Included (LP front, back, labels)
4 comments:
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Never heard this concert before, although in choice of material it's not much different from other concerts at this time. They were a tight live group, and Clarence really shines in this set. The harmonies stand out, but are not always as pretty as the originals. I have a couple of observations. Jesus is Just Alright really rocks in this final version of the Byrds, but I prefer the live versions when John York was the bassist. And as for the obligatory Eight Miles High jam, I was surprised not to hear the 12-string until just before the vocals, which were rather raggedy. McGuinn's leads on the original recording were what stood out, and here he isn't even present. OK, Clarence White intimidated him, but his Coltrane-based improvisations were always associated with the song, and if you take them out, the song is not Eight Miles High. Thanks for continuing to provide these concerts--I'd thought there were no more left to share.
Steve, the concert was posted here already in Decmber 2014. This is just a most recent vinyl version.
The audio problem with this show, and all the shows that come from soundman Dinky Dawson's tapes, is that McGuinn's guitar is not present in any of them. Just a guess, but he seems his guitar was not run through the soundboard, as were the other's instruments, which accounts for the lack of RM's guitar, and the over presence of the bass, drums, and White's guitar. When I first came across these tapes, I thought it was a mixing problem, but if one listen to Sundazed's Records "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" release, which is also sourced from Dawson's tapes, and was professionally mixed by Bob Irwin, sadly the imbalance, and lack of McGuinn's guitar persists. In regard to "The Jam", I wish they would have called it something else, as it certainly is not Gene Clark's Eight Miles High. Will agree with Steve regarding John York: I never thought Battin was a good fit for the group.
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