The Byrds – Eight Miles High Above Cayuga's Waters - Repost - R.I.P. Dennis Dragon (drums)

The Byrds – Eight Miles High Above Cayuga's Waters

Live At Cornell University - Ithaca, New York, February 10, 1973

Roger McGuinn (guitars, vocals)
Clarence White (guitars, mandolin, vocals)
Skip Battin (bass, vocals)
(probably) Dennis Dragon (drums)

The last known recorded concert by The Byrds (their last concert happened two weeks later, on February 24, 1973, with a lineup of Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Chris Hillman and Joe Lala.)

1. Intro (0:42)
2. Lover Of The Bayou (3:12)
3. Take A Whiff (On Me) (2:54)
4. 04 - America's Great National Pastime (3:06)
5. Chimes Of Freedom (4:46)
6. I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician (2:07)
7. My Back Pages - B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do (7:03)
8. Black Mountain Rag (1:14)
9. Mr Tambourine Man (acoustic) (2:27)
10. Mr Tambourine Man (electric) (2:08)
11. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:56)
12. Old Blue (3:15)
13. Mr Spaceman (2:48)
14. Chestnut Mare (5:02)
15. Eight Miles High (15:24)
16. Hold It (1:53)
17. Turn Turn Turn (3:34)
18. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:45)
19. Roll Over Beethoven (2:59)

Artwork Included (front, back)

The Byrds - Live

The Byrds - Live

Immortal Records IMA 104168 (Europe 2010)

These tracks are taken from performances that are available in video in various forms and formats. This set also came out on DVD.

The Byrds lineups:

Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, Kevin Kelley, Gram Parsons, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, John York, , Skip Battin, John Guerin.

I had to re-tag the tracks as the makers of this CD mistagged this item as being Vince Neil’s “Carved In Stone” CD. Seems they didn’t see or hear the difference between music and noise.

Dates and some places on artwork.

1. The Times They Are A-Changin' (live on TV) (2:23)
2. Eight Miles High (studio) (3:33)
3. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (studio) (1:57)
4. Nothin' To It (live) (1:39)
5. You Ain't Going Nowhere (live) (2:29)
6. Eight Miles High (live) (9:47)
7. Eight Miles High Long Jam (live) (9:40)
8. Jesus Is Just Alright (live) (3:09)
9. Turn! Turn! Turn! (live) (4:02)
10. Mr. Tambourine Man (live) (5:13)
11. He Was A Friend Of Mine (live) (2:50)

Artwork Included (CD triple gatefold sleeve front, inside, back, CD and DVD front, back)

The Kentucky Colonels – Tut Taylor Reel Tapes Archives #26 – Side A

The Kentucky Colonels – Tut Taylor Reel Tapes Archives #26 – Side A

1. Unknown (1:59)
2. I Just Used To Be With You (2:21)
3. Black Mountain Rag (2:04)
4. Crawdad Song (2:49)
5. Julius Finkbine's Rag (2:43)
6. Once A Day (4:47)
7. Rawhide (2:50)
8. Over In The Glory Land (2:18)
9. Chicken Reel (4:58)
10. On My Way Back To The Old Home (2:38)
11. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:23)
12. John Henry (3:21)
13. Silver Threads And Golden Needles (3:57)
14. Julius Finkbine's Rag (3:02)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Requests

I keep on receiving requests for WAV, FLAC or similar kind of files.

Such comments won't be published and such requests won't be fulfilled.

The Byrds – The Broadcast Archive - Classic Radio Transmissions From The 1960s & 1990s

The Byrds – The Broadcast Archive

Classic Radio Transmissions From The 1960s & 1990s

Plastic Head 0823564699226 (U.K. 2017)

Note: Don’t believe what’s written on the artwork! It’s not really what’s announced on the covers and in the tags; see actual descriptions hereunder. Next to that, the sound quality is poor, except for disc 3.

Disc 1 – The Byrds

Tracks 1–10 : Live At The Piper Club, Rome, Italy 1968

Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Kevin Kelley, Gram Parsons, Doug Dillard

Tracks 11-21 - Live at Ardent Studios, Baton Rouge, LA 1968

There is no such thing as a Byrds live concert at Baton Rouge, LA, 1968. This disc is made of (sometimes instrumental) takes from studio rehearsals from 1965 and 1966, mostly from the “Journals” 9 CD box, except for tracks 18-21 which are from various sources (studio and live).

1. Old John Robertson (2:38)
2. You Don't Miss Your Water (3:53)
3. Hickory Wind (4:38)
4. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:13)
5. Chimes Of Freedom (3:43)
6. The Christian Life (3:10)
7. Turn! Turn! Turn! (2:43)
8. My Back Pages - B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do (5:59)
9. Mr Spaceman (2:13)
10. You Ain't Going Nowhere (2:40)
11. I Knew I'd Want You (2:09)
12. It's No Use (2:23)
13. The Bells Of Rhymney (3:34)
14. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:30)
15. It Won't Be Wrong (2:19)
16. The World Turns All Around Her (2:13)
17. Satisfied Mind (2:56)
18. Goin' Back (3:46)
19. Don't Make Waves (2:02)
20. He Was A Friend Of Mine (2:19)
21. My Back Pages - B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do (6:14)

Disc 2 – The Byrds

Tracks 1-8 : Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert, The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 1969

NO, this is NOT the Fillmore West in 1969; it is from 1973 with John Guerin on drums.

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, John Guerin, Skip Battin

Tracks 9-13 : Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, CA 1969

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin

1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (0:51)
2. Ballad Of Easy Rider (2:39)
3. It Won't Be Wrong (2:12)
4. The Water Is Wide (2:50)
5. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:40)
6. Nashville West (2:30)
7. Lover Of The Bayou (3:00)
8. Jesus Is Just Alright (3:08)
9. Jesus Is Just Alright (3:22)
10. This Wheel's On Fire (5:11)
11. Jesus Is Just Alright (Reprise) (3:12)
12. Eight Miles High (13:55)
13. Hold It (1:51)

Disc 3 – Live At Electric Land Studios, NY City 1991

Roger McGuinn and The Headlights

Steve Connelly (guitar, vocals)

Steve Robinson (guitar, vocals)

Scott Dempster (bass)

Dany DiPietra (drums)

1. Someone To Love 4:01)
2. Car Phone (4:56)
3. You Bowed Down (3:55)
4. Tiffany Queen (3:24)
5. The Trees Are All Gone (4:44)
6. Love That Never Dies (3:51)
7. If We Never Meet Again (4:39)
8. King Of The Hill (5:19)
9. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:20)
10. Turn! Turn! Turn! (3:35)
11. Eight Miles High (4:05)

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Clarence White – The Tut Taylor Archive Reel Tape #26 – Side B

Clarence White – The Tut Taylor Archive Reel Tape #26 – Side B

Solo Practice Tape - Sometime In The Early Sixties

1. Soldier's Joy (0:35)
2. Farewell Blues (1:31)
3. Alabama Jubilee (1:41)
4. Sheik Of Araby (1:44)
5. Footprints In The Snow (1:13)
6. New River Train (0:47)
7. Unknown (0:38)
8. Crazy Creek (1:28)
9. Flop-Eared Mule (1:26)
10. Farewell Blues (1:41)

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The Byrds – Transmission Impossible

The Byrds – Transmission Impossible

Eat To The Beat Records ETTB 054 (UK 2015)

Disc 1 – The Byrds - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, November 2, l968

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, John York (they put a picture of the wrong lineup featuring Gram Parsons and Kevin Kelley on the CD, although it’s correctly listed on the artwork)

1. Old Blue (3:23)
2. My Back Pages - B.J. Blues - Baby What You Want Me To Do (6:32)
3. Mr. Spaceman (3:26)
4. Time Between (2:37)
5. Goin' Back (4:26)
6. Blue Suede Shoes (1:58)
7. He Was A Friend Of Mine (2:55)
8. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (Version 1) (2:34)
9. Drug Store Truck Driving Man (5:16)
10. This Wheel's On Fire (5:08)
11. Stanley's Song (3:12)
12. Pretty Boy Floyd (3:57)
13. Eight Miles High (5:53)
14. You Don't Miss Your Water (3:43)
15. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (Version 2) (3:27)
16. Hickory Wind (4:00)
17. King Apathy III (4:12)
18. Bad Night At The Whiskey (2:25)
19. Nashville West (1:47)

Disc 2 – The Byrds - McDonough Gym, American University, Washington DC, September 12, 1971

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin

1. Intro (1:02)
2. Lover Of The Bayou (4:14)
3. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:57)
4. Mr. Spaceman (3:24)
5. I Want To Grow Up To Be A Politician (2:41)
6. Soldier Joy - Black Mountain Rag - Mr Tambourine Man (5:01)
7. Pretty Boy Floyd (2:53)
8. Nashville West (2:24)
9. Citizen Kane (3:27)
10. Tiffany Queen (2:35)
11. Chestnut Mare (5:07)
12. Jesus Is Just Alright (2:59)
13. Eight Miles High - Hold It (9:39)
14. Roll Over Beethoven (2:46)

Disc 3 - The Boarding House, San Francisco, California, February 9, 1978

Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, David Crosby

With Kim O’Kelly on tracks 3 and 4

1. Gene Clark - Silver Raven (3:23)
2. Gene Clark - Release Me Girl (4:14)
3. Chris Hillman with Kim O'Kelly - Bound To Fall (2:05)
4. Chris Hillman with Kim O'Kelly - It Doesn't Matter (2:32)
5. Roger McGuinn - Jolly Roger (3:18)
6. Roger McGuinn - Ballad Of Easy Rider (2:12)
7. McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - Chestnut Mare (5:49)
8. McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - Crazy Ladies (3:56)
9. McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - Train Leaves Here This Morning (4:43)
10. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - Mr. Tambourine Man (6:45)
11. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - You Ain't Going Nowhere (4:16)
12. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - Turn! Turn! Turn! (2:51)
13. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - Knocking On Heaven's Door (5:26)
14. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - Bye Bye Baby (3:47)
15. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:17)
16. McGuinn, Clark, Hillman & Crosby - Eight Miles High (4:25)
17. McGuinn, Clark, HIllman & Crosby - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (3:17)

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Skip Battin And John York (Family Tree) – Live In Bolzano – Italy 1988 - REPOST

This one is going to be released officially soon, so the time is right for re-posting it

Skip Battin And John York (Family Tree) – Live In Bolzano – Italy 1988

St Geltrude Auditorium, Bolzano, Italy – November 19, 1988

Skip Battin (vocals, bass, piano)

John York (vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass)

Ricky Mantoan (pedal steel guitar, 12 string Rickenbacker guitar, string bender guitar, vocals)

Beppe D’Angelo (drums)

Both ex-Byrds bass players toured Italy together in 1988 with help from two Italian musicians

Soundboard Recording

1. Catch The Wind (end) (0:36)
2. Wheels (3:11)
3. Why You Been Gone So Long (5:57)
4. Hickory Wind (4:22)
5. Mr Tambourine Man (5:18)
6. Smack Dab In The Middle (4:39)
7. Witchi Tai Tao (4:43)
8. My Shoes Keep On Walking Back To You (3:41)
9. Love Her With A Feeling (5:12)
10. My Back Pages (5:00)
11. Mr Spaceman (3:44)
12. Long Black Veil (4:12)
13. Hot Burrito #1 (5:26)
14. White Line Fever (2:10)
15. It Takes A Lot To Laugh (3:59)
16. Sin City (4:55)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (8:12)
18. If You've Got The Money (3:47)
19. She Belongs To Me - Band Intro (5:40)
20. You Ain't Going Nowhere (3:44)

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Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon And Al Perkins – Rockefeller’s 1984

Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon And Al Perkins – Rockefeller’s 1984

Rockefeller’s, Houston, Texas – January 12, 1984

Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon, Al Perkins

1.  Shenandoah Valley Breakdown (2:09)
2.  The Taker (2:26)
3.  Tomorrow Is A Long Time (2:47)
4.  Bury Me Beneath The Willow Tree (3:36)
5.  Running The Roadblocks (2:58)
6.  Wheels (2:58)
7.  My Uncle (2:20)
8.  God Loves His Children (3:39)
9.  Panhandle Rag (3:01)
10.  Who's That Knockin' At My Door (2:51)
11.  Desert Rose (3:18)
12.  Morning Sky (3:00)
13.  Love Is The Sweetest Amnesty (3:27)
14.  Fallen Eagle (2:10)
15.  Train Leaves Here This Morning (3:26)
16.  Devil In Disguise (2:35)
17.  Hickory Wind (3:57)
18.  One Hundred Years From Now (2:37)
19.  Moment Of Time (4:13)
20.  Goodbye Old Pal (3:06)
21.  Mr. Tambourine Man (4:39)
22.  (Take Me In Your) Lifeboat (3:04)
23.  That's Alright Mama (2:03)
24.  Encore Call (1:12)
25.  How Mountain Girls Can Love (2:24)

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John York – Live At CMAC 2014 - LINK DELETED

THIS CONCERT HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED OFFICIALLY BY JOHN YORK, SO THE LINK HAS BEEN DELETED.

YOU CAN ORDER IT FROM JOHN AT

sumjo@earthlink.net

John York – Live At CMAC 2014

Communitive Media Access Collaborative, Fresno, Ca – April 4, 2017

John York Foley (born 1946) replaced Chris Hillman as the bass player in The Byrds. But he did have a career before that, and also after he left them. He stills writes and performs today, as a solo artist, as well as in a duo with Barry McGuire and in a trio as The Jangle Brothers with Chad Watson and Billy Darnell.

Recommended John York CDs :

Family Tree (with Skip Battin) (recorded 1988 – released 1998)

Clan Mother Songs (1990)

Sacred Path Songs (1991)

Claremont Dragon (1999)

CRY (Clark, Robinson, York) (with Pat Robinson) (2000)

Koto (with Yukiko Matsuyama) (2003)

Arigatou Baby (2006)

Trippin’ The Sixties (with Barry McGuire) (live) (2009)

Trippin’ The Sixties – The Show Songs Live (with Barry McGuire) (2009)

Cameos (download only) (2010)

West Coast Revelation (with Kim Fowley) (2011)

Fanfare For 2 (2012)

Trippin’ The Sixties Take Two (with Barry McGuire) (2013)

John York’s website:

http://johnyorkmusic.com/

http://home.earthlink.net/~sumjo/id6.html

John York’s impressive own discography of official releases and participations:

http://users.skynet.be/fa388247/discoyork2.htm

John York’s participations on unofficial releases (part)

http://users.skynet.be/byrdsflyght/cdsoloyork.htm

1. Achille's Heel (3:53)
2. We Seem Like The Same (3:10)
3. Barbry Allen (3:23)
4. A Rose Is A Rose (3:33)
5. Get Ready To Cry (3:25)
6. One Arrow (3:44)
7. White Lies (For Geronimo) (3:33)
8. Rainbow (3:14)
9. Dirty Bird On A Dirty Lake (2:23)
10. Silver Dagger (2:53)
11. Some Days Even The Birds Sing A Sad Song (3:07)
12. Echo Of Love (2:49)

Artwork Included (front, back)