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20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set: 1965-90 The Byrds CD
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  • Artist: The Byrds
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1992
  • UPC: 074644788426
  • Item Number: SON78842
  • Release date: 01/14/1992
  • 1. Mr. Tambourine Man
  • 2. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
  • 3. All I Really Want to Do [LP Version]
  • 4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
  • 5. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
  • 6. Eight Miles High
  • 7. Mr. Spaceman
  • 8. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star
  • 9. Have You Seen Her Face
  • 10. Lady Friend
  • 11. My Back Pages
  • 12. Goin' Back [LP Version]
  • 13. The Ballad of Easy Rider
  • 14. Jesus Is Just Alright
  • 15. Chestnut Mare
  • 16. I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician
  • 17. He Was a Friend of Mine
  • 18. Paths of Victory
  • 19. From a Distance
  • 20. Love That Never Dies
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20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set: 1965-90 by The Byrds on CD


For those who don't want to invest the time or money in the full four-disc The Byrds, 20 Essential Tracks is a decent sampler of the Byrds' better tracks throughout the years. If the collection has any faults, it's that only 12 of the 20 tracks come from the quintessential 1965-1968 period, and selections from the country-rock classic Sweetheart of the Rodeo have been omitted entirely. Instead, unnecessary tracks such as "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" and a few more obscure songs like the Beach Boys-esque "Lady Friend" are included. The low point of the collection is the inclusion of box-set-only tracks like "Paths of Victory," "Love That Never Dies," and a maudlin "From a Distance" -- while interesting, these cuts are definitely not essential. Still, as greatest-hits compilations go, this one does a fairly good job of showing quite a few different sides of the entire Byrds body of work. ~ Matt Fink, All Music Guide
  • Artist: The Byrds
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1992
  • UPC: 074644788426
  • Item Number: SON78842
  • Release date: 01/14/1992
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Genre: Rock
  • Style: AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic
  • Album Time: 57:13
  • Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"
  • Group Member: Chris Hillman, Clarence White, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Gene Parsons, Gram Parsons, John York, Kevin Kelley, Michael Clarke, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin
  • Group Formed: 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
  • Group Disbanded: 1973

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  • 20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set: 1965-90 The Byrds CD
20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set: 1965-90 The Byrds CD