The Essential Byrds
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Disc one

  1. "Mr. Tambourine Man
    Mr. Tambourine Man
    "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and...

    " (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

    ) – 2:31
  2. "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark
    Gene Clark
    Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....

    ) – 2:32
  3. "All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) – 2:04
  4. "Chimes of Freedom
    Chimes of Freedom
    "Chimes of Freedom" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan , produced by Tom Wilson. It was written in early 1964 and was influenced by the symbolist poetry of Arthur Rimbaud. The song depicts the feelings and thoughts of the singer...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 3:51
  5. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...

    ) – 3:51
  6. "She Don't Care About Time" [Single Version] (Gene Clark) – 2:30
  7. "It Won't Be Wrong
    It Won't Be Wrong
    "It Won't Be Wrong" is a song by the American folk rock band The Byrds, which appeared as the second track on their 1965 album, Turn! Turn! Turn! It was written in 1964 by band member Jim McGuinn and his friend, Harvey Gerst, an acquaintance from McGuinn's days as a folk singer at The Troubadour...

    " (Roger McGuinn
    Roger McGuinn
    James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...

    , Harvey Gerst) – 1:59
  8. "Set You Free This Time
    Set You Free This Time
    "Set You Free This Time" is a song by the American folk rock band The Byrds, written by band member Gene Clark and first released in December 1965 on the group's Turn! Turn! Turn! album. According to Clark, the song was written in just a few hours during The Byrds' 1965 British tour, after a night...

    " (Gene Clark) – 2:50
  9. "He Was a Friend of Mine
    He Was a Friend of Mine
    "He Was a Friend of Mine" is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend. The earliest known version of the song is titled "Shorty George"...

    " (traditional
    Traditional music
    Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...

    , new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:31
  10. "Eight Miles High
    Eight Miles High
    "Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 . The single managed to reach the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 30 of the UK Singles Chart...

    " (Gene Clark, David Crosby
    David Crosby
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

    , Roger McGuinn) – 3:36
  11. "5D (Fifth Dimension)
    5D (Fifth Dimension)
    "5D " is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by band member Jim McGuinn. It was released as a single on June 13, 1966 and reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 but failed to chart in the United Kingdom. The song was also included on the band's third album, Fifth Dimension, released...

    " (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34
  12. "Mr. Spaceman
    Mr. Spaceman
    "Mr. Spaceman" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds and was the third track on their 1966 album Fifth Dimension. The song was initially written by band member Jim McGuinn as a "melodramatic screenplay" but it soon evolved into a whimsical meditation on the existence of extraterrestrial...

    " (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
  13. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
    So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
    "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday. The song was released as a single on January 9, 1967 and reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 but failed to...

    " (Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman
    Christopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke....

    , Roger McGuinn) – 2:06
  14. "Have You Seen Her Face
    Have You Seen Her Face
    "Have You Seen Her Face" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by the group's bass player Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday. The song was released as the third single to be taken from that album on May 22, 1967 and reached #74 on the Billboard...

    " (Chris Hillman) – 2:41
  15. "Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 1:52
  16. "My Back Pages
    My Back Pages
    "My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. It is stylistically similar to his earlier folk protest songs and features Dylan's voice with an acoustic guitar accompaniment...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 3:08

Disc two

  1. "Lady Friend
    Lady Friend (song)
    "Lady Friend" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by David Crosby and released as a single on July 13, 1967. The single reached #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 but failed to chart in the United Kingdom...

    " (David Crosby) – 2:31
  2. "Old John Robertson [Single Version]" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:54
  3. "Goin' Back
    Goin' Back
    "Goin' Back" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966. It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture that youthful innocence...

    " (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...

    , Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

    ) – 3:27
  4. "Natural Harmony" (Chris Hillman) – 2:12
  5. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:03
  6. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
    You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
    "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1967 in Woodstock, New York, during the self-imposed exile from public appearances that followed his July 29, 1966 motorcycle accident. A recording of Dylan performing the song was first officially released on the Bob Dylan's Greatest...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 2:35
  7. "Hickory Wind
    Hickory Wind
    "Hickory Wind" is a song written by country rock pioneer Gram Parsons and former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. The song was written on a train ride the pair took from Florida to Los Angeles in early 1968, and first appeared on The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. Despite...

    " (Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...

    , Bob Buchanan) – 3:32
  8. "This Wheel's on Fire
    This Wheel's on Fire (song)
    "This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their legendary 1967 sessions, portions of which comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes...

    " (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
    Rick Danko
    Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...

    ) – 4:45
  9. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 3:54
  10. "Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records . The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been penned by The Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn , as the theme song for the 1969...

    " (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) – 2:04
    • NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".
  11. "Jesus Is Just Alright
    Jesus Is Just Alright
    "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is....

    " (Arthur Reynolds) – 2:10
  12. "Lover of the Bayou" [Live] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy
    Jacques Levy
    Jacques Levy was an American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.Levy was born in New York City in 1935, and attended its City College. He received a doctorate in psychology from Michigan State University. Levy was a trained psychoanalyst, certified by the Menninger Institute...

    ) – 3:40
  13. "Chestnut Mare
    Chestnut Mare
    "Chestnut Mare" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. The musical was never staged and the song was instead released in September 1970 as part of The Byrds' album...

    " (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 5:08
  14. "Glory, Glory
    Glory, Glory, Hallelujah (Lay My Burden Down)
    "Glory, Glory" is an American spiritual song, which has been recorded by many artists in a variety of genres, including folk, country, blues, rock, and gospel.-Lyrics:Lyrically, the song has many variations but the best known version of the song "Glory, Glory" (also known as "When I Lay My Burden...

    " (Arthur Reynolds) – 4:01
  15. "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:02
  16. "Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
  17. "Farther Along
    Farther Along (song)
    "Farther Along" is a Southern Gospel song published by the Stamps-Baxter Music Company.-History:The lyrics to the song were written in 1911 by Rev. W. A. Fletcher, an itinerant preacher, while he was travelling to the Indian Territories by train...

    " (traditional, arranged Clarence White
    Clarence White
    Clarence White was a guitar player for Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels. His parents were Acadians from New Brunswick, Canada...

    ) – 2:57

European and Australasian edition

A variation of The Essential Byrds was released outside of the U.S. in 2004, featuring the following alternate track listing:

Disc One

  1. "Mr. Tambourine Man
    Mr. Tambourine Man
    "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and...

    " (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

    ) – 2:31
  2. "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark
    Gene Clark
    Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....

    ) – 2:32
  3. "All I Really Want to Do" (Bob Dylan) – 2:04
  4. "The Bells of Rhymney
    The Bells of Rhymney
    "The Bells of Rhymney" is a song first recorded by folk singer Pete Seeger, using words written by Welsh poet Idris Davies. The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938...

    " (Idris Davies
    Idris Davies
    Idris Davies was a Welsh poet. He was born in Rhymney, near Caerphilly in South Wales, the Welsh-speaking son of colliery chief winderman Evan Davies and his wife Elizabeth Ann. Davies became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English...

    , Pete Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...

    ) - 3:32
  5. "Chimes of Freedom
    Chimes of Freedom
    "Chimes of Freedom" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan , produced by Tom Wilson. It was written in early 1964 and was influenced by the symbolist poetry of Arthur Rimbaud. The song depicts the feelings and thoughts of the singer...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 3:51
  6. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...

    ) – 3:51
  7. "She Don't Care About Time" [Single Version] (Gene Clark) – 2:30
  8. "It Won't Be Wrong
    It Won't Be Wrong
    "It Won't Be Wrong" is a song by the American folk rock band The Byrds, which appeared as the second track on their 1965 album, Turn! Turn! Turn! It was written in 1964 by band member Jim McGuinn and his friend, Harvey Gerst, an acquaintance from McGuinn's days as a folk singer at The Troubadour...

    " (Roger McGuinn
    Roger McGuinn
    James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...

    , Harvey Gerst) – 1:59
  9. "Lay Down Your Weary Tune
    Lay Down Your Weary Tune
    "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" is song written by Bob Dylan in 1963. It was originally recorded for his album The Times They Are a-Changin, but it was ultimately left off of that record. Dylan's studio recording of the song was eventually released on his 1985 box set Biograph...

    " (Bob Dylan) - 3:32
  10. "Set You Free This Time
    Set You Free This Time
    "Set You Free This Time" is a song by the American folk rock band The Byrds, written by band member Gene Clark and first released in December 1965 on the group's Turn! Turn! Turn! album. According to Clark, the song was written in just a few hours during The Byrds' 1965 British tour, after a night...

    " (Gene Clark) – 2:50
  11. "He Was a Friend of Mine
    He Was a Friend of Mine
    "He Was a Friend of Mine" is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend. The earliest known version of the song is titled "Shorty George"...

    " (traditional
    Traditional music
    Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...

    , new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) – 2:31
  12. "The Times They Are a-Changin'
    The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
    "The Times They Are a-Changin" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album, The Times They Are a-Changin. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stones 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....

    " (Bob Dylan) - 2:20
  13. "Eight Miles High
    Eight Miles High
    "Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 . The single managed to reach the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 30 of the UK Singles Chart...

    " (Gene Clark, David Crosby
    David Crosby
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

    , Roger McGuinn) – 3:36
  14. "5D (Fifth Dimension)
    5D (Fifth Dimension)
    "5D " is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by band member Jim McGuinn. It was released as a single on June 13, 1966 and reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 but failed to chart in the United Kingdom. The song was also included on the band's third album, Fifth Dimension, released...

    " (Roger McGuinn) – 2:34
  15. "Wild Mountain Thyme
    Wild Mountain Thyme
    "Wild Mountain Thyme", also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will You Go Lassie, Go", is a folk song, rewritten by Francis McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland...

    " (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman
    Christopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke....

    , Michael Clarke
    Michael Clarke (musician)
    Michael Clarke , was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group The Byrds from 1964 to 1967. He died in 1993, at age 47, from liver failure, a direct result of more than three decades of heavy alcohol consumption.-Biography:Clarke was born Michael James Dick in...

    , David Crosby
    David Crosby
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

    ) - 2:32
  16. "Mr. Spaceman
    Mr. Spaceman
    "Mr. Spaceman" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds and was the third track on their 1966 album Fifth Dimension. The song was initially written by band member Jim McGuinn as a "melodramatic screenplay" but it soon evolved into a whimsical meditation on the existence of extraterrestrial...

    " (Roger McGuinn) – 2:10
  17. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
    So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
    "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday. The song was released as a single on January 9, 1967 and reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 but failed to...

    " (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 2:06
  18. "Have You Seen Her Face
    Have You Seen Her Face
    "Have You Seen Her Face" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by the group's bass player Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday. The song was released as the third single to be taken from that album on May 22, 1967 and reached #74 on the Billboard...

    " (Chris Hillman) – 2:41
  19. "Time Between" (Chris Hillman) - 1:55
  20. "Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 1:52
  21. "My Back Pages
    My Back Pages
    "My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. It is stylistically similar to his earlier folk protest songs and features Dylan's voice with an acoustic guitar accompaniment...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 3:08
  22. "Dolphin's Smile" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) - 1:58

Disc Two

  1. "Artificial Energy" (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke) - 2:21
  2. "Old John Robertson [Single Version]" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 1:54
  3. "Goin' Back
    Goin' Back
    "Goin' Back" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966. It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture that youthful innocence...

    " (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...

    , Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

    ) – 3:27
  4. "Natural Harmony" (Chris Hillman) – 2:12
  5. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:03
  6. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
    You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
    "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1967 in Woodstock, New York, during the self-imposed exile from public appearances that followed his July 29, 1966 motorcycle accident. A recording of Dylan performing the song was first officially released on the Bob Dylan's Greatest...

    " (Bob Dylan) – 2:35
  7. "Hickory Wind
    Hickory Wind
    "Hickory Wind" is a song written by country rock pioneer Gram Parsons and former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. The song was written on a train ride the pair took from Florida to Los Angeles in early 1968, and first appeared on The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. Despite...

    " (Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...

    , Bob Buchanan) – 3:32
  8. "Nothing Was Delivered" (Bob Dylan) - 3:26
  9. "This Wheel's on Fire
    This Wheel's on Fire (song)
    "This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their legendary 1967 sessions, portions of which comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes...

    " (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
    Rick Danko
    Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...

    ) – 4:45
  10. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) – 3:54
  11. "Your Gentle Way of Loving Me" (Gib Guilbeau
    Gib Guilbeau
    Floyd August "Gib" Guilbeau is an American country-rock musician and songwriter. As a member of Nashville West, Swampwater, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Guilbeau helped pioneer the fusion of rock and country music in the 1960s....

    , Gary Paxton
    Gary S. Paxton
    Gary S. Paxton, sometimes Pax , is an American record producer, and a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning songwriter and recording artist.-Biography:...

    ) 2:37
  12. "Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records . The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been penned by The Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn , as the theme song for the 1969...

    " (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) – 2:04
    • NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".
  13. "Jesus Is Just Alright
    Jesus Is Just Alright
    "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds and first recorded by Reynolds' own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, Tellin' It Like It Is....

    " (Arthur Reynolds) – 2:10
  14. "It's All over Now, Baby Blue
    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records . The song was originally recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica and William E. Lee's bass...

    " (Bob Dylan) - 4:55
  15. "Lover of the Bayou" [Live] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy
    Jacques Levy
    Jacques Levy was an American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.Levy was born in New York City in 1935, and attended its City College. He received a doctorate in psychology from Michigan State University. Levy was a trained psychoanalyst, certified by the Menninger Institute...

    ) – 3:40
  16. "Chestnut Mare
    Chestnut Mare
    "Chestnut Mare" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. The musical was never staged and the song was instead released in September 1970 as part of The Byrds' album...

    " (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 5:08
  17. "Glory, Glory
    Glory, Glory, Hallelujah (Lay My Burden Down)
    "Glory, Glory" is an American spiritual song, which has been recorded by many artists in a variety of genres, including folk, country, blues, rock, and gospel.-Lyrics:Lyrically, the song has many variations but the best known version of the song "Glory, Glory" (also known as "When I Lay My Burden...

    " (Arthur Reynolds) – 4:01
  18. "Jamaica Say You Will" (Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

    ) - 3:28
  19. "I Wanna Grow up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) – 2:02
  20. "Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) – 2:41
  21. "Antique Sandy" (Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin
    Skip Battin
    Clyde "Skip" Battin was an American singer–songwriter, performer and recording artist. He is best remembered as a member of The Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers...

    , Gene Parsons
    Gene Parsons
    Gene Victor Parsons is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and innovative engineer, best known for his work with The Byrds from 1968 to 1972. Parsons has also released solo albums and played in bands including Nashville West, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Parsons Green...

    , Clarence White
    Clarence White
    Clarence White was a guitar player for Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels. His parents were Acadians from New Brunswick, Canada...

    , Jimmi Seiter
    Jimmi Seiter
    Jimmi Seiter has worked as a musician, tour manager, artist manager, music producer, sound designer, stage producer and architect....

    ) - 2:15
  22. "Farther Along
    Farther Along (song)
    "Farther Along" is a Southern Gospel song published by the Stamps-Baxter Music Company.-History:The lyrics to the song were written in 1911 by Rev. W. A. Fletcher, an itinerant preacher, while he was travelling to the Indian Territories by train...

    " (traditional, arranged Clarence White) – 2:57

Sources

  • CD booklet essay, Alan Bisbort, c.2003.
  • AllMusicGuide.com
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