There Is a Season is a four-CD

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The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 box set by the American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 The Byrds

The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...

 that was released on September 26, 2006 by Columbia/Legacy

Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

. It comprises 99 tracks and includes material from every one of the band's twelve studio albums, presented in roughly chronological order. In addition to the four CDs, the set also includes a bonus DVD

DVD

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 featuring ten clips of The Byrds lip-synching

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 their hits on television program

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s between 1965 and 1967. Upon release, the box set failed to reach the Billboard 200

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The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 chart or the UK Albums Chart

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. There Is a Season supplants the band's earlier box set, The Byrds, which was released in October 1990.

Unlike its predecessor, There Is a Season includes material pre-dating the band's 1965 debut single for Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 "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...

". This pre-fame period in the group's history is represented by a number of demo

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A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 recordings from the band's 1964 rehearsals at World Pacific Studios

Pacific Jazz Records

Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record label best known for releasing cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded by Richard Bock and drummer Roy Harte in 1952....

 in Los Angeles (when they were known as The Jet Set), and both sides of a 1964 single released by the group under the pseudonym The Beefeaters. The set also includes selections from the band's 1973 reunion album Byrds

Byrds (album)

Byrds is the twelfth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in March 1973 on Asylum Records . It was recorded as the centerpiece of a reunion between the five original members of The Byrds: Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke...

and two 1973 recordings from the Banjoman film—a period also not covered by the first box set. There Is a Season also includes more songs written by founding member 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....

, as a response to criticism that the first box set had neglected to properly represent his contributions to the band.

Reception

Although There Is a Season was generally well received critically, a number of reviews expressed disappointment over the relatively small number of previously unreleased tracks included in the set. Joe Tangari, writing for Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

, praised the compilation's well chosen track listing but expressed confusion as to who the box set was aimed at, since most hardcore fans would already own the majority of its contents. Alexis Petridis

Alexis Petridis

Alexis Petridis is a British journalist, head rock and pop critic for UK newspaper The Guardian, as well as a regular and contributor to the magazine GQ.Petridis began his career writing for Varsity whilst a student at the University of Cambridge...

 was also unenthusiastic about the contents of the set in his review for The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

: "Bearing only five previously unreleased tracks - all live, all with a distinct air of "so what?" - There Is a Season smacks less of curating an important artist's legacy than of record company desperation at the lucrative back-catalogue well running dry." This opinion was echoed by Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger is a US author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.-Life and writing:Having worked as a DJ at WXPN in Philadelphia, he started reviewing records for Op magazine in 1983...

, who commented on the Allmusic website "the point of putting out another four-CD Byrds box set about 15 years later wasn't all that clear, unless it was a mercenary exercise to get more mileage out of the band's durable catalog." Michael Franco's review for the PopMatters

PopMatters

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 website was more upbeat and described the box set as "a must-have for any serious collector of music" and "the definitive collection of The Byrds."

Disc one

1. "The Only Girl I Adore" (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....
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 2:26
   • performed by The Jet Set
2. "Please Let Me Love You" (Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, Harvey Gerst) - 2:23
   • performed by The Beefeaters
3. "Don't Be Long
   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, Harvey Gerst) - 1:56
   • performed by The Beefeaters
4. "The Airport Song" (Roger McGuinn, 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...
   
   ) - 2:03
5. "You Movin'" (Gene Clark) - 2:08
6. "You Showed Me
   You Showed Me
   "You Showed Me" is a song written by Jim McGuinn and Gene Clark of The Byrds in 1964. It was recorded by The Turtles and released as a single in 1969, becoming the group's last big hit in the U.S. The song has also been covered by a number of other bands and artists over the years, including The...
   
   " (Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 2:04
   • tracks 4–6 are performed by The Jet Set
7. "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...
   
   ) - 2:32
8. "I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better
   I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better
   "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a song by the Los Angeles folk rock band The Byrds that was first released in June 1965 on the B-side of the band's second single, "All I Really Want to Do". It was also included on The Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man...
   
   " (Gene Clark) - 2:34
9. "You Won't Have to Cry" (Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 2:10
10. "Here Without You" (Gene Clark) - 2:39
11. "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...
    
    ) - 3:33
12. "All I Really Want to Do" [single version] (Bob Dylan) - 2:05
13. "I Knew I'd Want You" (Gene Clark) - 2:17
14. "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) - 3:54
15. "She Has a Way" (Gene Clark) - 2:27
16. "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) - 3:05
17. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" (Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger) - 3:52
18. "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, Harvey Gerst) - 2:00
19. "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) - 2:51
20. "The World Turns All Around Her" (Gene Clark) - 2:15
21. "The Day Walk" (Gene Clark) - 3:03
22. "If You're Gone" (Gene Clark) - 2:47
23. "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....
    
    " [withdrawn version] (Bob Dylan) - 1:56
24. "She Don't Care About Time" [single version] (Gene Clark) - 2:32
25. "Stranger in a Strange Land" [instrumental] (David Crosby) - 3:03

Disc two

1. "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, Roger McGuinn) - 3:37
2. "Why
   Why (The Byrds song)
   "Why" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and David Crosby and first released as the B-side of the band's "Eight Miles High" single in March 1966. The song was re-recorded in December 1966 and released for a second time as part of the band's Younger Than Yesterday...
   
   " [single version] (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) - 3:01
3. "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) - 2:35
4. "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
   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...
   
   , 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) - 2:32
5. "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) - 2:12
6. "I See You" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) - 2:40
7. "What's Happening?!?!" (David Crosby) - 2:37
8. "I Know My Rider
   I Know You Rider
   "I Know You Rider" is a traditional woman's blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to the song's appearance in the 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs, by the noted father and son musicologists and folklorists, John Lomax and Alan Lomax...
   
   " (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, David Crosby) - 2:46
9. "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...
   
   " (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) - 2:08
10. "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) - 2:42
11. "Renaissance Fair" (David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) - 1:54
12. "Time Between" (Chris Hillman) - 1:55
13. "Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) - 3:07
14. "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) - 3:10
15. "It Happens Each Day" (David Crosby) - 2:47
16. "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"...
    
    " [live] (traditional, new words and arrangement Roger McGuinn) - 2:39 ‡
17. "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) - 2:33
18. "Old John Robertson" [single version] (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) - 1:52
19. "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...
    
    " (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...
    
    , 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...
    
    ) - 3:28
20. "Draft Morning" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) - 2:43
21. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 2:04
22. "Tribal Gathering" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman) - 2:04
23. "Dolphin's Smile" (David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) - 2:01
24. "Triad
    Triad (David Crosby song)
    "Triad" is a song written by David Crosby in 1967 about a ménage à trois, a subject perfectly in keeping with the "free love" hippie philosophies of the day. The song was written while Crosby was a member of the rock band The Byrds, who were at that time recording their fifth studio album, The...
    
    " (David Crosby) - 3:31
25. "Universal Mind Decoder" [instrumental] (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) - 3:27

Disc three

1. "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
2. "I Am a Pilgrim" (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) - 3:39
3. "The Christian Life" [Gram Parsons vocal version] (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) - 2:29
4. "You Don't Miss Your Water
   You Don't Miss Your Water
   "You Don't Miss Your Water" is a soul song and the debut single written and recorded by American singer William Bell. It was released by Stax Records in 1961...
   
   " [Gram Parsons vocal version] (William Bell
   William Bell (singer)
   William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter, and one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound. As a performer, he is probably best known for 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water" ; 1968's "Private Number" ; and 1976's "Tryin' To Love Two", Bell's only US top 40 hit, which also hit #1 on the...
   
   ) - 3:49
5. "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
6. "One Hundred Years from Now" [Gram Parsons vocal version] (Gram Parsons) - 2:53
7. "Lazy Days" [alternate version] (Gram Parsons) - 3:18
8. "Pretty Polly
   Pretty Polly (ballad)
   "Pretty Polly", "The Gosport Tragedy" or "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" is a traditional English-language folk song found in the British Isles, Canada, and the Appalachian region of North America, among other places....
   
   " [alternate version] (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) - 3:34
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...
   
   " [alternate version] (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 :...
   
   ) - 3:54
10. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons) - 3:54
11. "Candy" (Roger McGuinn, John York
    John York (musician)
    John Foley York is an American bassist and guitarist, born in White Plains, New York on August 3, 1946. He is best known for his work with The Byrds, who he joined in September 1968 as a replacement for the band's original bass player Chris Hillman. He remained with the group until September...
    
    ) - 3:38
12. "Child of the Universe" [Candy
    Candy (1968 film)
    Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, from a screenplay by Buck Henry. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin...
    
    soundtrack version] (Dave Grusin
    Dave Grusin
    David Grusin is an American composer, arranger and pianist. Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy award and 12 Grammys...
    
    , Roger McGuinn) - 3:11
13. "Pretty Boy Floyd" [live] (Woody Guthrie
    Woody Guthrie
    Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
    
    ) - 2:48
14. "Buckaroo
    Buckaroo (song)
    "Buckaroo" is a 1965 instrumental country single by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos. The single was Buck Owens' fourth No. 1 on the country chart in less than a year. "Buckaroo" spent 16 weeks on the chart. The B-side, entitled "If You Want A Love", peaked at No. 24 on the country chart weeks later....
    
    " [live instrumental] (Bob Morris) - 2:04
15. "King Apathy III" [live] (Roger McGuinn) - 3:13
16. "Sing Me Back Home" [live] (Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard
    Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
    
    ) - 3:05
17. "Lay Lady Lay
    Lay Lady Lay
    "Lay Lady Lay" is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier recordings...
    
    " [alternate version] (Bob Dylan) - 3:18
18. "Oil in My Lamp
    Oil in My Lamp
    "Oil in My Lamp", also known as "Give Me Oil in My Lamp" and "Sing Hosanna", is a traditional Christian hymn based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins...
    
    " [alternate version] (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, 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...
    
    ) - 2:03
19. "Tulsa County" (Pamela Polland
    Pamela Polland
    Pamela Polland is an American singer-songwriter who made three albums for Epic and Columbia Records in the 60s and 70s and whose songs have been recorded by a number of popular artists...
    
    ) - 2:48
20. "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
21. "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
    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...
    
    ) - 5:08
22. "Just a Season" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) - 3:52
23. "Kathleen's Song" [alternate version] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) - 2:39
24. "All the Things" [alternate version] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) - 4:56

Disc four

1. "Lover of the Bayou" [live] (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) - 3:39
2. "Positively 4th Street
   Positively 4th Street
   "Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded by Dylan in New York City on July 29, 1965. It was released as a single by Columbia Records on September 7, 1965, reaching #1 on Canada's RPM chart, #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #8 on the UK Singles Chart...
   
   " [live] (Bob Dylan) - 3:06
3. "Old Blue" [live] (traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn) - 3:30
4. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
   It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
   "It's Alright, Ma " is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and first released on his 1965 album, Bringing It All Back Home. It was written in the summer of 1964, first performed live on October 10, 1964, and recorded on January 15, 1965...
   
   " [live] (Bob Dylan) - 2:52
5. "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...
   
   " [live] (Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan) - 2:10
   • NOTE: Bob Dylan is not officially credited as a songwriter on "Ballad of Easy Rider".
6. "You All Look Alike" [live] (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...
   
   , Kim Fowley
   Kim Fowley
   Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
   
   ) - 3:08 ‡
7. "Nashville West" [live instrumental] (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) - 2:12 ‡
8. "Willin'" [live] (Lowell George
   Lowell George
   Lowell Thomas George was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, who was the main guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat.- Early years :...
   
   ) - 3:13
9. "Black Mountain Rag" [live instrumental] (traditional, arranged Clarence White, Roger McGuinn) - 1:19
10. "Baby What You Want Me to Do
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    "Baby What You Want Me to Do" is a blues song that was written and recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1959...
    
    " [live] (Jimmy Reed
    Jimmy Reed
    Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries...
    
    ) - 3:48 ‡
11. "I Trust" [live] (Roger McGuinn) - 4:03 ‡
12. "Take a Whiff (On Me)
    Take a Whiff on Me
    "Take a Whiff on Me" is an American folk song, with references to the use of cocaine. It is also known as "Take a Whiff ", "Cocaine Habit", and "Cocaine Habit Blues".-History:...
    
    " [live] (Alan Lomax
    Alan Lomax
    Alan Lomax was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain.In his later career, Lomax advanced his theories of...
    
    , John Lomax
    John Lomax
    John Avery Lomax was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist and folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk songs...
    
    , Huddie Ledbetter/arranged Clarence White, Roger McGuinn) - 2:56
13. "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) - 4:00
14. "Byrdgrass" [instrumental] (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) - 1:44
15. "Pale Blue" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:23
16. "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) - 2:03
17. "Nothin' to It" [instrumental] (Doc Watson
    Doc Watson
    Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...
    
    ) - 1:39
18. "Tiffany Queen" (Roger McGuinn) - 2:42
19. "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) - 2:58
20. "Bugler" (Larry Murray
    Larry Murray
    Vice Admiral Larry E. Murray, CMM, CD is a Canadian retired civil servant, retired Vice Admiral and former acting Chief of the Defence Staff.-Military career:...
    
    ) - 3:08
21. "Mr. Tambourine Man" [Banjoman soundtrack version] (Bob Dylan) - 2:59
22. "Roll Over Beethoven
    Roll Over Beethoven
    "Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single by Chuck Berry originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music...
    
    " [Banjoman soundtrack version] (Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry
    Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
    
    ) - 3:02
23. "Full Circle
    Full Circle Song
    "Full Circle Song" is a song written by Gene Clark in 1972 that utilizes an allegorical wheel of fortune motif to comment on the unpredictable nature of fame and fortune. The song originally appeared in January 1973 on Clark's Roadmaster album, which was initially released exclusively in Holland...
    
    " (Gene Clark) - 2:43
24. "Changing Heart" (Gene Clark) - 2:43
25. "Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) - 3:10