Please go back to The Notorious Byrd Brothers post.

The original link was removed because I've finally found a cover version of "Artificial Energy". I have replaced The Byrds mono version with The Plantonics version. There's a new link with the new track and adapted artwork.

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 08 – Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde

Original LP = Columbia CS 9765 (USA March 1969)

The Byrds’ seventh Columbia LP - covered

1. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (3:30)
2. Dave Van Ronk - Old Blue (3:51)
3. Gib Guilbeau & Gene Parsons - Your Gentle Ways Of Loving Me (1:49)
4. Lynn Blessing - Child Of The Universe (1:46)
5. Cuff The Duke - Nashville West (2:27)
6. Jason Walker - Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man (4:05)
7. The Barracudas - King Apathy III (2:30)
8. Way Behind The Sun - Candy (2:54)
9. Weehoo - Bad Night At The Whiskey (3:25)
10. Way Behind The Sun - My Back Pages-BJ Blues-Baby What You Want Me To Do (5:21)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 07 – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9670 (USA August 1968)

The Byrds’ sixth Columbia LP - covered

1. Maria Muldaur - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3:42)
2. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - I Am A Pilgrim (2:53)
3. The Piedmond Brothers Band (featuring Richie Furay and Herb Pedersen) - The Christian Life (3:27)
4. Jeff And Janet - You Don't Miss Your Water (3:48)
5. Amber Digby - You're Still On My Mind (3:14)
6. Arlo Guthrie And Pete Seeger - Pretty Boy Floyd (4:05)
7. The Ugly Guys - Hickory Wind (4:39)
8. Stephen McCarthy - One Hundred Years From Now (2:51)
9. Gene Autry - Blue Canadian Rockies (3:09)
10. Merle Haggard And The Strangers - Life In Prison (3:00)
11. Suzy Connolly - Nothing Was Delivered (3:26)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 06 – The Notorious Byrd Brothers

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9575 (USA January 1968)

The Byrds’ fifth Columbia LP – covered

1. The Plantonics - Artifical Energy (1:52)
2. Gib Guilbeau - Goin' Back (2:49)
3. David Albion - Natural Harmony (2:57)
4. The Chills - Draft Morning (2:40)
5. Les Fradkin - Wasn't Born To Follow (2:04)
6. The Harries - Get To You (2:38)
7. The Dixie B-Liners - Change Is Now (3:02)
8. Faster Than Bolt (Paolo) - Old John Robertson (1:38)
9. Spur - Tribal Gathering (7:40)
10. Blue Coupe - Dolphins Smile (2:53)
11. Grails - Space Odyssey (3:55)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 05 – Younger Than Yesterday

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9442 (USA February 1967)

The Byrds’ fourth Columbia LP – covered

Graham Nash also recorded his version of Crosby’s “Everbody’s Been Burned” (track #6) but I chose to include a lesser known band.

And yes, I even found someone who did an 8’34” cover of “Mind Gardens”!

1. Ronnie Wood - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (3:21)
2. The Bedsit Poets - Have You Seen Her Face (3:33)
3. Blackberry Way - C.T.A.-102 (2:11)
4. The Orange Bicycle - Renaissance Fair (3:00)
5. Sioux - Time Between (1:45)
6. Girls Say Yes - Everybody's Been Burned (3:11)
7. Little Nemo - Thoughts And Words (2:43)
8. Pefkin (Gayle Brogan) – Mind Gardens (8:34)
9. The Hollies - My Back Pages (2:57)
10. The Coal Porters - The Girl With No Name (2:18)
11. Tomorrow - Why (3:55)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 04 – Fifth Dimension

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9349 (USA September 1966)

The Byrds’ third Columbia LP – covered

Interesting version of “Captain Soul” (track #6) by The Living End. It’s a version with vocals. The compilation CD it comes from credits McGuinn/Hillman/Clarke/Crosby but no one for the added lyrics.

1. Bill Kaffenberger - 5D (Fifth Dimension) (3:19)
2. Marianne Faithfull - Wild Mountain Thyme (3:33)
3. Southern Culture On The Skids - Mr. Spaceman (2:55)
4. Yes - I See You (6:49)
5. Diesel Park West - What's Happening?!?! (2:46)
6. Pete Seeger - I Come And Stand At Every Door (2:25)
7. Neil Merryweather - Eight Miles High (3:37)
8. Fever Tree - Hey Joe (12:56)
9. The Living End - Captain Soul (1:55)
10. Joan Baez - John Riley (3:48)
11. Boabdil Gtz - 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) (2:40)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 03 – Turn! Turn! Turn!

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9254 (USA December 1965)

The Byrds’ second Columbia LP - covered

1. Jan & Dean - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (3:26)
2. The Stags - It Won't Be Wrong (2:09)
3. The Conniptions - Set You Free This Time (3:28)
4. Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint - Lay Down Your Weary Tune (4:12)
5. The Retros - He Was A Friend Of Mine (2:53)
6. Tim Lee - The World Turns All Around Her (2:26)
7. Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind (2:46)
8. Ol' Yeller - If You're Gone (3:21)
9. Bryan Ferry - The Times They Are A-Changin' (3:40)
10. Gary Maher - Wait And See (2:14)
11. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Oh! Susannah (4:56)

Artwork Included (front, back)

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 02 – Mr. Tambourine Man

Original LP = Columbia  CS 9172 (USA June 1965)

The Byrds’ first Columbia LP - covered

1. The Beau Brummels - Mr. Tambourine Man (3:45)
2. The Shambles - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (2:44)
3. Pozo Seco - Spanish Harlem Incident (3:05)
4. Frank Blake - You Won’t Have To Cry (2:27)
5. The Symmetry Of Sound - Here Without You (2:27)
6. Judy Collins - Bells Of Rhymney (4:05)
7. The L.A. Teens - All I Really Want To Do (2:25)
8. Thin White Rope - I Knew I'd Want You (2:29)
9. Basil & The Baroques - It's No Use (2:58)
10. Jackie DeShannon - Don't Doubt Yourself Babe (2:57)
11. Jefferson Starship - Chimes Of Freedom (3:54)
12. Sandy Coast - We'll Meet Again (2:24)

Artwork Included (front, back)

This is a project I’ve been working on for weeks.

The idea is to reconstruct the 13 original Byrds LPs with cover versions.

They are presented in the chronological order of the recordings (which means that disc 1 is Preflyte, although the LP was released in July 1969, between Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde and Ballad Of Easy Rider).

 

Various Artists – Byrds Recovered – 01 – Preflyte

Original LP = Together Records ST-T-1001 (USA July 1969)

The Byrds’ first recordings – recorded 1964 – covered

1. The Lettermen - You Showed Me (3:01)
2. Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - Here Without You (2:38)
3. Joe Lawless - She Has A Way (2:28)
4. The Inner Corners - The Reason Why (2:36)
5. Mike Quinn & James Noriega - For Me Again (2:17)
6. Flamingo - Boston (3:08)
7. Green River - You Movin' (2:09)
8. Gary Rollins - The Airport Song (2:12)
9. Rob Smith & James Cooper - You Won't Have To Cry (3:03)
10. David Heselden - I Knew I'd Want You (2:15)
11. The New Journeymen (The Mamas And The Papas) - Mr. Tambourine Man (2:47)

Artwork Included (front, back)

"Father Of Night" is the last Bob Dylan "swarm" for the time being. That series will be continued later.

Next will be a 16 albums project that I've been thinking of doing and working on for a long time.

Watch this space.