The Byrds Play Dylan

by The Byrds

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:39
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jim Dickson, Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Jim McGuinn, Skip Battin, John York, Gary Usher, Michael Clarke, Bob Johnston, Kevin Kelley, Gene Parsons, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, Terry Melcher, David Crosby

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Highlighting the legendary Los Angeles group's unparalleled affinity for the folk icon's songwriting, this specialized collection gathers their shimmering interpretations of his catalog. The chiming, twelve-string Rickenbacker arrangements effectively gave birth to the folk-rock genre, radically altering the landscape of 1960s popular music.

Genres

Descriptors: covers, folk, harmonies, compilation, accessible

Tracklist

  1. All I Really Want to Do (2:03)
  2. Chimes of Freedom (3:51)
  3. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Version One (3:02)
  4. Lay Down Your Weary Tune (3:29)
  5. Lay Lady Lay - Single Version (3:17)
  6. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:29)
  7. My Back Pages (3:07)
  8. Nothing Was Delivered (3:24)
  9. Positively 4th Street - Live at the Felt Forum, NYC, NY - March 1970 (3:08)
  10. Spanish Harlem Incident (1:57)
  11. The Times They Are A-Changin' (2:17)
  12. This Wheel's on Fire (4:44)
  13. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2:33)
  14. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Live at the Felt Forum, NYC, NY - March 1970 (3:01)
  15. Just Like a Woman (3:55)
  16. Lay Lady Lay (3:17)
  17. The Times They Are A-Changin' - First Version (1:53)
  18. Mr. Tambourine Man - Live at Colden Center Auditorium, Queens, NY - February 1970 (2:29)
  19. Chimes of Freedom - Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - February 1969 (3:23)
  20. Paths Of Victory (3:09)

Credits

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