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     Duly 7 "Med Rock 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Callun Beck 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Byrds are undoubtedly 
     
    
   
   
    
     honeofthetopbandsinthe 
     
    
   
   
    
      . first rose to fame on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     , strength of their superb' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ cover verSion of Dylan's 
     
    
   
   
    
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     history of rock music. They 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Mr. Tambourine Man". Since 
     
     then they have heal one of 
     
    
   
   
    
     . the few acts to consistent- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ly do Dylan better than 
     
     Dylan does himself. But 
     
     their main strength has 
     
     always lain in the singing, 
     
     songwriting, and lZ-strinq 
     
    
   
   
    
     guitar work of Roger (Jim) 
     
     Mcquinn. As went, 
     
     so usually went the Byrds. 
     
     Fortunately Mcquim 
     
     usually went pretty good, ‘ 
     
     and most of the Byrds ' 
     
     albums range from-decent to 
     
     great. Unfortunately, he 
     
     also occasionally was not 
     
     going so good, and a couple 
     
     of the Byrds' L.P.'s, most 
     
     notably  Ramion 
     
     album, are pretty lack— 
     
     lustre and boring. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Iheir first four albums 
     
    
   
   
    
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     are uneven; 
     
     reach the heights of 
     
     brilliance but they also 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~ fall to the depths of 
     
    
   
   
    
     obnoxious filler material. 
     
     But their fifth album, glue 
     
     Byrds' Greatest Hits, is 
     
     excellent straight through. 
     
     It is drawn from the best 
     
     material off their first 
     
     four albuns, and includes 
     
     all of their bighits, like 
     
    
   
   
    
     Turn, Turn", "Eight Miles 
     
    
   
   
    
     High"; and "SD". 
     
     like most Greatest Hits 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     and get a quarterback 
     
    
   
   
    
     from your dollar 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     one another, it   
     
     a unified  ; 
     
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     flow easily into one an- 
     
    

    
     other. An excellent L.P. 
     
    
   
   
    
     recorded, The Notorious‘ '  
     
         
     
    

    
     the cowept alums: ~'   
     
     it is not merely a'   37 
     
     collection of 12 Separate ' ' 
     
     songs, but there is a 
     
      from song. t 
     
     song; both the lyrics and 
     
     the nusic of ‘the different 
     
     songs are held  by' 
     
     a central theme) that 
     
     sixties. Itsl‘yrical  . V 
     
     there is basically that 
     
     people should live in 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’ hannony with the universe 
     
    
   
   
    
     and other people, but it's 
     
     of minor significance; 
     
    

    
     it's the sound which makes \ 
     
     the albun great. The 
     
    

    
     music is kind of weird and 
     
     spacy, and quite canplex. 
     
    

    
     It is somewhat of a cross 
     
     between Carole King and , 
     
     Sgt° Pew.’  
     
     is really not much  ‘f 
     
     one of the  is, along 
     
     with side ‘one of Simon  
     
     Garfunkel's Bookends, the " 
     
     most excellent, solid, 
     
     thematically together side 
     
     of music I've ever heard. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It will probably take a 
     
     while to get used to this 
     
     type of music but it is 
     
     likely worth the time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The next album the 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Byrds recorded was Sweet- 
     
    
   
   
    
     heart of the Rodeo. As » 
     
     its name implies, it is a 
     
     Gram 
     
     Parsons joined the group at 
     
     this time, and this is 
     
     reallyhis album. Parsons 
     
     wrote "Hickory Wind", 
     
     which is about the” finest 
     
     country tune I've ever 
     
     heard. This album is just 
     
     high quality country 
     
     nusic (there is such a 
     
     thing), though it has a 
     
     few weak/cuts. It is the 
     
     third of the really good ' 
     
     Byrds' L.P. 's, all of 
     
    
   
   
    
     which, I would  
     
     worth paying mlL-_,priifié, far. ‘  
     
     (Notorious andgtheir  
     
     Greatest Hits  both . 
     
      tenxfgéorite al- 
     
    
   
   
    
      rilhé‘fl'rest of their 
     
    
   
   
    
     albums, with the exception 
     
     of their Reunion L.P. are 
     
     excellent buys if found  
     
    
   
   
    
     ’a deleted pile, where 
     
    
   
   
    
     fortunatelyor unfortunate— . 
     
     1y mast can be found. '