CREAM - Those Were The Days (1997)

THOSE WERE THE DAYS is a four-disc set, the first half consisting of Cream's entire studio output and the last half featuring the band's concert performances. The package includes a 48-page booklet full of previously unpublished photos.
Cream: Jack Bruce (vocals, acoustic guitar, cello, harmonica, piano, organ, bass); Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Ginger Baker (vocals, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: George Harrison (guitar); Felix Pappalardi (viola, organ, trumpet, tonette, Swiss hand bells, piano, mellotron, bass).
Producers: Robert Stigwood, Felix Pappalardi, Ahmet Ertegun.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson
Engineers include: John Timperly, Tom Dowd, Adrian Barber.
Includes liner notes by John McDermott.
In the two years they were together, Cream's blend of blues, psychedelic rock and quirky lyricism forever altered the definition of rock music. After releasing four seminal albums, Cream broke up as quickly as they had come together, with all three members going on to solo careers of varying artistic and commercial success. THOSE WERE THE DAYS brings together Cream's musical output in a deluxe four-CD set that's neatly halved between studio and live material.
Meticulously compiled and remastered, DAYS includes every studio recording the band ever released, as well as previously unreleased demos, masters, rare and alternate takes. The live half of the box set is primarily culled from seminal performances at legendary venues like San Francisco's Winterland and Fillmore West.
The sound has been considerably cleaned up allowing the listener to hear every nuance of these extended flights of jazz-flavored blues-rock improvisation. The package surrounding Cream's timeless musical output sports a DISRAELI GEARS-style day-glo cover and a 48-page color book. The accompanying notes, complemented by dozens of previously unpublished photos, provide an intimate glimpse into the brief, but groundbreaking career of the original power trio.

Byrds - There Is A Season (4-cd Box Set)

There is a Season provides us with a stunning portrait of the development of the Byrds’ signature sound---jingle-jangle guitars, breathtaking harmonies, and constant experimentation with musical forms. We get to see a group of folkies grow from a Beatles wannabe band to one that never ceased experimenting with diverse musical forms, despite numerous personnel changes and internal tensions that would choke a horse. History has not been especially kind to the memory of the Byrds, but we are finally beginning to understand how the creative tensions impacted the end product over the years. The 4 CDs are arranged in chronological order with the first disc focusing on the original 5 members, with subsequent discs featuring various incarnations of the group’s revolving-door membership.






1 The Only Girl I Adore Clark, McGuinn 2:26
2 Please Let Me Love You Clark, Gerst, McGuinn 2:23
3 Don't Be Long Gerst, McGuinn 1:56
4 The Airport Song Crosby, McGuinn 2:03
5 You Movin' Clark 2:08
6 You Showed Me Clark, McGuinn 2:04
7 Mr. Tambourine Man Dylan 2:32
8 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better Clark 2:34
9 You Won't Have to Cry Clark, McGuinn 2:10
10 Here Without You Clark 2:39
11 The Bells of Rhymney Davies, Seeger 3:33
12 All I Really Want to Do [Single Version] Dylan 2:05
13 I Knew I'd Want You Clark 2:17
14 Chimes of Freedom Dylan 3:54
15 She Has a Way Clark 2:27
16 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Dylan 3:05
17 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Seeger 3:52
18 It Won't Be Wrong Gerst, McGuinn 2:00
19 Set You Free This Time Clark 2:51
20 The World Turns All Around Her Clark 2:15
21 The Day Walk Clark 3:03
22 If You're Gone Clark 2:47
23 The Times They Are A-Changin' Dylan 1:56
24 She Don't Care About That [Single Version] Clark 2:32
25 Stranger in a Strange Land [instrumental] Crosby 3:03
26 Eight Miles High Clark, Crosby, McGuinn 3:37
27 Why [Single Version] Crosby, McGuinn 3:01
28 5D (Fifth Dimension) McGuinn 2:35
29 Wild Mountain Theme 2:32
30 Mr. Spaceman McGuinn 2:12
31 I See You Crosby, McGuinn 2:40
32 What's Happening?!?! Crosby 2:37
33 I Know My Rider 2:46
34 So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star Hillman, McGuinn 2:08
35 Have You Seen Her Face Hillman 2:42
36 Renaissance Fair Crosby, McGuinn 1:54
37 Time Between Hillman 1:55
38 Everybody's Been Burned Crosby 3:07
39 My Back Pages Dylan 3:10
40 It Happens Each Day Crosby 2:47
41 He Was a Friend of Mine [live/#] McGuinn, Traditional 2:39
42 Lady Friend Crosby 2:33
43 Old John Robertson [Single Version] Hillman, McGuinn 1:52
44 Goin' Back Goffin, King 3:28
45 Draft Morning Crosby, Hillman, McGuinn 2:43
46 Wasn't Born to Follow Goffin, King 2:04
47 Tribal Gathering Crosby, Hillman 2:04
48 Dolphin's Smile Crosby, Hillman, McGuinn 2:01
49 Triad Crosby 3:31
50 Universal Mind Decoder [instrumental] Hillman, McGuinn 3:27
51 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Dylan 2:35
52 I Am a Pilgrim Traditional 3:39
53 The Christian Life Louvin, Louvin 2:29
54 You Don't Miss Your Water Bell 3:49
55 Hickory Wind Buchanan, Parsons 3:32
56 One Hundred Years from Now Parsons 2:53
57 Lazy Days [Alternate Version] Parsons 3:18
58 Pretty Polly [Alternate Version] Traditional 3:34
59 This Wheel's on Fire [Alternate Version] Danko, Dylan 3:54
60 Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man McGuinn, Parsons 3:54
61 Candy McGuinn, York 3:38
62 Child of the Universe Grusin, McGuinn 3:11
63 Pretty Boy Floyd [live] Guthrie 2:48
64 Buckaboo [live/instrumental] Morris 2:04
65 King Apathy III [live] McGuinn 3:13
66 Sing Me Back Home [live] Haggard 3:05
67 Lay Lady Lay [Alternate Version] Dylan 3:18
68 Oil in My Lamp [Alternate Version] Traditional 2:03
69 Tulsa County Polland 2:48
70 Jesus Is Just Alright Reynolds 2:10
71 Chestnut Mare Levy, McGuinn 5:08
72 Just a Season Levy, McGuinn 3:52
73 Kathleen's Song [Alternate Version] Levy, McGuinn 2:39
74 All the Things [Alternate Version] Levy, McGuinn 4:56
75 Lover of the Bayou [live] Levy, McGuinn 3:39
76 Positively 4th Street [live] Dylan 3:06
77 Old Blue [live] 3:30
78 It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [live] Dylan 2:52
79 Ballad of Easy Rider [live] McGuinn 2:10
80 You All Look Alike [live/#] Battin, Fowley 3:08
81 Nashville West [live/#/instrumental] Parsons, White 2:12
82 Willin' [live] George 3:13
83 Black Mountain Rag [live/instrumental] Traditional 1:19
84 Baby What You Want Me to Do [live/#] Reed 3:48
85 I Trust [live/#] McGuinn 4:03
86 Take a Whiff (On Me) [live] Ledbetter, Lomax, Lomax 2:56
87 Glory, Glory Reynolds 4:00
88 Byrdgrass [instrumental] Parsons, White 1:44
89 Pale Blue McGuinn 2:23
90 I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician Levy, McGuinn 2:03
91 Nothin' to It [instrumental] 1:39
92 Tiffany Queen McGuinn 2:42
93 Farther Along Traditional ~ Presley 2:58
94 Bugler Murray 3:08
95 Mr. Tambourine Man [live] Dylan 2:59
96 Roll Over Beethoven [live] Berry 3:02
97 Full Circle Clark 2:43
98 Changing Heart Clark 2:43
99 Paths of Victory Dylan 3:10
100 Mr. Tambourine Man [*] Dylan
101 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better [*] Clark
102 All I Really Want to Do [*] Dylan
103 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) [*] Seeger
104 It Won't Be Wrong [*] Gerst, McGuinn
105 Set You Free This Time [*] Clark
106 So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star [*] Hillman, McGuinn
107 Mr. Tambourine Man [*] Dylan
108 Eight Miles High [*] Clark, Crosby, McGuinn
109 Mr. Spaceman [*] McGuinn

Buffalo Springfield Box Set - 2001

Buffalo Springfield (box set)
(2001)

Buffalo Springfield (box set) is a career retrospective of the late 60s folk rock band of the same name, released in 2001. Band member Neil Young assembled the tracks in chronological order to show how the band evolved and disintegrated in the span of two years. Of the four CDs, the first three represent the actual box set while the fourth CD contains the band's first two albums. It reached #194 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart, and stayed on the chart for the single week. The set omits the stereo version of the Buffalo Springfield album, the mono version of Buffalo Springfield Again, the album version of "On The Way Home", "Pretty Girl Why", and "Four Days Gone" from Last Time Around, and the songs "Carefree Country Day" and "In The Hour Of Not Quite Rain" from Last Time Around. It also lacks the long version of "Bluebird", only ever issued on a 2-LP compilation.
Track listing

CD 1

1. "There Goes My Babe" (Young) – 1:43 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
2. "Come On" (Stills) – 1:23 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
3. "Hello, I've Returned" (Stills/Parks) – 1:34 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
4. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 2:44 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
5. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 3:08 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
6. "I'm Your Kind of Guy" (Young) – 1:05 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
7. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 2:04 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
8. "Neighbor Don't You Worry" (Stills) – 2:28 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
9. "We'll See" (Stills) – 4:07 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
10. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 2:49 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
11. "Can't Keep Me Down" (Furay) – 2:07 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
12. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (Young) – 3:25
13. "Go And Say Goodbye" (Stills) – 2:21
14. "Sit Down I Think I Love You" (Stills) – 2:31
15. "Leave" (Stills) – 2:43
16. "Hot Dusty Roads" (Stills) – 2:51
17. "Everybody's Wrong" (Stills) – 2:24
18. "Burned" (Young) – 2:16
19. "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It" (Young) – 3:02
20. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 3:05
21. "Pay The Price" (Stills) – 2:37
22. "Down Down Down" (Young) – 2:11 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
23. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 2:40
24. "Neighbor Don't You Worry" (Stills) – 2:25 (Previously Unreleased Remix)*

CD 2

1. "Down Down Down" (Young) – 2:42 (Previously Unreleased Remix)*
2. "Kahuna Sunset" (Stills/Young) – 2:53 (Previously Unreleased)*
3. "Buffalo Stomp (Raga)" (Furay/Kunkel/Stills/Young) – 3:51 (Previously Unreleased)*
4. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 3:24 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
5. "For What It's Worth" (Stills) – 2:39
6. "Mr. Soul" (Young) – 2:44 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
7. "We'll See" (Stills) – 2:43 (Previously Unreleased)*
8. "My Kind of Love" (Furay) – 2:31 (Previously Unreleased)*
9. "Pretty Girl Why" (Stills) – 2:26 (Previously Unreleased Mix)*
10. "Words I Must Say" (Furay) – 1:12 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
11. "Nobody's Fool" (Furay) – 1:31 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
12. "So You've Got A Lover" (Stills) – 3:06 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
13. "My Angel" (Stills) – 3:48 (Demo)*
14. "No Sun Today" (Eisner) – 2:02 (Previously Unreleased)*
15. "Everydays" (Stills) – 2:40
16. "Down To The Wire" (Young) – 2:25 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
17. "Bluebird" (Stills) – 4:29
18. "Expecting To Fly" (Young) – 3:45
19. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 4:26 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
20. "A Child's Claim To Fame" (Furay) – 2:10
21. "Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills) – 2:46

CD 3

1. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 3:27
2. "Good Time Boy" (Furay) – 2:15
3. "One More Sign" (Young) – 2:02 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
4. "The Rent Is Always Due" (Young) – 3:03 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
5. "Round and Round and Round" (Young) – 3:37 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
6. "Old Laughing Lady" (Young) – 2:40 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
7. "Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:14
8. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 3:01
9. "On The Way Home" (Young) – 2:27 (Previously Unreleased Mix)*
10. "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night" (Young) – 2:06 (Previously Unreleased/Remix)*
11. "Special Care" (Stills) – 3:32
12. "Falcon Lake (Ash On The Floor)" (Young) – 4:19 (Previously Unreleased/Remix)*
13. "What A Day" (Furay) – 2:18 (Previously Unreleased)*
14. "I Am A Child" (Young) – 2:20
15. "Questions" (Stills) – 2:54
16. "Merry-Go-Round" (Furay) – 2:02
17. "Uno Mundo" (Stills) – 2:00
18. "Kind Woman" (Furay) – 4:12
19. "It's So Hard To Wait" (Furay/Young) – 2:05
20. "Four Days Gone" (Stills) – 3:47 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*

CD 4

1. "For What It's Worth" (Stills) – 2:39 (already on CD2, tk5)
2. "Go And Say Goodbye" (Stills) – 2:21 (already on CD1, tk13)
3. "Sit Down I Think I Love You" (Stills) – 2:32 (already on CD1, tk14)
4. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (Young) – 3:25 (already on CD1, tk12)
5. "Hot Dusty Roads" (Stills) – 2:50 (already on CD1, tk16)
6. "Everybody's Wrong" (Stills) – 2:24 (already on CD1, tk17)
7. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 2:40 (already on CD1, tk23)
8. "Burned" (Young) – 2:16 (already on CD1, tk18)
9. "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It" (Young) – 3:02 (already on CD1, tk19)
10. "Leave" (Stills) – 2:43 (already on CD1, tk15)
11. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 3:05 (already on CD1, tk20)
12. "Pay The Price" (Stills) – 2:36 (already on CD1, tk21)
13. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 3:04
14. "Mr. Soul" (Young) – 2:49
15. "A Child's Claim To Fame" (Furay) – 2:10 (already on CD2, tk20)
16. "Everydays" (Stills) – 2:40 (already on CD2, tk15)
17. "Expecting To Fly" (Young) – 3:44 (already on CD2, tk18)
18. "Bluebird" (Stills) – 2:16 (already on CD2, tk17)
19. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 3:27 (already on CD3, tk1)
20. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 3:01 (already on CD3, tk8)
21. "Good Time Boy" (Furay) – 2:15 (already on CD3, tk2)
22. "Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills) – 2:46 (already on CD2, tk21)
23. "Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:14 (already on CD3, tk7)