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