The Essential Byrds

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Mr. Tambourine Man
  2:31
  4.2 ★
• 2
  I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 3
  All I Really Want to Do
  2:06
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Bells of Rhymney
  3:32
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Chimes of Freedom
  3:53
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
  3:51
  4.6 ★
• 7
  She Don't Care About Time (single version)
  2:31
  3.5 ★
• 8
  It Won't Be Wrong
  2:00
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Lay Down Your Weary Tune
  3:32
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Set You Free This Time
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 11
  He Was a Friend of Mine
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 12
  The Times They Are A-Changin'
  2:20
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Eight Miles High
  3:36
  4.2 ★
• 14
  5D (Fifth Dimension)
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Wild Mountain Thyme
  2:32
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Mr. Spaceman
  2:11
  3.8 ★
• 17
  So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
  2:08
  4.2 ★
• 18
  Have You Seen Her Face
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Time Between
  1:55
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Renaissance Fair
  1:54
  4.0 ★
• 21
  My Back Pages
  3:10
  3.5 ★
• 22
  Dolphin's Smile
  1:58
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Artificial Energy
  2:21
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Old John Robertson (single version)
  1:55
• 3
  Goin' Back
  3:28
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Natural Harmony
  2:13
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Wasn't Born to Follow
  2:04
  4.0 ★
• 6
  You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  2:35
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Hickory Wind
  3:34
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Nothing Was Delivered
  3:26
  3.0 ★
• 9
  The Wheel's on Fire
  4:47
• 10
  Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
  3:56
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Your Gentle Way of Loving Me
  2:37
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Ballad of Easy Rider
  2:06
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Jesus Is Just Alright
  2:12
  2.0 ★
• 14
  It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (alternate mix)
  4:55
• 15
  Lover of the Bayou (live)
  3:41
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Chestnut Mare
  5:10
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Glory, Glory
  4:03
  2.0 ★
• 18
  Jamaica Say You Will
  3:28
• 19
  I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician
  2:04
  3.0 ★
• 20
  Tiffany Queen
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Antique Sandy
  2:15
• 22
  Farther Along
  2:57
  4.0 ★

More by The Byrds

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Turn! Turn! Turn! 1965

Mr. Tambourine Man

Mr. Tambourine Man 1965

Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde

Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde 1969

Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Sweetheart of the Rodeo 1968

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Notorious Byrd Brothers 1968

Younger Than Yesterday

Younger Than Yesterday 1967

Release credits

• Allen Stanton
  producer [13-16]
• Bob Johnston
  producer [9-11]
• Charlie Bragg
  engineer [6-8]
• Chris Hillman
  background vocals [6], bass [2-5, 20], bass guitar [1], vocal [1-5]
• Chris Hinshaw
  co [17, 19], engineer [15-16], producer [18]
• Clarence White
  electric guitar [17], guitar [2.15-16, 1.19]
• David Crosby
  guitar [1-5], vocal [1-5]
• Don Thompson
  engineer [1.22, 2.1, 2.3-5]
• Gary Usher
  producer [1.17-22, 2.1-8]
• Gene Clark
  tambourine [1], vocal [1]
• Gene Parsons
  vocal [22]
• Gram Parsons
  lead vocals [7]
• Hugh Masekela
  horn [17]
• Jerry Hochman
  associate [12-14], engineer [12-13]
• Jim Dickson
  producer [15-16]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Kevin Kelley
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Larry Knechtel
  instrument [17]
• Merry Clayton
  vocal [17]
• Michael Clarke
  drums (drum set) [1-5]
• Mike Ross‐Trevor
  recording [22]
• Pete Seeger
  arranger [6]
• Roger McGuinn
  12 string guitar [1-5, 13], guitar [2.16, 1.21], lead vocals [11], solo [21], vocal [2.6, 2.8, 2.15, 1.1-5]
• Roy Halee
  engineer [1.22, 2.1, 2.3-8]
• Terry Melcher
  co [17, 19], producer [1.1-12, 2.12-16, 2.18]
• The Byrds
  producer [20-22]
• Van Dyke Parks
  organ [14]
• Vern Gosdin
  acoustic guitar [17]
• Show all credits (28)

Issues

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  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
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  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
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  T
  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
• T
  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
• T
  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2010
• T
  The Essential Byrds

  3x CD (limited edition 3.0)
  29 August 2011
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  The Essential Byrds

  2x Digital Media