The Essential Byrds

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Mr. Tambourine Man
  2:31
  4.2 ★
• 2
  I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 3
  All I Really Want to Do
  2:04
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Chimes of Freedom
  3:51
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
  3:51
  4.6 ★
• 6
  She Don't Care About Time (single version)
  2:30
  3.5 ★
• 7
  It Won't Be Wrong
  1:59
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Set You Free This Time
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 9
  He Was a Friend of Mine
  2:31
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Eight Miles High
  3:36
  4.2 ★
• 11
  5D (Fifth Dimension)
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Mr. Spaceman
  2:10
  3.8 ★
• 13
  So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
  2:06
  4.2 ★
• 14
  Have You Seen Her Face
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Renaissance Fair
  1:52
  4.0 ★
• 16
  My Back Pages
  3:08
  3.5 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Lady Friend
  2:31
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Old John Robertson (single version)
  1:54
• 3
  Goin' Back
  3:27
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Natural Harmony
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Wasn't Born to Follow
  2:03
  4.0 ★
• 6
  You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  2:35
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Hickory Wind
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 8
  This Wheel's on Fire
  4:45
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Ballad of Easy Rider
  2:04
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Jesus Is Just Alright
  2:10
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Lover of the Bayou (live)
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Chestnut Mare
  5:08
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Glory, Glory
  4:01
• 15
  I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician
  2:02
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Tiffany Queen
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 17
  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 [10-12]
• Bob Johnston
  producer [8-9]
• Charlie Bragg
  engineer [6-7]
• Chris Hillman
  background vocals [6], bass [2-4, 15], bass guitar [1], vocal [1-4]
• Chris Hinshaw
  co [15], engineer [12-13]
• Clarence White
  electric guitar [13], guitar [8, 12-13]
• David Crosby
  guitar [1-4], vocal [1-4]
• Don Thompson
  engineer [3-5]
• Gary Usher
  producer [1.13-16, 2.1-7]
• Gene Clark
  tambourine [1], vocal [1]
• Gene Parsons
  vocal [17]
• Gram Parsons
  lead vocals [7]
• Hugh Masekela
  horn [13]
• Jerry Hochman
  associate [10-11], engineer [10-11]
• Jim Dickson
  producer [12-13]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Michael Clarke
  drums (drum set) [1-4]
• Mike Ross‐Trevor
  recording [17]
• Pete Seeger
  arranger [5]
• Roger McGuinn
  12 string guitar [1-4, 10], guitar [1.16, 2.13], solo [16], vocal [2.6, 2.12, 1.1-4]
• Roy Halee
  engineer [3-7]
• Terry Melcher
  co [15], producer [2.10-13, 1.1-9]
• The Byrds
  producer [16-17]
• Van Dyke Parks
  organ [11]
• Vern Gosdin
  acoustic guitar [13]
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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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  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
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  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2003
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  The Essential Byrds

  2x CD
  2010
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  The Essential Byrds

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

  2x Digital Media