Byrds - untitled Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

even bad byrds records are good. i once saw the 'dr byrds' line up in chilicothe, ohio, and clarence white blew the lid off the place. those live tracks on 'untitled' with clarence's b bender fender are the stuff of legend. white played on byrd's records even before he was a byrd....a ps...chase down decords by gene clark and the dillards for more of the real deal.

The full side version of 8 Miles High is a serious waste of vinyl.

Not to mention the time taken to play it.

bill, you may find this interesting. at the end of the 'notorious byrd bros' cd reissue (after a bit of silence), there is studio chatter of chris hillman tearing into michael clarke relentlessly. clarke fights back, but its easy to tell who's in charge at that point in their careers..legend has it that he did the same to crosby and clark. mcguinn just asks for unity, but hillman rants on. even if the album isn't one of your favorites, its worth having a copy just to hear how disfunctional the band was.

Com'on, Bill. It's the Byrds, not Grand Funk Live!

gotta disagree with jaybo--the bad byrd albums, like byrdmaniax and farther along--are really, really bad. untiltled is worthwhile for the live disc (i actaully like the 8mh jam), but gene clark was the real motherfucker.