Those combinations make Notorious Byrd Brothers a brilliant window onto an unforgettable place and time. The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the peak album of their career for the band’s fans, better than the perfect songs of Younger Than Yesterday, than the Bible of folk-rock that is Mr.
July 13, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The principal members were Roger McGuinn (original name James Joseph McGuinn III b. The reawakening of consciousness is ecstatically, psychedelically celebrated in “Natural Harmony.” The aura of a world in upheaval is caught like lightning in a jar on “Change Is Now,” with its evocation of hope and uncertainty, familiarity and daunting strangeness. the Byrds, American band of the 1960s who popularized folk rock, particularly the songs of Bob Dylan, and whose changes in personnel created an extensive family tree of major country rock bands and pop supergroups. Stones in the pathway include hard drugs (“Artificial Energy” elliptically warns that speed kills) and war (“Draft Morning” peers inside the mind of a young man being shipped off to Vietnam). Utopian idealism commingles with darker visions: Spiritual yearning is evident in songs that look to nature (“Dolphin’s Smile”), childhood (“Goin’ Back”) and the group mind (“Tribal Gathering”) for guidance. 5.0 out of 5 stars Notorious Byrd Bros (MUSIC ON VINYL LP) Reviewed in the United States on ApThis review pertains to The Notorious Byrd Brothers vinyl LP issued by MUSIC ON VINYL (Sony/Canada):Although clocking in at barely 29 minutes, this is the most hypnotic & ethereal of all the Byrd’s albums. In 1967, the Byrds recorded one of the finest records of that landmark year: The Notorious Byrd Brothers, a shimmering, flowing, eclectic collection of songs, all. The Byrds best and trippiest album a classic of psychedelic country-tinged jangly folk/jazz/country/raga art-rock tunes with dreamy, fluid medley-like.
The album’s ethereal, fresh-scrubbed sound owes much to producer Gary Usher, the auteur behind countless Sixties surf-pop records and co-author of Beach Boys classics like “In My Room.” Burbling Moog synthesizers and purring steel guitars join in on the Byrds’ minty-clean folk-cosmic odes. Younger Than Yesterday Columbia, 1967 B- The Byrds Greatest Hits Columbia, 1967 The Notorious Byrd Brothers Columbia, 1968 Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
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