SCARCE 1965 MONO THE BYRDS TURN TURN TURN + GENE CLARK FOLK GARAGE Crosby

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                ~ MONO SONG MIXES ~

                 1965 FIRST PRESSING

                360 SOUND COLLECTIBLE       
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                                              The BYRDS

             " Turn Turn Turn "

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        USA - Columbia 360 Sound - CL 2454 - MONAURAL


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ORIGINAL 1965 FIRST PRESSING on the highly collectible 360 Sound Columbia label...

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Basically, this album is Mr. Tambourine Man, with then, newly written classics. The great sound is still there, but any improvements from the debut would have to come in the form of microscopic details that have completely passed by. It really seems be when listening to this album that the band suffered from a typical problem that accompanies bands with a great debut, namely a fear while going into the studio for their second album of risking losing their acclaim and fanbase by changing their style and approach too greatly, and thus rigidly forcing themselves to a relatively narrow scope of artistic approaches. One gets the image of the guys finishing the recording for these tracks and instead of going, "Yeah, that was really good!" saying, "Whew, people who liked our first album should like this too."

EVERYBODY in this world has heard their cover of Turn! Turn! Turn!, which definitely deserves all of the massive airplay and accolades it's gotten over the years. Most Byrds fans are quite fond of The World Turns All Around Her, a point on the album where the band really reaches beyond the debut in terms of quality. The main riff is this great simple-yet-anthemic thing, the vocal melody is pure genius, and the harmonies ... wow -- the harmonies are always great with these guys, but for whatever reason, the structuring of the parts are more than usual here. Lay Down Your Weary Tune is an interesting tune that has the advantage of coming early in the album, and He Was a Friend of Mine is a Byrds classic as well as the lesser mentioned but just as powerfully addicting tunes, "It Won't Be Wrong, A Satisfied Mind and Set You Free This Time.

1. Side 1
2.     "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" – 3:49
3.     "It Won't Be Wrong" (Jim McGuinn) – 1:58
4.     "Set You Free This Time" (Gene Clark) – 2:49
5.     "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan) – 3:30
6.     "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, new words and arrangement Jim McGuinn) – 2:30
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8. Side 2
9.     "The World Turns All Around Her" (Gene Clark) – 2:13
10.     "Satisfied Mind" – 2:26
11.     "If You're Gone" (Gene Clark) – 2:45
12.     "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan) – 2:18
13.     "Wait and See" (Jim McGuinn, David Crosby) – 2:19
14.     "Oh! Susannah" – 3:03