THE BYRDS Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 1968 UK CBS 1st *STEREO* PRESS
£
69
$
91
£ 69
Sold For
Mar 15, 2020
Sold Date
Feb 13, 2020
Start Date
1
Number Of Bids
Great Britain
Country Of Seller
eBay
Sold at
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
THE BYRDS Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 1968 UK CBS 1st *STEREO*
THE BYRDSSweetheart Of The Rodeo
UK CBS (S 63353) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (September 1968) OF THE BYRDS' INFLUENTIAL CLASSIC WITH GRAM PARSONS
GREAT COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST SOLID ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: SBPG 63353 A2 / SBPG 63353 B2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE "Printed and made by the Ernest J. Day & Co., Ltd., London W. 11. Patent Pending.” WITH WHITE *STEREO* STICKER TO THE BACK
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL *STEREO* DIE-CUT ORANGE CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
Roger McGuinn acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
Chris Hillman electric bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar, vocals
Gram Parsons acoustic guitar, piano, organ, vocals
Kevin Kelley drums
The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was not the first important country-rock album (Gram Parsons managed that feat with the International Submarine Band's debut Safe at Home), and the Byrds were hardly strangers to country music, dipping their toes in the twangy stuff as early as their second album.
But no major band had gone so deep into the sound and feeling of classic country (without parody or condescension) as the Byrds did on Sweetheart; at a time when most rock fans viewed country as a musical "L'il Abner" routine, the Byrds dared to declare that C&W could be hip, cool, and heartfelt.
Though Gram Parsons had joined the band as a pianist and lead guitarist, his deep love of C&W soon took hold, and Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman followed his lead; significantly, the only two original songs on the album were both written by Parsons (the achingly beautiful "Hickory Wind" and "One Hundred Years from Now"), while on the rest of the set classic tunes by Merle Haggard, the Louvin Brothers, and Woody Guthrie were sandwiched between a pair of twanged-up Bob Dylan compositions.
While many cite this as more of a Gram Parsons album than a Byrds set, given the strong country influence of McGuinn's and Hillman's later work, it's obvious Parsons didn't impose a style upon this band so much as he tapped into a sound that was already there, waiting to be released.
If the Byrds didn't do country-rock first, they did it brilliantly, and few albums in the style are as beautiful and emotionally affecting as this.
Side 1:
You Ain't Going Nowhere
I Am A Pilgrim
The Christian Life
You Don't Miss Your Water
You're Still On My Mind
Pretty Boy Floyd
Side 2:
Hickory Wind
One Hundred Years From Now
Blue Canadian Rockies
Life In Prison
Nothing Was Delivered
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Bright, fresh and unworn labels with just two/three light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces are clean and unmarked bar some light (and purely cosmetic) in-vinyl pressing blemishes (common on these late 1960s CBS pressings) but these have no audio consequence
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Great sound performance - crystal clear, bright and fresh and my play-check at volume found just one a touch of low-level surface between some of the tracks, nothing really and nothing else to fault.
No scratches, clicks or pops and very clean
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Very nice example - the front laminate has a deep glossy sheen and the untreated back has only a small amount of marking with the *STEREO* sticker still firmly in place
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks
856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
price rating
