The Byrds-Greatest Hits (1967)


 

Artist:  The Byrds

Title: Greatest Hits

Label: Columbia

Format: LP

Cat #: PC 9516

Year of Release: 1967

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1970 Terre Haute Pressing

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 3/3/21

Sell Price: $3.99

Discogs Last Sold: 1/23/21 $18.04 Comments: US Reissue, 1970, Compilation, XSM-118740-2G, Vinyl has some light surface marks and hairlines but plays fine, Sleeve is in good shape, very minor wear to edging and spine

Low: $2.49

Median: $5.00

High:  $18.04

Current low price: $3.50 G+/G+, $3.99 VG+/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 31

Have/Want: 1192/50

Where Sold:  Los Angeles, CA

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester MA used $3.99-same short live store on Grove St where I bought Combat Rock in the early 80's

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+

Sad To See It Go: No

This is perhaps my favorite "Greatest Hits" album.  For all the grousing David Crosby may do about Dylan, he sure contributed to putting him in the songwriter stratosphere.

If you don't get why this is a perfect record, there isn't any point in me trying to explain it to you.  If I have to make picks, I'd say "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better," "Chimes of Freedom," "Mr. Spaceman," "5D" and "My Back Pages."  But how could I leave out "So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star?" How did I space out on "Eight Miles  High"??????

Even the "burnout" hits like "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn Turn Turn" I don't mind hearing once again.  I know it's "cool" to cite Sweetheart At The Rodeo, and while that is an A record, for me these songs connect with something in my brain that transcends aesthetic.

I will keep falling as long as I live.



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