McGuinn & Hillman & Clark-3 Byrds In London (1998)
Artist: McGuinn & Hillman & Clark
Title: 3 Byrds In London
| 1 | Gene Clark– | Kansas City Southern | 6:00 |
| 2 | The Chris Hillman Band– | Hot Burrito #2 | 3:09 |
| 3 | The Chris Hillman Band– | It Doesn't Matter | 6:03 |
| 4 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | Lover Of The Bayou | 5:14 |
| 5 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | American Girl | 4:34 |
| 6 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | Mr Spaceman | 2:58 |
| 7 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | Why Baby Why/Tiffany Queen | 4:50 |
| 8 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | Golden Loom | 4:11 |
| 9 | Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd– | Chestnut Mare | 5:45 |
| 10 | McGuinn, Hillman, Clark*– | So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star | 2:45 |
| 11 | McGuinn, Hillman, Clark*– | Mr. Tambourine Man | 2:32 |
| 12 | McGuinn, Hillman, Clark*– | Eight Miles High | 4:59 |
Label: Mastertone/BBC Music
Format: CD
Sell Date: 5/19/25
Condition: VG+/VG+
Discogs Last Sold: 11/23/25 NM/VG+ $5.00
Low: $0.99
Median: $5.00
Average: $5.71
High: $10.00
Current low price: $3.50
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4
Have/Want: 32/6
Where Sold: Oneida, NY
Time It Took To Sell: 2 years
Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot
Gwiz-gau Grade: B
Sad To See It Go: No
Before McGuinn Clark & Hillman issued their two albums, they were performing together and apart after the Byrds breakup. This particular CD of BBC recordings captured the three of them over two nights in London 1977 at the Hammersmith Odeon. One of those quasi-bootleg looking sort of releases with a barcode that seems legit ultimately. It should be noted that the UK edition released in 1997 on Strange Fruit was a double disc with many more tracks titled 3 Byrds Land In London. It seems odd that it would be chopped down for the US since the type of person that would buy this would want as much of it as possible.
You can't stream much of this online although there is a German Roger McGuinn recording up from a similar time period in Germany with much of the track here. The Gene Clark opener "Kansas City Southen" is up but the tracks with the three of them together and Chris Hillman by himself seem to be lost to the ages, at least for the time being. This is a shame because it seems historically important as the crucial missing link between the end of the Byrds and McGuinn Clark & Hillman as a one-hit entity ("Don't You Write Her Off Like That") and a follow-up flop City that led to McGuinn Hillman for the next album.
About what you'd expect for the Byrds in 1977.
FOR FURTHER REVIEW:
The Byrds-Greatest Hits (1967)
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