Parsons cleverly (and mercifully) finessed Jim-Roger into making a full-tilt country album instead, and loftily suggested the band's name be changed to Gram Parsons And The Byrds, which didn't sit too well with Jim-Roger. Concerned that he wasn't getting the attention and credit he felt owed him, Jim-Roger pushed Parsons out onto the street, throwing his Nudie duds after him.
The history of The Byrds is one of planet-sized egos orbiting briefly before colliding, but those titanic battles of bruised self-esteem and diva petulance created some of the greatest albums ever made, as here. Jim-Roger decided the next record would feature himself up-front and center on every track, with no competition to dim his spotlight. It would under-perform every previous album by quite a margin.
Forty-three tracks in this swell "complete" version, for which thanks are due to the anonymous soul whose labor of love this is. The Incredible String Band [I think you mean International Submarine Band? - Ed.] tracks he added are over on their own album, featured antecedently. If you have anything you think should be added, please do so.
Getting the goats, the maenads, mead and wine for the orgiastic bacchanalia to follow the receiving of the sacred link....Io Pan Io Pan
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ReplyDeleteThe link should be here somewhere hereabouts, I'm pretty certain I left it here ... where is the damn thing? Am I having a Senior Moment?
Ah, now for the holy orgy kama sutra.......everyone!!!
ReplyDelete"Flow it, show it
DeleteLong as God can grow it
My hair ..."
*SOB*!
That's great: Thank you! (Pretty free around here, I'm guessing, with the eclipses or horslipses or whatever.)
ReplyDeleteMr. Devil gets the point!
DeleteI do not see a link to this new treasure trove of Byrdsian delights. Please have your customer service department look into this matter.
ReplyDeleteThe link's right there. Look closer.
DeleteI got it, but with cataracts, it's sometimes hard to see the forest for the Sailboats.
DeleteI have clicked on every word, every picture , every reply, every time,every date and my computer is not picking up any link...as it didn't for the one yesterday either...which is the one I really wanted!! Jay
DeleteOkay, we've had our fun. Yesterday's link was camouflaged as the "full stop" or period at the end of the comment. Today's is cunningly secreted behind the middle of the three dots. There'll be more stealth links coming up, because I feel they demand a little effort on the part of the freeloading bums who use the House O' Foam© spittoon without so much as a by-your-leave.
DeleteThanks F...I didn't click on any punctuation!!...looking forward to listening to yesterday's selections :)
DeleteWhere's Cody when we need her?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to "Notorious..."? You seem to have skipped it and gone straight to "Sweetheart".
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At least *somebody's* paying attention ... which I don't appear to be ... it'll be up next, John. Thank you.
DeleteWhat's funny (the not laughing funny - like most of today's comedians) is that the resurgent Americana movement treats Sweetheart of the Rodeo as some type of Holy Grail, insead of some sort of a bloated fishwrap dedicated to the ego of a 12 string bard. Ah, kids......
ReplyDeleteI think it's both, Mr. Mac. It took me a hell of a while to get into it (the final hurdle was Christian Life), but now - gee, is it ever swell!
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ReplyDeleteYou are a clever devil. I finally found the link with the help of my grandkids, Hunt & Peck. I thought the "stealth links" was a golf course in Panama.
As for Sweetheart, back in the day it took a while to understand, but now it is sweller than ever.
I found the link right away, you sneaky b---(ahem). Problem is it won't download.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem must be your end, Bill (which is what yer wife's been sayin'). I just checked, and it downloads like a dump in a Mexican restaurant.
DeleteAh, "Sweetheart"...forever canonized as 'the first country rock album' (not true), 'the most important country rock album' (not true) etc. etc. - a sweetheart that's easy to admire but hard to love, Christian life or not. If we're honest, there's a lot of blah on this album. The Parsons-outtakes as substitues tracks sound exactly like what they were, Hillman's sole lead is on a dud, McGuinn's self-parodic vocals on some of his Parsons-imitating recut vocals...meh. But this set will serve just fine to make an 'alternate' version of the album that might be more memorable. So thanks, as always.
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ReplyDeleteAh, damn, I forgot about "Blue Canadian Rockies" which is actually pretty nice…"I am a Pilgrim" though…*snore*
As the Run-on Sentencer once said:
ReplyDelete"Punctuation . . . ?! It, er, or I just did not CLICK!"
Oh. Right. I tried that thing she told me to and it downloaded OK.
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