Just released : a Various Artists compilation CD with 21 versions of "Mr Tambourine Man".

There are, among others, versions by "The Byrds With Bob Dylan", "The Byrds (new recording)", "Roger McGuinn (electric guitar)", "Roger McGuinn (acoustic guitar)", "Chris Hillmann" (sic) and "Gene Clark".

I have more than serious doubts about the legality of such a release.

PREFLYTE - TogetherST-T-1001

PREFLYTE - TogetherST-T-1001 (1972)

This cover should never have left the print factory:

- the usual front cover is printed on the left side of the inside gatefold cover

- the usual left part of the inside cover is on the right side and is printed upside down

- the usual right side of the inside cover is on the back

- the usual back cover is on the front

The Byrds with Earl Scruggs, His Family And Friends - YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE

JOHN YORK : BYRDS & BEYOND
with Billy Darnell & Chad Watson
Friday, April 6, 2012 6:30~7:30pm, Free
ECOFEST at Cal State San Bernardino University
www.csusb.edu

JOHN YORK SOLO
Saturday, April 14, 2012 8pm, $15
FRET HOUSE
309 N. Citrus Ave. Covina, CA 91723
626-339-7020

JOHN YORK : BYRDS & BEYOND
with Billy Darnell & Chad Watson
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8pm, $20
Coffee Gallery Back Stage
2029 N. Lake Ave. Altadena, CA 91001
Reservations: 626-798-6236

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=nLZoaPlmNhM

Sierra Records' 2007 CD Sixties Transition (with Byrds - Byrds-related unreleased tracks) has just been re-released by the RetroWorld label in the U.K. with different artwork.

John York's new CD, called FANFARE FOR 2, has just been released by GRA Records.

Track listing:

1 Half Moon Bay
2 Lone Wolf, No Club
3 Red, White & Blue
4 Coyote
5 I Feel It Now
6 Sea Of Wine
7 Wasn't That You
8 You Just Love Cocaine
9 Power Of Now
10 Reach Out (I'll Be There)
11 Behind The Scenes
12 Lucky & The Trash Angel
13 Setup for Heartbreak

You can order your copy directly from the label at http://www.gragroup.com/johnyork.html/

The Byrds' 5th LP, The Notorious Brothers, has just been re-released on high quality (180 gram) vinyl by the Music On Vinyl label (a subsidiary of Sony/Columbia).

The Byrds’ PREFLYTE recordings (recorded at World Pacific Studios when they were still called The Jet Set and The Beefeaters) has now been released with 8 bonus tracks,as mentioned earlier on this blog.

Months and months after being announced, this DVD has finally become available from some outlets.

The Byrds – The Lost Broadcasts

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Jimmi Seiter

Label: Gonzo

The Lost Broadcasts are a series of DVD sets featuring performances that have rarely been seen since the original transmission on german television, in some cases more than forty years ago.

The Byrds first session from the 19th of May 1971 featured newer material including Chestnut Mare from the band’s critically well received album Untitled alongside the classic songs So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, Mr Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High. The second session comes from October 1972 and they perform three versions of Black Mountain Rag and two versions of So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star.

1. Chestnut Mare 1

2. Chestnut Mare 2

3. Eight Miles High

4. Mr Tambourine Man

5. Black Mountain Rag 1

6. Black Mountain Rag 2

7. Black Mountain Rag 3

8. So You Want to Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star 1

9. So You Want to Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star 2