Turn! Turn! Turn! THE BYRDS
"It Won't Be Wrong" and "The World Turns All Around Her" standout tracks heard on 1965 Columbia Byrds "TURN! TURN! TURN!"
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even more impressive 45 years later
why is the Byrds catalog seems more innovative, more groundbreaking more forward thinking and more influential 46 years later ? It could be maybe the seamless harmonies were too folk like and not ground breaking when the records were released. Maybe it was because there appeared to much Beatles influence and they weren't quite the Beatles.... but then who was or maybe who ever will be. I guess for me it was the Bob Dylan re-makes. The Byrds weren't Bob Dylan either.... Okay so they weren't the Beatles and they weren't Bob Dylan but they were the Byrds. Before the Buffalo Springfield, before the Jefferson Airplane, before almost every American band they were writing their own songs and re-casting, re-creating other people's music. This album is no exception. There's Bob Dylan gone electric, fantastic harmonies, ringing guitars, and great original songs- what band other than the Beach Boys produced music this timeless and this original ? Download, close your eyes and play......
A Classic Album
I liked it 40+ years ago and I still like it. The Byrds were always one of my favorite bands. I saw them and I loved them. This album is very very good and has lots of excellent songs
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