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Chestnut Mare" was the first UK Top 20 hit that the Byrds had achieved since their cover of Bob Dylan's "All I Really Want to Do" had peaked at number 4 in September 1965. [9] [12] Although the U.S. single release featured the full-length album version of "Chestnut Mare", in the UK and Europe a severely edited version of the song was issued ...
The "Chestnut Mare" single was released some weeks after the album, on October 23, 1970, and bubbled under at number 121 on the Billboard singles chart. [8] It fared better when it was released in the UK on January 1, 1971, reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart , during a chart stay of eight weeks.
Chestnut Mare" did much better in the UK, when it was released as a single on January 1, 1971, reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and giving the Byrds their first UK Top 20 hit since their cover of Bob Dylan's "All I Really Want to Do" had peaked at number 4 in September 1965. [218] [220
Live at Royal Albert Hall is a live album by the American rock band the Byrds, released in 2008 [4] on Sundazed Music. [5] The album consists of recordings from the band's appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on May 13, 1971. [4]
The first 16 tracks on this single disc collection date from the Byrds' 1965 to 1971 period, while the final 4 tracks are from the 1990 reunion. [11] The Byrds is currently out of print, but a later revised box set, titled There Is a Season, was released on September 26, 2006, by Columbia/Legacy. [12]
The Byrds in 1970. (L–R) Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, Clarence White, Gene Parsons. Battin is probably best known as bass guitarist and songwriter with the Byrds from 1970 to 1973. He was—by eight years—the oldest member of the Byrds. He recorded three albums with them and toured extensively.
In addition to its appearance on the Younger Than Yesterday album, "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" also appears on several Byrds' compilations, including The Byrds' Greatest Hits; History of The Byrds; The Original Singles: 1965–1967, Volume 1; The Byrds; The Very Best of The Byrds; The Essential Byrds; and There Is a Season. [16]
The Byrds' Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in August 1967 on Columbia Records. [1] It is the top-selling album in the Byrds' catalogue and reached number 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, but failed to chart in the UK.