Byrds’ eye view
“Mr. Tambourine Man” The Byrds 1965 debut on Columbia Records. #232 on Rolling Stones’ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Produced by Terry Melcher. Cover Photo by: Barry Feinstein. Here’s an early TV appearance on Hullabaloo.
The only Byrd to play on the band’s first hit was Roger McGuinn, whose chiming twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar became folk rock’s defining sound. Everything else came from L.A. pros, including drummer Hal Blaine and bassist Larry Knechtel from Phil Spector’s Wrecking Crew. But the rest of the Byrds soon caught up, and as the song was breaking, a curious Dylan checked out the band at Ciro’s, an L.A. club, and reportedly didn’t recognize some of his own songs in their electrified versions. – Rolling Stone
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February 9th, 2009 at 1:08 am
To me, it seems a bit curious why Dylan would need to do this???
He looked a bit out of place or maybe he was a little too stoned?
What the hell… not bad for “a song and dance man”.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:33 am
My parents have this album. I remember it, but I wasn’t really into the Byrds back then.
February 9th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
it would have been nice if they had bothered to get the lyrics to some of the dylan tunes correct, tho’…ditto manfred mann on “the mighty quinn”
October 12th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Just another fictional report-you have a job recognising Dylan’s songs today-from HIM!!