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The Byrds - Byrd Parts (remastered) (1971)

Track listing:
  1. Willie Gene David Crosby 2:07
  2. Come Back Baby David Crosby 2:23
  3. The Only Girl I Adore Jet Set 2:26
  4. When The Ship Comes In The Hillmen 3:06
  5. It Won't Be Wrong (Don't Be Long) Beefeaters 2:01
  6. Anathea David Hemmings 2:23
  7. Splendour In The Grass Jackie Deshannon; The Byrds 3:23
  8. Back Street Mirror David Hemmings 3:15
  9. You Don't Miss Your Water Fred Neil; Gram Parsons 2:37
  10. Sum Up Broke The International Submarine Band 2:16
  11. One Day Week The International Submarine Band 2:16
  12. Why Not Your Baby? Dillard & Clark Expedition 3:42
  13. Lyin' Down The Middle Dillard & Clark Expedition 2:19
  14. Don't Be Cruel Dillard & Clark Expedition 1:55
  15. Runaway Country The Doug Dillard Expedition 4:08
  16. Just A Season Jacques Levy; Roger Mcguinn; Terry Melcher; The Byrds 3:16
  17. Captain Video Skip Battin; The Byrds 4:13
  18. Why Have You Been Gone So Long? Clarence White; Ry Cooder; The Byrds 3:12
  19. Ode To Billie Joe [Instrumental] Clarence White; Nashville West 3:42
  20. Melodies From A Bird In Flyght (For Clarence) Gene Parsons 4:10
  21. Hot Burrito #1 Gene Parsons 4:39
  22. Don't You Write Her Off Clark & Hillman Mcguinn 3:16
  23. Won't Let You Down Clark & Hillman Mcguinn 3:56
  24. Turn Your Radio On Chris Hillman; Roger Mcguinn 3:04

Notes

Some of those involved with Columbia's Byrds box urged the producers to use tracks by the Jet Set, the Beefeaters, the pre-Byrds David Crosby, and the Hillmen; instead, they chose to weigh it down with a lot of later, Skip Battin-era tracks. So Raven Records has done the job instead, gathering together the major pre-Byrds and early Byrds-related tracks in one place: David Crosby's bluesy "Willie Gene" and "Come Back Baby"; the pre-Byrds Jet Set trio's Beatles-esque "The Only Girl I Adore" (complete with "yeah-yeah"'s) from the Early L.A. album; the Hillmen's bluegrass version of Dylan's "When the Ship Comes In"; and the Byrds/Beefeaters' "It Won't Be Wrong" from Elektra. But the producers haven't stopped with obvious stuff like that. They've also included David Hemmings' rendition of Gene Clark's "Backstreet Mirror" from the all-but-forgotten Jim Dickson-produced, Byrds-backed David Hemmings Happens; Jackie DeShannon's previously unissued demo recording of "Splendor in the Grass," backed by the Byrds; the Fred Neil-Gram Parsons "Ya Don't Miss Your Water" off of Neil's 1971 Other Side of This Life album; the International Submarine Band's lost Columbia single; rare single cuts by Dillard & Clark; and tracks by Clarence White, Skip Battin, Gene Parsons, and McGuinn, Clark & Hillman. Hemmings' "Anathea," even with his non-singing out in front, manages to achieve a trippy decadence through the Byrds playing and Dickson's production. Most of the rest gets far afield of the original Byrds, although "Ya Don't Miss Your Water" has a dark, brooding, ominous feel that makes it well worth owning, the Doug Dillard-Gene Clark stuff is always welcome, and the early International Submarine Band songs sound a lot more Beatles-esque (and punkier) than anything on their subsequent Safe at Home album.