The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

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Album Info

Release Date: 2011

Labels: Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music

Boxset with the legacy editions (originally 1996-2003) of The Byrds albums.

© 2001 Sony Music Entertainment / Compilation ℗ Sony Music Entertainment

Recording Dates:
January 1965: 20th (1-1, 1-8)
March 1965: 8th (1-7, 1-14, 1-15, 1-17, 1-18)
April 1965: 14th (1-2 to 1-4, 1-6, 1-9, 1-12, 1-16), 22nd (1-5, 1-10, 1-11)
June 1965: 28th (2-14 to 2-16)
August 1965: 23rd (2-6, 2-13, 2-17)
September 1965: 1st (2-9), 10th (2-1), 14th (2-12), 16th (2-3), 17th (2-7), 18th (2-2, 2-18)
October 1965: 1st (2-10), 4th (2-11), 20th (2-8), 22nd (2-4)
November 1965: 1st (2-5)
December 1965: 22nd (3-15, 3-16)
January 1966: 24th (3-12), 25th (3-7)
February 1966: unknown day (7-3), 21st (4-11)
April 1966: 29th (3-3,3-5)
May 1966: 3rd (3-11), 4th (3-17.1), 16th (3-6), 17th (3-8), 18th (3-9), 19th (3-4), 25th (3-1, 3-2, 3-10)
July 1966: 28th (3-13, 3-14)
September 1966: 14th (7-2)
October 1966: 10th (7-1)
November 1966: 28th (4-1), 29th (4-2), 30th (4-5, 4-8, 4-15)
December 1966: 1st (4-3), 5th (4-9, 4-14), 6th (4-4, 4-7), 7th (4-6), 8th (4-10, 4-12)
April 1967: 26th (4-13, 4-16)
June 1967: 14th (4-16), 21st (4-17.1, 5-8)
July 1967: 31st (5-17.1)
August 1967: 2nd (5-4, 5-16), 16th (5-9, 5-10), 17th (5-14), 30th (5-7)
September 1967: 5th (5-15)
October 1967: 9th (5-2), 23rd (5-11)
November 1967: 1st (5-12, 5-13), 13th (5-6), 29th (5-3), 30th (5-5)
December 1967: unknown day (7-4 to 7-6), 6th (5-1)
March 1968: 8th (6-1), 9th (6-7, 7-9), 11th (6-15, 7-7), 12th (6-6), 13th (6-2, 6-14, 7-8), 14th (6-13), 15th (6-11, 6-17)
April 1968: 4th (6-10, 7-12, 7-13), 15th (6-4), 17th (6-5, 7-16, 7-17), 24th (6-3, 6-9, 6-16, 7-10, 7-11, 7-20)
May 1968: 1st (6-12, 7-18, 7-19), 27th (6-8, 6-18, 7-14, 7-15)
October 1968: 7th (8-2, 8-7), 8th (8-6), 14th (8-3), 15th (8-5, 8-9), 16th (8-11), 21st (8-15)
December 1968: 4th (8-1, 8-4, 8-8, 8-10, 8-13, 8-14)
April 1969: 18th (8-12)
June 1969: 17th (9-6), 18th (9-1, 9-17), 19th (9-10, 9-14), 23rd (9-12, 9-18.1), 24th (9-16)
July 1969: 1st (9-3, 9-5), 2nd (9-8), 22nd (9-7), 23rd (9-4, 9-15), 24th (9-9), 28th (9-13)
August 1969: 5th (9-2), 26th (9-11)
May 1970: 26th (11-1 to 11-3), 31st (11-6)
June 1970: 2nd (11-5, 12-10), 9th (11-4)
October 1970: 6th (12-2, 12-14.1)
January 1971: 9th (12-9), 11th (12-3, 12-4, 12-6), 17th (12-5, 12-11, 12-12), 22nd (12-1, 12-13), 24th (12-7)
March 1971: 18th (12-10)
July 1971: 22nd (13-5, 13-7, 13-10), 25th (13-1, 13-3, 13-4), 27th (13-6, 13-11), 28th (13-2, 13-8, 13-9)
January 1972: 12th (13-12)
April 1972: 18th (13-13)
July 1972: unknown day (13-14)

Track 1-13: Previously unissued version with vocal overdub/take 2.
Track 1-14: Previously unissued version with alternate vocal track/take 2.
Track 1-15: Previously unissued version with alternate lead guitar overdub.
Track 1-16: Previously unissued version with alternate vocal track/take 2.
Track 1-17: Mono. Released as Columbia 45 4-43332.
Track 1-18: Previously unissued instrumental backing track/take 13.
Track 2-1: Mono. Words from the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Tracks 2-12, 3-13, 3-14, 4-12, 5-14, 6-13 to 6-18, 8-11, 8-12, 9-12 to 9-14: Previously released on The Byrds - The Byrds box set (C4K 46773)
Track 2-13: Mono. Released as Columbia 45 4-43424.
Track 2-14: Mono. Previously unissued/first version.
Track 2-15: Previously unissued/take 1.
Track 2-16: Previously unissued/take 2.
Track 2-17: Previously unissued alternate mix/"bongo version".
Track 2-18: Previously unissued instrumental backing track/take 10.
Track 3-6: From a poem written by Nazim Hikmet. The melody is taken from the traditional ballad "Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry", which had appeared on the second Judy Collins album, Judy Collins - Golden Apples Of The Sun.
Track 3-12: Released as Columbia 45 4-43578.
Tracks 3-15, 3-16, 5-12: Previously released on The Byrds - Never Before Murray Hill A21143.
Track 3-17.2: Unlisted promotional radio interview. It starts at the 3:20 point of physical track 3-17 (which has a total length of 16:53).
Track 4-13: Released as Columbia 45 4-44157.
Tracks 4-14, 4-15, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 6-12, 7-7 to 7-20, 8-14, 8-15, 9-15 to 9-18.1, 11-1 to 11-14.2, 12-12 to 12-14.2, 13-12 to 13-14: Previously unissued.
Tracks 4-16, 4-17.1: Released as Columbia 45 4-44157.
Track 4-17.2: Unlisted instrumental guitar version of "Mind Gardens". It starts at the 2:04 point of physical track 4-17 (which has a total length of 5:05).
Track 5-17.1: Early demo version of "Change Is Now". Previously unissued.
Track 5-17.2: Radio advertisement. It starts at the 4:32 point of physical track 5.17 (which has a total length of 13:44).
Track 5-17.3: In studio argument for "Dolphin's Smile". It starts at the 6:41 point of physical track 5.17 (which has a total length of 13:44).
Tracks 7-1 & 7-2: Mono. Original released as Columbia 45 4-43935.
Track 7-3: Mono. Original release on Ascot 45 AS-2218.
Tracks 7-4 to 7-6: Original release on The International Submarine Band - Safe At Home LHS S-12,001. Tracks produced for Lee Hazlewood Productions.
Track 8-4: From the motion picture 'Candy'.
Track 9-1: From the Columbia motion picture 'Easy Rider'.
Tracks 9-18.2 (starting at the 3:34 point of physical track 9-18) & 9-18.3 (starting at the 4:37 point) are unlisted. It are two radio advertisement spots for the 'Ballad Of Easy Rider' album. Track 9-18 has a total length of 5:34.
Tracks 11-7 to 11-11, 11-14.1: Recorded Felt Forum, March 1, 1970.
Tracks 11-12 & 11-13: Recorded Fillmore East, September 23, 1970.
Track 11-14.2 is unlisted. It starts at the 5:17 point of physical track 11-14 (which is 6:16 long).
Track 12-14.2 is unlisted. It's an alternate version of "Green Apple Quick Step". It starts at the 2:45 point of physical track 12-14 (which has a total length of 6:03).
Track 13-3: Also released as Columbia 45 4-45514.

Erratum:
The initials of the first names of the songwriters of track 1-12 have been switched.

Some copies of Disc 2 (Turn! Turn! Turn!) have some kind of copy protection embedded. Ripping may be impossible on some computer disc drives. Normal playback is not affected.

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