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The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers: 33 1/3

Autor Ric Menck
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mar 2007
By the time Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke entered the studio to begin work on this album, they were basically falling apart at the seams. "Ladyfriend", a song written by Crosby, had just failed miserably as a chart single despite the fact that he lobbied hard to get it released. This - coupled with the fact that he made what the rest of the band considered an embarrassing political speech onstage during their set at the Monterey Pop Festival, and then sat in with rivals the Buffalo Springfield the following day - pushed McGuinn and Hillman in particular to the limits of their patience. Then, for the Notorious sessions, Crosby presented a song called "Triad", written about a threesome, and although McGuinn and Hillman reluctantly agreed to record it, they later decided to place a less controversial Goffin & King pop number called "Goin' Back" on the album instead. Crosby declared the song banal and refused to sing on it. A few too many studio flare-ups later, McGuinn and Hillman finally screeched up into the Hollywood Hills in their Jaguars and fired Crosby on the spot. Also brooding during this period was drummer Michael Clarke, who had always borne the brunt of the other band members' rage while recording. He was by far the least accomplished member of the band musically, and when they suggested bringing in a studio drummer to embellish some tracks (Jim Gordon, later of Derek & the Dominos fame), he finally declared he'd had enough and moved to Hawaii to get away from the music scene altogether. So, McGuinn and Hillman were left to cobble together an album with the help of producer Gary Usher (known for his work with Brian Wilson, the Millenium, Sagittarius and many others). The fact that it turned out to be one of the defining albums of the 60s psychedelic pop experience was either a sheer stroke of luck, or a testament to McGuinn and Hillman's determination to prove that they didn't need Crosby's help to construct their masterpiece.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826417176
ISBN-10: 0826417175
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 121 x 165 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Seria 33 1/3

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

The Byrds had a huge impact on the late-60s, early-70s intersection of folk, rock, and country music.

Recenzii

In this volume of Continuum's 33 1/3 series, Ric (call him Lightening) Menck rhapsodizes quite eloquently about what makes the album so special, while looking under the hood, as it were, to examine how each of the tracks came to be in the studio and putting the album in the historical and psychological context of the band.

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It turned out to be one of the defining albums of the 60s psychedelic pop experience