| features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1970 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1970s |
Into the seventies they go… with a double album to welcome in the new decade. The first LP includes concert material (the first release of any live Byrds recordings), highlighted by a sixteen-minute rendition of 1966’s “Eight Miles High” that was popular on progressive rock radio. The second disc is a new studio effort. In all, 5 of the 16 tracks had appeared on the previous albums, hence the “b” status. New treasures are virtually non existent on this one, although “Chestnut Mare” is an obvious exception. McGuinn’s got his chiming 12-string Rickenbacker guitar back in action and it’s no co-incidence that the single gave the band their first UK Top 20 hit since their cover of Bob Dylan’s “All I Really Want To Do” way back in September 1965. The song’s spoken verses recount the story of a man’s quest to tame a wild horse, continuing familiar Byrds’ themes of nature and freedom.
The Jukebox Rebel
01–Mar–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:38]  The Byrds - Lover Of The Bayou [live ’70] (James Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| A2 | [03:03]  The Byrds - Positively 4th Street [live ’70] (Robert Zimmerman) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A3 | [02:07]  The Byrds - Nashville West [live ’70] (Gene Parsons, Clarence White) Country |
| A4 | [02:38]  The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star [live ’70] (James Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| A5 | [02:13]  The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man [live ’70] (Robert Zimmerman) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A6 | [03:07]  The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman [live ’70] (James Roger McGuinn) Pop |
| B | [16:07]  The Byrds - Eight Miles High [live ’70] (James Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby) Prog |
| C1 | [05:11]  The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (James Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) Folk Rock / Americana |
| C2 | [03:24]  The Byrds - Truck Stop Girl (Lowell George, Bill Payne) Folk Rock / Americana |
| C3 | [03:08] The Byrds - All The Things (James Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) Folk Rock / Americana |
| C4 | [03:35]  The Byrds - Yesterday’s Train (Gene Parsons, Skip Battin) Country |
| C5 | [04:56]  The Byrds - Hungry Planet (James Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, Kim Fowley) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| D1 | [03:57]  The Byrds - Just A Season (James Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) Folk Rock / Americana |
| D2 | [03:29]  The Byrds - Take A Whiff On Me (Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax, Alan Lomax) Country |
| D3 | [03:06]  The Byrds - You All Look Alike (Skip Battin, Kim Fowley) Folk Rock / Americana |
| D4 | [07:40]  The Byrds - Welcome Back Home (Skip Battin) Folk Rock / Americana |
