June 27, 2017 Playlist

"The Notorious Byrd Brothers" by The Byrds (1968)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Byrds "The Notorious Byrd Brothers"  1968 (USA)
Albums like this are frustrating for a radio DJ: a dozen two-and-a-half minute songs which all flow together without pauses between. All the tracks are pretty great, and they sound even greater one-into-another like that. But no pauses makes the vinyl difficult to cue, and just playing a whole side of the record seems lazy (it's not one long suite it's six different songs). The Byrds would have been recording this album immediately in the wake of Sgt. Pepper (last week's classic album), and a lot of artists were suddenly arranging their material into progressive-style suites beginning that summer. But The Byrds were a top psychedelic rock band of the day, and at the top of their game when making this record. Their first post- baroque moment was a wonderful single written by David Crosby, the third (and weirdest) songwriter in the band, who was always itching to get more of his songs recorded: it was the first time The Byrds had put a Crosby tune out as a single, and it flopped. The Croz's next obsession was getting them to record his Peppermenage a trois love ballad "Triad", so before 1967 was up they kicked him out of the band and completed this album as a trio (they had also lost another member, Gene Clark "songwriter #2", before their previous album). But Jefferson Airplane picked up Crosby's "Triad" song, and he also co-wrote "Wooden Ships" with Airplane's Paul Kantner and another temporarily unemployed musician buddy, Stephen Stills. Soon after that, Crosby and Stills met a gentle Mancunian hippie named Nash at an LA party (was it Cass Elliot's or Joni Mitchell's pad?) and "the rest is history." Meanwhile, The Byrds recruited legendary space cowboy Gram Parsons and they turned into a full-blown country group before the end of 1968 (no doubt taking a cue from Dylan, who inspired most of The Byrds best moves.)
(N) = New Release
   
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   2. Digital Black
   3. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
   4. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
   5. Vomit Coffin
   6. Murder Of The Universe
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The Byrds Draft Morning The Notorious Byrd Brothers
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1968
 USA
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USA
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USA
The ByrdsChange Is NowThe Notorious Byrd Brothers
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USA
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USA/Canada
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UK
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USA
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UK
   
 
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Laetitia Sadier Sound Ensemble ReflectorsFinding Me Finding You (N)2017 (Drag City)France
Thundercat Day & Night
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FunkadelicFriday Night, August 14thFree Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow1971USA
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