THE BYRDS SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO LP.UK. mono 68.A1/B1

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Aug 13, 2010 Sold Date

Aug 6, 2010 Start Date

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THE BYRDS

~SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO~LP.UK.

mono 1968.

A1/B1 matrix codes 1st press

After Chris Hillman dragged new friend Gram Parsons into the Byrds, they made an album as close to a country masterpiece as a rock act could ever make. In fact, the only tunes better than the definitive covers here of songs by Bob Dylan ("You Ain't Going Nowhere"), Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd"), and the Louvin Brothers ("The Christian Life") are Parsons's originals, especially the incomparable "Hickory Wind." Sweetheart wasn't the first rural-rock album, but with its gorgeous three-way harmonies and sweet pedal steel, it remains the best. Just some of the highlights include the opener, You Ain't Going Nowhere, is one of the best Dylan covers the Byrds ever did. The song wasn't even recorded by Dylan by this time (it eventually appeared on Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 in a vastly inferior version to the Byrds's rendition). Some always think of it as a Byrds song first. The version of the folk classic I Am a Pilgrim is worthy of timeless spins...as is "The Christian Life" with a Gram Parsons vocal so heartfelt that even non-believers can enjoy the song. Their rendition of "You Don't Miss Your Water" is grand as well. Otis Redding covered this song too, but the Byrds give it more soul than Otis (which is not easy to do). Overall an influential epic album that only in past years finally received overwelming praise deserved...

"You Ain't Going Nowhere"– 2:38
"I Am a Pilgrim" – 3:42
"The Christian Life" – 2:33
"You Don't Miss Your Water" – 3:51
"You're Still on My Mind" – 2:26
"Pretty Boy Floyd" – 2:37
"Hickory Wind" – 3:34
"One Hundred Years from Now" – 2:43
"Blue Canadian Rockies" – 2:05
"Life in Prison" – 2:47
"Nothing Was Delivered" – 3:34