The Byrds' Greatest Hits

The Byrds ' Greatest Hits is the fifth album by the American rock band The Byrds and their first album with a Greatest Hits collection. It was released in August 1967 by Columbia Records, reached # 6 on the Billboard Top LPs in the U.S., making it the most successful album of the band. In the UK it could not place in the top 100 up. It includes the successful 1965-1967 Single A- sides as well as three tracks from the first album Mr. Tambourine Man.

Within the first year after the release of the LP went gold and platinum status in 1986. On CD they first appeared in 1985 Once again, it was 1991 remastered on CD and with altered album cover ( in Europe under the title Greatest Hits: 18 Classics Remastered). Published. Then seven bonus tracks were included. Once again, the album was remastered in 1999 with a 20 -bit resolution and taken as part of a series of Byrds Columbia / Legacy on the market. The remixed songs for it were supplemented by three additional bonus tracks.

Finally, the album appeared in 2001, published a case of, in 2009 by Sony Music in SACD format with the same track as 1999., CD, titled Greatest Hits, it is not the original Greatest Hits album.

The songs of the original LP are on the albums Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! To find Turn!, Fifth Dimension and Younger Than Yesterday. In 2003, the album reached place 178 on the list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time magazine Rolling Stone.

  • 2.1 The Byrds
  • 2.2 Other Musicians

Title list

Original album

Page 1

Page 2

1991 CD Bonus Tracks

1999 CD Bonus Tracks

Musician of the original album

The Byrds

  • Jim McGuinn - guitar, vocals
  • Gene Clark - tambourine, vocals ( guitar on the bonus tracks 12-13 from 1999, harmonica on bonus track 13 of 1999)
  • David Crosby - guitar, vocals
  • Chris Hillman - electric bass, vocals
  • Michael Clarke - drums

Other musicians

  • Bill Pittman and Jerry Cole - rhythm guitar on Mr. Tambourine Man
  • Larry Knechtel - electric bass on Mr. Tambourine Man
  • Hal Blaine - drums on Mr. Tambourine Man
  • Leon Russell - electric piano on Mr. Tambourine Man
  • Van Dyke Parks - organ with 5D ( Fifth Dimension )
  • Hugh Masekela - trumpet with So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
  • (Unknown) - Organ at My Back Pages
  • Album ( rock )
  • Album 1967
  • Compilation (Music)
Billboard 200 Fifth Dimension (album) Eight Miles High Jacques Levy Michael Clarke (musician)
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