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The comments accompanying the song are written by David Crosby of The Byrds. Had you ever heard the (original) Pete Seeger version before?Īt number 8 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 10 greatest Bob Dylan songs is “Mr. Here is the original Pete Seeger version, with which I was not familiar until I prepared this blog. Here is The Byrds’ version, which got to number 1 in the US and to number 26 in the Disunited Kingdom. Those of you familiar with the Dylan biopic Don’t Look Back will know that Joan Baez performs a version of Percy’s Song during that film, singing it backstage whilst Dylan and his entourage sit around relaxing.)Ī time for peace, I swear it’s not too late! In my defence, The Byrds did record several songs written by Bob Dylan, and also Dylan did use the phrase “turn, turn, turn” in his 1963 song “Percy’s Song” (which was an outtake from his sessions for the Times They Are A-Changin’ album, but the song did not appear on an official Dylan album until the 1985 triple album Biograph. Live at the Speakeasy (D.T.K.The Byrds released Turn! Turn! Turn! in October 1965, but the song was written by Pete Seeger. Children Of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 V.A CD1 - CD2 (1).Children of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1995 CD 3-CD 4 V.A (1).

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All of the material on the 2002 edition of The Byrds Play Dylan had been previously released, either on The Byrds' regular albums, on their singles, as bonus tracks on their remastered CDs, or on The Byrds box set. It also included The Byrds' cover of "Paths of Victory", which had been recorded in 1990 by a reunited line-up of the band featuring original members Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman. In June 2002, a second compilation bearing the title The Byrds Play Dylan was released, which expanded considerably on the scope of the original album and included a number of alternate versions and live recordings that had not been released by The Byrds during the 1960s and 1970s. Yet another compilation of The Byrds' interpretations of Dylan's material was released in the UK and Europe as The Byrds Play the Songs of Bob Dylan in 2001. The original 1979 release of The Byrds Play Dylan was not, in fact, the first compilation of The Byrds' covers of Dylan's material to have been issued an earlier, eleven track compilation had appeared in Japan in 1970 under the title The Byrds Sing Dylan. Neither version of the album reached the charts in the United States or the United Kingdom. As their titles suggest, each compilation consists of interpretations of Bob Dylan penned songs, which The Byrds recorded at different stages of their career. The Byrds Play Dylan is the name of two compilation albums by the American rock band The Byrds, one released in 1979 and the other issued in 2002. The original five-piece line-up of The Byrds consisted of Jim McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums).Īs the 1960s progressed, the band were also influential in originating psychedelic rock, raga rock, and country rock. The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.