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"My Back Pages" has been covered by artists as diverse as Keith Jarrett, the Byrds, the Ramones, the Nice, Steve Earle, Eric Johnson, and the Hollies. The Byrds' version, initially released on their 1967 album Younger Than Yesterday , was also issued as a single in 1967 and proved to be the band's last Top 40 hit in the U.S.
In addition to "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star", Younger Than Yesterday also includes the evocative Crosby and McGuinn penned song "Renaissance Fair", a cover of Dylan's "My Back Pages" (which was later released as a single), and a quartet of Chris Hillman songs, which found the bassist emerging fully formed as an accomplished songwriter.
Two additional singles taken from the album, "My Back Pages" and "Have You Seen Her Face", reached number 30 and number 74 on the Billboard chart respectively, but again missed the UK chart. [9] The "My Back Pages" single was the last single release by the Byrds to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. [9]
The tracks on the album are all laid out chronologically by release date, featuring the A-side first and then the B-side. For example, the album opens with the single version of "My Back Pages" and follows it up with "Renaissance Fair", which was the B-side. The album was released on LP and tape cassette and has never been issued on CD.
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Cash Box said the single is a "wild, steady-moving pounder" that can be a bounce back hit for the Byrds. [12] To promote the song, the band performed it on a number of television programs, including Popside, Top of the Pops, Drop In, The David Frost Show, and Beat-Club. [13]
Live at Royal Albert Hall is a live album by the American rock band the Byrds, released in 2008 [4] on Sundazed Music. [5] The album consists of recordings from the band's appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on May 13, 1971. [4]
The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth studio album by the American rock band the Byrds, released on January 15, 1968, by Columbia Records. [1] [2] The album represents the pinnacle of the Byrds' late-'60s musical experimentation, with the band blending together elements of psychedelia, folk rock, country, electronic music, baroque pop, and jazz.