1970 Orig TWO LP SET ''UNTITLED'' THE BYRDS - UNDERESTIMATED LIVE/STUDIO JAMMER

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                             ORIGINAL 1970 FIRST PRESS
                                 FACTORY SEALED
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           = '' (UNTITLED) '' =                     The Byrds                        ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..                                USA - COLUMBIA RECORDS - CG 30127


Original 1970 original pressing ...

STILL FACTORY SEALED ... that's correct - 100% first print from no less than 48 years ago ... and this copy has miraculously never been opened ...un-played. The album, a TWO RECORD SET is a half 'live in concert' and half studio affair...

This is a fabulous swan song of an album by one of the quintessential rock bands of their era. The energy level of the band members is consistently high and you get the unmistakable impression that they were all delighted to be playing together with one another, whether in live performance or in the studio. Its a great shame that Clarence White didn't join the group earlier than he did, as his searing guitar work is a perfect compliment to Roger McGuinn's signature 12 string playing; and never more so than in the live tracks here.
"Lover of the Bayou," from the musical, kicks off the live half. In the stage production, the swamp rocker is sung by a Civil War-era slave. "This was a spoof of Dr. John," McGuinn explained in the liner notes to the Byrds' Sanctuary III. "If you listen to the lyrics, they don't make any sense: 'Learned to float in the water clock.' I used a lot of terms, made up some phrases that sounded like something ... Dr. John probably did the same thing, but everybody believed him."

The live concert sides revisit, with compelling different versions, the Byrds' favorites "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Mr. Spaceman" and an epic version LONG ACID-VERSION of "Eight Miles High" that begins with a 12-minute jam before the first words even come in. Thanks to the band's tight musicianship, there's not a throwaway track here. The cuts build a bridge between the band's folk-rock roots and the move to rural-rock that began with Gram Parsons inspired 1968 Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

The Byrds' lineup that made (Untitled) stayed together for two years, one of the most stable in the band's history. McGuinn, who helped found the group in 1964, was joined here by bassist Skip Battin, guitarist Clarence White and drummer Gene Parsons on the album. Battin co-wrote "Yesterday's Train" with Parsons, "You All Look Alike" with singer Kim Fowley and "Hungry Planet," a cautionary tale about the environment, with Fowley and McGuinn.

Battin also sings the LP's final song, "Well Come Back Home," which he wrote as a war raged across the country. "I was personally touched by the Vietnam situation, and my feelings about it came out in that song," Battin said in The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited. "I had a high school friend who died out there, and I guess my thoughts were on him at the time."

Terry Melcher, who produced (Untitled), was inadvertently responsible for the album's unusual title. The band had considered naming the album Phoenix and The Byrds' First Album, but hadn't decided on anything when Melcher was asked to submit a label copy sheet to the record company. Melcher scribbled "(Untitled)" on the sheet, and the LP was pressed with that title.
Lover Of The Bayou     3:40
Positively 4th Street     3:03
Nashville West     2:00
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star     2:37
Mr. Tambourine Man     2:18
Mr. Spaceman     3:11
Eight Miles High     16:15
Chestnut Mare     5:10
Truck Stop Girl     3:19
All The Things     3:05
Yesterday's Train     3:32
Hungry Planet     5:00
Just A Season     3:54
Take A Whiff     3:28
You All Look Alike     3:04
Well Come Back Home     7:45

                 CONDITION: rated: STILL FACTORY SEALED an epic two LP set with the specially priced advisory sticker still on outer cellophane ... there are a few splits in the outer cellophane, being 48 years of age, but, guaranteed, the dust particles that are under the wrappper will easily wipe off to reveal an untouched and stunning mint gaatefold cover...like uncovering a time-machine '70 era first press ... There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... NEVER OPENED - NEVER PLAYED = SEALED

                                                         
    
              A cool addition to anyone's music library!






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