(Untitled)

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(Untitled)
Studio album by The Byrds

Publication
(s)

September 16, 1970

Label (s) Columbia

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Country rock , folk rock

Title (number)

16

running time

71 min 26 s

occupation

production

Terry Melcher

chronology
Ballad of Easy Rider
(1969) 		(Untitled) Byrdmaniax
(1971)

(Untitled) is the ninth music album by the American folk-rock band The Byrds , the tenth if you include their greatest hits album. It was released on September 16, 1970 on the Columbia Records label . In the United States the album reached No. 40 on the pop charts, in Great Britain No. 11. (Untitled) is a double album , the first half of which consists of live recordings of various concerts, the second half contains studio recordings.

(Untitled) is considered the best of the later Byrds albums, and it was also the last album with a new line-up: After John York was fired from the band in September 1969, Skip Battin now took the place on bass.

On October 23, the only single on the album was released. Chestnut Mare didn't make the charts in the States but surprisingly rose to # 19 in the UK. B-side was Just a Season . The 16-minute live version of the Byrd classic Eight Miles High was also popular with the so-called “Progressive Rock Radio”, a radio format that played pure album tracks in addition to singles.

Track list

Album 1 (Live)

A side

  1. Lover of the Bayou (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy ) - 3:39
  2. Positively 4th Street ( Bob Dylan ) - 3:03
  3. Nashville West (Gene Parsons / Clarence White) - 2:07
  4. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (Roger McGuinn / Chris Hillman ) - 2:38
  5. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - 2:14
  6. Mr. Spaceman (Roger McGuinn) - 3:07

B side

  2. Eight Miles High ( Gene Clark / Roger McGuinn / David Crosby ) - 16:03

Album 2 (Studio)

A side

  1. Chestnut Mare (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 5:08
  2. Truck Stop Girl ( Lowell George / Bill Payne ) - 3:20
  3. All the Things (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 3:03
  4. Yesterday's Train (Gene Parsons / Skip Battin) - 3:31
  5. Hungry Planet (Skip Battin / Kim Fowley / Roger McGuinn) - 4:50

B side

  2. Just a Season (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 3:50
  3. Take a Whiff on Me ( Huddie Ledbetter / John Lomax / Alan Lomax ) - 3:24
  4. You All Look Alike (Skip Battin / Kim Fowley) - 3:03
  5. Welcome Back Home (Skip Battin) - 7:40

Republication

On February 28, 2000 Columbia released the album under the name (Untitled) / (Unissued) on CD with a bonus disc containing the following titles:

  1. All the Things (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 4:56 (alternative studio version)
  2. Yesterday's Train (Gene Parsons / Skip Battin) - 4:10 (alternative studio version)
  3. Lover of the Bayou (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 5:12 (studio version)
  4. Kathleen's Song (Roger McGuinn / Jacques Levy) - 2:33
  5. White's Lightning, Pt. 2 (Roger McGuinn / Clarence White) - 2:20 (instrumental)
  6. Willin ' (Lowell George) - 3:27
  7. You Ain't Goin 'Nowhere (Bob Dylan) - 2:56 (Live)
  8. Old Blue (Roger McGuinn) - 3:29 (Live)
  9. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob Dylan) - 2:52 (Live)
  10. Ballad of Easy Rider (Roger McGuinn) - 2:18 (Live)
  11. My Back Pages (Bob Dylan) - 2:41 (Live)
  12. Take a Whiff on Me (Huddie Ledbetter / John Lomax / Alan Lomax) - 2:45 (Live)
  13. Jesus Is Just Alright ( Arthur Reynolds ) - 3:06 (Live)
  14. This Wheel's on Fire / Amazing Grace (Bob Dylan / Rick Danko / John Newton ) - 6:16 (Live)

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