The Byrds - Byrds '69

 

Alternate album 1969

01 This Wheel's On Fire

02 Child of the Universe

03 Candy

04 Bad Night at the Whiskey

05 King Apathy III

06 Your Gentle Way of Loving Me

07 Old Blue

08 Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

09 Lay Lady Lay

10 Stanley's Song

11 Nashville West

Another Byrds album and period re-imagined. This time it's 1969's 'Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde'. 

Opinions are split over this album and it was also one of the worst selling. Bob Johnson's poor production didn't help, but the 90's Columbia re-issues cleaned it up a bit.

I thought the main problem was the flow; on this alternate version I've placed all the psychedelic and fuzz toned songs on side 1 and the country material on side 2 (beginning with 'Your Gentle Way of Loving Me').

In addition to this I removed the medley of 'My Back Pages/B.J. Blues/Baby What You Want Me to Do' and included an alternate version of the non album single 'Lay Lady Lay' and the album outtake 'Stanley's Song'.

Other alternate Byrds albums:

Byrds '66 

Ideas As Maps (1967)

Universal Mind Decoder (1968)

The Ballads Of Easy Rider (1969)