The Notorious Byrd Brothers

That's not how you spell it

Some interesting sonic experimentation going on here, but unfortunately, it all sounds so dated. No stand out tracks that, to my mind, stand the test of time. While this album may have (strongly?) influenced music to follow, I don't feel that I've missed out by not hearing it before.

Have you been out drinking with friends and the conversation and laughs are flowing, but then something happens to snap you out of your mirth? You start questioning yourself. Have you had too much to drink? How many *have* you had? Are you going to hurl? What is your friend even saying to you at this point? Shit, he stopped talking and he's looking at you expectantly, you better laugh, he's always saying funny stuff, it was probably funny. You laugh and conversation and mirth continues. You're fine. But you switch to water instead of beer, just in case. Wasn't Born to Follow has this fairly standard country sounding sounding progression with some harmonies and jangly guitars and then... the breakdown. Totally non melodic noise. It makes you stop and question where you are. What am I doing? Is any of this even real? Then the country bass line starts back up again, and we're back in normalcy again... but it's coloured by the breakdown. It's like you've seen a monster out of the window of a speeding train. Normal doesn't feel quite as normal as it did before. And this is all in two minutes. This feels like real psychedelic folk rock. Not just a few wah pedals or phasers or tricks with tape, but psychedelia in the songwriting itself. Stuff to make you question your reality. Folk rock to set the baseline, and then all sorts of methods to pull the rug. Artificial Energy sets the tone, with a harsh edge on the bass and horns to match the lyrics that are about the harsh after affects of drugs. Natural Harmony starts with some lilting arpeggios, and then some expectant rhythmic chords, that appear to be telegraphing some upcoming rock pop chorus. But it never gets there. Instead it sorts of fades away, and ends in some fairly dissonant uneasy sounding feedback. Draft Morning starts with warm sounding music, and warm sounding lyrics, followed by a rug pull in the lyrics first, followed by a warning of horns and the sound of war. Sun warm on my face, I hear you Down below movin' slow And it's morning Take my time this morning, no hurry To learn to kill and take the will From unknown faces This album is just rug pull after rug pull. And it's all done inside such short songs. I don't like the word genius, so I won't use it, but if I liked the word, or was at least neutral about the word, I might apply it to this album I probably don't need to say it, but these five stars don't mean I would recommend it to anyone. None of my reviews are recommendations. Just how it hits me. And man, this hit me. I will listen to this a lot.

Love the Bryds and I really love this album and it's probably there most diverse album they made, sure the folk/rock sound is still there but other influences show up as well. To me Goin Back (and Draft Morning) is probably reason this album is on the list, it's the root of power pop, it inspired Big Star which in turn inspired countless others like Teenage Fanclub, this is the origin. Wasn't Born to Follow is a early example of country rock sound, which they would go full in on the next album Sweetheart of the Rodeo with Gram Parson, which I hope is on the list as well. Albums awesome and a very important one in rock history.

Gotta love that originating psych-folk sound, and it is such a quick little bite that doesn't overindulge or overstay its welcome. This was delectable.

I just know of The Byrds from their hits and the numerous references to them in Wikipedia articles about other artists they influenced. Their influence is huge, so I have been very interested in hearing more of their work. I love the swingin’ and trippy 60s sound with occasional tinges of country. It was a lot of fun feeling this groovy listening to an album.

Great song titles.

Excellent

Nice classic.

Really enjoyed The Byrds. Fun and upbeat, a little funky. Great album.

I love The Byrds and this album. Just no time to get into the details!

3, it's fine. Killer bass lines by the horse though.

I am disturbed by your lack of jangle.

Un très, très, très mauvais album de la part de Gene Clark et de sa bande de gugusses ignares. Je vous ai déjà dit ce que je pensais de ce chanteur et de sa capacité à choisir des pseudonymes exécrables, je ne vais donc pas revenir sur son cas personnel. Quant à l'album, rien n'est à sauver dans cet enregistrement dépourvu de tout son agréable à l'oreille.

At its best when the cosmic babble skewers the sweetie-pie folk babble, rather than the reverse. While they're incapable of having or being fun vocally, they're less inhibited sonically. By which I mean the horns on the opener sound a lot like farts.

Their best album in particular due to the two King/Coffin songs but overall it is a timeless classic of course.

Not my favourite Byrds album, but still the Byrds so 5 stars.

good

Featuring their trademark of lovely harmony vocals, jangly guitars and melodic songs, there's also some disorienting psychedelic touches, synthethsizers and sound effects. As per the previous albums, it's quite a short album, but a heck of a lot happens in under 30 minutes. It's production is shimmering and the mood is generally quite hazy. It's a fab LP to drift away on a lovely summer afternoon.

It was good enough to visit again

Love! Especially the instrumentals

Such a great album!

beautiful

Love this sound! To me, it sounds like it could have been made any time in the last fifty years!

I know a couple of tunes from The Byrds, but these were not those tunes. I didn't know anything about this album, but I really enjoyed it. The mix of psychedelic- to folk-rock was a fun listen. The album captured me from the first notes of the first track and kept my attention until the end.

1967 - Country/Folk Rock

Les doy un cinco. No me ha encantado, pero me ha apetecido escucharlo varias veces. Es muy agradable el disco. Y son The Byrds :).

This was a kind of snapshot of so many things that were going on musically in the late ‘60s. I have been learning a lot about the Byrds and how interconnected they were to so many things going on in music then. I really enjoyed this.

Peace, love and group sex! Expectations were low and I considered it’d be variations of Turn, Turn, etc. and Tamborine guy songs. This is the music my mom would’ve listened to in college. I was generally underwhelmed until Space Odyssey played and I began seeing trails, but then Moog Raga kicked in and I was tripping balls. Moving forward to the threesome sex song Triad, was unexpected but oddly enjoyable. Take another hit, there’s a great riff on Bound to Fail. Finally, Universal Mind Decoder was another trippy song to get lost in and the banter on the alternate version in the studio provided some interesting insight into the recording process. I was pleasantly surprised at how dynamic and full this album is. In the end, how much do we really know about our parents anyway? Maybe mom was a freak who liked dropping acid and frolicking naked in the mud at Woodstock with everyone else. (yuck).

People have said to me in the past, 'listen to the Byrds, they are right up your street'. Very never understood why, probably because it's always end up listening to the one with 'Mr Tambourine Man' on and think, this is slightly better than Busker Bob... So i had no high hopes for this. What a surprise! A great bit of classic psychedelia.I really loved it, lots of experimentation and the use of the early synthesiser on 'Space Odyssey' I'm always a lover of a good effects pedal or two, then chuck in a few horns and what have you got? A 5.star record. I'm easy to please.

Just the kind of chill I needed after election day.

Mi álbum favorito de The Byrds (junto con Younger than yesterday). Una absoluta obra maestra. Es una obra en que participan varios miembros de la banda que entraban y salían de la misma (Gene Clark, Michael Clarke o el propio David Crosby) además de colaboradores que luego formarían parte del grupo (especialmente el magnífico Clarence White). La producción de Gary Usher (que produjo el anterior y el posterior, es decir la mejor parte de la discografía de The Byrds, además del de but de Gene Clark con los Gosdin Brothers) es otro paso de gigante en la música. Comienza con Artifical Energy (tan actual aún hoy en día) a galope de unas trompetas rimbombantes , sigue con la versión de Goin´Back (King y Goffin) que fue el sencillo del álbum, calmada y con ligeros toques country (nada que ver con lo que vendrá en su siguiente disco). Wasn't Born to Follow es otro tema de Goffin-King que los Byrds convierten en auténtica ambrosía (incluída luego en la banda sonora de Easy Rider) Natural Harmony ya es otra cosa, space rock? psicodelia? lo que sea, pero es una delicia. The Stone Roses bebieron de Draft morning (Waterfall) y de todo el disco para su excelente debut. Es una gozada de tema. Get to you, es una delicada pieza de orfebrería pop con las voces de la banda a pleno rendimiento (aquí está el fugaz retorno de Gene Clark, también en Goin´ Back). La cara B abre con la mejor canción del disco: Change is now, una canción que va por caminos normales hasta que descarrila en otra maravillosa dimensión. Old John Robertson era una canción publicada previamente (la cara B de Lady friend). Tribal Gathering es otro viaje que merece la pena. Dolphin Smile es la típica canción The Byrds con tintes ecologistas. Cierra con Space Odyssey (hola David Bowie) que está obviamente inspirada en la literatura de Arthur C. Clarke. Introduce Moog, drones y un sinfín de cacharrería. No se puede hacer más y mejor en menos de media hora, algo que muchos músicos de hoy no son capaces de entender. La edición extendida incluye dos instrumentales además de Triad la polémica canción del polémico Crosby. En mi opinión está bien fuera del álbum, no aporta gran cosa. Este mismo año publican otro disco esencial: Sweetheart of the rodeo. En mi opinión son una banda fundamental en la historia de la música. La influencia de The Byrds en Dylan, The Beatles, en cualquier banda coetánea y posterior (REM sin ir más lejos) es enorme. THE BEATLES- White Album , THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Electric ladyland, Odessey and Oracle de The Zombies, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - White light, white heat, THE KINKS - The Village Green Preservation Society, VAN MORRISON - Astral weeks, THE ROLLING STONES - Beggars banquet, CREAM - Wheels of fire, THE BYRDS - Sweetheart of the rodeo, THE SMALL FACES - Ogden's nut gone flake, THE PRETTY THINGS - S.F. Sorrow, OTIS REDDING - The dock of the bay, BLOOMFIELD , KOOPER & STILLS - Super Session, JAMES CARR - A Man needs a Woman, Dance To The Music de Sly & The Family Stone, Safe As Milk del Capt. Beefhart, Surrealistic Pillow de Jefferson Airplane, Lady Soul y Now de Aretha Franklin, We're Only in It for the Money de Zappa, Idea y Horizontal de los Bee Gees, For Once in My Life de Stevie Wonder , A Saucerful Of Secrets de Pink Floyd, Spirit de Spirit, Bookends de Simon and Garfunkel, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida de Iron Butterfly, el Soundtrack to 1968 TV special de Elvis, Nuff Said! de Nina Simone, Child is father to the man y Blood, Sweat & Tears de Blood, Sweat & Tears... Debuts de JEFF BECK GROUP, NEIL YOUNG, THE BAND, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, OS MUTANTES, SILVER APPLES

The one where they eventually replaced David Crosby with a horse. Sure suggests that copious intakes of LSD might have been taken during the making of this album, which may explain a few things that's going on in it. The many twists and turns of *The Notorious Byrd Brothers*, with so many hairpin curves between full-blown psychedelia and the country western flavours the Byrds would later dive headfirst into on *Sweetheart Of The Rodeo* -- not to mention its jazz forays, or its novel use of electronic touches such as phasing, flanging and the Moog synthesizer -- make for a complicated initial listen. But once you get your footing, you soon realize how wonderful and groundbreaking this LP is. Ironically, its experimental nature has been watered down a little over the years -- so much has happened since then. But it's the songwriting and guitar arrangements that makes this record quite a distinctive one today. Both the songs and their instrumental arrangements are stellar on the first side. "Artificial Energy" starts things up in a brass-laden regalia evoking later albums by Beck (Hansen, not Jeff Beck), the Carol King and Gerry Goffin-penned country-rock songs "Goin' Back" and "I Wasn't Born To Follow" are absolute gems. "Natural Harmony" is an epic micro-adventure all by itself -- not only for its experimental production values and effects, but also for its moody harmonic modulations. And "Draft Morning", obviously about the Vietnam war, is another small jewel, both topical and aptly evocative on a musical standpoint. Side two also comprises great stuff: "Change Is Now" splits the difference between psychedelic rock and country-folk in a very elegant manner (and what a great guitar solo in its middle section!). "Tribal Gathering" starts with a jazz-inspired 5/4 rhythm (also found on "Get To You"), and then transmutes to quite a heavy rocker for the time period. And "Space Odyssey" is... well, all you need to know about that one is already stated in its name. That closer eerily sounds like a Silver Apples composition, which can only be a compliment coming from my mouth. Too bad David Crosby's "Triad" (now found as a bonus on CD editions) was not included in that second side. It would have been perfect between "Old John Robertson" and "Tribal Gathering" and brought the fantastic ballad that was needed in the second half of this quite short LP. Had the Byrds been better at interpersonal relationships within the band, and kept Crosby until the end, the overall end result would have been even better. Still feel like *5th Dimension* is an even more striking album within the Byrds discography. But the more I listen to *The Notorious Byrds Brothers*, so finely attuned to the artistic (r)evolutions of the late sixties, the more I'm growing fond of it. Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn and Michael Clarke sure were creative forces to reckon with at the time. Oh, and let's not forget that very talented horse, of course! 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5. 9.5/10 grade for more general purposes (5 + 4.5). Number of albums left to review: 38 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 416 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 243 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 306

Perfect

Fantastic music. Mellow acoustic based rock. Very nice to listen to. Great musicians and singers.

I’d recommend listening to this album with headphones or earbuds and really paying attention to the production. Between phasing, echo, and multitracking, you can truly pick up on the rich textures and dynamics of the studio effects that enhance the psychedelic soundscape of the album. An interesting aspect of this album is the internal conflicts and turmoil the band faced during its making. They lost two members, one being a founding member and the other the drummer. Additionally, an original lineup member rejoined briefly before leaving again. Despite all this conflict, the band managed to create such a high-quality, cohesive album.

The early Byrd gets the 5 star review for their best output and easy listenability 50 years later.

A fully-realised experimental album, albeit with some slightly weird sonic artefacts, like the phasing on Old John Robertson. Great songs, with the band trying as many different ideas as possible to make them standout - fuzz guitar, strings, phasing, tape manipulation, wide panning, etc.

Stellar psychedelic rock from The Byrds. I'll have what they're having!

As good psychedelia and folk rock gets.

9/10. A mix of unique creativity but with a slight feel of nostalgia is what I get with the Byrds. I’d rate this album between the other two. I think they have a bizarre mix of what I’d consider fairly “basic” chill music (Goin Back, Wasn’t born to follow) and experimental chill music (Space Odyssey, Moog Raga).

Willder recommended \"wasn't born to follow\" and \"going back\" Enjoying it so far, jangley 60s, if the doors weren't a bummer

When they're not experimenting with psychedelic music, their smooth harmonies are like honey.

There are several Byrds albums on this list, and this is the one that most deserves a spot. A shining example of how psychedelia, rock, and folk could intersect. Beautiful voices and arrangements, and some of the band's most original work.

My favourite new discovery so far. This is a cracking album and one I’ll be buying. Going Back is a brilliant song. They have a lovely psychedelic folk-rock sound that just rolls through the album and then they seal the deal with effortless harmonies. I really really like it.

Make this a Beatles album and I went in like knowing them from little more than "Twist and Shout" and "Yellow Submarine". I'm fairly appalled by my ignorance of The Byrds, wtf. So; while I am not too keen on the "Old John Robertson" side of this album's music, it was overall delightful and immensely surprising. I'm suspecting there is a 5***** in The Byrds' discography and it's probably this one. /// Rating day. I'm not going to think "Man, you know what? I need to listen to The Notorious Byrd Brothers" any time soon, but I saved 4 tracks to my playlist of *everything* and this a damn fine album, a super nice blend of US-flavo(u)red late 60ies poprock and people being weird and experimental, yes indeed, 5 stars.

Kinda upset I had my shitty work headphones on for this one, I feel like I missed out on the production of it. Regardless I love this album, super cool psychedelic folk feel.

Great space cowboy/cosmic Americana music

Amazing really enjoyed the dolphin and tribe song on b side

So glad I got to hear and discover this. I love the style and cool info about the Moog. Also loved the Triad song.

Nice album

Very Good Byrds Album. There are better.

An album which I was not familiar with but once listened to contains a lot of familiar songs. All standard 1960’s fayre which for a chap my age creates a lot of nostalgia. Pick of the bunch must be Wasn’t Born To Follow, one of the standout songs from the soundtrack of Easy Rider. An iconic film of the time and which spoke to my generation even here in the UK. For this reason that soundtrack should be on this list but as it’s a compilation of various artists it is not. It is also hard to find now but there are plenty of playlists compiled by enthusiasts like me, on the streaming platform’s, which you need to listen to. This is a very good album. There’s quite a bit of phasing technique’s going off which certainly puts this album in the 1960’s but that is not to its detriment. A very enjoyable discovery and an album I will return to. 4/5 7/11/24

A very pleasant album. I hadn't realised they were a Callifornia Sound group but many of the songs were very Mamas and Papas like. I'd say very much of its time, but also with hints of what's to come. Not specifically from this band but how music was going to develope. Some parts were quite progressive. I liked it a lot, but how much? This rather annoying it's very much better than a 3, but is it a 4? Hmm.

Good album. Will be added to a rotation.

full of little surprises that reward close listening. "space odyssey", set in the far-off future of 1996, is the only misstep, and it's too goofy to hate. great album

I can see why this changed music, but, it's not something I will ever return to. The points are purely for history.

This was a cool album to hear. Very much a Beatles influence in the lyrical sound but I also like hearing the electronic experimentation all the way back in 68'. I'm such a fan of psychedelia, so that sounds was great as well. Go Moog!

This is my type of rock album, when the vocals sounded like they were recorded in an empty apartment room. Voices just echoing everywhere, music sounds too polished these days dammit bring back the authenticity!!!

I have my own bones to pick with The Byrds, but this was enjoyable to be fair...

Unexpectedly good - a cut above the usual late 60's psychedelia. I'll come back to this one.

Honnêtement pour moi The Byrds se résumait à leur tube Turn! Turn! Turn! et à leur aura musicale que je savais très importante. La fan de CSNY que je suis ne savait même pas que David Crosby avait été un des chanteurs de ce groupe ! Leur folk-country psychédélique m'a embarqué, et leur influence paraît en effet indéniable : un peu comme si Syd Barrett et Simon&Garfunkel avait fait un album ensemble.

Back in my first attempt to do the 1001 albums, Pet Sounds was the very first album I got. While I had heard it before, it was that listen that made it my favorite album of all time. The next one I got was this. I was young and excited to experience these new avenues of music that I was just beginning to be informed on. The only stuff I knew about the sixties was Pet Sounds and the Beatles’ entire catalog. This album by the Byrds extended my views vastly. While the album didn’t feel a whole lot different from what the Beatles were doing (in fact, it felt like what they were doing but a tad inferior), I still enjoyed it. In the years that I have come back to the record, with a wider knowledge of music history, but especially of the ‘60s, I can very much identify the points of inspiration the Byrds were taking on here, as well as where they were pushing things forward. In comparison with many of their contemporaries, the fact that the band put country pop songs next to psychedelic mind fucks next to baroque pop ditties that are almost all incredibly well written is nothing short of an accomplishment. The Byrds, while they weren’t the best to do it of their era, showcased the peak of their abilities here. They weren’t the most talented at any of the sounds that they attempted, but they attempted them and made fantastic songs in the process. There’s not many bands that try as many styles on one singular release as The Byrds did here, and for that, they were surely successful. No, this didn’t follow up Pet Sounds. Arguably nothing can. But a musically decade defining album? That at the very least did important things for my musical knowledge going forward.

Have this album and I like it quite a bit.

This started off good and then went sideways to weird, even for me

Very fine album

Ein faszinierendes Album, das den typischen Byrds-Stil mit einer Prise Simon & Garfunkel verbindet. Die sauberen und gut produzierten Songs bieten eine angenehme Hörerfahrung. Besonders hervorzuheben sind die Tracks “Going Back” und “Wasn’t Born to Follow”, die durch ihre eingängigen Melodien und harmonischen Arrangements überzeugen. Gerne mal wieder.

Phew, there is a Byrds album I do like: when they do psychedelic folk. Good harmonies and haunting sound on this one, with “Artificial Energy,” “Draft Morning,” and “Tribal Gathering” standing out.

I had never truly listened to The Byrds before this challenge. Now I’m on the third album of theirs that’s been assigned and I am continually amazed!

Me sorprendió el sonido, la influencia de The Beatles es muy notoria en este banda, o al menos en este álbum.

Chris Hillman is a vital organ of the American rock corpus. Discuss.

best byrds one so far

listening to this record feels almost as though you are listening to one long sound, that modulates and changes slightly as it flows smoothly into the next track. this creates an ethereal, gentle sound, which appeals greatly to me, characterised by seemingly-eternal harmonies , that pervade every single track. as is often the case with many albums recorded in this time, its production was rife with interpersonal challenges. to then create a record such as this, which, in contrast, often seems happy and hopeful, is quite a feat in my eyes.

The Bryds need a whole different rating system. There stuff was so good. This really is not my favorite Byrds album. That would be Mr. Tambourine Man and Sweetheart. But this is damn good. You can tell the influence of the Beatles and Beach Biys in the production especially. And of course Dylan in some of the lyrics. I’m giving 4 stars on the Byrds adjusted scale but clearly a 5 star on the normal scale

I liked this album much more than the name suggested I might. A very fun listen, good vibes

I'm a sucker for 60s psych rock, what can I say. This album is very spacey and chill, while still having enough energy to keep it open. I love the ethereal vocals and guitar.

Хороший альбом, мне понравился. Я, к тому же, полюбил то, что некоторые песни переходят друг в друга, составляя единое произведение.

I liked this way more than expected. Definitely a bit derivative from the psychedelic albums that came out the year previous but definitely a different spin on the sound.

überraschenderweise hats mir gut gfallen

Solid classic rock. I enjoyed this one more than Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

They weren't cappin when they said this record was "ethereal", it was quite a nice listen. I had no idea that Carole King had a hand in writing one of the songs on here which explains the wonderful lyrics. I wouldn't say this is a perfect record but it retained my attention throughout my time listening to it. Some great psychedelic rock for ya. Best - Goin Back, Draft Morning, Get to You, Change Is Now, and Tribal Gathering Worst - no bad songs 4.00/5

7.5/10 This was nice, a swerve from what I expected Yes, 60s California pop but very psychedelic with hints of country and really interesting production Good tunes, good vocals, all through an interesting lens Feels a couple of years ahead of its time Sometimes the vocals felt too low in the mix and got lost a bit Best: Old John Robertson

nice, jangly 60s music

A good album, I liked Goin' Back, Wasn't Born to Follow, Get to You and Space Odyssey.

after 5 listens i finally perceive the truth: this is pretty good

Another solid folksy album. It gets a little weird and experimental here and there like the song Dolphin's Smile which was nice. Gave it a little extra something.

I like that the Byrds were willing to stretch and grow as a band. The fact that they were one of the first bands to use the Moog is pretty cool (although the songs they used it on were not that interesting). I knew that "Triad" was the song that Crosby had a lot of dispute with the Byrds. His performance on the live CSNY album is spellbinding. This is pretty good too, but I was so used to the live acoustic performance this paled in comparison. The first bunch of songs really open the album well. "Artificial Energy" has a great horn set, and the cover "Goin' Back" works well. "Draft Morning" was a bit on the nose for me, but most protest songs usually are. "Get To You" has a bit of a waltz feel, but I dig the 5/4 time. ("White Room" is probably one of my favorite 60s songs.) Things I did not care for: "Space Odyssey." The effects just got really annoying, and the lyrics just felt like someone who had no idea what they were talking about writing science fiction. I wish the moog was incorporated in other songs better. It's funny how we think of the band as just "Turn! Turn ! Turn!" when they went on for a while with quality work. This is an example of it, I really enjoyed this album. Top tracks: "Artificial Energy," "Goin' Back," "Get To You," "Draft Morning"

I enjoyed this album much more then I thought I would. this album is full of pretty vocals and simple yet engaging instrumentals. Really got a beatles vibe from this but I think that is more 60s rock as a whole def will listen to more

I was in the mood for this & I enjoy this band. 3.5 stars.

I love the psychedelic folk rock and early experimental vibes of this album. The track with the Moog synthesizer was funny but also kind of cool for the time.

Love the psychedelic 60's vibe. In my opinion, it lacks a certain element to be great. Wasn't born to follow, and Tribal gathering stood out as songs that was less thrown together than the rest

Begon als een gezellig folk rock album, eindigde in een halve lsd trip, 4 reten

Good, mellow background music

When you are in the mood for funky hippy music, this hits the spot!

Я ещё даже до сотни не дошëл, а это уже третий альбом птичек. И это прекрасно

I didn't realize that I associate steel guitar with country music AND The Byrds, yet here we are. Loved it.

This makes me want to drop acid and frolic freely while barefoot in the woods. Interesting experimentation, this takes a hard left turn at the end. "Goin' Back" is absolutely beautiful. "Tribal Gathering" is a blatant rip off of "Take Five"; if George Harrison had to pony up, David Crosby should have too. Though, by the way the cover looks, he ponied up in his own way.

Pretty good stuff

Yeah, great album.

Some of the album kind of melded together in the middle and the ending got a but weird. But overall it was really good music that I plan to come back to. I can see how they influenced Dylan and the Beatles and also how they influenced the Byrds.