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Title: Excellence...
Review: This Byrds album is something of a special gift to any who take the time to listen. Unwrap it and listen for the first of many times with relish. These live tracks on the first disk have been vastly improved in quality, on my old disk "Nashville West" faded with the first guitar riff! They take on a new and better quality from the original studio versions thanks largely to Clarence White and Gene Parsons. The studio tracks are mostly brilliant songs brilliantly executed. McGuinn's partnership with Jacques Levy produced some of the most introspecitve and touching songs in the whole Byrds catalog. The second disk hails a much improved version of "All the Things" as well as "Lover of the Bayou." The live versions were typical of the early seventies Byrds, a great live lineup. Missing out on this terrific double album, especially if you are a fan of country rock, would not be advisable!
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