The Byrds står som et av historiens mest innflytelsesrike band som fusjonerte psykedelisk rock med country rock og folk rock. Roger McGuinn & co. hentet ikke bare inspirasjon fra Dylan og Beatles, men fikk etterhvert også stor påvirkningskraft overfor disse.
The Essential Byrds er en reise i vakker, harmonisk popmusikk - fra gjennombruddet med "Mr. Tambourine Man", via "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better", "Eight Miles High", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star", "Hickory Wind" til "Ballad Of Easy Rider" og "Farther Along".
Sporliste
CD 1
01. Mr. Tambourine Man
02. IŽll Feel A Whole Lot Better
03. All I Really Want To Do
04. The Bells Of Rhymney
05. Chimes Of Freedom
06. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
07. She DonŽt Care About Time
08. It WonŽt Be Wrong
09. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
10. Set You Free This Time
11. He Was A Friend Of Mine
12. The Times They Are A-ChanginŽ
13. Eight Miles High
14. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
15. Wild Mountain Thyme
16. Mr.Spaceman
17. So You Want To Be A Rock ŽNŽ Roll Star
18. Have You Seen Her Face
19. Time Between
20. Renaissance Fair
21. My Back Pages
22. EverybodyŽs Been Burned (Single version)
23. Triad
24. DolphinŽs Smile
CD 2
01. Artificial Energy
02. Old John Robertson
03. GoinŽ Back
04. Natural Harmony
05. WasnŽt Born To Follow
06. You AinŽt Going Nowhere
07. Hickory Wind
08. Nothing Was Delivered
09. This WheelŽs On Fire
10. Drug Store Truck DrivinŽ Man
11. Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me
12. Ballad Of Easy Rider
13. Jesus Is Just Alright
14. ItŽs All Over Now Baby Blue
15. Lover Of The Bayou (Live)
16. Chestnut Mare
17. Glory, Glory
18. Jamaica Say You Will
19 I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
20. Tiffany Queen
21. Antique Sandy
22. Farther Along
| Utgitt | 2003 |
| Format | CD |
| Sjanger | Rock |
| Antall disker | 2 |
| Se alt av | The Byrds |
