Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert 1969

Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert 1969
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FINAL OF FOUR NIGHTS PLAYED AT THE FILLMORE WEST HIGHLIGHTING SEVERAL OF THE BYRDS ERAS Released on 5th March, 1969 to generally positive reviews but poor U.S. sales, it became the lowest-charting album of the Byrds' career in America, peaking at number 153 on the Billboard album charts. However, the album fared much better in the UK, where it attracted glowing reviews and reached number 15 on the UK chart. The group started sessions for their next album, The Ballad of Easy Rider, in June 1969, having re-enlisted the production skills of Terry Melcher, who had produced the group s first two records. Melcher agreed to help out on the proviso he could also take over management duties too; with the group in financial and commercial decline, they agreed. Concurrently with the recording sessions they discovered that former producer Gary Usher had taken possession of a number of demo tapes from the group s 1964 World Pacific Studios sessions and was about to release them on his own label. Released in July 1969, Preflyte performed better than Dr. Byrds, reaching No. 84 on Billboard, despite the recordings already being five years old. During this tenure the group still performed live whenever possible in order to reestablish some financial stability, and across the long weekend 12 15th July 69 they played four nights at Bill Graham s Fillmore West in San Francisco. Supported by the UK s Joe Cocker & The Grease Band and Pacific Gas & Electric, a recent signing for Columbia Records who had modest US success between 1969 and 1971, even reaching No. 14 on the singles chart in 1970 with the title track of their third album Are You Ready. The final night of the run was broadcast live as one in a series of Living Rock Concerts transmitted each Sunday evening by KSAN-FM and sponsored by The Lee Company and Cotton Incorporated (producers of Lee Jeans). The set included only one number from Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde - the group s current album - and two from The Ballad of Easy Rider - then being recorded. There is also an early version of Roger McGuinn and Broadway impresario Jacques Levy s Lover Of The Bayou which would not appear on album before the release of Untitled in September 1970, and even then only in a live form. The song was written by the pair as part of an aborted musical production, a country rock version of Henrick Ibsen s Peer Gynt - for which Chestnut Mare had also been composed. The rest of the show was made up of oldies: Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn Turn Turn, It Won t Be Wrong, and a version of Scottish folk tune The Water Is Wide, which McGuinn would include too on his 1973 solo debut. The Fillmore gig is augmented on this album with five numbers recorded at the Bridges Auditorium in Claremont, CA, also in 1969, and of particular interest as here the group preview Dylan s This Wheel s On Fire ; the song was recorded by the band for Dr. Byrds but left off the final cut, and not released until the 1997 CD reissue which included bonus material from the sessions. The Bridges set also includes a late period version of Eight Miles High, the 1966 song McGuinn composed with Gene Clark and David Crosby, and a number that at this time was very rarely performed. The producers acknowledge that the recordings from the Bridges Auditorium are in a much lesser audio quality than the main show on this CD, and apologise in advance for this inconvenience and any irritation caused. However, there is not a better quality recording in circulation and the decision was taken to include these five numbers on the basis that fans of this legendary group would rather have access to this rare show than not.
Country USA
Brand All Access
Manufacturer All Access
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 0823564670829
ReleaseDate 2016-03-11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 823564670829
EANs 0823564670829

Country	USA
Brand	All Access
Manufacturer	All Access
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	0823564670829
ReleaseDate	2016-03-11
UnitCount	1
UPCs	823564670829
EANs	0823564670829

Lee Jeans Living Rock Concert 1969

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