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The Songs Of Gene Clark A 50th anniversary celebration Saturday February 25 South Pasadena Library Community Room Featuring: Carla Olson, John York, Peter Lewis and Kai Clark

Album Number One Hundred Eighty Five “(Untitled)” is the ninth album by #thebyrds and was released in September 1970 on #columbiarecords . It is a double album, with the first LP featuring live concert recordings from early 1970, and a second disc consisting of new studio recordings. The album represented the first official release of any live recordings by the band, as well as the first appearance on a Byrds' record of new recruit #skipbattin , who had replaced the band's previous bass player, #johnyork , in late 1969. My copy is a gatefold on Columbia Records - CG 30127 The studio album mostly consists of newly written, self-penned material, including a number of songs that had been composed by band leader #rogermcguinn and Broadway theatre director #jacqueslevy for a planned country rock musical that the pair were developing. The production was to have been based on #henrikibsen ‘s Peer Gynt and staged under the title of Gene Tryp (an anagram of Ibsen's play), but plans for the musical fell through. #rockandroll #folkrock #seventies #seventiesmusic #theseventies #geneparsons #clarencewhite https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBZHRXruo7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Album Number One Hundred Eighty Two. “Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde” is the seventh studio album by the Byrds and was released in March 1969 on #columbiarecords . The album was produced by #bobjohnston and saw the band juxtaposing country rock material with psychedelic rock, giving the album a stylistic split-personality that was alluded to in its title. It was the first album to feature the new band line-up of #clarencewhite (guitar), #geneparsons (drums), #johnyork (bass), and founding member #rogermcguinn (guitar). #drbyrdsandmrhyde is unique within the band's discography for being the only album on which McGuinn sings the lead vocal on every track. My copy is on Columbia Records - CS 9755 The album peaked at number 153 on the Billboard Top LPs album chart and reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. A preceding single, "Bad Night at the Whiskey" (b/w "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man"), was released on January 7, 1969, but it failed to chart in the United States or in the United Kingdom. In addition, a non-album single featuring a cover of Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay", which was recorded shortly after the release of Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde and also produced by Johnston, peaked at number 132 on the Billboard chart. #rockandroll #thesixties #sixtiesmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5mZLlLCWp/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sending out birthday wishes to another Byrd - John York pictured here with Gene Clark in the 1980s.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOpjDF86yo)