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1001 Albums you must hear before you die
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The Byrds
11 years ago at Apr 11 21:15
I know that sometimes my comparisons can be a bit much, but this album actually does have something in common with the White Album. Both were released in 1968, and they both share a certain shunning of.... they both have a certain weariness, a turning away. And they were both made during a time of internal upheaval within the group. 
That doesn't make it epic, but.... it is interest... read more
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Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the sixth album by American rock band The Byrds and was released on August 30, 1968 on Columbia Records (see 1968 in music).Recorded with the addition of country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, it was influential as the first major country-rock album by an established act and represented a stylistic move away from the psychedelic rock of the band's previous LP, The Notorious Byrd Brothers.The Byrds had occasionally experimented with country music on their four previous albums, but Sweetheart of the Rodeo represented their fullest immersion into the genre thus far.The album was also responsible for bringing
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Manufacturer: Columbia
Release date: 30 August 1968
EAN: 0074646515020 UPC: 746465150200
Release date: 30 August 1968
EAN: 0074646515020 UPC: 746465150200
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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)"When David Crosby left the Byrds, Gram Parsons entered and transformed the folk-rock trailblazers. In contrast to leader Jim “Roger” McGuinn’s eclectic irony, Parsons displayed a deep feeling for old-fashioned roots music that still rings true today. Standout track: “Hickory Wind”"
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1787 music items)"SWEETHEART of the RODEO (1968) THE BYRDS Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "One Hundred Years from Now"; "Nothing Was Delivered (Bob Dylan cover)"; "Blue Canadian Rockies"; "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)"; "The Christian Life"; "Life in Prison"; "Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie cover)"; "I Am a Pilgrim"; "You're Still on My Mind" "
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