So here I am, typing this in between playing chess with Sam Cooke and drinking brandy with Richard Manuel, and basically all I want to say is that The Byrds were a great band, a very great band. No, the song that always gets him is ‘Wasn’t Born to Follow’ or, if he’s been partaking of the magic mushrooms that are everywhere up here, ‘Eight Miles High.’ Says it can turn the most twisted trip into a Holiday Inn of the Mind.” So I said, “Roger, sir, what are you doing here?” and he replied, “God likes my music so much he’s given me a hall pass to come and go as I please.” So I asked him what the Lord’s favorite Byrds songs are and he said, “Well, you’d think it would be ‘The Christian Life’ but he actually doesn’t like that one very much. Which took me back a bit, as McGuinn is still very much alive. It is what it is.Īnother great Byrds' curio/mystery- and there are a number out there.So I died and went to Heaven (naturally) and who should I see as I step off that divine airline but The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn.
Like they say, you can't make bricks without hay. Surely Vic Anesini would have done a remix on the song TTT, but you can't remix without multitracks- they are long-gone, sir. " (meaning, what I said yesterday, their 'remix').īelieve me, the song TTT has always been in just mono: on the 'stereo' vinyl LP, the original Columbia cd (CK 9254) of TTT, and the two Legacy cd's mentioned earlier ( TTT & GH). With the multi-tracks nowhere to be found for our use, this is the next best thing. Just like it's in mono on the Legacy 1996 reissue ot the TTT album, and listed as such.Īs they say in the liner notes to the 1990 original Byrds' Box Set, "this cut was never mixed for true stereo release. I own the SACD (so stupid of them to not issue that as a hybrid-absolutely dumb!)- CS66230- and the song "TURN!TURN!TURN!" is in mono there, 'Vidiot' (it's even listed as such.). Then I looked at all those digits in the cat #, and focused on the word 'Legacy'. Interesting stuff, 'Vidiot.' I should check out the BSN forum.įor a minute, thought you meant the original pre-1990 Columbia cd GH of The Byrds. It's a neat variation, but I'll take the original/it's-all-there-ever-was mono mix of the song TTT. One minor, final point: of course the song TTT has always been in mono, except for that somewhat wonky remix on the Original 1990 Box set, with the vocals panned slightly left, instruments to the right. Warts and all, there's nothing like having the original mixes. The Columbia cd's, as I recall Steve saying last year, were flat transfers from 'safety copies' (2nd/3rd gen?) of the original masters, which of course were getting worn out over the years. So the original mono master tape was in good shape. Just out of curiosity, I listened to "TURN!TURN!TURN!" from a needledrop off "The Columbia Singles, '65-'67" (from the Sundazed vinyl), and I heard none of that phasing/tape hiss at 00:51, like I did on the Columbia cd. They either must have used a different source tape for "Greatest Hits", or run into minor technical problems on the transfer.
On the other hand, the vocals are a little rough early in the song, and at about 00:51 you can hear what sounds like phasing or tape hiss- not the kind of thing you'd probably hear through speakers.
Just listened to the original Columbia cd (CK 9254) of TTT- through headphones- and really didn't hear any skip at 9 seconds in.
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