The Byrds – Fun in Frisco

The Byrds – Fun in Frisco

Parachute Recording Company – PARA082LP

2 x Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Repress, Unofficial Release, Stereo, Gatefold

Europe / 2017

Country Rock, Folk Rock

A1 - Old Blue

A2 - My Back Pages / Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do

A3 - Mr. Spaceman

A4 - Time Between

B1 - Goin' Back

B2 - Blue Suede Shoes

B3 - He Was A Friend Of Mine

B4 - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star

B5 - Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man

C1 - This Wheel's On Fire

C2 - Stanley's Song

C3 - Pretty Boy Floyd

C4 - 8 Miles High

D1 - You Don't Miss Your Water

D2 - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star

D3 - Hickory Wind

D4 - King Apathy III

D5 - Bad Night At The Whiskey

D6 - Nashville West

Licensed From – Leftfield Media

The Byrds performances across the weekend of the 1st and 2nd November 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco were performed at a time of great change and uncertainty for the band. Gram Parsons, who had joined a faltering line up in early '68, had departed prior to a disastrous tour of South Africa for which McGuinn notably had received much criticism. The country rock album they had recorded with Gram, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, alienated many Byrds fans and equally attracted hostility from the traditional country music community. It remains their poorest performing record, despite its status in later years as the first proper country rock album. Clarence White (Guitar) and Gene Parsons (Drums - no relation) were both brought in around this time, but then Chris Hillman quit! The Avalon show was the gig first performed by the line-up of McGuinn, White, Gene Parsons and new recruit John York on bass and harmony vocals (very apparent on this recording), who had only been a Byrd for about a week at the time of this show.

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