The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man Vocals Only

[LizzyisMichael]

How did you separate the vocals from instruments? Do have a device that does it? If so, what is it? Love the vocal harmonies on this

[jp0005jp]

that is a lot of reverb, but it really makes a good vocal track,it gives the vocals a bigger feeling :D

[abt7217tc]

it would have been a hit this way

[brokenseatbelt]

This sounds soooooooooooo good.

[onceuponamidnightdry]

Yea, a McGuinn lead vocal and the ever present Crosby high-harmony but no mention of Gene Clarks voice ... humm

[sukes58]

jim mcguinn aka roger was a great vocalist 

[spacepatrolman]

@sukes58 It sounds like he is singing into the whole in his 12 string

[scotfreak]

soo trippy

[plastiqueadapte]

This a cool way to listen to this great song. Very nice voices. Thanks for posting !

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

This was a completely forgettable Bob Dylan song until Roger McGuinn and The Byrds got their hands on it. They turned into a classic for the ages.

[steve7138]

Recorded January 20, 1965, between 10am-1pm (according to contract listed on Roger McGuinn's website)

[RP50]

The players on this and the flip side "I Knew I'd Want You" are Hal Blaine on drums, McGuinn, Jerry Cole and Bill Pittman on guitars, Larry Knechtel on bass and Leon Russell on electric piano (removed in the final mix)

[TumblingDice66]

Which guy is singing which part on the chorus? I know Roger McGuinn sings the lead during the verse but is Roger singing the high or low part on the chorus? Are there three vocal lines? I can only hear two vocal lines.

[slayerized86]

@TumblingDice66

David Crosby is singing the high part and Roger's singing the low part I believe. There are two vocal lines, but Crosby's harmonies gives you the impression that there are three voices. Gene used to double Roger's vocal melodies.

[Lucenablues]

FANTASTIC!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

oh wow what a find, loved this song for years, but this is great, never thought the Byrds could sound any better than they did, this is proving me wrong..oh just great..

[RayManzarekGod]

Holy shit... Absolutely amazing harmony. Better than the Beatles.

[mstax]

If you take the "split mono" release, flip the phase and work the faders, you can get a vocals-only, or instruments-only version of this song, minus the added effects heard on the version here.

[frankfranklyn]

Thank you so much for sharing this; especially in hearing how the vocals build up to create what are the great sounds in this song. Thank you!

~F~

[schlicktaco]

thank you for editing out the music im trying to find three seperate voices for harmonics.... my ear cant find the third voice... all i hear is the high harmony and the interval below.. i think its a diminished fith in the c major scale im not sure.... some one help please

[djfisher3]

There is a voice out effect on Adobe Audition 2.20 but I'm sure that software costs hundreds if not thousands of dollars. It includes a 120 track studio set up with auto sliders and the whole 9 yards.

[devondirtbike]

Hey could yo u tell a program or effect to do this to any song.??/ please reply. thanks

[fangiopiacentini]

Mc Guin created a new jangle guitar sound ,instruments but coordinated with

their voices.

THE MAGIC VOICES OF THE BYRDS made the difference , and with a little help of a Syntheziser

nothing more nothing else

THE BYRDS SHOCKED THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF BEATLEMANIA !!!!!

CANT YOU SEE IT , feel it ??

AWESOME !!!!

alex

Argentina

[McPrfctday]

It's a recording from the studio when they were making the song. The music hasn't been removed, it simply not there. This is so coooool to hear!

[jeffkahl]

I think it might just be "flanging" from a low bitrate. that sometimes happens with multi-generational versions of an upload.

[babystinky]

this is when bands had beautiful harmony and the melodies were of "light" and "shade", incredible time for music.

[pkappel006]

no way partner...........the Devil is evil, the Byrds were just the opposite...........

[xbox360king94]

cool man 5 stars,please tell me,how do you do this????

[dankmon1992]

click the fifth start below the video

[Dbusdriver71]

this song still holds up so many years since its first release. Still brillant. I don't like a lot of american music but I admit this is still brillant!

[RockMusicLover73]

To say the least, that was beautiful, man.

[eleana6018]

omg it's so pretty.

[MrBruceBarham]

so..how did this tape come to surface, i had always heard Byrds Masters were lost??????/

[tfmuch]

It was a stroke of true originailty to combine folk with Bach on the chorus. And they would have been lost without DC. Sublime.

[Franzko787]

What?  Crosby told McGuinn that this Dylan song would never make it on the radio. Rog then did the intro with Bach and Beatles influences with his picking style on the 12-string Rick. He took an irritating dylan song and made it a hit. Also that is Rog singing lead. Clark,Clark, Hillman and Rog by themselves had more input than Crosby.

[HIghFlyinByrd]

He said that the song would never make it on the radio with the song's original 2/4 time signature.

And this song would just be...empty without his harmonies.

[funkeyjunk]

@Franzko787 in irritating dylan song? fuck, its amazing

[Franzko787]

@funkeyjunk

No I meant Dylan's version sounded like Woody Guthrie. The Byrds version is so much better.

[psychobollox]

@Franzko787

well, firstly, what HFB said, and secondly... none of the other Byrds actually played on this single. Hal Blaine played drums, either Larry Knechtel or Joe Osbourne played bass, Knechtel played electric piano, and the rhythm guitarist was either Jerry Cole or Glen Campbell. Only McGuinn's Rickenbacker marks the contribution of any Byrd to the backing track. Vocals were by Crosby, Clark and McGuinn (McGuinn taking the lead... and that was down to a toss of a coin, it seems).

[frankothemountain]

didn't realize the vocals went through a leslie! this is great!

[superherotrekkie]

where did you get this? I want the files tooo!!! :-)

[Eric13Bravo]

lol if u listen close u can hear the playback on their headphones. If the mic picked that up, does that mess up the mix? Or does if just blend in when its all pieced together? Sorry I dont know that much about how music is made.

[frankothemountain]

some people are more crazy than others about it. A little leakage is ok. Steve Miller does his vocals with the speakers up/no headphones. It's all one big sound in the end!

[rockerdude59]

type in &fmt=18 and it will come out in stereo

[searching56]

WOW!!!I have heard this song over many years but never w/o instruments. Now I know why The Byrds were my favorite in my teen years. Thanks for sharing...

[RoyFive]

Very celestial sounding!

[windminister]

pure magic

[creb1101]

January 20, 1965Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-22)

I Knew I'd Want You (Backing Track)

April 14, 1965

It's No Use (Version 2 Seven Vocal Overdub Takes)

[creb1101]

I believe this 'bootleg CD' is available somewhere in Europe. I wanna get a copy.

[rockerdude59]

Count me in too. When they remixed it in stereo that was a day in rock history. If you play this out of phase, it is pure kariokee

[bsteverobinson]

Amazing -my hair is standing up after one hearing! what vocal effects are they using?seems to be a lot of echo or is it reverb?

Did they practise those harmonies a lot for the record and they always keep them the same live or did they improvise and find natural harmonies. I love the video of them live when Dylan Joins them for this song. They certainly seemed to adapt the harmonies to fit in with Bob. Keep posting

[METALisLOUDER]

Reverb/Stereo mix

[lajillycat]

This song is pure beauty on at least five different levels... hearing it like this adds to that, strangely. Thank you.

[timjregan]

I have heard this song many times but not like this. The harmony was fantastic. Thank you for posting it.

[sukrat69]

Oh man this is f**king beautiful!!

My life is a bit better because of this... :P

Seriously, thanks, enormous thanks for sharing this!

[gillesbertacco]

And Gene's I guess...

[HIghFlyinByrd]

his voice was recorded on the same track as the electric piano (something like that), so he isn't on this