The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better Outtakes

[scs3000]

Ahh...Gene Clark on lead vocal!

[abt7217tc]

people pay so much attentionto Mcguinn's 12 string, they dont even listen to crosby. he was in beastmode on this track

[genericgeorge]

@abt7217tc and Bells Of Rhymney

[79goldmaster1]

this song should have been a single and been a number one...really their best song IMO

[AGibsonJ]

Love Gene Clark's voice on these outtakes ... so clear!!

[williamjaba]

@darling67 Brian carried the boys untill Pet Sounds, but after that Carl, Mike, Bruce and particuarly Dennis really emerged as brilliant songwriters. Sunflower, Pacific Ocean Blue, Surfs Up, Friends etc, were all real gems and Brian had little to do with them. That aside, In my opinion Brian Wilson contained as much talent as all the Byrds combined! Look at Pet Sounds, or Today or any of those singles. No single Byrd (or Beatle for that matter) could have made an album like that.

[nhoner]

"Who sings the high part?" Wow, Melcher could be abrupt, couldn't he? No wonder Crosby disliked him.

[DougM63]

Primo Gene!

[robertlaberge]

For instant replay of the complete take : 2:03

[cntrailrider]

Been a Byrds fan for 40 yrs and yours are great posts. Thanks! It's fun listening rough turn into polished. Beatles influence is clearly heard in this one (stepped in vocals) but frankly there's nothing quite like the Byrds sound

Steve

[cntrailrider]

Where did you get all these out-takes??? They're great! They're magic in the making

Thanks sincerely for posting these

Steve

[robertlaberge]

Gene's lead vocal is brought to the fore here and it's quite simply fabulous!

[Bruceholvenstot]

haha i think they're actually in tune for this one! not that i blame them 12 strings are bitch to tune

[marrakeshexpressuk]

put a band together and duplicate these vocals ...check the uk band marrakesh express

[dtripper]

Really Zen.....put a band together and try to duplicate these vocals. Good luck!!

[smasica]

"...and singing that wasn't all that good." -- Clark, Crosby, McGuinn and Hillman not 'all that good'? Yeah, okay. What planet you from again?

[excelsior544]

@smasica

Really!!!!!

[ZenPapageno]

These outtakes are my favorite Byrds recordings. In my opinion, they were a great guitar band stymied by wishy-washy studio production and singing that wasn't all that good.

[rerunjas]

My favorite song by the byrds is this one. Second favorite is........ It cant be wrong.

[javajax0987]

you mean "won't be wrong"

[teddybare59]

I Have enjoyed the music of the Bryds for 40 some years ,and I listen to the sound differently now that I'm older .Gene Clark was a great singer ,and I here Mcguinn and Crosby in the background it's a great experiance

[spoiledbigtime]

Gene is the man!!!

[RockMusicLover73]

By the way, was that Terry Melcher?

[RockMusicLover73]

Wow! Thanks for posting, I didn't even know that this exists.

[sputnikspanyol]

I think the Tom Petty cover is better. But The Byrds are great. I love their version of my Black pages

[bandcouver]

Nah. I prefer The Byrds' version.

This is an outtake of "Feel A Whole Lot Better"

before the final take was decided on and then released.

[DonJack1776]

gasp! blasphemy...

[farragoth]

I think The Byrds and the Beach Boys were the best US response to the British invasion ;)

[MrBruceBarham]

Gene should have been in the picture for this video outtake i think

[moorlock2003]

Gene should have been in the picture for the cover of their 'Greatest Hits' LP, too.

[tfmuch]

I love Gene's vocal on this but as for McGuinn's Beatles bleating in the background...

[genericgeorge]

This is my favourite Byrds song. Great 12 string solo from McGuinn.

[bitterchew]

not elliot exactly, I mean the Beau Brummels

[bitterchew]

sounds a lot like ron elliot

[marcotukoff]

love, gene, thanxs from brazil!!!