Byrds Wild Mountain Thyme { alternate version}

[sandinmyears1]

I'm used to hearing this in 3/4 time so it sounds odd. :?

[kattitude121]

this is one of my all time fave songs and as much as i like this version u cant beat the silencers.

[sdae102]

aye, what a bonnie song

[TheDiarmaidable]

Oaye.

[shaneh1983]

great song

[jnsii]

Yeh....58 years....and they want to vote Republican again. Well boys, we have made it this far.

[oldtones]

GREAT THE BYRDS 

[jpavlvs]

Nothing like a Rick 360/12

[rufsitufs]

Nice. After all those years it's - very nice. :-)

[harvey1954]

That's definately Jim singing in the forefront, or his evil twin Roger, with Crosby lurking on the fringes in the back.

[Sarahfreckle]

The early Byrds were a truly magical group. One of my favourite songs is "Chimes of Freedom".

[hiwayjack]

Captainsoul1953- Is Chris singing on this song?

[captainsoul1953]

hiwayjack

i think so...Chris did step up to the mike after Gene Clark left

Jim

[gibb253]

@captainsoul1953 Agreed about being better without strings-only George Martin managed to mìx strings and rock. This is hypnotically ...........ummm hypnotic.

[Dukegrievousangel]

@captainsoul1953 Chris may be doubling Roger, Gene Clark style. But the voices that really pierce out are Roger's and Crosby's harmony. This album had this beautiful "dirge"-y, drone-y feel around that D chord, and their harmonies augmented that, making "Fifth Dimension" sound like was recorded by monks or aliens.

[hbdavew]

Try wild mountain thyme by don williams. Backed by the Chieftains, a great version.

[russallert]

I personally like the strings, but it's also good to hear just the band - it gives hope to those cover bands who can now figure out how to pull it off live without strings. Re. the comments on McGuinn's lapses in musical judgement: Don't blame him for Byrdmaniax, it was Terry Melcher who overdubbed the orchestration after the fact (Godawful! Byrds and Dixieland don't mix well).

[mowgli2071]

First time I've ever heard this vers., thanks! Interesting, I'm from Santa Cruz, live in N.Y.S., and I've been to Scotland, and most versions remind me of Scotland, but this version makes me think of northern California much more.

[captainfairfield]

I, too, like "Space Odyssey".

[captainfairfield]

Nice to hear this version, but I prefer the string accompaniment. Also, what is so wrong with "Oh! Susannah"? Loved it in '65 and still love it today. "Mind Gardens", in my humble opinion, was the worst Byrds track of all time.

[captainsoul1953]

Thought it was a weak track on an otherwise very strong album especially as they left of She Dont Care About Time...dont hate it but i rarely play it...very eclectic band the Byrds....i love Mind Gardens but i know a lot of people hate

it.......i also like Space Odyssey...sad but true

Jim

[redsoxfan713]

sadly i have to agree with captainfairfield about mind gardens, but i'm a big byrds fan

[tfmuch]

And funnily enough it was McGuinn who described Triad as just tasteless when he talked about the real reasons for rejecting it. But McGuinn's stunts and little conventions make you see where Crosby was coming from. He was right when he said putting another Dylan cover on Younger than Yesterday was formulaic and dumb. (His words not mine.) McGuinn's problem was he let the teckie/academic side of him get going and musical disaster followed as surely as Mind Gardens follows Thought And Words.

[captainsoul1953]

tfmuch

How about no 242 foxtrot period...i lke the voices on cta102 and the phasing on Wasnt born to follow but i think Lay lady lay is a crap version anyway though there is a version of it without the choir

Other Byrd crimes for me are the hopeless Hey Joe..Oh Susannah and Wait and see...Moog Raga...and quite a lot of Byrdmaniax..but i love Mind gardens which most Byrd fans seem to hate

Agree about Rogers quality control...shocking lapse of taste on many occasions

Jim

[RodCow]

@captainsoul1953 Agree with all you say (except I love the strings on Wild Mountain Thyme-they are nicely arranged in a 'Highland' feel I think).Moog Raga wasn't really anything more than an experiment but is nevertheless shite.Hey Joe chews ass and the lyrics for 'Wait And See' are the worst of their career (and this from a band who had song lyrics about wanting to marry a horse!).I worship at the church of Crosby but Mind Gardens is him trying too hard to be clever and deep and is neither.

[tfmuch]

No, Jim, the trauma goes too deep. How about 2-4-2 Foxtrot without the vacuum cleaner, CTA 102 without the silly voices, Wasn't Born to follow without the phasing, Lay, lady, lay without the gospel choir? The list of McGuinn's idiocies is long and painful.

[captainsoul1953]

tfmuch

Time is a great healer..also have John Riley without the strings..will post soon

Jim

[tfmuch]

I've been waiting forty years to get rid of those strings but I can still hear them in my head. Anything else you can do?

[maida1982a]

you are 100% right-had never this without strings- this is beautiful.

[captainsoul1953]

its alternate versions from the 5D album...all of which seem to be unique to this record..and its not cheap

Jim

[captainsoul1953]

rubiemonster

Its from a 10 inch double vinyl album titled Another Dimension from Sundazed records...have a look on Amazon..but not out on cd unfortunately

Jim

[rubiemonster]

any idea where I can find this, or what compilation it came from?

[rubiemonster]

read my mind man, thanks!

[fiddlerfart]

Amen... wonderful.