The Byrds-Please Let Me Love You

Another early Byrds gem that I like a lot. This sounds like something the Beatles might have done except not quite!

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[MichaelAndros1]

This was not the Byrds, it was The Beefeaters and was released as a single on Elektra Records in 64, and bombed. Eventually, they would become The Byrds.

[Cream234]

@MichaelAndros1 Same band. They pretty much just changed names.

[genatzvalee]

I adore this song, it deserves a lot more attention! It's a terrific pop rock tune!

[Cream234]

I know huh!

[EmpZappa66]

Not bad for a Beatles imitation.

[Cream234]

@EmpZappa66 Except it's better.

[MichaelAndros1]

Yes, same players, but the previous name was The Jet Set, changed to cash in on the Brit Invasion. They would become The Byrds some months later.

[Cream234]

@ejectorerector Yes, exactly. Much better ring to it genius.

[hargerst]

@spazhat

It was the second song that Roger and I wrote that night. I had Roger think of two chords (without telling me), and I came up with two chords (without telling him). He played an E) and I played a G. He played a D), and I played an E. We just kept playing that progression (E, G, D, E) till I came up with the first line: "Please, let me love you a while."

Electra put out 200 copies as the Beefeaters, Bounty probably picked up the single and re-released it.

[manluvsthe60s]

the Byrds were the Beatles favorite American band!!! They were awesome together!!!

[spazhat]

This song was issued on an Electra label 45. It was also issued on a Bounty 45.

[spazhat]

I am posting this in an effort to find some information on a record. I found the rarest Byrds record in a Shreveport, La. flea market in 2006(?). It's the Beefeaters 45 on the Bounty label. There is one known copy, I think. You can see it on the Byrdsflyght website on the discography page. (Just google.... byrdsflyght). The website owner says that he had been looking for that record for 44 years. Actually, he had never heard of it when I informed him of my find. Does another copy exist?

[Tornfreedom]

Actuall I think they (are trying to) sound like Gerry And The Pacemakers, yet another GREAT Liverpool band from the same period.