THE BYRDS THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS UDSACD 2015 We like to think of rock & roll bands - the best rock & roll bands - as something special, as more than the mere sum of four or five musicians who live, eat, tour and make records together.   Shocked and sobered by the tales of petty jealousy and ego warfare in the pop history books and tell-all biographies, we nevertheless cling to hopelessly romantic notions of what makes a great band tick: the spirit of reckless bohemian adventure; the bond of embattled fraternity; a shared aesthetic vision and faith in eventual, incalculable reward.   We think of The Beatles sleeping four to a room among the beer crates and bedbugs on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany in 1961; of the psychedelic-clubhouse vibe at the Grateful Dead's 710 Ashbury Street headquarters in San Francisco in 1967; of hardy early -'50s undergrounders such as Husker Du, Black Flag and the young R.E.M. crisscrossing America in Econoline vans packed with equipment and smelling of month-old laundry. The original mid- '60s lineup of The Byrds was, in comparison, a fragile collective, from the very beginning.   The glistening, seamless vocal and instrumental blend of Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke belied a delicate balance of communal inspiration and argumentative spirit.   Theirs was a union based not on long, deep friendship but on mutual respect, interlocking talent and the adrenaline of combined ambition. … - David Fricke, 1997 This new Mobile Fidelity reissue features the original 1968 analog mono mixes (the first time ever on CD!).   Featuring the Byrds's trademark guitar jangle and emotionally evocative harmonies, well crafted segues and pioneering electronic effects further anchor this classic rock essential.   Stand out tracks including: “Space Odyssey”, “Going Back”, “Tribal Gathering”, “Draft Morning”, “Old John Robertson”, and the merry Crosby prank “Triad”…   1. Artificial Energy       (2:18)   2. Goin’ Back       (3:26)   3. Natural Harmony       (2:11)   4. Draft Morning       (2:42)   5. Wasn’t Born To Follow       (2:04)   6. Get To You       (2:39)   7. Change Is Now       (3:21)   8. Old John Robertson       (1:49)   9. Tribal Gathering       (2:03) 10. Dolphin’s Smile       (2:00) 11. Space Odyssey       (3:52) BONUS TRACKS: 12. Moog Raga       (3:24) (instrumental) 13. Bound To Fall       (2:08) (instrumental) 14. Triad       (3:29) 15. Goin’ Back       (3:55) (version one) 16. Draft Morning       (2:55) (alternate end) 17. Universal Mind Decoder       (3:33) (instrumental) TRACKS 1 - 11 MONO TRACKS 12 - 17 STEREO Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab recordings are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading