Name: Mr Tambourine Man
Brand: The Byrds

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Catalogue number

MOVLP199

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-07-31

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Little Amber Fish

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Standard:20

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Byrds

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Classic

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Influential American folk, psychedelic, and country rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1964. They recorded 12 studio albums before disbanding in 1973. During this period the band underwent several line-up changes with frontman and guitarist Roger McGuinn remaining the only constant member.
In 1991 The Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the original five members performing together for the last time after their induction.
Similar Artists: Buffalo Springfield, The Lovin' Spoonful, Gene Clark, Donovan, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Youngbloods, The Yardbirds, Gram Parsons, The Pretty Things, Stephen Stills, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe &amp; The Fish,
Love,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Traffic,
Tim Hardin,
The International Submarine Band,
The Troggs,
Graham Nash,
Small Faces

back in stock on 180 gram vinyl. few debut singles in the history of rock and roll have had the immediate and overwhelming impact of the byrds' version of bob dylan's 'mr tambourine man'. marrying a beatles-like electric jangle to dylan's insight and folky melody (in many ways, breaking dylan into the pop market), it not only forecast the band's influence on the future of pop music but reestablished an american rock and roll presence in the face of the british invasion. the album of the same name, released in june of 1965, was a shotgun blast before the canon roar that dylan's 'highway 61 revisited' (released just two months later) would become. as much as bob dylan was an overwhelming influence on the young byrds - four of the twelve tracks on 'mr tambourine man' were dylan songs - his contributions were only a part of what made the band special. the chiming sound of mcguinn's 12-string guitar was the group's backbone, characterizing the byrds' presence in a way few rock instrumentalists had done until then. gene clark proved to be a mighty songwriter in his own right - 'i'll feel a whole lot better' has stood the test of time better than any other track here. yet, what distinguished the byrds and 'mr tambourine man' most was that they couldn't be easily pigeonholed. combining disparate musical backgrounds and openly reconstructing everything from a british wartime standard ('we'll meet again') to a jackie deshannon pop tune ('don't doubt yourself, babe') in their own open-minded image, the byrds kicked down the door to a new sound called folk-rock. many would soon follow.

Mr Tambourine Man

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