FUN IN FRISCO
by BYRDS, THE
Vinyl Double Album
PARA082LP
Label: PARACHUTE
DELUXE VINYL EDITION!!!
The Byrds performances across the weekend of the 1st and 2nd November 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco were performed at a time of great change and uncertainty for the band. Gram Parsons, who had joined a faltering line up in early ’68, had departed prior to a disastrous tour of South Africa for which McGuinn notably had received much criticism. The country rock album they had recorded with Gram, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, alienated many Byrds fans and equally attracted hostility from the traditional country music community. It remains their poorest performing record, despite its status in later years as the first proper country rock album. Clarence White (Guitar) and Gene Parsons (Drums - no relation) were both brought in around this time, but then Chris Hillman quit! The Avalon show was the gig first performed by the line-up of McGuinn, White, Gene Parsons and new recruit John York on bass and harmony vocals (very apparent on this recording), who had only been a Byrd for about a week at the time of this show.
SIDE A
1.Old Blue
2.My Back Pages/Baby What Do You Want Me To Do
3.Mr. Spaceman
4.Time Between
SIDE B
5.Goin’ Back
6.Blue Suede Shoes
7.He Was A Friend Of Mine
8.So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
9.Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man
SIDE C
10.This Wheel’s On Fire
11.Stanley’s Song
12.Pretty Boy Floyd
13.8 Miles High
SIDE D
14.You Don’t Miss Your Water
15.So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
16.Hickory Wind
17.King Apathy III
18.Bad Night At The Whiskey
19.Nashville West
