THE BYRDS
Hands Of Tyme NTSC 66 mins
Hands Of Tyme 65 - 90 66m EX VHS
Mr Tambourine Man / Feel A Whole Lot Better - (Hullabaloo May 11 1965)
All I Really Want To Do / Feel A Whole Lot Better / Mr Tambourine Man - (Hollywood A Go Go June 19 1965)
All I Really Want To Do - (Top Of The Pops August 12 1965)
Feel A Whole Lot Better / The Bells Of Rhymney - (Shindig! Sept 16 1965)
Turn! Turn! Turn! / The Bells Of Rhymney / Mr Tambourine Man - (The Big TNT Show Nov 19 1965)
The Times The Are A-Changin - (Hullabaloo Nov 29 1965)
Turn! Turn! Turn! - (Ed Sullivan Show Dec 12 1965)
Eight Miles High / So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star- (Popside [Sweden] March 3 1967)
Mr Spaceman / Goin Back - (Smothers Brothers Oct 22 1967)
Mr Spaceman - (Where The Girls Are April 23 1968)
Chesnut Mare / Eight Miles High / So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star - (Beat Club [Germany] Jan 1970)
Mr Tambourine Man / So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star - (Midnight Special Feb 2 1973)
Turn! Turn! Turn! / Mr Tambourine Man (with Bob Dylan) - (Roy Orbison Tribute Feb 24 1990)
Byrds Eye View NTSC 124 mins
Byrds Eye View 1965-70 124m EX VHS
Lasting about two hours, this bootleg DVD was the most thorough compilation of Byrds 1960s video clips yet assembled when it came out around late 2007. The major, overriding plus is that this is very close to the most extensive such anthology that could ever be assembled, even including their three live songs (filmed in October 1965) from the rare movie The Big TNT Show. It has to be noted, however, that there are some flaws to the disc, most of them unavoidable, that make this a less exciting view than big Byrds fans might anticipate. First, the sound and image quality range from excellent to rather shaky and poor, depending upon what source has been available, though generally it's good or better. Also, it's far from a chronologically balanced assortment of footage, with well over half the clips originating from the ten-month span between May 1965 and March 1966. Ten of the better-quality clips are officially available on the There Is a Season box set, and eagle-eyed Byrds collectors will note a minor omission here and there of some footage that's circulated. There's an unholy amount of multiple versions of numerous songs, including seven of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and six of "Turn, Turn, Turn." And most importantly, the Byrds, though unquestionably one of the greatest rock acts of the era, weren't the most exciting performing band, especially so on this disc considering that the substantial majority of the clips are mimed, not live. All those negatives notwithstanding, here you have the ultimate visual record of the group in their prime, including some clips that aren't common fare even among dedicated collectors, like "Chimes of Freedom" on Shindig and a couple live songs from the Newport Pop Festival in June 1969. Though there's less post-early-1966 Byrds than everyone would like, it does have the three clips from Gene Clark's brief re-entry into the band in late 1967, as well as their highly amusing and well-played spot on Playboy After Dark in late 1968. Also on the DVD, at the very end, are two clips of the Flying Burrito Brothers with ex-Byrds Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, and Michael Clarke, even if these are obviously lip-synced.
Oklahoma PAL 65 mins
Live - Doc Severinsen's Music Showplace, Oklahoma City 1986 50m EX VHS
Clips - - - 15m EX VHS
It's All Over Now Baby Blue/Mexico/Set You Free This Time/Christine/Mary Sue/So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star/Eight Miles High/Turn Turn Turn (Gene Clark)

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