![]() Of these, "She Has a Way" was an outtake from the Mr. Music Īmong the wealth of previously unreleased material included on the album, two songs came from the pen of Gene Clark. The problem was solved by having Crosby re-sing one line, although according to Dickson, the substitution was so precise that it is virtually undetectable. Crosby's controversial ode to a potential ménage à trois, "Triad", also required additional work, after a problem with the lead vocal track was discovered. The new enhancements to "It Happens Each Day" included an acoustic guitar solo, played by the band's bassist, Chris Hillman. "It Happens Each Day", an outtake from the Younger Than Yesterday sessions, had been abandoned in an incomplete state during the 1960s and, as a result, it required further instrumental embellishment to prepare it for release. Two of Crosby's compositions on the album benefitted from the addition of newly recorded overdubs, performed by ex-members of the Byrds, in an attempt to polish the material further. Dickson also elected to remix the chosen songs with the help of Lawrence Wendelken, in an attempt to improve the fidelity of the recordings. Dickson and Hyde then set about compiling a ten track running order comprising the best of the available tapes. įollowing the initial discovery at Wally Heider Studios, a thorough search of the Columbia Records' tape vaults ensued and additional unreleased material dating from the mid-1960s was unearthed. Hyde retained Dickson's help in the project as a way of ensuring that the album would have the blessing of the ex-members of the Byrds and, in some cases, their active participation in enhancing the material. Īlthough the Byrds had disbanded in 1973, Hyde felt sure that there was a market for a collection like Never Before, due to the renewed interest in the band that had been generated by their influence on the likes of R.E.M., the Smiths, and the Bangles during the 1980s. Slocum immediately notified the Byrds' former manager, Jim Dickson, of his discovery and before long, Dickson had involved Bob Hyde of Murray Hill Records, with an eye to producing an archival compilation album. According to Slocum, these tapes included early versions of " Eight Miles High" and " Why" that had been recorded at RCA Studios in late 1965, along with the outtakes " Triad" and "The Day Walk (Never Before)". The album's genesis can be traced back to the early 1980s, when folk singer Tom Slocum – a friend of former Byrd Gene Clark – stumbled across a cache of forgotten Byrds' recordings in the tape library at Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles. The album represented the first time that previously unreleased outtakes from the Byrds' tenure with Columbia Records had been officially released. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Fifth Dimension, Younger Than Yesterday, and The Notorious Byrd Brothers. The songs on the album were all originally recorded for Columbia Records during the sessions for the band's first five studio albums: Mr. Never Before consists of material recorded between 19 by the original line-up of the Byrds, featuring Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke (although Gene Clark had left the group by early 1966). It was initially released by Re-Flyte Records in December 1987 and was subsequently reissued on CD in 1989, with an additional seven bonus tracks. Never Before is a compilation album by the American rock band the Byrds, consisting of previously unreleased outtakes, alternate versions, and rarities. Jim Dickson, Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, Gary Usher, The Byrds Rock, pop, folk rock, psychedelic rock, raga rock Janu– November 13, 1967, Columbia Studios and RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA
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