Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971
A London concert from the Clarence White era, kept on tape by McGuinn for decades before release.
The Byrds, 2008
- Released
- 2008
- Recorded
- 13 May 1971
- Studio
- Royal Albert Hall, London
- Label
- Sundazed
- Type
- live
The show was recorded on 13 May 1971, and McGuinn held the tapes from the night of the concert until Sundazed issued the album in 2008. It has 19 tracks and includes My Back Pages and Mr. Tambourine Man. Reviews were mixed: Pitchfork gave it 5.2 out of 10, AllMusic 4 out of 5 and Uncut 2 out of 5.
Sundazed also pressed it as a double vinyl LP. The set opens with Lover of the Bayou and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere and runs through Chestnut Mare, Eight Miles High and So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star to Roll Over Beethoven and a closing Amazing Grace. Jimmi Seiter adds percussion to the four-piece line-up.
Track listing
- Lover of the Bayou
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- Truck Stop Girl
- My Back Pages
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- Jamaica Say You Will
- Black Mountain Rag / Soldier's Joy
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Take a Whiff (On Me)
- Chestnut Mare
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- Eight Miles High
- So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
- Mr. Spaceman
- I Trust
- Nashville West
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Amazing Grace
Personnel
- Roger McGuinn guitar, vocals
- Clarence White guitar, vocals
- Skip Battin electric bass, vocals
- Gene Parsons drums, banjo, harmonica, vocals
- Jimmi Seiter percussion
More from The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965), Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965), Fifth Dimension (1966), Younger Than Yesterday (1967), The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968), Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), (Untitled) (1970)
Sources
- Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971, Wikipedia