The Byrds anyone???

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE BYRDS  "younger than yesterday" cd, 1967

from the box set...
their fourth...
well that came as a surprise, they push out Gene Clark after the second album as they didnt want any more Dylan tracks and low and behold what do we have on album number.....a cover of "my back pages", WTF!!!
must have been more behind the ousting than the official reasons given....
then again, i dont like Croz as a person, always found him to be a bit devious and slithery on a good day (from what ive read about him) and this now confirms some of that.
anyway, i just find the songs on this album quite weak overall compared to the previous albums and especially so after the excellent third album, except for the brilliant cover of the Dylan track, seriously, these guys should have recorded more Dylan songs as they do them more than enough justice and Dylan could have written specifically for them also, but whatever, it is what it is...
again, more bonus tracks that i dont really care for, i dont need alternate versions or instrumental version of album tracks with some bands, and these guys are one of those bands IMO...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

1:   so you want to be a rock n roll star   ***
2:   have you seen her face   **
3:   CTA-102  **
4:   renaissance fair  **
5:   time between  **
6:   everybodys been burned  **
7:   thoughts and words  **
8:   mind gardens   **
9:   my back pages   ***
10: the girl with no name  **
11: why?  **

3s -  2
2s -  9
1s -  0

rating:  2.1

no decent clip of my favorite (my back pages) so heres my second favorite which i also love: