{"product_id":"the-byrds-byrds-violet-vinyl","title":"The Byrds - Byrds (Violet Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e180 Gram Violet Vinyl LP With Original Gatefold Cover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Friday Music's 2026 anniversary reissue of Byrds, the 1973 reunion album, pressed for a limited time on 180-gram violet vinyl and issued on its Friday Music Two imprint. Joe Reagoso mastered it at Friday Music Studios from the original Asylum recordings, and it comes in the original gatefold cover with photography by Henry Diltz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eByrds was the twelfth and final studio album by the Byrds, and it reunited all five original members, Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, who had last worked together as the Byrds in 1966. David Geffen signed the reunion to his Asylum label, and Crosby produced the sessions, which began on October 16, 1972, at Wally Heider's studio in Los Angeles. Asylum released the album in March 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs came from across the group: Clark's \"Full Circle\" and \"Changing Heart,\" Crosby's \"Laughing\" and \"Long Live the King,\" McGuinn's \"Born to Rock 'n' Roll\" and \"Things Will Be Better,\" written by Hillman with Dallas Taylor, along with two Neil Young songs, \"Cowgirl in the Sand\" and \"(See the Sky) About to Rain,\" and Joni Mitchell's \"For Free.\" Diltz's photographs show the band at the Troubadour, the Los Angeles club where McGuinn, Clark and Crosby first came together in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album reached No. 20 on the Billboard chart, the band's highest-charting album of new material in the US since Turn! Turn! Turn! in 1965, and No. 31 in the UK. It drew generally poor reviews; Jon Landau, in Rolling Stone, called it \"one of the dullest albums of the year,\" and the five went back to their own careers. Hillman later said, \"They gave us one-and-a-half months to do that album.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull Circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet Mary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor Free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorn To Rock 'N Roll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThings Will Be Better\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCowgirl In The Sand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Live The King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorrowing Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaughing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(See The Sky) About To Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 829421275053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Friday Music Two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.6.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friday Music Two","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67506435719326,"sku":"EVP-3BC43403-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/f70a2a08782043e0a32660cf95103984_52f02596_d2e0_43d7_aa18_79dd64b81666.jpg?v=1792125526","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/the-byrds-byrds-violet-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}