Byrds - Greatest Hits [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Super Audio CD - DSD]

The Byrds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2001)
• Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Super Audio CD - DSD
• Label: Sony
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00004W5AF
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mr. Tambourine Man

2. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

3. The Bells of Rhymney

4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

5. All I Really Want to Do

6. Chimes of Freedom

7. Eight Miles High

8. Mr. Spaceman

9. 5D (Fifth Dimension)

10. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star

11. My Back Pages

12. It Won't Be Wrong [*]

13. Set You Free This Time [*]

14. Have You Seen Her Face [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SACD Is Minor Improvement Over Original, December 22, 2001

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sheila finkelstein (Garden State Parkway, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Byrds - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This review is based on this specific SACD. I dont believe the other reviewers have the SACD version. SACD (Super Audio CD)is only playable on special SACD compatible equipment. I compared the SACD version with the same CD in regular format. The SACD treatment adds modestly to the fidelity. The overall effect is to boost the high frequencies with slight improvement in fidelity. Tape hiss is much more obvious. The tambourines on the tambourine man sound much better on the SACD version. Most tracks sound better except My Back Pages which is more sudued on the SACD version. The music is vintage Byrds which I believe will appeal to most people. They should have included more songs, classics such as Chestnut Mare ( my personal favorite Byrds song) are missing. Overall worthwhile buying in SACD format, and usefull as an SACD demo. If you just want the best of the Byrds get "The Byrds 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965-1990". You'll get more music for your money

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Band;Great SACD, January 19, 2004

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B. J O'Connor "noonions" (Holmdel,NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Byrds - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The Byrds were one of the best and most influential bands of the 1960's.They married the folk songs of Bob Dylan("Mr. Tamborine Man","Chimes Of Freedom","My Back Pages","All I Really Want To Do") and Pete Seeger(Turn Turn Turn,Bells Of Rhmney) to Beatles-inspired rock n' roll,thus creating the genre "folk-rock".They also wrote terrific originals like "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better","It Won't Be Wrong","Set You Free This Time","Have You Seen Her Face".They also went into psychedelia with the groundbreaking "Eight Miles High","Mr. Spaceman" and "5D(Fifth Dimension)" and showed a sense of humor with the jaunty "So You Want To Be A Rock n' Roll Star?".This album collects all the songs mentioned.The stereo SACD release features a much warmer, richer,fuller sound than the standard Columbia/Legacy CD,with Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickerbacker guitar jangle never sounding as clear and alive as it does here.This is a highly recommened choice,folks! (Note:This will NOT play on a standard CD player!)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sound on SACD Version is Disappointing, February 4, 2007

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Great Faulkner's Ghost (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Byrds - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

While I love the Byrds and every song on this Greatest Hits album, this review pertains only to the sound of the premium-priced SACD reissue of this album,. Something has gone terribly wrong with the remastering for the SACD version. The sound is brittle and hard and lacking in bass, and while the word is that the original masters in Colombia's vaults aren't in the greatest condition, that couldn't possibly explain it, because the sound quality is pretty terrific on Columbia's recent series of 20 bit remastered standard CD Columbia CDs, which presumably come from the same master tapes. I have not had a chance to compare this SACD version of "Greatest Hits" with the sound on the standard version, because this is not a hybrid SACD, which would contain the standard CD sound on a separate layer. So the bottom line is that if you are thinking of buying this to have SACD versions of these incredible songs, don't waste your money. Buy the remastered regular CDs.