Compiler's notes: 1.) This Discography details the official releases and reissues of the group The Byrds, solo members and related groups. In one instance, a bootleg release has been listed due to its popularity. This should not be seen as an encouragement regarding the purchase of bootleg releases. The focus is on currently available or obtainable releases.
2.) While every effort has been made to ensure completeness and correctness of this discography, discrepancies, errors and omissions do occur. If you do come across one of these, please contact me at the following address: Tom Robinson Icon Records, P.O. Box 807, Lakewood, CA 90714-0807 or: TomThunder@aol.com
Volume 1.1, © Copyright 1995, 1996, Thomas M. Robinson - all rights reserved. May be posted or used for any non-commercial use.
The Very Best of Country Banjo (UA) - Banjo Cantata
The Very Best of 12-String Guitar (UA) - Saints Soul Stirrer
Early L.A. (Together) - 'Willie Gene'/'Come Back Baby'
'Green, Green' / other New Christy Minstrels tracks
The Hillmen (Together)
Electrock (Elektra) - 'Please Let Me Love You' (original track) -as The Beefeaters
Preflyte (Together) - Includes version of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' not on later release
In The Beginning...(Rhino) Remixed and remastered 'Preflyte', and additional tracks
Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (Columbia)
5D (Fifth Dimension) (Columbia)
Younger Than Yesterday (Columbia)
Greatest Hits (Columbia)
Don't Make Waves (Soundtrack) (MGM) - 'Don't Make Waves'
Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Sweetheart of The Rodeo (Columbia)
Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (Columbia)
Candy (Soundtrack) (ABC) - 'Child of The Universe' (w/orchestra)
Easy Rider (Soundtrack) (ABC/Dunhill) - 'Wasn't Born to Follow' by The Byrds and 'It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding' and 'Ballad of Easy Rider' by Roger McGuinn
Ballad of Easy Rider (Columbia)
(Untitled) (Columbia)
Byrdmaniax (Columbia)
Farther Along (Columbia)
Greatest Hits, Volume II (Columbia)
History of The Byrds (CBS/UK)
Byrds (Asylum)
The Byrds Play Dylan (Columbia)
Original Singles, Volume I (Columbia)
Original Singles, Volume II (CBS/UK)
Never Before (Murray Hill)
The Byrds (box set) (Columbia/Legacy)
20 Essential Tracks (from the box set) (Columbia/Legacy)
Banjoman (Soundtrack) (Sire) - live performances of 'Roll Over Beethoven' & 'Mr Tambourine Man' (w/John Guerin replacing Gene Parsons - Byrds '72 Tour)
Earl Scruggs - His Family & Friends (Columbia) (soundtrack to PBS special)
Monterey International Pop Festival (Rhino) Renaissance Fair/Have You Seen Her Face?/HeyJoe He Was A Friend of Mine/Ladyfriend/Chimes of Freedom/So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star?
'Not To Bad For Old People', a/k/a 'Live at The Boarding House', et.al. - Bootleg McGuinn, Clark & Hillman plus Crosby (from 1978 Boarding House/KSAN broadcast)
Gene Clark With The Gosdin Bros. (Columbia)
White Light (A&M)
Roadmaster (Edsel)
Early L.A. (Columbia) ('with the Gosdin Bros.' LP, remixed, some new vocals, 'Elevator Operator' is deleted)
No Other (Asylum)
Kansas City Southern '75 (Ariola/UK)
Two Sides to Every Story (RSO)
American Flyer (soundtrack) (MediaArts)
Firebyrd (Takoma)
So Rebellious A Lover (w/Carla Olsen) (Rhino) (Reissued by Razor & Tie)
Echoes (Columbia/Legacy)
Shilouetted By Light (w/Carla Olsen) (Edsel)
If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic)
Oh, Yes I Can (A&M)
Thousand Roads (Atlantic)
It's All Coming Back to Me Now(Atlantic)
The Early Years: 1963-65 (Sierra)
GP (Reprise)
The Return of the Grievous Angel (Reprise)
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels (Live) 1973 (Sierra)
Cherokee (ABC)
Slippin' Away (Asylum)
Clear Sailin' (Asylum)
Morning Sky (Sugar Hill)
Desert Rose (Sugar Hill)
Ever Call Ready (Word) Christian LP w/ Bernie Leadon
Roger McGuinn (Columbia)
Peace On You (Columbia)
Roger McGuinn & Band (Columbia)
Cardiff Rose (Columbia)
Thunderbyrd (Columbia)
Back From Rio (Arista)
Born to Rock 'n' Roll (Columbia)
Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Special (Columbia) Roger does 'Mr. Tambourine Man' solo & 'My Back Pages' w/ ensemble
Skip Battin (Signpost)
Navigator (Appaloosa/Italy)
Don't Go Crazy (Appaloosa/Italy)
also see 50's group 'Skip and Flip' - 45's 'It Was I' & 'Cherry Pie' (unreleased album)
Kindling (Warner Bros.)
Melodies '80 (Sierra)
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman (Capitol)
City (Capitol)
McGuinn - Hillman (Capitol)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic)
Woodstock (Soundtrack) (Cotillion)
CS&N (Atlantic)
Daylight Again (Atlantic)
Allies (Atlantic)
Live It Up (Atlantic)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (box set) (Atlantic)
Into The Storm (Atlantic)
Deja Vu (Atlantic)
Four Way Street (Atlantic)
So Far (Atlantic)
American Dream (Atlantic)
David Crosby & Graham Nash (ABC)
Wind On The Water (ABC)
Whistling Down The Wind (ABC)
Live (ABC)
Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M)
Burrito Deluxe (A&M)
The Flying Burrito Bros. (A&M)
Last of The Red Hot Burritos (A&M)
Close Up the Honky-tonks (A&M)
Sleepless Nights (A&M)
Farther Along - Best of (A&M)
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(group featuring Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Pete Klienow, Joel Scott Hill, Gib Guilbeau)
Flying Again (Columbia)
Live in Amsterdam (CBS/UK)
Airborne (Columbia)
(Various releases on Relix Records - various members, also duo of Gib Guilbeau and John Beland on Columbia)
Manassas (Atlantic)
Down the Road (Atlantic)
Souther, Hillman & Furay Band (Asylum)
Trouble in Paradise (Asylum)
Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb)
Running (MCA/Curb)
True Love (MCA/Curb)
She Don't Love Nobody (MCA/Curb)
Pages of Life (MCA/Curb)
A Dozen Roses (MCA/Curb)
Traditional (MCA/Curb)
The Fantastic Expedition of...(A&M)
Through the Morning, Through the Night (A&M)
Firefall (Atlantic)
Luna Sea (Atlantic)
Élan (Atlantic)
Undertow (Atlantic)
Clouds Across the Sun (Atlantic)
Mirror of the World (Atlantic)
You Are The Woman (Greatest Hits) (Rhino)
Safe at Home (Shilo) (re-issued by Sierra) (Featuring Gram Parsons)
Nashville West (Sierra)
Ballad of Evergreen Blueshoes (Amos)
The Kentucky Colonels (featuring Clarence White) (Rounder)
1965-1967 (Rounder)
Albums by Joni Mitchell (produced her first), Jackson Browne, Paul Kanter, Grace Slick, James Taylor, J.D. Souther, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Carole King (and many others)
Albums by The Long Ryders & Green On Red
Tracks by The Limelighters & Chad Mitchell Trio
Judy Collins 3rd/Recollections - Judy Collins (Elektra) - various tracks as arranger, leader, accompanist
Earl Scruggs Review - 'Anniversary Specials, I & II' (Columbia) - various tracks, condensed and reissued as 'Super Jammin' (Columbia)
Pat Garret & Billy the Kid (Soundtrack) (Columbia) - various tracks
Vern Gosdin - There Is A Season (Elektra) -'Turn! Turn! Turn!'
The Beach Boys - Made In America (Capitol) -'California Dreamin' (Note: Roger co-wrote 'Ding, Dang' with Brian Wilson on 'The Beach Boys Love You' album (Brother/Warner Bros.)
Peter Case (Geffen)
Elvis Costello - Spike (Warner Bros.) -'This Town' (also features Paul McCartney)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume II (Universal) Roger & Chris on 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere'
Charles Lloyd - Waves (A&M) - also features Al Jardine, Mike Love and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys
Maria Muldaur (Reprise)
Joe Cocker (A&M) - also 'Sneaky Pete' Kleinow of the Burrito Bros.
Rita Coolidge (A&M)
Everly Bros. - Home Again (RCA) - also Gene Parsons of The Byrds
Arlo Guthrie - Last of The Brooklyn Cowboys (Rising Son) - also Gene Parsons
Elliot Murphy - Aquashow (Polygram)
Randy Newman - Sail Away (Reprise)
Jesse Ed Davis (Atco)
Gene Vincent - I'm Back And I'm Proud (Dandelion)
Warren Zevon - Wanted Dead Or Alive (Imperial) - reissued by Pickwick
Shawn Phillips - Rumplestiltskin's Resolve (A&M)/Spaced (A&M)
John Fahey - Yellow Princess (Vanguard)
Phil Ochs - Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (Mobile Fidelity)
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Gram Parsons, Clarence White, Gene Clark, & Mike Clarke