The LP’s experimental thrust only heightened its uneven material, noteworthy for McGuinn and Crosby’s efforts to break new stylistic ground as writers, with “Eight Miles High” handicapped by radio stations wary of presumed drug references. Gene Clark had left the flock after writing “Eight Miles High” with Jim McGuinn and David Crosby, his comrades in the band’s founding trio, stripping them of their most prolific songwriter. The track served as centerpiece for The Byrds’ third album, Fifth Dimension, which ranged beyond the folk sources of the first two albums with more experimental originals while grappling with a splintered lineup. The Byrds had veered from their jingle-jangle signature to break new sonic ground with “Eight Miles High,” bristling with hot-wired electric guitars and muscular electric bass that evoked a melee of psychedelic, free jazz, and Indian influences, placing them in the vanguard of psychedelic rockers alongside the Yardbirds, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as well as the Bay Area’s lysergic troubadours. Hindsight confirms just how rapidly rock ’n’ roll was transformed over that decade, and how swiftly it metastasized with new stylistic variants. Both songs resonated as anthems that shimmered with Rickenbacker electric 12-string magic and lush choral harmonies, topping the singles charts and earning the approval of the Beatles themselves, who had inspired the erstwhile folkies to plug in three years earlier. Tambourine Man” established a blueprint for folk-rock, followed six months later by their vibrant recasting of folk patriarch Pete Seeger’s “Turn! Turn! Turn!” as the title track of their sophomore long-player. The Byrds’ singles and album fortunes had receded from 1965’s apogee when their take on Bob Dylan’s “Mr. The band’s significant strides on Younger Than Yesterday were underestimated by pundits and fans preoccupied with next big things in a storied year full of them. Released in early February 1967, the fourth Byrds album landed with more of a ripple than a splash in a pool of new music teeming with new faces and bold musical experiments. Justin Hayward Interview: ‘Days of Future Passed’.‘Shawshank Redemption’: Hope is a Dangerous Thing.‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Gets Stand-Alone Remaster Editions.Paul Simon ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’: A Solo Triumph.Bob Dylan Book, With Deep Dive Into His Archives, Due.Pure Prairie League’s ‘Bustin’ Out’: Persistence Pays Off.Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert: An All-Star Celebration.10 Career-Spanning (and Unique) Beatles Guitar Solos. Waddy Wachtel on ‘Werewolves,’ ‘I Love L.A.’ and… ‘The Poseidon Adventure’.‘Please Please Me to With the Beatles’ Book is Next in Series.Traveling Wilburys’ Debut: Just Your Basic Dylan-Petty-Harrison-Orbison-Lynne Supergroup.New Illustrated Carlos Santana Biography Due in Spring.Dire Straits’ ‘Making Movies’: Mark Knopfler’s Widescreen Ambitions.1967: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums.Huey Lewis on Hearing Loss: ‘There is Hope’.
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