The Byrds' Greatest Hits
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| Greatest hits album by The Byrds | ||||
| Released | August 7, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | January 20, 1965 – December 8, 1966, Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, folk rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 32:17 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Terry Melcher, Allen Stanton, Gary Usher | |||
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Cover of the 1991 reissue
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The Byrds' Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in August 1967 on Columbia Records (see 1967 in music). It is the top-selling album in The Byrds' catalogue and reached #6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart but failed to break into the UK Albums Chart. The album provides a summary of The Byrds' history during Gene Clark and David Crosby's tenure with the band and also functions as a survey of the group's hit singles from 1965 to 1967, a period when the band had its greatest amount of success on the singles chart. Most of the band's U.S. A-sides from this period are included on the album, along with three of their more important album tracks: "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better", "The Bells of Rhymney", and "Chimes of Freedom". The three U.S. singles from this period that are not included on the album are "Set You Free This Time", "Have You Seen Her Face" and "Lady Friend" (although these songs have been included as bonus tracks on various CD reissues of the album). All of the songs included on the original Greatest Hits album can also be found on the band's first four albums, Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Fifth Dimension and Younger Than Yesterday.
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