Sunday, July 29, 2012

Record #0068: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) / She Don’t Care About Time – THE BYRDS


Columbia 43424 (original) USA, Oct.29, 1965
Words & Music by:  Side A – music by Pete Seeger, words mostly from the Book of Ecclesiastes; Side B – Gene Clark
Musicians:
Roger McGuinn (lead & acoustic guitar and vocals), David Crosby (guitar and vocals), Gene Clark (guitar, tambourine and vocals), Chris Hillman (bass), Michael Clarke (drums)
Recording sessions: Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA, Sep. 1965
Highest chart positions:  US #1, UK #26

A great part of this musical painting is painted with McGuinn’s 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. What a great sound.

This single was released five months after “Mr. Tambourine Man”, which went #1 in both US and UK charts. “Turn! Turn! Turn!” didn’t find quite the same success in the UK, but it topped the charts in the US.

List price:  Very Good+ is $7.50, Near Mint is $15

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