Best tracks in Byrds-style/their covers (1965-1968)

Always liked The Byrds and 12-string electrics...especially Rickenbacker 360s.
Way too many great 60s covers and sound-alikes to keep track of, but songs
from The Rogues (NY), The Bethlehem Exit (CA), The Briks (TX) and The
Maundy Quintet (FL) immediately come to mind. Aside from AOR's Tom Petty
and some of the Paisley Underground groups from the 70s and 80s, there
persisted a few groups in every decade that still kept that sound alive, some
of the better ones interestingly were in the U.K. (like Shack and the later 90s
Teenage Fanclub). Just for fun, here's a previously-unreleased original by
Starry-Eyed and Laughing (U.K.) from 1975 that smokes anything on their two LPs
and sounds like the entire '66 Byrds Fifth Dimension album distilled into one song:

 
Dave Baldwin said:
Always liked The Byrds and 12-string electrics...especially Rickenbacker 360s.
Way too many great 60s covers and sound-alikes to keep track of, but songs
from The Rogues (NY), The Bethlehem Exit (CA), The Briks (TX) and The
Maundy Quintet (FL) immediately come to mind. Aside from AOR's Tom Petty
and some of the Paisley Underground groups from the 70s and 80s, there
persisted a few groups in every decade that still kept that sound alive, some
of the better ones interestingly were in the U.K. (like Shack and the later 90s
Teenage Fanclub). Just for fun, here's a previously-unreleased original by
Starry-Eyed and Laughing (U.K.) from 1975 that smokes anything on their two LPs
and sounds like the entire '66 Byrds Fifth Dimension album distilled into one song:

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Listened to 5D today and agree that this song makes 5D redundant. Dave your description couldn't have been more accurate. Thank you so much for posting this killer song! 👍👊
 
Jim said:
Listened to 5D today and agree that this song makes 5D redundant. Dave your description couldn't have been more accurate. Thank you so much for posting this killer song! 👍👊
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SE&L were pretty cool band (until they got 'political' in this Century). They also did a hip version of Gene Clark's first solo single "Echoes"....
reimagining it as The Byrds might have done it if Gene was still in the band during the '67 Younger Than Yesterday sessions.
 
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I'm amazed at how incorrectly people hear a song, in the typical key of D, with jangle and a single note melodic lead, and consider it a 12 string guitar sound. The Rogues / Squires never had a 12 string guitar, just those Jaguars, as Dave B. points out.
Here are some songs that come immediately to my mind using a 12 string guitar. There is quite a difference as compared to songs people think are 12 string guitar strum rhythms and lead breaks .

Michael & The Medallions "I wanna Talk To You" - you can hear the 'duet' for lack of a better term, of each note as the riff is played.

Denis & The Times - the brilliant 1st single, both sides, especially "Flight Patterns"
 
Dave Baldwin said:
SE&L were pretty cool band (until they got 'political' in this Century). They also did a hip version of Gene Clark's first solo single "Echoes"....
reimagining it as The Byrds might have done it if Gene was still in the band during the '67 Younger Than Yesterday sessions.
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Dave did the Jet Plane Rider come with lyrics? I can't completely figure them out 😔😔
 
I wish. it did. I also wish it came on a 45 rpm analog-mastered 180-gram vinyl 12" record.
That would sound even better than the digital transfer. They could use their super-cool
version of "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (which improved on the Byrds version) for the flip.
 
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Dave Baldwin said:
I wish. it did. I also wish it came on a 45 rpm analog-mastered 180-gram vinyl 12" record.
That would sound even better than the digital transfer. They could use their super-cool
version of "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (which improved on the Byrds version) for the flip.
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Another one to check out LDYWT yay!
 
Finally filled track list:

The Byrds - Why (Columbia 4-43578, 1966)
The Dovers - The Third Eye (Miramar 123, 1966)
The Byrds - 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2549, 1966)
The Baytovens - Luv Look Away (Previously unreleased 1966 recording, first came out on Big Beat Records, CDWIKD 268, 2007)
The Shadows Of Knight - Three For Love (Dunwich 667, Mono LP, 1966)
The Byrds - The Day Walk (Previously unreleased 1965 recording, first came out on Re-Flyte MH 70318 LP, 1987)
The Dovers - Your Love (Miramar 123, 1966)
The Beefeaters - Don't Be Long (Elektra EKSN-45013, 1964)
The Mustangs - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (Previously unreleased 1966 acetate, first came out on Ugly Things UTCD-2203, 2006)
The Vandals - Your Love Will Die (D 381, 1966)
The Hustlers - My Mind's Made Up (Chelle PH-145, 1966)
The Byrds - You and I (Previously unreleased 1965 backing track, first came out on Columbia Legacy CD, CK 64845, 1996)
The Byrds - The Bells Of Rhymney (Previously unreleased cancelled 1965 single mix, first came out on Sundazed Music LP 5130, 2002)
The Beatles - If I Needed Someone (Parlophone Mono LP, PMC 1267, 1965)
The Fantastic Dee-Jays - What You're Doing (Stone Mono LP, SLP 4003, 1966)
The Hustlers - Destination Nowhere (Previously unreleased 1966 recording, first surfaced on Gear Fab Records – GF-204, 2003)
The Chaps - Forget Me (Paula 236, 1966)
The Buffalo Springfield - We'll See (Previously unreleased 1966 recording, first came out on Rhino R2 74324 CD box set, 2001)
The Muffetts - Lost (Laurie, LR-4560, 1968)
The Byrds - I See You (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2549, 1966)
The Byrds - Have You Seen Her Face (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2642, 1967)
The Infinitives - Thousand Tears (Kahil 135K-6060, 1966)
The End Result - Never Ask Again (Chattahoochee, CH-717, 1966)
Michael And The Medallions - I Wanna Talk To You (Bragg B-222, 1965)
Dennis And The Times - Flight Patterns (Trend, 1036 / 662T-3330, 1967)
The Byrds - C.T.A 102 (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2642, 1967)
The Dovers - She's Not Just Anybody (Miramar 124, 1966)
The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned (Columbia 4-43987, 1967 - Unique 45 mix)
Dalton, James And Sutton - One Time Around (National General, NGR-013, 1971)
The Barons - Time And Time Again (The S.R.O Label, 1966)
The Undesyded - Baby I Need You (Reading R-666, 1968)
The Burgundy Runn - Stop (Lavette, LA-5013 / LA-5014, 1967)
Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers - Elevator Operator (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2618, 1967)
The Byrds - My Back Pages (Columbia 4-44054, 1967 - Unique 45 edit)
The Dovers - People Ask Me Why (Miramar 121, 1965)
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (RM1) (Previously unreleased 1966 mono mix, first surfaced on Apple Records 4559941 box set, 2022)
The Byrds - Artificial Energy (Unbootlegged Mono mix without brass, 1967)
The Jinx - I Can't Go On Loving You (Previously unreleased 1967 acetate, first surfaced on Norton Records CED 305, 2004)
The Night Crawlers - You Say (MAAD, JR-1566-IMP-51166 / IMP-51166, 1966)
The Byrds - John Riley (Previously unreleased 1966 backing track, first issued on Columbia 483707 2 CD, 1996)
The Byrds - John Riley (Columbia Mono LP, CL 2549, 1966)
006 - Why Can't I Stay (Harlequin 606415, 1966)
The 13th Floor Elevators - You Don't Know (International Artists Mono LP, IA-LP-1, 1966)
Fapardokly - Gone To Pot (UIP Mono LP-2250, 1968)
The Leaves - Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? (Mira 207, 1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (Columbia 4-43424, 1965)
Gene Clark - One In A Hundred (A&M Records LP – 87 584 IT, 1973)
The Byrds - 5 D (Fifth Dimension) (Columbia 4-43702, 1966)
The Byrds - Eight Miles High (Previously unreleased 1965 RCA mono mixdown, first issued on Sundazed S 238, 2011)
 
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