These guitars are complimented by perfectly harmonized vocals, and Clarke’s rolling drum pattern under the chorus sections. The signature guitar orchestra led by McGuinn’s jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker dominates the music of the opening title track, “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)”. Recorded: Columbia Studios, Hollywood, June – November, 1965 Most of these songs were included in the extended 1996 CD reissue of the album. Crosby had written a handful of originals which were rejected for this album, as had Clark, who had three additional tracks rejected. However, the recording of Turn! Turn! Turn! was not without its tensions, as Crosby (who had one co-writing credit on the album) accused McGuinn and Melcher of conspiring to keep his songs off of the album. By now, folk rock was becoming a growing trend and the group was primed to fully capitalize on their momentum. With this international success, The Byrds returned to Columbia Studios in Hollywood with producer Terry Melcher to record a second album. That same summer, the group toured England and was being promoted as “America’s answer to the Beatles”. Tambourine Man”, followed by their debut album of the same name, which reached the Top 10 on the album charts during the summer of 1965. In early 1965, the group reached immediate fame with an original cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Next, with a recommendation from jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, the group was signed to Columbia Records and decided to rename themselves (one final time) to The Byrds. Bassist / mandolin player Chris Hillman joined the band in late 1964, rounding out the original five-piece lineup. The group made some demos and released one single on Elektra Records, “Please Let Me Love You”, under the name, “The Beefeaters”, in October 1964. While rehearsing new material, the band began to bridge the gap between folk music and rock and soon drummer Michael Clarke was added to the band. However, McGuinn had become a fan of the Beatles early music and began to fuse his solo folk repertoire with acoustic/rock versions of their songs. McGuinn, Clark, and David Crosby formed the group as a folk trio called, The Jet Set, in early 1964. Of the originals on this album, guitarist and vocalist Jim McGuinn‘s contributions were on par with those by Gene Clark, who had been The Byrd’s primary composer of original material up to that point in time. Turn! Turn! Turn! built on the group’s distinct, multi-guitar-timbre, folk/rock sound with a fine mixture of original, cover, and reinterpreted traditional tunes. The Byrds finished their breakout year of 1965 with their second highly acclaimed and commercially successful album of that year.
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