1970 on Columbia
Gatefold sleeve
vg/vg - cover shows some wear at the edges, but I would call it patina
"Among the later
Byrds albums,
Untitled was always the one to own, even if you weren't a huge fan. Issued back in 1970 as a two-priced-as-one LP,
Untitled was one of the few modest commercial successes for the latter-day group. "Eight Miles High" is the high point, a 15-minute jam that showcases this band's prowess. The studio sides aren't to be overlooked, however -- the group by this time was modifying its established sound into more of a '70s mode, and the influence of new members
Gene Parsons and
Skip Battin was showing up, pushing aside the familiar timbre of
Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker in favor of a leaner country-rock orientation. On some of this material (especially the
Parsons-
Battin "Yesterday's Train" and
Battin's "Well Come Back Home"), they sound more like
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The only song on the album to get heard by people other than serious
Byrds fanatics was
McGuinn's "Chestnut Mare," but "Truck Stop Girl," "All the Things," the group's version of
Leadbelly's "Take a Whiff on Me," and, especially, "Just a Season" (maybe the prettiest song
McGuinn has ever written) also hold up very well. Other numbers, like the environmental ode "Hungry Planet," are more of an acquired taste." (All Music Guide. 4 stars)
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