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'An awe-inspiring work of scholarship ... cleverly structured ... with highly insightful commentary. If you want to know what made the 60s special,a s well as learning all about one of the greatest bands of that era, Hjort's your man.' 5/5 stars --Record Collector, January 2009
'Convincing and exhaustive, it's the ideal accompaniment for working through (or even starting) your Byrds collection.' 8/10 --Classic Rock, January 2009
'A new one-stop shop for all the facts, figures, triumphs and tragedies that sprung from The Byrds' troubled eight-year existence.The day-by-day format suits their story.' 3/5 stars --Mojo, January 2009
'Convincing and exhaustive, it's the ideal accompaniment for working through (or even starting) your Byrds collection.' 8/10 --Classic Rock, January 2009
'A new one-stop shop for all the facts, figures, triumphs and tragedies that sprung from The Byrds' troubled eight-year existence.The day-by-day format suits their story.' 3/5 stars --Mojo, January 2009
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The Byrds were one of rock's most influential bands. Having virtually invented folk rock they went on to pioneer psychedelia and country rock, and were also the first rock band to use synthesizers. "So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star" is the day-by-day story of The Byrds, from their formation and breakthrough hit in 1965 to the brief re-union of the band's original line-up in 1972/1973. In 1965 The Byrds had a worldwide smash with Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man', opened for The Rolling Stones in the US, hung out with The Beatles, undertook a disastrous tour of Great Britain, and capped the year with a second US chart-topper 'Turn! Turn! Turn!'In 1972 the original line-up re-united just for recording purposes, while a different touring Byrds played a final concert in February 1973. In-between times they released the groundbreaking 'Eight Miles High' single and a clutch of classic albums, enduring regular line-up changes that would have been the end of most bands but, in the Byrds case, fuelled leader Roger McGuinn's innate capacity for reinvention. Their influence can still be heard, in the chiming Rickenbackers and harmonies of REM and Tom Petty, and just about every alt. country and Americana act on the scene.
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This review is from: So You Want to be a Rock'n'Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-day 1965-73 (Paperback)
This is a 336 page, superbly documented chronicle and includes many photographs that I had never seen before. Up to now, the greatest authority on The Byrds has been Johnny Rogan's 'Timeless Flight Revisited', which I've heard, is going to reappear at some point in a vastly expanded fourth edition. Of course, Rogan's book remains unmatched for analysis and insight. But for contemporary press reports, very many long lost interviews, posters, set lists, recording sessions and a wealth of information you didn't know before, Christopher Hjort's volume is the real deal. But beware - you'll find it dangerously engaging!
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4.7 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: So You Want to be a Rock'n'Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-day 1965-73 (Paperback)
As the third reviewer of this book, I appear to be the first person to actually have read it--or at least large sections of it. And I'll be rereading it, too.This book is amazing, and surpasses all my expectations. It goes FAR beyond the Rogan book on the Byrds, which is its own first-rate exploration of the subject. But this book . . . It has so much material that hasn't appeared in print together before. It really is a day by day account, describing concert performances, recording sessions (I didn't know that Gene Clark was the co-writer of the song "Get to You" from The Notorious Byrd Brothers, not Chris Hillman, but there it is, in McGuinn's own words), contemporaneous reviews of the singles releases, the albums. ETc, etc. And there are so many photos, images of posters advertising concerts, and on and on. This is about as comprehensive as you can get, a dream of a book for a Byrds fan. I was stunned to see reviews of a concert I'd attended at Carnegie Hall in New York, when the Byrds and the Gram Parson/Chris Hillman Burrito Brothers shared the bill and later jammed together; or the concert at the Fillmore East where the band introduced (Untitled). This is a treasure trove for the fanatic. Yes, I know, that's what I am. I demand that amazon institute a new 6 star rating system, so I can give this book one extra star. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A fine tribute to a great band,
By Mr. John L. Ward "John Ward Byrd Brain" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: So You Want to be a Rock'n'Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-day 1965-73 (Paperback)
This is a 336 page, superbly documented chronicle and includes many photographs that I had never seen before. Up to now, the greatest authority on The Byrds has been Johnny Rogan's 'Timeless Flight Revisited', which I've heard, is going to reappear at some point in a vastly expanded fourth edition. Of course, Rogan's book remains unmatched for analysis and insight. But for contemporary press reports, very many long lost interviews, posters, set lists, recording sessions and a wealth of information you didn't know before, Christopher Hjort's volume is the real deal. But beware - you'll find it dangerously engaging!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A worthy treasury, highly recommended for fans for the Byrds,
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This review is from: So You Want to be a Rock'n'Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-day 1965-73 (Paperback)
So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star is a thorough account of the rock group The Byrds, which chronicles the band's life and music, from their worldwide hit "Mr. Tambourine Man" in 1965 to their final concert in 1973. A text-heavy account interspersed with occasional black-and-white period photographs (and print memorabilia!), So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star draws upon eyewitness accounts, press reports, concert reviews, set lists, tour dates, gig locations, record releases, reviews and more to put together its day-to-day narrative. A worthy treasury, highly recommended for fans for the Byrds.
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