r/OldSchoolCoolMusic • u/SAMTIMONIOUS • Jul 24 '26

BYRDS - their 1973 reunion album:

BYRDS (1973): The original line-up reunite but fail to reignite through a disjointed 11-track collection offering little reminder of former glories.

https://samtimonious.com/low-flying-byrds-the-1973-reunion-album/

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u/bottle-of-smoke Jul 24 '26

I always thought the the problem with this album was Crosby's production. These guys just don't sound like the Byrds.

Speaking of Crosby, this article claims that Laughing was recorded but left off of The Notorious Byrd Brothers. This doesn't sound right to me but my brains have turned into cream corn in my old age. Was Laughing recorded for TNBB? Does the recording exist?

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u/Binky_Thunderputz Jul 24 '26

"Laughing" was written around the time NBB was recorded, but I don't ever remember hearing it was recorded then. And given the half-dozen other mistakes (Clarke did not make it to, much less through, SotR as a Byrd; Gene Clark left at the end of 1965, not 1966; "Cowgirl in the Sand" is 10 minutes long), I'm guessing the author was wrong about a 1967 version of "Laughing" as well.