Thunderbyrd (1977) - Roger McGuinn
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Roger McGuinn
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All Night Long
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 4:18 |
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It's Gone
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:57 |
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Dixie Highway
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:28 |
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American Girl
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 4:28 |
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We Can Do It All Over Again
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 4:46 |
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Why Baby Why
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:49 |
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I'm Not Lonely Anymore
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:07 |
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Golden Loom
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 4:06 |
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Russian Hill
Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 5:05 |
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| Guest Appearances » |
Bruce Barlow, Steve For(e)man, Marty Grebb, Charlie Harrison, Jennifer O'Neill, Kristine Oliver/Arnold, Janis Oliver/Oliver-Gill, Tom Scott, Greg Thomas, Rick Vito
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| Released » |
1977-03
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Domestic Vinyl/CD Album
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Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) (Songwriter), Darrell Edwards (Songwriter), Peter Frampton (Songwriter), Mick(y) (Michael William) Gallagher (Songwriter), Barry Joseph Goldberg (Songwriter), George (Glenn) Jones (Songwriter), Jacques Levy (Songwriter), Roger McGuinn (Songwriter), Tom Petty (Songwriter), Tom Petty (Songwriter), Mentor Williams (Songwriter), Ethan A. Russell (Photography), Ron Coro (Design), Bill Naegels (Design), Alex Kazanegras (Mix Engineer), Al Hersh (Production Coordinator), Don DeVito (Produced By), Alex Kazanegras (Recording Engineer), Bernard Gelb (Personal Management), Ira Leslie (Asst. Engineer), Larold/Larry Rebhun/Rebhon (Asst. Engineer), J.S. Quantrill (Technical Assistance), Jim Barrett (Logo Rendered By), Dan Quarnstrom (Logo Rendered By) |
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Columbia Records |
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PC 34656 (US LP) 81883 (UK LP) 468359 2 ('90 UK CD Reissue)
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36:07
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| Liner Notes » |
Recorded at Wally Heider and Haji Sound
Mixed at Haji Sound
Special thanks to: Bruce Lundvall, Don Ellis, Ellen Bernstein and Charley Coplen
Very special thanks to: Brains Unlimited & Magna Artists
Tom Scott appears courtesy of Ode Records
1990 UK Import CD Reissue Notes:
(P) (C) 1977 Original sound recording Made By Sony Music Entertainment Inc. & The Copyright In This Sound Recording Is Owned By Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
"Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Distribution: Sony Music
All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Unauthorized copying, public performance, broadcasting, hiring or rental of this recording prohibited.
Made in Austria
Compact Disc Digital Audio
BIEM/STEMRA
02-10
LC 0162
COL
CB 701
CDM
5 0997 7
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No surprises but likable jangle
Review written by John Fitzgerald, June 2nd, 2005 Rick is listed here for vocals, guitars, dobro and mouth harp and I'm sure he is probably on most, if not all, tracks for "Thunderbyrd" but I'm not sure if it's safe to assume that or not. Though McGuinn seemed to like having this project being billed as more of a band (appearing live as "Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd" as evident on the since released 1997 live McGuinn/Hillman/Clark CD release "3 Byrds land in London" and a "Rockpalast" (German TV) appearance floating around amongst video traders circles on which Rick actually had some tracks that he sung lead on etc.), it's hard to know how much impact Vito (or any other of the band members here for that matter) had as this album twangs away in it's predictably jangly way though it's still mostly likable stuff even if it's rather quaint sounding at times (such is the case on "I'm not lonely anymore" which is one of the album's softer tracks and it sounds like it could have some howling RV lead fills in the left channel). As for the rest, "All night long" would've been a nice chiming opener with it's catchy verses but it's tough pounding chorus shoutings ruin the tracks mood for the most part. "It's gone" is a fast skipping lean track with possibly some echoy Rick leads again. "Dixie highway" is a peppy shuffle and Roger's cover of Tom Petty's "American girl" is what you'd figure it to sound like though it is generally seen as one of Petty's more rocking numbers and McGuinn opts for a more straight ahead jangle feel. The slowish choruses on "We can do it all over again" make for a nice change of pace to what we have been hearing here so far but the louder country-ish choruses don't work as well. "Why baby why" is a fast chanting rocker that's hardly original, "Golden loom" is a bouncing clapper and "Russian hill" is the album's obvious centerpiece high point with it's building rock elements, it's an impressive closer. The Rickenbacker sound is one which I enjoy more when I'm in the mood for it and I'm feeling away from those moods at this point in time but I could see myself giving this album the four star rating on days I yearn to hear it.
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2011-08-02 |
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Discography entry submitted by Jeff Kenney & Marty Adelson. |
