The Byrds - Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971

From their earliest days as 12-string-wielding folk-rockers, to the thrilling psychedelic excursions of their raga-rock period to their 1968 birthing of country-rock, The Byrds were always accorded a hero's welcome in England.

Then what better place to record founding Roger McGuinn's new version of the band - featuring fretboard ace Clarence White, bassist Skip Battin and drummer Gene Parsons - than London's Royal Albert Hall.

Rescued from a tape that had sat forgotten in McGuinn's climatized garage for decades, Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1971 featuring live versions of the band's studio faves (Lover of the Bayou, Chestnut Mare) as well as adventurous reworkings of Byrds classics (Mr. Tambourine Man, My Back Pages, Eight Miles High, So You Want to Be a Rock `n' Roll Star) might be the most accurate and stirring live performance yet of the legendary Los Angeles combo.

By 1971, the guitar interplay of McGuinn and White had become a jaw-dropping highlight of their live performances, as had their stripped-down, acoustic mini-set and peerless four-part vocal harmonies.

• Lover of the Bayou
• You Ain?t Going Nowhere
• Truck Stop Girl
• My Back Pages
• Baby, What You Want Me to Do
• Jamaica, Say You Will
• Black Mountain Rag / Soldier's Joy
• Mr. Tambourine Man
• Pretty Boy Floyd
• Take a Whiff (On Me)
• Chestnut Mare
• Jesus Is Just Alright
• Eight Miles High
• So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
• Mr. Spaceman
• I Trust
• Nashville West
• Roll Over Beethoven
• Amazing Grace