Born to Rock and Roll
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Born to Rock and Roll is a compilation album
by the ex-Byrds
frontman Roger McGuinn
, released on Columbia Records
in August 1991. It was issued following the success of McGuinn's comeback solo album Back from Rio
earlier that same year. Born to Rock and Roll contains songs from all five of McGuinn's solo albums of the 1970s, released after the final breakup of The Byrds in 1973. It was the first time that material from these albums had been released on Compact Disc
.
except where otherwise noted.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by the ex-Byrds
The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...
frontman Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...
, released on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in August 1991. It was issued following the success of McGuinn's comeback solo album Back from Rio
Back from Rio
Back from Rio is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of The Byrds Roger McGuinn. It was released in January 1991, more than a decade after McGuinn's previous solo album, Thunderbyrd...
earlier that same year. Born to Rock and Roll contains songs from all five of McGuinn's solo albums of the 1970s, released after the final breakup of The Byrds in 1973. It was the first time that material from these albums had been released on Compact Disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Roger McGuinn and Jacques LevyJacques Levy
Jacques Levy was an American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.Levy was born in New York City in 1935, and attended its City College. He received a doctorate in psychology from Michigan State University. Levy was a trained psychoanalyst, certified by the Menninger Institute...
except where otherwise noted.
- "I'm So Restless" – 3:07
- "My New Woman" – 2:36
- "Draggin'" – 3:38
- "The Water is WideThe Water Is Wide (song)"The Water Is Wide" is a folk song of Scottish or English origin that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable popularity through to the 21st century...
" (Trad., arranged by McGuinn) – 3:07- Tracks 1-4 were originally released on Roger McGuinnRoger McGuinn (album)Roger McGuinn was Roger McGuinn's first full-length solo album, released in 1973.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy, except where otherwise noted.-Side one:# "I'm So Restless" – 3:05# "My New Woman" – 3:10...
(1973).
- Tracks 1-4 were originally released on Roger McGuinn
- "Same Old Sound" – 3:29
- Track 5 was originally released on Peace on YouPeace on YouPeace on You was Roger McGuinn's second full-length solo album, released in 1974.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy except where otherwise noted.-Side one:# "Peace On You" – 4:01# "Without You" – 4:07...
(1974).
- Track 5 was originally released on Peace on You
- "Bag Full Of Money" – 2:37
- Track 6 was originally released on Roger McGuinn (1973).
- "Gate of Horn" – 2:13
- "Peace On You" (Charlie RichCharlie RichCharles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...
) – 4:04- Tracks 7-8 were originally released on Peace on You (1974).
- "Lover Of The Bayou" – 3:22
- Track 9 was originally released on Roger McGuinn & BandRoger McGuinn & BandRoger McGuinn & Band was Roger McGuinn's third full-length solo album and was released in 1975. Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, the album was McGuinn's third attempt to re-establish himself as a significant musical force without the Byrds. As well as McGuinn, the album featured musical contributions...
(1975)
- Track 9 was originally released on Roger McGuinn & Band
- "Stone (The Lord Loves A Rolling Stone)" (Spooner OldhamSpooner OldhamDewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha...
, Dan PennDan PennDan Penn is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and sometime guitar player who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s including "Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Out of Left Field" & "Cry Like A Baby"...
) – 3:03- Track 10 was originally released on Roger McGuinn (1973).
- "Lisa" (McGuinn) – 2:00
- Track 11 was originally released on Roger McGuinn & Band (1975)
- "Take Me Away" – 3:01
- "Jolly Roger" – 4:58
- "Friend" (McGuinn) – 2:07
- "Dreamland" (Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
) – 5:20- Tracks 12-15 were originally released on Cardiff RoseCardiff RoseCardiff Rose is a solo studio album by American singer/songwriter and ex-The Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, released in 1976. The album, produced by Mick Ronson, was recorded on the heels of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue 1975 tour in which McGuinn had participated...
(1976).
- Tracks 12-15 were originally released on Cardiff Rose
- "Dixie Highway" – 3:27
- "American Girl" (Tom PettyTom PettyThomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
) – 4:28- Tracks 16-17 were originally released on ThunderbyrdThunderbyrdThunderbyrd is American singer-songwriter and guitarist Roger McGuinn's 5th solo studio album, released in 1977 on the Columbia Records label. Following the success of his 1976 album Cardiff Rose, McGuinn intended to make another album in collaboration with its producer Mick Ronson. This project...
(1977).
- Tracks 16-17 were originally released on Thunderbyrd
- "Up to Me" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 5:37- Track 18 was originally released on Cardiff Rose (1976).
- "Russian Hill" – 5:06
- Track 19 was originally released on Thunderbyrd (1977).
- "Born To Rock And Roll" – 3:17
- Track 20 was originally released on Roger McGuinn & Band (1975)
Personnel
- Vic Anesini – Remastering
- Kristine Arnold – Background Vocals
- Greg Attaway – Drums
- Bruce Barlow – Bass
- Hal BlaineHal BlaineHal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...
– Tambourine - Richard Bowden – Guitar
- John Boylan – Producer
- Gene ClarkGene ClarkGene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
– Background Vocals - Michael ClarkeMichael Clarke (musician)Michael Clarke , was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group The Byrds from 1964 to 1967. He died in 1993, at age 47, from liver failure, a direct result of more than three decades of heavy alcohol consumption.-Biography:Clarke was born Michael James Dick in...
– Drums - David CrosbyDavid CrosbyDavid Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
– Background Vocals - Donnie DacusDonnie DacusDonnie Dacus is a musician best known for his work in the band Chicago and his role as Woof Daschund in the 1979 movie Hair.-Early life:Don Dacus was born in Galena Park, Texas on October 12, 1951....
– Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals - Don DeVito – Producer
- Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
– Harmonica - Buddy EmmonsBuddy EmmonsBuddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
– Steel Guitar - Chris EthridgeChris EthridgeChris Ethridge is an American country rock bass guitarist. He was a member of the International Submarine Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and co-wrote several songs with Gram Parsons.-Career:...
– Bass - Dan FogelbergDan FogelbergDaniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...
– Background Vocals - Steve Forman – Percussion
- Tim Geelan – Remastering
- Marty Grebb – Keyboards
- Paul Grupp – Engineer
- John GuerinJohn GuerinJohn Payne Guerin worked as a drummer, percussionist, and recording artist worldwide.Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer he began performing with Buddy DeFranco in 1960...
– Drums - Bill Halverson – Producer
- Paul HarrisPaul Harris (musician)Paul Harris is a keyboards player and session musician.Harris appears on several albums of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s by leading artists such as Stephen Stills, B. B. King, Judy Collins, Al Kooper, ABBA, Eric Andersen, Rick Derringer, Nick Drake, John Sebastian, Joe Walsh, Seals & Crofts and Dan...
– Keyboards - Charlie Harrison – Bass, Vocals
- Chris HillmanChris HillmanChristopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke....
– Background Vocals - Kim Hitchcroft – Saxophone
- Bruce JohnstonBruce JohnstonBruce Arthur Johnston is a member of The Beach Boys and a songwriter, remembered especially for composing "I Write the Songs". Johnston was not one of the original members of the band...
– Background Vocals - Jimmy Joyce – Background Vocals
- Alex Kazanegras – Engineer
- Russ KunkelRuss KunkelRussell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
– Percussion, Drums - Gary Ladinsky – Engineer
- Charles Lloyd – Saxophone
- Steve Love – Bass
- David Lovelace – Keyboards
- David MansfieldDavid MansfieldDavid Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer....
– Organ, Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Percussion, Violin, Steel Guitar - Roger McGuinn – Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
- Spooner OldhamSpooner OldhamDewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha...
– Organ, Piano - Janis Oliver – Background Vocals
- Kristine Oliver – Background Vocals
- Janis Oliver-Gill – Background Vocals
- Jennifer O'Neill – Background Vocals
- Mick RonsonMick RonsonMichael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...
– Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Accordion, Autoharp, Recorder, Vocals, Producer - Andrew Sandoval – Liner Notes
- Timothy B. SchmitTimothy B. SchmitTimothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...
– Vocals - Tom ScottTom Scott (musician)Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
– Saxophone - Leland SklarLeland SklarLeland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
– Bass - Rob StonerRob StonerRobert David Rothstein , better known as Rob Stoner, is an American multi-instrumental musician....
– Bass, Percussion, Vocals - Greg Thomas – Percussion, Drums
- David Vaught – Bass
- Rick VitoRick VitoRick Vito is a guitarist and singer. He was part of the band Fleetwood Mac between 1987 and 1991.Vito and Billy Burnette took over as guitarists after Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac....
– Dobro, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals - Mike Wooferd – Keyboards
- Howie Wyeth – Percussion, Drums
- Risa Zaitschek – Art Direction