Byrds - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, 196

Facts Keyhole presents the double vinyl edition of this remarkable set, also available on CD (KH 9036 CD). This performance was taped for radio broadcast in 1968, very soon after The Byrds' new line-up of Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, and John York had coalesced. Despite the recent tumultuous departures of Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, the band turns in a superb series of performances featuring a fascinating selection of songs (several of which they rarely played), with especially noteworthy guitar work from the great Clarence White. It's presented here with remastered sound, complete with background notes and rare photographs, making it a vital document for all connoisseurs of '60s rock. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.