![Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]](https://img.broadtime.com/418453755207:500.webp "Ballad of Easy Rider [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]")
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Formats and Editions
1. Ballad of Easy Rider
2. Fido
3. Oil in My Lamp
4. Tulsa County
5. Jack Tarr the Sailor
6. Jesus Is Just Alright
7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
8. There Must Be Someone (I Can Turn To)
9. Gunga Din
10. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
11. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins
12. Way Beyond the Sun - (reissue only)
13. Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood - (reissue only)
14. Oil in My Lamp - (alternate version, reissue only)
15. Tulsa County - (previously unreleased, alternate version, reissu
16. Fiddler a Dram (Moog Experiment) - (previously unreleased, reiss
17. Ballad of Easy Rider - (previously unreleased, long version, rei
18. Build It Up - (previously unreleased, TRUE instrumental, reissue
Reviews:
''Ballad of Easy Rider'' is the eighth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records (''see'' 1969 in music). The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been penned by The Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn (with help from Bob Dylan), as the theme song for the 1969 film, ''Easy Rider''. The title was also chosen in an attempt to capitalize on the commercial success of the film, although the majority of the music on the album had no connection with it. Nonetheless, the association with ''Easy Rider'' heightened The Byrds' public profile and resulted in ''Ballad of Easy Rider'' becoming the band's highest charting album for two years in the U.S.
The album peaked at #36 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and #41 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track was released as a preceding single in October 1969, achieving moderate success on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. A second single taken from the album, "Jesus Is Just Alright", was released in December 1969 but only managed to reach #97 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album was the second to be recorded by the Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, and John York line-up of The Byrds, although York would be fired shortly after its completion. Upon release, ''Ballad of Easy Rider'' was met with mixed reviews but is today regarded as one of the band's stronger albums from the latter half of their career. - Wikipedia
