BYRDS, THE: “Turn! Turn! Turn!” limited blue LP

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BYRDS, THE: “Turn! Turn! Turn!” limited blue LP. Released 26th Sept 2025

Turn! Turn! Turn! is the second studio album by the American rock band the Byrds, released on December 6, 1965, by Columbia Records. Like its predecessor, Mr. Tambourine Man, the album epitomized the folk rock genre and continued the band’s successful mix of vocal harmony and jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar. The album’s lead single and title track, “Turn! Turn! Turn!”, which was adapted by Pete Seeger from text in the Book of Ecclesiastes, had previously been arranged in a chamber-folk style by the Byrd’s lead guitarist Jim McGuinn for folk singer Judy Collins’ third album, but the arrangement he used for the Byrds’ recording of the song utilizes the same folk-rock style as the band’s previous hit singles.

On Turn! Turn! Turn!, McGuinn’s contributions to songwriting increased and rhythm guitarist David Crosby received his first writing credit on a Byrds album, but the band’s prolific songwriter Gene Clark still contributed most of the original material. The album included two Bob Dylan covers: “The Times They Are a-Changin'” and the then-unreleased song “Lay Down Your Weary Tune” It would be the last Byrds album to feature the full participation of Gene Clark until the release of the original quintet’s 1973 reunion album, Byrds.

1. “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)” Book of Ecclesiastes/Pete Seeger 3:49
2. “It Won’t Be Wrong” Jim McGuinn, Harvey Gerst 1:58
3. “Set You Free This Time” Gene Clark 2:49
4. “Lay Down Your Weary Tune” Bob Dylan 3:30
5. “He Was a Friend of Mine” traditional, new words and arrangement Jim McGuinn 2:30

Side Two
1. “The World Turns All Around Her” Clark 2:13
2. “Satisfied Mind” Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes 2:26
3. “If You’re Gone” Clark 2:45
4. “The Times They Are a-Changin'” Dylan 2:18
5. “Wait and See” McGuinn, David Crosby 2:19
6. “Oh! Susannah” Stephen Foster 3:03