Monday, December 27, 2010

The Byrds - Live At The MIDEM (Cannes, France 1972)


The Byrds - Live At The MIDEM

Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France - January 20, 1972

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin

MIDEM stands for Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale (International Market for Records and Musical Publishing), a yearly event for professionals in show-business, that takes place in Cannes in the south of France.

The 1972 edition also saw Poco performing just before The Byrds, playing on the Byrds P.A. and amplifiers as their own equipment had been destroyed by electrical shocks during rehearsals.

1. Lover Of The Bayou (3:30)
2. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (3:05)
3. Mr Spaceman (3:05)
4. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:31)
5. My Back Pages - Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:16)
6. Eight Miles High - Crowd (2:37)
7. Amazing Grace (4:58)
8. Roll Over Beethoven (2:46)

Front Cover Included

2 comments:

  1. sorry to come late I love the later era of the Byrds meaning things post 1970. do you have recommendations ? thank you again for all the hard work you did. I know how hard it is I run a few yardbird sites myself a very thankless job. sorry to come late

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