Talk:Byrds (album)

Fair use rationale for Image:ByrdsCover.jpg

Image:ByrdsCover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 04:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ByrdsCover.jpg

Image:ByrdsCover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 19:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Personnel

To my ear there is no Moog or banjo on this album, though I will keep listening. Even if either instrument was played at the sessions, it was clearly not used on the takes selected for the record, or it was mixed out of them. Or am I missing something? I hear electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica, electric bass, drums, conga, and tambourine. I am working on a track-by-track but the background vocals are tough. The instruments themselves seem fairly easy to discern.

I can't say off hand but I will take a listen to the album over the next day or two. Just to reiterate something I've already posted on the Sweetheart talk page, one of Wikipedia's cardinal rules is NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH. That means that listening yourself to a record to discern which instruments are on it is not good enough for Wikipedia, everything needs to be supported by reliable, third party references. As Wikipedia rather bluntly state in their rules, Wikipedia is not concerned with what's true, only what's verifiable. This can be frustrating sometimes when you know something's right but can't prove it but on the other hand, I think it's a good rule overall. Kohoutek1138 12:43, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes I think I wrote the above before I learned about the no original research proviso. I'm sure that rule will preclude a track-by-track listing for this album for now, since unlike Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, about which much has been written, this album is not likely to have verifiable data of this sort. I know Hjort doesn't cover it in nearly as much detail. But I think the rules would support the removal of Moog and banjo, barring something verifying them. I don't want to remove them until I've had more time to listen, however, because now that they are there I think they should be left if they seem to be correct. But, my suspicion is that trying to find these instruments on the album will prove a futile effort.

I agree with leaving these credits for now. Do you have the Wounded Bird remaster of this album? I wonder if the liner notes for that reissue say anything usful on the subject? I only have the original Elektra CD issue myself. Kohoutek1138 14:25, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

No I don't have the re-issue but I'll ask a friend who might.Cbben (talk) 16:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

We can always put them back if we get written documentation to the contrary, but there is no banjo or Moog on this album per my extensive listening of late, so I will remove them from the personnel listing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbben (talk • contribs) 05:26, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Byrds (album). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110111045757/http://www.rhino.com:80/shop/product/the-byrds-the-byrds-us-release to http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/the-byrds-the-byrds-us-release
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234254/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=441968 to http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=441968

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

Y An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 13:56, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Recent changes

It's quite simple – "The Byrds' 1960s heyday" sounds a lot more natural than "the 1960s heyday of The Byrds". You can say both "that of Crosby" and "Crosby's", by the way. Esszet (talk) 21:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

That it "sounds a lot more natural" might be the weakest argument I've ever heard for changing something like this on Wikipedia. I disagree with you, but at least it now reads "Crosby's" and thus makes grammatical sense at least. --Kohoutek1138 (talk) 15:10, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Byrds (album). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090525213334/http://ebni.com/byrds/lpbr.html to http://ebni.com/byrds/lpbr.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/the-byrds-the-byrds-us-release

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 03:27, 28 July 2017 (UTC)