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Just discovered these, apparently, the Japanese have briefly reissued The Byrds' original mono and stereo albums/singles on this new format called Blu-Spec disc:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FREE-SHIP-2012- ... 35bfbc5262

I wish I could afford them, as I've always wanted to hear the band's mono recordings...a lot. These discs also have previously unreleased mono mixes of "She Has A Way" and the lost "I Know My Rider" single.

More info here:
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-20372
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-20373
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-20374
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-20375
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-20376

Blu-Spec is this:
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/grapes/-/archi ... ue_spec_cd

I do hope Columbia/Sony/Legacy in the USA takes note of this and does something similar, perhaps issue all five albums similarly in a collector's box, ala Dylan's Original Mono Recordings box?

And BTW, the only way to get Byrds' music these days is through compilations:
http://www.legacyrecordings.com/a/#/art ... cy-cd/203/

Amazingly and importantly, Blu-spec CD format is fully compatible with standard CD players.

Pretty important piece of information here. I was wondering.
JimK

Hi Jake-

You might like to ask over at High Flyin' Byrds YT channel...haven't spoken to him in awhile, and his name escapes me at the moment, but he has a lot of good audio stuff uploaded:

http://www.youtube.com/HIghFlyinByrd

Best, Christian