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Here are some early comments from David Crosby with regard to personal tastes in music and otherwise. From the library of Don Adamek.

I love all the Coltrane stuff except for his masterworks LP which is about a hour of atonal noise (IMHO) I don't date fans with acne either.
Gum's ok.

Crosby loved the Beatles music in those days, and perhaps, from the look of this photo, their "mop tops" as well.

OK, Peter, now post the McGuinn review from the other side of that article.BTW, this was from an early '66 Hit Parader magazine.They always had a current chart topper celeb doing "favorite records and reviews" every month.

Hey, gotta love those old Hit Parader magazines. Don, I have the same issue. For awhile I was collecting old 60's teen mags with anything BYRDS. I have a Nov. 65 "Teen Set",March 66 "Tiger Beat", Sept. 66 "Hit Parader", Nov. 66 "16", Oct. 67 "Movie Teen",and from the 70's, Oct. 72 "Crawdaddy". Lots of cool pictures and good articles.

Here's the Jim McGuinn interview.

Got any of these "early comments" from Gene Clark or Michael?

I´ve got an early interview with the whole band from June 1965. It was originally published in 'KRLA Beat', in California. Very funny, most of the interview Roger and the rest of the group are joking and telling funny remarks, Beatle-style, but there is some good info as well.

KRLA was a powerhouse out here, til the late-mid '60's when KHJ became a rock station and instigated their "Boss 30", top 30 records in L.A. system.
Two KRLA disc jockeys, most notably Bob Eubanks (The Newlywed Game, The Tournament of Roses Parade, every Jan. 1 from Pasadena) mortgaged their homes to present The Beatles first concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. He's one of the voices on those records saying "And now, here they are, The Beatles!". Anyway, from there he got into concert promotion, and KRLA had the scoop on just about every L.A. band, including the Byrds, Beach Boys, etc. I had a whole pile of those KRLA Beat magazines, which I'm sure I would enjoy even more now!

So powerful was KRLA that in the Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance" they had an alternate version that said "I turned the radio on to KRLA", instead of "up all the way". And in the song "New York's a Lonely Town (when you're the only surfer boy)" or whatever it was called (anyone else ever hear it?) by another band, they too added two lines about KRLA for the local release. KRLA basically "broke" a lot of bands, including the Byrds.

I won tickets to Marvin Gaye's near last concert from them in the '80's. They finally went all talk in the early '90's. Now Radio Disney occupies their old AM spot, 1110. But once upon a time, they were the hippest game in town.

Miguel, I would love to read that interview. Any possibility of posting it here or via private email? Here's my address: childfree23 at earthlink dot net

I remember "New Yorks A Lonely Town" Forgot the ban's name though. That was a big hit here in Ma. The name is right on the tip of my tongue, I'll remember it walking home.

Bob: That would be the Trade Winds.

Peter you are amazing. Was that off the top of your head or do you research questions such as this? I could recite the words of the song, but I totally forgot who sang it originally.

Jerry: I am often just the opposite, I recall the group but not the words!

I completely forgot to think about it on the way home too, so that means that I can't even remember to remember. "I'm my own Grandpa" Who did that one? haha!