The Byrds: Fifth Dimension (1966)

"When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing." (David Crosby)

Where: Columbia Studios

When: Juillet 1966

Who: Roger McGuinn (guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, vocals), David Crosby (guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass, mandolin, vocals), Michael Clarke (drums), Van Dyke Parks (keyboards), Gene Clark (harmonica, tambourine, vocals)

What: 1. 5D (Fifth Dimension) 2. Wild Mountain Thyme 3. Mr. Spaceman 4. I See You 5. What's Happening?!?! 6. I Come and Stand at Every Door 7. Eight Miles High 8. Hey Joe 9. Captain Soul 10 . John Riley 11. 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)

How: Produced by Allen Stanton

Up: le chant poignant de Mc Guinn sur la reprise d'un traditionnel ["Wild Mountain Thyme"]... l'ambiance country un peu décalée, paroles délirantes en complément ("Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along I won't do anything wrong / Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride, etc") ["Mr Spaceman"]... les premières excursions coltraniennes de McGuinn (52") ["I See You"]... le dialogue entre un Crosby (déjà?) dépassé ("I don't know what's going on here / I don't know how it's supposed to be") et la 12-cordes emblématiques de McGuinn ["What's Happening?!?!"]... la Rickenbaker 12-cordes à nouveau, dans des tonalités ravishankariennes cette fois-ci (12'), puis 36 secondes de solo lysergique d'un McGuinn ouvert à toutes les influences (1"44 à 2"20) ["Eight Miles High"]...

Down: le déprimant et macabre "I Come And Stand At Every Door", le jeu de batterie anonyme de Michael Clark sur "Hey Joe"...