The Byrds

Eight Miles High

Fillmore East (New York, NY) Sep 23, 1970

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The Byrds recorded live Sep 23, 1970 at Fillmore East (New York, NY) The Byrds Recorded live on Sep 23, 1970 at Fillmore East (New York, NY)
  1. 1 Introduction / Bill Graham Interview 2:53
  2. 2 Jesus Is Just Alright 3:30
  3. 3 Eight Miles High 9:52
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  • TheJimbo Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:57 pm Hey! Slow down there Byrds! Naw, you guys are just fine!
  • Chief J. Strongbow Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:36 pm That might be the finest bass solo since the one Derek Smalls took in Spinal Tap. Skip RIP
  • GREENMEAN Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:35 am The only true musician in this group of Byrds is the late great Clarence White
  • Anonymous Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:47 am The video work is awsome for 1970, and the sound is excellent! There are other videos on this site from the same time frame that are not nearly as well filmed, framed, or edited. The jam is excellent, even if it was obligatory. As for the folks that are whining, I gotta ask: were you even alive in 1970?
  • erf282 Monday, January 02, 2012 3:37 pm These guys are in the stratosphere and rising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • silverhawk319 Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:52 pm just like old times
  • Anonymous Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:34 am What great shots of the Fillmore East! The street facade is so narrow and gives no idea of the size inside. Cool. That drum solo loses my interest.
  • pkgoode Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:24 am Typical 70s concert video: Show everyone *but* the lead guitar.
  • lenny7531 Thursday, July 14, 2011 5:22 am I've been a Byrds fan since '65 but this is so typical of what a jam was like in concerts in the late Sixties/early Seventies - boring. What was it that made "Eight Miles High" a great record? I'd say it was McGuinn's Coltrane-like 12-string excursions, the Byrds' beautiful harmony vocals and it just being a fine song. There's little or none of that here. We do get the obligatory overlong drum solo, some decent Clarence White picking and that's about it. But don't blame the Byrds - this kind of thing was almost a requirement back then. And if it was the finale after a strong set, then I can't blame them too much.
  • Evildad Saturday, July 02, 2011 2:53 pm The video editing is pretty typical of directors who don't really know the music or anything about it. This was probably edited "live" like studio tv shows are, and the Technical Director didn't know who was doing what and just took the shots the guys were offering. There's plenty of YouTube videos of All Star jams where the camera is never on the correct soloist. That said, this is damn fine quality and these guys are smokin'!
  • nuitrider Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:16 pm Great live version with superb drumming, such a shame that most of the time the cameraman had no idea who was soloing !
  • lapslide Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:11 am Great audio (and video) for the '70's! Love it! Sure the camera editing could've been better (who opted for the "very tight" shots and why do we need close ups of the bow tie boy? Somebody hand him a baton.) As a musician, I appreciate the "jam" aspect. Never heard the song that way and they're obviously in the pocket. Great drums! All bands get tired of playing the exact same thing night after night. So they took some artist freedom/license with the song. So what? If you want the original version, go out and get it. And since everyone keeps bringing up the Allman Bros., I bet Duane and Gregg were diggin' that.
  • artglick Monday, June 27, 2011 9:58 pm There's no accounting for taste, I guess. I think this is classic jam of the golden era. If you can't say something nice, you obviously were never there. I was. Thanks, Wolfie's for putting it up here. It also belongs in a time capsule to be preserved for the ages.
  • T of P Monday, June 27, 2011 7:20 pm I'd hardly consider this lousy recording in the same class as the Allman Bros.....c'mon!!
  • Anonymous Monday, June 27, 2011 6:24 pm No Gene Clark--no Byrds
  • snozzleblue Monday, June 27, 2011 11:48 am This has to be the biggest load of crap ever recorded by a once great group. Who filmed this? where is McGuinn. Does not even resemble the great recording and live versions of the original Byrds, as previously stated biggest waste of nearly 10 minutes
  • Anonymous Monday, June 27, 2011 9:57 am I agree; this ain't no Eight Miles High. Hardly any footage of Roger McGuinn. The band is a progressive country groundbreaker. This is just jamming ala Allman Bros.
  • Anonymous Monday, June 27, 2011 9:07 am Lots of noodling but nowhere near as good as the studio version. And the small amount of McGuinn in the video is disappointing.
  • Billzzz Monday, June 27, 2011 8:20 am Who the hell are these guys? Not a single original member except for Roger (Jim) McGuinn. This is not the eight miles high I remember. Where's the song? Where's the lyrics? Total waste of 10 minutes. Very disappointing!
  • lontra Monday, June 27, 2011 8:17 am I don't like it at all, this is the fake Byrds! Why don't you post a real Byrds performance?
  • Anonymous Monday, June 27, 2011 7:37 am wow... what a waste of less than 9:52. I couldn't stay with it, it's that bad. And whomever put the video together made sure that if anyone was doing anything there was no camera pointed at them. Just awful.
  • Anonymous Monday, June 27, 2011 6:28 am awesome! the second generation byrds were much better musicians than the originals
  • lux d luxe Monday, June 27, 2011 4:59 am This is just awfull, untidy, pointless jamming, the kinda stuff people would do parodies of in a very near future.Allmale Bros?mayb, to me it sounds more like Spinal Tap, remember the 'jazz-rock' oddisey they played at the amusement park after Nigel left? If proof was still needed that white men can't play, or swing, there you have it, the Full Monty.
  • Anonymous Sunday, June 05, 2011 5:53 am jam gave band members a chance to smoke a cig - inspired live band - the early Byrds made the studio hum cutting vinyl and these guys could play live....gotta buy me a bow tie
  • Anonymous Friday, June 03, 2011 12:05 pm Had no idea The Byrds were this way..this is something along the lines of the Allmans; very tight,lots of energy/enthusiam. They locked in on all corners. Of course, Clarence White was a "monster"... His string bending techniques rival that of any of todays' Nashville elite...just my opinion,of course! Early Byrds music inspired many to follow...rock on brothers!
  • Jania Monday, May 30, 2011 1:08 pm Excellent audio and video quality. This version of the Byrds was far from the one that made "Eight Miles High" a hit single. Rather than the concise blast of psychedelia of the original, this is a long jam featuring all the players, but unfortunately without vocals! Very well performed, but the earlier commenter got it correct: "Where is the song?" Only at the start and towards the end do we here Roger's 12 string and it never quite reaches the heights of the studio version.
  • fireblossom Monday, May 30, 2011 7:53 am The Byrds came to Seattle just before or just after this concert. They put on a great concert. I remember the tambourine player standing just next to the drummer. The concert tight and and precise.
  • Barefoot Saturday, May 28, 2011 5:43 pm Ohhh such a fine piece of Vid/Aud! Kudos WV and thanks for this gem and many others.
  • unky goopy Monday, May 23, 2011 5:50 am howDEE from unky gOOpy ! yes boys & girls, it WAS that good ! for i was THERE to know,hear & feel. all love to EVERY Byrd but this shows how THIS band COOKED !! you all gotta check the Allman Bros. clip from the same noc...ROCKING ! the first post refers to a gig both bands did @ Stony Brook U./saw it, as well as Byrds @ New Paltz ...this was one of the hardest working bands in rock @ the time . this IS a time machine now ... DIG IT ! peace ~yer old unky goopy
  • Woodstock Vet Monday, May 16, 2011 5:33 am Bravo. Exceptional video and audio for early 70's. Wonderful that back in 1970 Jesus was alright to be the subject of an innovative, trend setting rock band tune. And the message in the Byrds' hit Turn Turn Turn came straight from the old testament book of Ecclesiastes. Interesting times.
  • Keith1 Sunday, May 15, 2011 4:35 pm Where's the song?
  • Reverend C.E. Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:25 pm OOOOOBOY! You folks at the vault must have had a major crazy good time doing the transfer to digital with all of this old footage, thanks for doing it!
  • wildcolonialman Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:34 am Outstanding and Much much appreciated.
  • Anonymous Monday, May 09, 2011 8:49 pm gradioso volver a recordar
  • Roger from Oz Monday, May 09, 2011 9:12 am Videos can be shared by using the links to the right of the player above in the 'Share This Video' section. Videos can be posted to Facebook, Tweeted, or simply sent as a link via email. Cheers, WV
  • Anonymous Friday, May 06, 2011 8:36 pm How do I share this, would like to send to my son a young bass player
  • Anonymous Thursday, May 05, 2011 12:52 am Thanks for crystal clear live audio recordings and now HD videos too. I just LOVE Wolfgang's vault! I bet all of us would love to be able to add these videos to our Wolfgangs playlists as well, is there any Wolfgangster listening? Lets hope so.
  • Anonymous Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:29 pm There is a lot thats right here for 1970, well done
  • minzafar Monday, May 02, 2011 5:49 pm Wow! This clip in terms of colours, sounds, atmosphere and physiognomies is a true paradigm of the Seventies!
  • Anonymous Friday, April 29, 2011 2:28 pm Absolutely beautiful!!!
  • Falcon74 Friday, April 29, 2011 1:41 pm Allman Bros and Byrds at Fillmore East the same day...whoa!
  • Anonymous Friday, April 29, 2011 7:57 am Clarence White!
  • Carey Friday, April 29, 2011 7:33 am Wow! First dip into the video vault. This is very cool.
  • Tech Support Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:19 pm @ chukcanuk Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:02 am 2000k is the highest quality stream we offer for videos shot in SD
  • Anonymous Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:39 am Saw them on Long Island about this time. Clarence was amazing (sooo loud) and McGuinn was cool as always. BUt who knew Gene was that good a drummer. And, he helped invent the B-bender. (You're right, the editing is goofy)
  • chukcanuk Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:05 am But the direction/ cutting is weird.
  • chukcanuk Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:02 am How do I turn HD on? I can select 2000k streaming but thats it. Ditto with Allmans. Great clips though