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Special Thanks to John York, who checked this discography page and sent us some corrections / deletions.
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John York-related recordsThis page attempts to comprehensively list every album or single (if exclusive) on vinyl or CD (and some audio and video tapes) that includes material by John York. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ARTISTS BY THE NAME OF JOHN YORK. So some doubts subsist about The Byrds' John York participation in several records mentioned hereunder. If you have additions, corrections or more details, please contact RAOUL VEROLLEMAN. If you can provide scans of album covers (including variations of those shown here), please e-mail RAOUL VEROLLEMAN.
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Special Thanks to John York, who checked this discography page and sent us some corrections / deletions.
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The Bees: Leave Me Be / She's An Artist
Original release date: 1965 (Mirwood
5003) The Bees: Forget Me Girl / Baby, Let Me Follow You Down Original release date: 1966 (Mir
210) 
Sir Douglas Quintet: She Digs My Love / When I Sing The Blues Original release date: 1966 (Tribe
45-71) Note: This single (produced by Huey P. Meaux) is the only Sir Douglas Quintet single that features John York. The record's catalog number is sometimes listed as Tribe 8321. It is not immediately known if the 45 was released under two different numbers.
Mamas and Papas: The Papas and the Mamas Presented by The Mamas and The Papas Original release date: April 1968 (Dunhill LP
50031) Note: John York plays bass on "Rooms". 
Candy soundtrack Original release date: 1968 Note: Music composed and conducted by Dave Grusin, except as noted. Child of the Universe is a different version than the one found on Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde. 
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde Original release date: February 3,
1969 
Lay Lady Lay / Old Blue Original release date: 1969 Note: The 45-single version of Lay Lady Lay was originally unavailable elsewhere. 
Ballad of Easy Rider Original release date: October 29,
1969 The Museuns: Train in the Desert / Sweet Names of Spanish Ladies Original release date: unknown, circa mid-'70s (Debris) Train in the DesertSweet Names of Spanish Ladies Note: an extremely rare, self-released 45 (on the Debris label) by the Museuns, which was John York, his brother Michael Foley, and Mick Takamatsu. It's described as "an extraordinarily mystical sounding record for its day." It was recorded and released during York's mid-'70s stint spent living in New York. 
Jack Street Band: Jack Street Band Original release date: 1982 In Over My HeadDon't You Wanna Be Loved Two Hearts Choosy Annie Baby It's You Not a Minute Too Soon If I Had Your Love Again Jupiter's Theme Vision Note: John York plays acoustic guitar on this album. 
The Byrds (box set) Original release date: October 1990 Mr. Tambourine Man Note: a compilation of released and unreleased material. 
Sacred Path Songs Original release date: 1991 (self-released
cassette) |
| Telstar! |
| Blind Watchmaker |
| Bach To The Future |
| Beyond Mare Tranquillitatis |
| Emancipations Of Gravity |
| Melting Stars... Breathing Heavens |
| Albert's Gyroscope |
| Titanium Dandelions |
| Third Stone From The
Sun
Note: John York plays shakuhachi, gu zheng and upright bass |
Steven T.: Damage
Original release date: 2004
(Charlatan Records)
The
Future Starts Today
Nightwalkin'
Jack, Johnnie and Jim
Creatures of Habit
Suicide Machine
Addicted to Life
Home Improvement
Back to the Front
Warren Zevon
Damage
Alicia Real (The Road that Leads Back Home)
Note: John York is credited with 12-string, oud, Chinese table harp, koto, flute and background vocals
John Stevens: MISOGI: Purification of Mind and Body
Original release date: 2005 (ATM) (DVD)
Note:
this DVD (martial arts educational video) features music by John York and Sumi,
taken from their (as yet) unreleased new project "The Place Where I Am
Dreaming"
Michael Foley: Fear And Forgiveness
Original release date: 2005
Man
In The Moon
Time For Love
People Working In The Night
Love Ain't Kind
Heartache Suzanne
Misery Business (Industry of Pain)
Something Special
Judy
I Dream About You
We Seem Like The Same
She Wouldn't Listen, He Wouldn't Say
I'm Used To Being Alone
Everybody I Meet Wants To Be Humble
Parade
Note: John York sings harmony vocals. Michael Foley is John York Foley's brother.
The Byrds: There Is A Season (4 CDs + 1 DVD Box Set)
Original release date: September 2006 (Sony Columbia Legacy)
DISC ONE
1. The Only Girl I Adore (The Jet Set) (mono)
2. Please Let Me Love You (The Beefeaters) (mono)
3. Don't Be Long (The Beefeaters) (mono)
4. The Airport Song
5. You Movin'
6. You Showed Me
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
9. You Won't Have To Cry
10. Here Without You
11. The Bells Of Rhymney
12. All I Really Want To Do (Single Version) (mono)
13. I Knew I'd Want You
14. Chimes Of Freedom
15. She Has A Way
16. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (version one)
17. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (mono)
18. It Won't Be Wrong
19. Set You Free This Time
20. The World Turns All Around Her
21. The Day Walk (Never Before)
22. If You're Gone
23. The Times They Are A-Changin' (mono)
24. She Don't Care About Time (Single Version) (mono)
25. Stranger In A Strange Land (Instrumental)
DISC TWO
1. Eight Miles High
2. Why (Single Version) (mono)
3. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
4. Wild Mountain Thyme
5. Mr. Spaceman
6. I See You
7. What's Happening
8. I Know My Rider (I Know You Rider)
9. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
10. Have You Seen Her Face
11. Renaissance Fair (Single Version)
12. Time Between
13. Everybody's Been Burned (Single Version)
14. My Back Pages
15. It Happens Each Day
16. He Was A Friend Of Mine (Live) (mono) (unreleased)
17. Lady Friend (Single Version) (mono)
18. Old John Robertson (Single Version) (mono)
19. Goin' Back
20. Draft Morning
21. Wasn't Born To Follow
22. Tribal Gathering
23. Dolphin's Smile
24. Triad
25. Universal Mind Decoder
DISC THREE
1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
2. I Am A Pilgrim
3. The Christian Life
4. You Don't Miss Your Water
5. Hickory Wind
6. One Hundred Years From Now
7. Lazy Days (Alternate Verion)
8. Pretty Polly (Alternate Version)
9. This Wheel's On Fire (Version One)
10. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
11. Candy
12. Child Of The Universe (Soundtrack Version/Vinyl Source)
13. Pretty Boy Floyd (Live)
14. Buckaroo (Live)
15. King Apathy III (Live)
16. Sing Me Back Home (Live)
17. Lay Lady Lay
18. Oil In My Lamp
19. Tulsa County
20. Jesus Is Just Alright
21. Chestnut Mare
22. Just A Season
23. Kathleen's Song
24. All The Things
DISC FOUR
1. Lover Of The Bayou (Live)
2. Positively 4th Street (Live)
3. Old Blue (Live)
4. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Live)
5. Ballad Of Easy Rider (Live)
6. You All Look Alike (Live) (unreleased)
7. Nashville West (Live) (unreleased)
8. Willin' (Live)
9. Black Mountain Rag (Soldier's Joy) (Live)
10. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live) (unreleased)
11. I Trust (Live) (unreleased)
12. Take A Whiff On Me (Live)
13. Glory, Glory
14. Byrdgrass
15. Pale Blue
16. I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
17. Nothin' To It
18. Tiffany Queen
19. Farther Along
20. Bugler
21. Mr. Tambourine Man (Live)
22. Roll Over Beethoven (Live)
23. Full Circle
24. Changing Heart
25. Paths Of Victory
DVD:
1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
3. All I Really Want to Do
4. Turn, Turn, Turn
5. It Won't Be Wrong
6. Set You Free This Time
7. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star
8. Mr. Tambourine Man
9. Eight Miles High
10. Mr. Spaceman
Note: A collection of released and unreleased tracks. See details in track listing with USA and UK TV performances.
John York: Arigatou Baby
Original release date: december 2006
The Byrds: Under Review - A Documentary Film
Original Release Date: August 2007 (Double DVD from the UK)
Note:
The Byrds Under Review is a documentary film, which explores in detail the music, career and background of arguably America’s most influential band.
Inventors of folk-rock and country-rock, and with a sizeable investment in what became garage-rock (and ultimately Punk), The Byrds could barely write a song without creating a new genre.
With the aid of many who were there at the time, as either part of the group or close at hand, this 2 DVD set is a celebration of one of Rock N’ Roll’s truly great bands.
Features Include:
Rare and classic performances re-assessed by our panel of experts
Footage and interviews from then and now
Exclusive and extensive contributions from Byrds members John York and Gene Parsons, plus further enlightenment from collaborators such as producer and arrange Van Dyke Parks, LA scenester and Wrecking Crew guitarist Jerry Cole, fiddle player Byron Berline and country guitarist Vern Gosdin
Opinion, review and critique from:
The Byrds esteemed biographer Johnny Rogan; ex-Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis; legendary music historian and author of Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock’s Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock, Richie Unterberger and British music journalist and author Nigel Williamson
Seldom seen footage of pre-Byrds collectives
Live and studio recordings of Byrds classics such as ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’,‘I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better’, ‘Eight Miles High’, ‘Mr Spaceman’, ‘So You Want To Be A Rock N’ Roll Star’, ‘Hickory Wind’, ‘Chestnut Mare’ and many others
Extra Features Include Gene Parsons demonstrates his ‘StringBender’ – the guitar effect he invented for Byrd Clarence White
Jerry Cole recalls – tales of Phil Spector, Charles Manson and other LA notables
The John York Page
Full Contributor Biographies
PS: the incidental background music was composed by John York
Susan Perry: Your Center, a Philosophical Exploration for Children
Note: Your Center is an e-book that comes on CD . It is written by Susan Perry and illustrated by Sumi Foley (John York's wife); both friends and Aikido practitioners at Musubi Dojo. Each page is colorfully illustrated and bears only one line of text. It is a book in a scroll format and so it "rolls" from page to page. One has the choice of having the book read by John York (formerly of the Byrds) - Sumi's husband and another Musubi Dojo member
John York: West Coast Revelation
Original Release Date: September 15th, 2007 (download only)
Angels In Trucks
Earth Is Getting Warmer
Flower Girls
Psychedelic
Note: A collaboration with Kim Fowley. Other tracks currently unknown. Total number of songs is 22. The other songs are not available yet.
Bobby Jameson: Outlaw Song / The Sun Don't Shine In Barrooms
Original Release Date: 2008 (download only)
Outlaw
The Sun Don't Shine In Barrooms
Note: John York plays guitar on these two tracks, recorded in 1980, but never released on vinyl or CD. They are now available from Bobby Jameson's MySpace page..
Barry McGuire & John York - Trippin' The Sixties - The Show Songs Live
Original Release Date: June 2009
Green Green
The Times They Are A-Changin / Blowin' In The Wind
Mr Tambourine Man / Turn Turn Turn
Eve of Destruction
California Dreamin' / Monday, Monday / Creeque Alley
San Francisco
Dolphins
Everybody's Talkin'
Daydream
Hair
Do You Believe In Magic
Green Back Dollar
Joy To The World
Reason To Believe
If I Were A Carpenter
City of New Orleans
Woodstock /Dancin' In The Street
In My Life
Note: live at The Coffee Gallery Backstage - Altadena, California on December 19, 2008 plus a 20 page booklet with stories about the songs and colored photos.
John York - Cameos
Original Release Date: October 2010
Come Back And Take Me
Rainbow
Some Days Even The Birds Sing A Sad Song
Achille's Heel
Ghost Flowers
Note: only available as downloads from John York's website (www.johnyorkmusic.com)
John York: West Coast Revelation
Original Release Date: June 6, 2011
1. Angels and Trucks
2. The Earth is Getting Warmer
3. East Coast Confidential
4. Flower Girls
5. West Coast Revelation #1
6. Psychedelic
7. West Coast Revelation #
8. Movin Out For Years
9. West Coast Revelation #3
10. Picnic In Eternity
11. Silver 60s #1
12. Halfway House
13. Silver 60s #2
14. Laurel Canyon and Topanga
15. Silver 60s #3
16. Rock n Roll Is Another Name For Freedom
17. Hangin Out
18. Queen Of The Blues
19. 21st Century
20. Memories Of Days Gone By
21. Japan And Europe
22. Sayonara
Note: A collaboration with Kim Fowley.
John York: Fanfare For 2
Original Release Date: February 2012 (GRA Records)
1 Half Moon Bay
2 Lone Wolf, No Club
3 Red, White & Blue
4 Coyote
5 I Feel It Now
6 Sea Of Wine
7 Wasn't That You
8 You Just Love Cocaine
9 Power Of Now
10 Reach Out (I'll Be There)
11 Behind The Scenes
12 Lucky & The Trash Angel
13 Setup for Heartbreak
Carla Olson: Have Harmony, Will Travel
Original Release Date: April 2013 (Continental Coast Records CD 3006))
1 You Can Come Crying To
Me
2 Look What You've Done
3 Love's Made A Fool Of You
4 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
5 Still Waters
6 She Don't Care About Time *
7 All I Needed Was You
8 First In Line **
9 Stringin' On Me
10 Upon A Painted Ocean **
11 8:05
12 Till The Rivers All Run Dry
Note: An album of Duets. John York plays on track marked * (a Gene Clark song). He sings and plays on both tracks marked **.
Notes:
Special thanks to Richard Russell who originally created this page.
Thanks to Guy Sidote for information about the rare Museuns period.
Special Thanks to John York, who checked this discography page and sent us some corrections / deletions.
If you have further information about recordings featuring John York, please e-mail RAOUL VEROLLEMAN at byrdmaniax2003@yahoo.fr
John York reportedly appeared on a record by the Brooklyn Bridge from circa 1963, however York says he had left New York before the band recorded as Brooklyn Bridge. The band he was in was called 'The Night Riders'; after he left, they teamed up with singer Johnny Maestro and changed their name to Brooklyn Bridge.
There are many additional recordings that include John York. Further information is unavailable at present about these:
Dorsey Burnette (mid-'60s)
Steppenwolf (mid-'60s)
Malvina Reynolds (mid-'60s)
Gib Guilbeau (late '60s)
Life on Earth ('70s)
Joe Hicks (early '80s)
Brenton Wood (early '80s)
Jack Reeves (mid-'90s)
Jo Jo Clark (mid-'90s)
Mark Curry (mid-'90s)
Shawn Jones (mid-'90s)
Bobaphett (mid-'90s)
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