However, it has become known in the years since then that there were other stress related factors at work, as well as resentment within the band that his songwriting income had made him the wealthiest member of the Byrds. At the time, the official story regarding Clark's departure was that his fear of flying was preventing him from fulfilling his obligations with the group. įollowing the re-recording of "Eight Miles High" in January 1966, and just prior to its release as a single in March of that year, the band's principal songwriter, Gene Clark, left the band. Stanton would work as the Byrds' producer for the duration of the Fifth Dimension recording sessions, but would leave Columbia for A&M Records shortly after the release of the album. This decision was the result of Columbia studio regulations specifying that only an in-house Columbia employee could produce records by the label's acts. However, any hopes that Dickson had of being allowed to produce the band himself were dashed when the record label chose Allen Stanton as the Byrds new producer. Within a month of the band's second album being released, Dickson-with the full support of the Byrds-approached Columbia and insisted that Melcher be replaced. However, during sessions for the Turn! Turn! Turn! album, Melcher had found himself in conflict with the band's manager, Jim Dickson, who had aspirations to produce the Byrds himself. Tambourine Man" and " Turn! Turn! Turn!", both of which had reached number 1 in the U.S. Melcher had guided the Byrds through the recording of their first two folk rock albums, which had included the international hit singles " Mr. The re-recordings of "Eight Miles High" and "Why" were produced by Allen Stanton, Columbia's West Coast Vice President, who had recently been assigned to the band following the Byrds' decision to dispense with their previous producer, Terry Melcher. As a result, the band were forced to re-record both songs in their entirety at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, and it was these re-recordings that would see release on the "Eight Miles High" single and the Fifth Dimension album. However, the band ran into trouble with their record company, Columbia Records, who refused to release either song because they had not been recorded at a Columbia-owned studio. Both songs represented a creative leap forward for the band and were instrumental in developing the musical styles of psychedelic rock and raga rock. On December 22, 1965, shortly after the release of their second album Turn! Turn! Turn!, the Byrds entered RCA Studios in Los Angeles to record "Eight Miles High" and " Why", two new songs that they had recently composed. Upon release, Fifth Dimension was widely regarded as the band's most experimental album to date and is today considered by critics to be influential in originating the musical genre of psychedelic rock. Additionally, a third single taken from the album, " Mr. Two preceding singles, " Eight Miles High" and " 5D (Fifth Dimension)", were included on the album, with the former just missing the Top 10 of the Billboard singles chart. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and reached number 27 on the UK Albums Chart. However, it was the first Byrds album not to include any songs written by Bob Dylan, whose material had previously been a mainstay of the band's repertoire. In spite of this, the loss of Clark resulted in an album with four cover versions and an instrumental, which critics have described as "wildly uneven" and "awkward and scattered". In an attempt to compensate for Clark's absence, guitarists Jim McGuinn and David Crosby increased their songwriting output. Most of the album was recorded following the February 1966 departure of the band's principal songwriter Gene Clark. It was the first album released under the slightly shorter name Golden Earring (formerly Golden Earrings) and the only album with drummer Sieb Warner.Īll songs written by Kooymans except where noted.Fifth Dimension is the third album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in July 1966 on Columbia Records. Eight Miles High is an album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1969.
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