Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Remastered

Brilliant! Easily one of the most important albums in the history of Rock. Any version of this masterpiece is worth owning but I especially reccomend the Deluxe 2 CD Remastered Set with alternate takes, originally unreleased material and tracks from Graham Parsons' International Submarine Band.

Arrrgh! I can't believe I misspelled Gram Parsons name in my review!
I also forgot to mention that Byrd to be, Guitarist Clarence White is finally aloud to cut loose on a Byrds album. It's easy to understand White's promotion to actual member rather than talented sideman after this album.

Description: After Chris Hillman dragged new friend Gram Parsons into the Byrds, they made an album as close to a country masterpiece as a rock act could ever make. In fact, the only tunes better than the definitive covers here of songs by Bob Dylan ("You Ain't Going Nowhere"), Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd") and the Louvin Brothers ("The Christian Life") are Parsons's originals, especially the incomparable "Hickory Wind". Sweetheart wasn't the first country-rock album, but with its gorgeous three-way harmonies and sweet pedal steel, it remains the best. --David Cantwell After Chris Hillman dragged new friend Gram Parsons into the Byrds, they made an album as close to a country masterpiece as a rock act could ever make. In fact, the only tunes better than the definitive covers here of songs by Bob Dylan ("You Ain't Going Nowhere"), Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd") and the Louvin Brothers ("The Christian Life") are Parsons's originals, especially the incomparable "Hickory Wind". Sweetheart wasn't the first country-rock album, but with its gorgeous three-way harmonies and sweet pedal steel, it remains the best. --David Cantwell ... (more) (less)