Comments:

The live part is the first, and it starts really well with "Lover of the Bayou" (a "Gene Tryp" track) and a well-laid version of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street". The third track is Clarence White's terrific instrumental "Nashville West", originally from "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde". The rest of the live side is filled out by four early single hits, "So You Want to be a Rock'n Roll Star", "Mr. Spaceman”, “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Eight Miles High”; the latter in an extended sixteen minute version.

The studio side starts with McGuinn/Levy's fine "Chestnut Mare", which as a single did well in the U.K. Incidentally, one of the few new tracks that has preserved a lot of the "old" Byrds sound. A highlight is the group's version of Little Feat's "Truck Stop Girl", sung atmospherically by Clarence White with his characteristic nasal voice. "All the Things" is a nice, mostly acoustic, ballad, written by McGuinn/Levy for the "Gene Tryp" project. "Yesterday's Train" was written by drummer Gene Parsons and the new member of the group, Skip Battin. It's a nice little song, sung by Parsons. The final track on the original side one of the studio album is the slightly psychedelic "Hungry Planet", which includes a thunder effect that can easily be mistaken by the listener as a real thunderstorm brewing. "Just a Season" is another very fine McGuinn/Levy ("Gene Tryp") song; acoustic and very folkish.

The last three tracks are not among my favorites; although I have a soft spot for Clarence White's vocals; this also applies to his delivery of "Take a Whiff on Me", which was originally intended for the previous album, "Ballad of Easy Rider". Skip Battin's "You All Look Alike" and "Welcome Back Home" round off the album; the former is quite sweet, which could also be said about "Welcome Back Home", which, however, with its nearly eight minutes, feels very long(winded).

On the reissue "Untitled/Unissued" there is double up both on the live and studio side. On the live side, it's all very well laid out and well played versions of both new and earlier Byrds numbers; a real pleasure that is fully on par with the original live sides. There are also nice things to enjoy on the studio side. Here I would particularly like to highlight the studio version of "Lover of the Bayou", with features both strong vocals and guitar playing. The group's version of Lowell George's "Willin'" is also very nice - here sung by Gene Parsons.

The McGuinn/White/Parsons/Battin Byrds line-up was the one that lasted longest; and this album is usually considered their most consistent.