Ballad of Easy Rider

~ Recording by The Byrds

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Ballad of Easy Rider2:05The ByrdsBallad of Easy RiderThe ByrdsAlbum
  • US1969-10-29
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 9942
1.1Ballad of Easy Rider2:08The ByrdsThe Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume 2The ByrdsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 31795
13.22Ballad of Easy Rider2:03The ByrdsSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750
1.1Ballad of Easy Rider2:07The ByrdsBallad of Easy RiderThe ByrdsAlbum
  • JP2014-02-05
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 30416

Relationships

engineer:Jerry Hochman (engineer)
associate producer:Jerry Hochman (engineer)
producer:Terry Melcher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1969)
recording of:Ballad of Easy Rider (on 1969-06-18: cover)

Ballad of Easy Rider

additional lyricist:Bob Dylan
lyricist and composer:Roger McGuinn
publisher:Dwarf Music
later translated versions:La balada de buscando mi destino