Never really thought of that aspect. I know the repertoires and the musical landscape were very different by the mid-60's, and that they switched to Mosrite guitars around the same time Edwards became the lead player in '63, switching back to Fender's around the time he left in '68. I find much to enjoy in all of their albums, but the early work is the essence to me.
OK, here's current status:
2,3,5,6,9 - Fully ID's
8,10,11 - artist and song ID'd, album not
1,4 - artist ID'd, song and album not
7 - vibes player ID's, group, song, and album not (and they won't be)
I had a cut by Circus Maximus, "The Wind", on an initial version of my current BFT, but decided I'd take too much grief from certain quarters for including it along with the other vocal cuts. Very 1967 (in a good way):
I have them both on CD. The first is excellent due to the vocals of Dorothy Moskowitz and the violin of Gordon Marrone. The second is less interesting. Byrd's vocals are actually an annoyance, but credit him with the project conception.
Flying Dutchman was a fascinating record label in a fascinating era. The drone thing doesn't make sense for my neighborhood with our quarter-acre lots, maybe somewhere more ex-urban where the houses are father apart.
RIP, tragic stuff. And one of the notworthy high profile responses to it was sickening. The Princess Bride is by far the most quoted movie in our household.
I saw him twice in the later years. Once with Philip Harper/Toussaint/Benny Green and a bass player, and that was great. And near the end of his life with Brian Lynch/Steve Davis/two tenors - Dale Barlow and Javon Jackson/Geoff Keezer/Essiett Essiett, and you could tell some decline at that point. And Jackson and Keezer were weak, though Lynch was fantastic.