Original sentence: Founding member Chris Hillman defected in September 1968 to join up with Gram to form The Flying Burrito Brothers;  John York was quickly acquired as bassist.Hyde is an album by American band The Byrds, released in 1969.Hyde was remastered and re-issued in 1997 with several previously unreleased bonus tracks.Hyde, recorded in the fall of 1968, was not warmly received by critics.Its commercial performance was relatively weak, reaching only #153 in the US, though it unexpectedly became a hit in the UK, making #15.Recorded in the aftermath of Gram Parsons' defection after being a major player in Sweetheart of the Rodeo, leader Roger McGuinn needed to re-form The Byrds after two more member departures
Edited sentence: Byrds & Mr.Hyde (Columbia 9755) reached #153 in the US during a chart stay of 7 weeks.Hyde is an album by American band The Byrds and was released in 1969.Hyde is one of The Byrds' most overlooked albums, but it does have its admirers and signalled the birth of the band's last era.Hyde was remastered and re-issued in 1997 with several new bonus tracks.Hyde would bare that influence, but it was a limited one.Hyde, recorded in the fall of 1968, was a lot less daring and experimental than The Byrds' last several albums.It also reached #15 in the UK.It certainly met with lacklustre commercial attention upon release, merely reaching #153 in the US, though it unexpectedly became a hit in the UK, making #15.It is for this reason that the album was then - and now - considered one of the band's weaker releases.John York was quickly acquired as bassist, and thus, the band could now continue.Recorded in the aftermath of Gram Parsons' defection after being a major player in Sweetheart of the Rodeo, leader Roger McGuinn found himself having to literally re-form The Byrds after two more member departures.Seeing as they were almost a new band and were in the process of acquainting themselves musically, it is perhaps of little surprise that Dr.Surprisingly, founding member Chris Hillman defected in September 1968 to join up with Gram to form The Flying Burrito Brothers, leaving another vacancy within The Byrds.The album generally features more of a return to rock and embraces what was then becoming known as "roots music".With the recent Sweetheart of the Rodeo steeped in country, it was inevitable that Dr