The version of "Ballad of Easy Rider" used in the film and included on the "Easy Rider" soundtrack album is listed as a solo performance by McGuinn and features the singer accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, with fellow Byrd Gene Parsons playing harmonica. This McGuinn solo version is a completely different take from the version that McGuinn's band the Byrds would later release as a single and include on their "Ballad of Easy Rider" album. In the 21st century, McGuinn continues to perform the song during his solo concerts and consequently a recording of it appears on his 2007 live album, "Live from Spain". The Byrds' version of the song was recorded on June 18, 1969, and is performed at a quicker tempo than the soundtrack version. The song was also lengthened by producer Terry Melcher by editing a copy of the first verse onto the end of the second, effectively creating a third verse. In addition, Melcher added an orchestral overdub to the track in an attempt to emulate recent hit singles like Glen Campbell's "Gentle on My Mind" and Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'". As recording sessions for the Byrds' eighth studio album continued, interest in the band mounted as a result of their involvement with the "Easy Rider" film, leading McGuinn to announce in interviews that the band's next album would be titled "Captain America", in honor of Peter Fonda's character in the film. However, this idea was discarded and ultimately the song "Ballad of Easy Rider" gave the new Byrds' album its title. The B-side of the Byrds' single was the traditional song "Oil in My Lamp", although there are copies of the single known to exist with the Goffin-King song "Wasn't Born to Follow" on the B-side instead. The Byrds' recording of "Wasn't Born to Follow" first appeared on their 1968 album, "The Notorious Byrd Brothers", but since it had been featured prominently in "Easy Rider", Columbia Records saw fit to include the song on some copies of "Ballad of Easy Rider". CBS Records in the United Kingdom went a step further by reissuing "Wasn't Born to Follow" as the A-side of a single in September 1969, in the hopes that it might provide the Byrds with a fluke hit (although it failed to chart). "Ballad of Easy Rider" was first introduced into the Byrds' live concert repertoire during February 1969 and would go on to be performed relatively frequently throughout the rest of the year and into 1970.