born to be burned is a compilation album by the san francisco garage rock and psychedelic rock band the great society. the album is made up of material recorded during the band's short-lived association with autumn records in 1965, with the majority of it being previously unreleased. the exceptions to this are the songs "someone to love" and "free advice" (tracks 1 and 2 on the album), which had both been issued as a single on northbeach records, a subsidiary of autumn records, in february 1966.