Its most memorable lineup included Rick James, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, Rickman Mason and John Taylor.
Young and Palmer went on to become two of the founding members in the popular West Coast folk rock group Buffalo Springfield.
[3] The Mynah Birds grew out of a 1964 group fronted by Jimmy "Liver" Livingston (born February 28, 1941, Nova Scotia; died June 1, 2002) and also including guitarist Ian Goble, drummer Rick Cameron, organist John Goadsby (aka Goldy McJohn) and bassist Nick Kassbaum (aka Nick St. Nicholas).
[1] The second track saw James and Livingston trading vocals, backed by St Nicholas, Arnel, McJohn and drummer Richie Grand (born June 11, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario).
[1] Shortly after, a major split in the group left Rick James and Bruce Palmer to put together a new version of The Mynah Birds.
[1] (Singer Jimmy Livingson, after leaving The Mynah Birds in April 1965, joined The Muddy Yorks and then The Just Us, which evolved into The Tripp.)
Shortly before recording began, bassist Bruce Palmer invited an acquaintance of his to join the band: local folk musician Neil Young.
That never happened, likely because somebody noticed that "I've Got You In My Soul" sounded remarkably similar to a 'Them' (the band fronted by Van Morrison) song called "Little Girl".
The new lineup, which included Neil Lillie (aka Merryweather) on bass, Al Morrison on drums, Vernon Wayne Pickell on organ and Bill Ross on guitar, was short-lived, but did record a new version of "It's My Time" (and likely other songs) for Motown.
On the 2017 Motown Unreleased 1966 digital album release, two additional songs by the Mynah Birds were included: "I Got You (In My Soul)" and "I'll Wait Forever".