Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
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Studio album by Gene Clark | ||
Released | February, 1967 | |
Genre | folk-rock | |
Length | 28:15 | |
Label | Columbia Records | |
Producer(s) | Larry Marks & Gary Usher | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Gene Clark chronology | ||
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers (1967) |
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark (1968) |
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers is the debut solo album of Gene Clark. It was his first effort after his departure from folk-rock group the Byrds in 1966. Though the album was a critical success and it established Clark as a talented singer-songwriter, it was released simultaneously with the Byrds' album Younger Than Yesterday and it was a commercial failure. Clark's backing musicians on the album include former bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, future Byrd Clarence White, Clark's frequent collaborator Doug Dillard, and folk/country vocal duo the Gosdin Brothers.
In Europe, the album was issued (several months later) under the title "Echoes", and included two bonus tracks - "The French Girl" (an Ian and Sylvia song) and "Only Colombe".
The album was also reissued in the US in the early 70s, omitting "Elevator Operator", and with re-recorded backing tracks designed to "soften" the sound, under the title Early LA Sessions.
A subsequent reissue, on CD in 1991, was also titled Echoes, and also remixed (though closer to the sound of the original album - the most significant change was the removal of vocal double-tracking), with an altered running order, as well as the original European bonus tracks, a demo outtake, and miscellaneous Clark-penned songs from early Byrds recordings.
The 2007 reissue on Sundazed restored the original album mix and track order, and uncovered a number of alternate takes from the album sessions (though no new songs were discovered).
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Gene Clark, except where noted:
- "Echoes"
- "Think I'm Gonna Feel Better"
- "Tried So Hard"
- "Is Yours Is Mine"
- "Keep on Pushin'" (Clark, Rinehart)
- "I Found You"
- "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
- "Elevator Operator" (Clark, Rinehart)
- "The Same One"
- "Couldn't Believe Her"
- "Needing Someone"