Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [Blu-spec CD2] [Limited Release]

Although it has excellent sound Quality, there is still a bit of disappointment because the tracks of the original LP are presented here in mono. This fact should have been mantioned in the product description, as this Music has already been published several times in Stereo.

Columbia CS 9418 US 1967 The first album that Gene Clark released after his departure from the Byrds followed very closely on the model of his earlier efforts on the Byrds' first two albums. His backing musicians included ex-bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, as well as future Byrd Clarence White and Clark collaborator Doug Dillard, not to mention the Gosdin Brothers, whose harmonies resembled a rockier Everly Brothers and brought the sound very close to that of the Byrds. The album contains a number of fine pop-oriented tunes and stellar folk-rock/country-rock numbers (a year before the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which employed both White and Dillard) and established Clark as a major songwriter, rivaling his old band and often coming close to the fabness of the Beatles. Still, despite such solid songs and backing musicians, Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers failed to make much of an impact, perhaps due to its being released in the same week as the Byrds' Younger Than Yesterday, itself a tour de force that cemented their influence. However, in the realm of Clark's recorded output, this album stands as the one of the best, if not the best, example of how powerful a singer, writer, and bandleader he was. Original Tracklist: 01. Echoes 3:14 02. Think I'm Gonna Feel Better 1:32 03. Tried So Hard 2:20 04. Is Yours Is Mine 2:26 05. Keep On Pushin' 1:44 06. I Found You 2:58 07. So You Say You Lost Your Baby 2:06 08. Elevator Operator 2:28 09. The Same One 3:27 10. Couldn't Believe Her 1:52 11. Needing Someone 2:02 Bonus: "L.A. Sessions" After a week in CBS L.A. studios, where it all began almost six years before, they emerged with an enormously improved, almost totally different album. Nearly all of the vocals were re-recorded, tracks were brightened, parts buried in the original mix were brought up (in some cases completely changing the sound of the cuts), and in re-sequencing the order of the sides they even removed one song, Elevator Operator, because with five years' perspective they felt strongly that the song did not measure up the others.' 12. Tried So Hard 2:20 13. Keep On Pushin' 1:44 14. Think I'm Gonna Feel Better 1:32 15. Is Yours Is Mine 2:26 16. Echoes 3:14 17. The Same One 3:27 18. Needing Someone 2:02 19. So You Say You Lost Your Baby 2:06 20. Couldn't Believe Her 1:52 21. I Found You 2:58