Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers | ||||
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Released | January 1967 | |||
Recorded | August–November 1966[1] | |||
Genre | Folk rock, country rock | |||
Length | 28:15 | |||
Label | Columbia (US) CBS (UK) | |||
Producer | Larry Marks, Gary Usher | |||
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Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers is the debut solo album by the American singer-songwriter
Musicians on the album include: former bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke; Wrecking Crew session musicians Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Jim Gordon, and Leon Russell; future Byrd Clarence White; and Clark's future collaborator Doug Dillard. The folk/country vocal duo the Gosdin Brothers added backing vocals, and subsequently received co-billing.
Reissues
The album was first reissued in the US in 1972, omitting "Elevator Operator" and with re-recorded vocals and remixed backing tracks designed to "soften" the sound, under the title Collector's Series: Early LA Sessions.
The album's first compact disc reissue appeared in 1988 on the
A repackage on the
Both the 1997 reissue on
A 2014 CD from Sony Music Japan included the original 1966 mono mix, the 1972 Collector's Series: Early LA Sessions remix, and eleven mono and stereo bonus tracks – a total of thirty-two tracks.[7]
Track listing
All tracks by Gene Clark, except where noted.
Side one
- "Echoes" (3:15)
- "Think I'm Gonna Feel Better" (1:32)
- "Tried So Hard" (2:18)
- "Is Yours Is Mine" (2:25)
- "Keep on Pushin'" (Clark, Bill Rinehart) (1:44)
- "I Found You" (3:00)
Side two
- "So You Say You Lost Your Baby" (2:07)
- "Elevator Operator" (Clark, Rinehart) (2:53)
- "The Same One" (3:27)
- "Couldn't Believe Her" (1:52)
- "Needing Someone" (2:03)
2007 Sundazed reissue bonus tracks
- "Tried So Hard" (previously unissued alternate version) (2:18)
- "Elevator Operator" (previously unissued alternate version) (2:53)
- "Only Colombe" (previously unissued mono version) (2:18)
- "The French Girl" (Ian Tyson, Sylvia Fricker) (previously unissued mono version) (2:18)
- "So You Say You Lost Your Baby" (previously unissued acoustic demo) (2:07)
- "Is Yours Is Mine" (previously unissued acoustic demo) (2:25)
Personnel
- Gene Clark – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Vern Gosdin – backing vocals
- Rex Gosdin – backing vocals
- Glen Campbell – electric guitar
- Jerry Cole – guitars
- Bill Rinehart – guitars
- Clarence White – guitar on "Tried So Hard" "The Same One" and "Needing Someone"
- electric banjoon "Keep on Pushin'"
- string arrangementson "Echoes" and "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
- Van Dyke Parks – keyboards
- bass
- Jim Gordon – drums[8]
- Michael Clarke – drums
- Joel Larson – drums uncredited
References
- ^ Hjort 2008, p. 108: "... sessions for [Gene Clark's] own album [began] in late August [1966]. ... [They] stretch into October and November ..."
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r78165
- ^ Hjort 2008, p. 109.
- ISBN 0-87930-793-5.
- ^ "Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers – Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers". Discogs. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers – Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers". Discogs. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers – Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers". Discogs. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Jim Gordon". Discogs. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-906002-15-2.