Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers

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Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers

Studio album by Gene Clark
Released	February, 1967
Genre	folk-rock
Length	28:15
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Larry Marks & Gary Usher
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	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).