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 (US) CBS (UK)
Producer Larry Marks & Gary Usher
Professional reviews
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 in both the USA and UK and 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:

  1. "Echoes"
  2. "Think I'm Gonna Feel Better"
  3. "Tried So Hard"
  4. "Is Yours Is Mine"
  5. "Keep on Pushin'" (Clark, Rinehart)
  6. "I Found You"
  7. "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
  8. "Elevator Operator" (Clark, Rinehart)
  9. "The Same One"
  10. "Couldn't Believe Her"
  11. "Needing Someone"