Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers

Infobox Album
Name = Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
Type = Album
Artist = Gene Clark


Released = February, 1967
Recorded = late 1966
Genre = folk-rock
Length = 28:15
Label = Columbia Records (US) CBS (UK)
Producer = Larry Marks, Gary Usher
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jt2zefqkhgf4 link]
Last album =
This album = "Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers"
(1967)
Next album = "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).

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, (Bill Rinehart)
#"I Found You"
#"So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
#"Elevator Operator" (Clark, Rinehart)
#"The Same One"
#"Couldn't Believe Her"
#"Needing Someone"