Gene Clark Solo Albums-album by album & *now* track by track on p. 23*

I just remembered another one "Me I ramble" for Something's Wrong (it's "neon brambles")

High Moon did an excellent job on that reissue

 

Couldn't resist this 1988 live video with Gene appearing on Nashville Now & a wonderful interview. Gene was in fine spirits & good humor:



Some great Nashville musicians backing Gene here too.

 

And a cover of their best from that 1978 Australia visit:

 

I mentioned upthread I was preparing a cover version of If You Could Read My Mind inspired by the version Gene (and Chris) sang on Firebyrd.
Here you have it from last Friday. We added sax and a third singer.
I was very lucky my guitar fell off its strap only as I hit the final chord

 

Excellent. A nice cover of Gene's wonderful cover. Broken strap n' all. Love the three part harmonies.

 

Lemonade Kid, love your threads. Your clothing and your topics. LOL Anyway, I wish I could have contributed to this thread but I just don't know Gene Clark's material enough. I recent acquired his stuff from 1967-1974 but I still don't know the albums too well. Still, it was nice reading through so far.

 

Thanks for your kind words. (Wait a minute, how do you know what I'm wearing?! I just put a peace of tape over my mini cam on my laptop! ). ...ahhhh. I get it. My "threads". Good one -- I love puns.

All you need to do is express your appreciation for Gene's music and you are IN!
That is what we're here for.

 

Very nice!

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing that

 

Man, Gene should have gone out with a backing band like that. He looks so think there. Thanks for posting.

 

"White Light" is, in my opinion, Gene's best solo album, and "Where My Love Lies Asleep" is the best song from that album. "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" is one of the best songs ever written.

Teenage Fanclub paid homage to Gene in the 90's after his death with this beautiful tune:

 

I'm very late to this thread but I've just seen tonight that you have posted "Give My Love To Marie"

Even though Gene didn't write the song, if I was pressed to name a song where the singer sounds like he has actually lived the lyrics he's singing, this song would be a perfect example.

Gene was one of those guys where there didn't seem to be any filter or restrictions from his soul to his vocals.

It came directly from his soul to his mouth.

And on a horrifying note, I pulled out my No Other CD a couple of weeks ago and I think it's the first CD I've ever owned that has gone south .
It's distorting badly and I've tried it in a couple of different players.

 

From Indigo's fantastic Gene Clark Website:


Photo of the Month:

This month's photo of a young, collegiate, barely-out-of-his-teens Gene Clark was taken by Byrds manager Jim Dickson during the genesis of The Byrds when they were still known as The Jet Set, 1964. (Photo courtesy of John Delgatto, Sierra Records.)

"Give My Love To Marie" is one of my favorites too. Hauntingly beautiful. His humble roots make his ability to cover or write songs like this with a soul deeper than we can imagine.

Too bad about the No Other CD...you should be able to find that one easily still for a nice price.

 

Thanks for posting this Lemonade Kid!

 

You may want to hold off on buying a new copy of No Other....maybe a couple of months or so... just sayin'.

 

Ive been playing my (just arrived from Bull Moose) High Moon vinyl: "Two Sides To Every Story" a lot! I have the original also (it has just a bit of surface noise). The overall quality of both releases is fantastic--I haven't had a chance to compare the RSO master to the High Moon reissue.

I love that many of the reissues are using album's original label. RSO's is sweet. A great label for classic artist's. Too bad that Gene's didn't sell as well as he deserved!
Gene deserved every bit of the always elusive success. But he was ahead of his time, it seems with every album he recorded.

 

Hint. Hint.

 

Next...I believe I got my original release dates wrong:

Covered so far...we will go back and revisit more of his Byrds members reunion material, but to me they interrupt the flow of his solo works.

1- Gene Clark with The Gosdin Bros 1967
2-Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark 1968
3-Through The Morning Through The Night 1969
4-White Light 1971
5-Roadmaster 1972
6-No Other 1974
7-Two Sides To Every Story 1977
8-McGuinn Clark Hillman

Today:
9-Firebyrd 1984

To be covered still...
10-So Rebellious A Lover 1986
11-Silhouetted In Light 1992


My cherished Tahoma LP that I found still sealed (of course I opened it). Why else do we buy LPs but to listen?!

Clark moved to Hawaii with Jesse Ed Davis to try to overcome his drug dependency, remaining there until the end of 1981. Upon his return to Los Angeles, he assembled a new band, the Firebyrds, and in 1982 proceeded to record what would eventually become the album Firebyrd. While waiting for the album to be released, Clark joined up with Chris Hillman and others in an abortive venture called Flyte, which failed to secure a recording contract and was quickly dissolved. The eventual release of Firebyrd in 1984 coincided with the emergence of jangle rockers like R.E.M. and Tom Petty, who had sparked a new interest in the Byrds. Clark began developing new fans among LA's roots-conscious Paisley Undergroundscene. -wiki



The Tahoma LP stunning cover art and wonderfully introspective back photo.

 

Firebyrd

There's Something About You Baby


Beautiful lyrics, as always, from Gene's heart...

Everything remained the same, unchangeable
No way for any broken dreams to mend
I took a long shot, bet my heart on you
And you showed me the way to fall in love again

There's something about you baby
That I just can't resist
There's something about you baby
Makes me feel like this I was down,
I was blue and lonely
And then you came along

There's something about you baby
We sing the same song
Each day will be a maze of absolute
With no one to fill up that time to spend
But all things pass and now that I see you
And you showed me the way to fall in love again

There's something about you baby
That I just can't resist
There's something about you baby
Makes me feel like this I was down,
I was blue and lonely
And then you came along
There's something about you baby
We sing the same song

© Gene Clark

 

He reimagining of Mr Tambourine Man is haunting.

 

And his own "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"

 

Rain Song...one of my all time favorite Gene songs, if it is possible to choose any!

 

Some real nice new songs and some real nice remakes on this one, and I of course love the Lightfoot cover which I covered myself (live video linked above), but the production on this one feels cheap and not as organic as I like and the rhythms a bit mechanical. It was the 80s, yes, but this feels like 80s production cutting corners.

 

Roadmaster was released in 1973.
So Rebellious A Lover 1987
McGuinn Clark & Hillman 1979

 

I like that he went back and included the verses that were left out of the Byrds version here.