Echoes
Essentially this is a collection of some of Gene Clark's best work from the first two Byrds albums, his first (and best) solo album (Gene Clark And The Gosdin Brothers), plus a couple of previously unreleased songs and an acoustic demo version of "So You Say You Lost Your Baby." As such, this is essential listening for fans of the Gene Clark-era Byrds.
Of the first two tracks taken from the album Preflyte, "Boston" is a fairly pedestrian pop/rock song, but "For Me Again" is typical of the terrific mid-tempo songs Clark wrote for the Byrds. Also included are a pair of songs from Mr. Tambourine Man and Turn! Turn! Turn! [The glaring omission of "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is forgivable in that most fans will already have the Byrds first two albums anyway.]
Of the first two tracks taken from the album Preflyte, "Boston" is a fairly pedestrian pop/rock song, but "For Me Again" is typical of the terrific mid-tempo songs Clark wrote for the Byrds. Also included are a pair of songs from Mr. Tambourine Man and Turn! Turn! Turn! [The glaring omission of "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is forgivable in that most fans will already have the Byrds first two albums anyway.]
Tracks 7 through 17 comprise Clark's 1966 debut which included the Byrds' rhythm section of Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke. Standout tracks include the country-rock sound of "Tried So Hard" and songs like "The Same One," "Keep On Pushin'" and "Think I'm Gonna Feel Better." Of the previously unreleased tracks, "The French Girl" is not up to the standards of the other songs, but "Only Columbe" would have fit in nicely.
When Gene Clark died in 1991, most fans--if they remembered him at all--only remembered him as a one-time member of the Byrds. Echoes proves that he was more than that. RECOMMENDED
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