GENE CLARK WITH THE GOSDIN BROTHERS: 1967 UK CBS STEREO

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  GENE CLARK WITH THE GOSDIN BROTHERS: 1967 UK CBS STEREO RARE FIRST SOLO LP FROM THE BYRDS FOUNDER, SUPERB AUDIO
GENE CLARK
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers

ORIGINAL UK CBS (SBPG 62934) *STEREO* PRESSING (February 1967) OF GENE CLARK'S FIRST SOLO LP AFTER LEAVING THE BYRDS IN 1966 - A REAL MASTERPIECE OF GENTLE PSYCHEDELIA AND MASSIVELY RARE IN STEREO (or in fact in ANY format as even though critically highly acclaimed it sold very poorly probably due to its being released in the same week as the Byrds' own 'Younger Than Yesterday') AND THIS COPY IS IN SUPERB CONDITION DELIVERING PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS AUDIO THROUGHOUT

THE RECORD IS PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CBS ORANGE LABELS (with 33 speed indication)
FIRST PRESS *STEREO* MATRIX: SBPG 62934 A1 / SBPG 62934 B1
AND IS IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED *MONO* SHELL SLEEVE WITH RED *STEREO* STAMP “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W1. Patent Pending”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL "British & Other Patents Pending" "MADE IN ENGLAND" POLY-LINED WHITE INNER SLEEVE

The first album that Gene Clark released after his departure from the Byrds followed very closely on the model of his earlier efforts on the Byrds' first two albums. His backing musicians included ex-bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, as well as future Byrd Clarence White and Clark collaborator Doug Dillard, not to mention the Gosdin Brothers, whose harmonies resembled a rockier Everly Brothers and brought the sound very close to that of the Byrds.
The album contains a number of fine pop-oriented tunes and stellar folk-rock/country-rock numbers (a year before the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which employed both White and Dillard) and established Clark as a major songwriter, rivalling his old band. Still, despite such solid songs and backing musicians, Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers failed to make much of an impact, perhaps due to its being released in the same week as the Byrds' Younger Than Yesterday, itself a tour de force that cemented their influence. However, in the realm of Clark's recorded output, this album stands as the one of the best, if not the best, example of how powerful a singer, writer, and bandleader he was

Gene Clark - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Vern Gosdin - backing vocals
Rex Gosdin - backing vocals
Glen Campbell - electric guitar
Jerry Cole - guitars
Bill Rinehart - guitars
Clarence White - guitar on "Tried So Hard" "The Same One" and "Needing Someone"
Doug Dillard - electric banjo on "Keep on Pushin'"
Leon Russell - piano, harpsichord; string arrangements on "Echoes" and "So You Say You Lost Your Baby"
Van Dyke Parks - keyboards
Chris Hillman - bass
Michael Clarke - drums

SIDE 1: ECHOES / THINK I'M GONNA FEEL BETTER / TRIED SO HARD / IS YOURS IS MINE / KEEP ON PUSHIN' / I FOUND YOU
SIDE 2: SO YOU SAY YOU LOST YOUR BABY / ELEVATOR OPERATOR / THE SAME ONE / COULDN'T BELIEVE HER / NEEDING SOMEONE

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT and UNMARKED with just a few light spindle traces - this copy has not been over-played AT ALL in fact, it appears to have seen little use
VINYL Visual: The surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN and apart from some (very) light circular markings they shine practically like new. These light marks have NO audio consequence - the playback is SENSATIONAL throughout
VINYL Audio: TREMENDOUS VIBRANT GENTLE PSYCHEDELIC FEEL ON THIS *STEREO* MIX - BRIGHT AND CRYSTAL CLEAR On playback at a LOUD volume there are NO scratches, NO sticks or jumps, NO loud clicks or pops and NO discernible groove-wear or distortion. The audio delivery is simply OUTSTANDING and the LP is critically graded a VERY strong EXCELLENT+ SUPERB LP, GREAT COPY
SLEEVE: The original front laminated sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition. The front laminated surface is CLEAN and UNMARKED with just a little rubbing and some light 'rippling' - nothing major - and the unlaminted back is pretty clean with just some 'smudging' marks again, nothing major. The text on the spine is mostly clear and legible and apart from a little 'feathering' to the opening edge the sleeve is CRISP and SQUARE overall, an extremely well preserved example

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