Gene Clark LPs: The Poll

White Light. Maybe.

No Other

i know there are people that rep for some of the other ones, but for me there is no other than No Other

pretty much, tho first D&C comes close

firebyrd is kinda dire, sold that back in a hurry

No Other > Gene Clark With The Godsin Brothers > The Fantastic Expedition Of > Roadmaster > Through The Morning, Through The Night >
White Light

Don't know the others. Somehow "No Other" doesn't fit in.

This can't be No Other than the sixth one. At least as long as "Mr. Tambourine Man" isn't an option.

No Other > Roadmaster > Through the Morning > White Light - don't know the rest.

i think 'two sides..' doesn't do much, its the fulcrum release. the decline afterwards is actually compelling. up to then (through no other) you have one the greatest bodies of work ever.
i went with roadmaster because i once had a an argument w/ ev4n d4nd0 in the store i used to work at over the title. he insisted it was called roadster.
then he came back after checking and yelled across a busy sales floor that i was right. i got a lot of strange looks.

I need a copy of Roadmaster.

This is really, really hard.

Yes, I'd recommend it! (xp)

WHITE LIGHT

It's somewhere between White Light, Roadmaster and No Other on any given day.

i need a copy of Roadster.

i voted no other which is kinda bogus cuz ive only heard that & white light

just so u know if the poll is skewed

No Other fr All Time

I voted No Other but I love them all and they're all just different enough as to not be easy to compare head-to-head.

Preflyte is basically a Gene Clark album too. And if you wanted to you could take the expanded CDs of the first 3 Byrds albums, drop everything Gene didn't write, and come up with one hell of an album.

Still, No Other just barely edges out the others due to the moment in From A Silver Phial when they sing Sleeping in the master's room

Meanwhile I'm writing one of those facebook 25 records that changed your life and knew I needed to include Gene and went with Gosdin Brothers, because that got me hooked and because in it's diversity, it sums up not just so much of what I love about Gene, but of the music of the mid to late 60s. From the baroquely produced Echoes and So You Say You Lost Your Baby, to the folky country-rock of Think I'm Gonna Feel Better, Tried So Hard and Keep on Pushing to the killer Beatles/Byrds rock of Is Yours Is Mine, I Found You, Elevator Operator, Couldn't Believe Her and Needing Someone to the melancholy of The Same One. The Beatles pastiche stuff is definitely not his strongest, but those songs are still a ton of fun.

Great post, Dan.

anyone heard that record where he re-recorded his vocals on the gosdin bros. album, and i think erased their harmonies? came out around 72 or something

I've heard the reissue of it... it's all for the worst, really. IIRC it's got a much more slick sound.

yeah, that's what i heard

there was a single sundazed put out of a few alternate takes from those sessions and it was just awful.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

It's somewhere between White Light, Roadmaster and No Other on any given day.
Yes.

One thing we can all agree on, though. The best Gene Clark record is not Two Sides To Every Story.

Echoes is probably the most badass song ever so went with Gosdin Brothers.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

She walks with ease, and all she sees is never wrong or right.

'with tomorrow' off white light is just such a beautiful song, takes me by surprise every time - what a singer

the one-two punch of "She Don't Care About Time" & "Shooting Star" is incredible imo.

that whole record is strong.

does anyone wanna rep for through the morning, through the night? i think i need "polly" and "kansas city southern" on record.

corner street bar is one of the worst songs he ever wrote but it's jokey and kinda fun

it has 5-6 v good songs, that would be enough for me

Yes, there are a few songs where he tries to be cheerful but then it's back to the misery we love and cherish him for

Through the Morning is def worth owning. It's probably my least-listened to Clark record, but still a total classic in my book.

i am listening to it now, in fact, and wondering why i don't pull it out more. some all-time great tunes on here.

No Other is the one album which can truly be described as Cosmic American Music.

Gene Clark was the unsung genius of American music and this masterpiece proves it.

No Other is one of my Desert Island albums, alongside
A Storm in Heaven (The Verve)
Spirit of Eden (Talk Talk)
Lazer Guided Melodies (Spiritualized)

Of course, White Light and Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark are also classics of Americana.

One thing we can all agree on, though. The best Gene Clark record is not Two Sides To Every Story.

But I wonder if "Past Addresses" might be his best song.

Furthermore, I wonder if the songs on Gene Clark Sings for You would have composed his best album if they had ended up better played and recorded.

But I wonder if "Past Addresses" might be his best song.

Two Sides to Every Story may not be his best album, but the last 3 on side 2 are just astounding.

^^^ definitely