Iain Matthews has some pretty great Clark covers scattered across his discography.He's become one of my all-time favorite singers in a short time. This announcement did not interest me at all until I saw his name mentioned.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
yeah he's the only name in there that I could see doing the songs justice
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
yeahhh, iain's "spanish guitar" is so nice. he's got a new album coming out next year, which is kinda exciting, he deserves a little more love these days.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
and whatevers, if these indie rockers wanna play Gene Clark songs, go for it!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
What I wanna know is, when is the indie rock Roadmaster tribute show?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
i appreciate Beach House enough to not screw things up
― nostormo, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
"I explain to a lot of people that "No Other" isnot the complete "No Other" album on that record. It was originally athirteen-track album, but we weren't able to do a double-record and so therest of the songs were left unfinished. Because of the length of the cutswe couldn't include them."
I WANT TO HEAR THOSE 5 UNFINISHED TRACKS!were they released anywhere?
― nostormo, Monday, 30 December 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
(taken from an interview with Clark: http://geneclark.com/echoesinter.html)
― nostormo, Monday, 30 December 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
For years rumors circulated that only half of an intended double album had been recorded, with Geffen baulking at the excessive cost and eventually pulling out. This was corroborated by Clark in a 1976 interview. According to Kaye in Mr. Tambourine Man, 13 or 14 songs had been demoed with acoustic guitar at early sessions but only nine were recorded with a full band. "Train Leaves Here This Morning", a rerecording of a song first released on The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, was omitted from the final album.
― fit and working again, Monday, 30 December 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
that recording of "train leaves here this morning" was among the bonus tracks on the 2003 reissue.
― fit and working again, Monday, 30 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
thanks
maybe he eventually recorded them fot Two Sides?!
― nostormo, Monday, 30 December 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
from the tribute show, good cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgClfS-zz0Y
― nostormo, Friday, 14 March 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
documentary on bbc4 tonight
― cw, Friday, 14 March 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
loving this record lately. silver raven is so incredible.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:02 (nine years ago) link
record is definitely next level, lyrics go into some weird places
― tylerw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah this has become one of my favourites
― just sayin, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
love Clarke's weirdo spiritual parable lyrics
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
yeah! they are great. i never heard that indie rock superstar No Other cover band from a little while back, but it was hard for me to imagine anyone other than Clark really pulling off those lyrics.
― tylerw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
seems to be kind of unique to this album too - not that he was a bad lyricist before, just his focus feels like it was shifted
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
i do think that at his best, clark was one of the best dylan disciples, one of the few who actually got what dylan was up to in the mid 60s and was able to build his own thing out of it.
― tylerw, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
seems like he had an expectation of what he should write w/ the byrds and then suddenly he figured he could do whatever
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
Some Misunderstanding is one of my alltime favorite songs
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 31 July 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link
Three words:Strength of Strings
― nostormo, Friday, 31 July 2015 07:40 (nine years ago) link
my fave song and lyrics is From a Silver Phial. Not just on No Other, maybe my favorite Gene Clark song.
― dan selzer, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
A handful of "lost classics" turn out to be as great as this one did.
I actually don't understand why Asylum was so dissatisfied - the title song and "Strength of Strings" would have sounded great on FM radio, country rock and southern rock were a thing, and in an era where "Wildfire" could be a big hit, "Silver Raven" wasn't all that uncommercial either. Taste issue-wise we do have a label that hosts Joni Mitchell, but they also host The Eagles.
― Vic Perry, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/gene-clarks-no-other-getting-deluxe-reissue-via-4ad-stream-2-tracks/
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
This and deluxe "1999" in one year! Holy smokes.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
idk extras on this don't look particularly appealing tbh
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:27 (five years ago) link
on first listen...pretty appealing to me. Refuse from a Silver Phial is maybe my favorite song ever and this version is different enough to be interested. Not just some demo.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
I'll take the box
― dan selzer, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
I've had some tracks that were labeled "demos" for years and they're my favorite versions of the songs. They really just sound like less bloated alternate takes.
― Evan, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
the alt "silver raven" is pretty cool as well
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
If it's worth releasing, then it shouldn't be on a flexi (and Some Misunderstanding is a song I love very much, so I'm glad to hear alt takes). Gimmickry.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
I'm mostly curious about the 80-page book tbh but looks like that's only available with the $140 deluxe box, dunno if I'm $140 worth of curious for all those alt versions
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
those wah-wuh-wuh-wah-wuh-wuh-danddangdangdangdangdangdangdang guitars
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 September 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
5.1 is a draw for me, but ... $140?!? Gah.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 14 September 2019 05:54 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:27 (two days ago) link
FYI this was one of the projects whos masters were apparently burnt up on the UMG backlot
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 14 September 2019 07:43 (five years ago) link
Is it? Universal owns most of the prior Clark (and Dillard & Clark) albums. This one was with Warner Music, though perhaps it's changed hands? The version on Spotify is credited to 'No Other Records ©1974'.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 September 2019 11:32 (five years ago) link
It would seem to be challenging to mix a record for surround sound with no multitracks.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 14 September 2019 12:25 (five years ago) link
can’t stop listening to this
― prorogue mahone (||||||||), Sunday, 15 September 2019 21:31 (five years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 16 September 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
We all need a fixAt a time like this
― buzza, Monday, 16 September 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
Wonder if the packaging will get the full-on Vaughan Oliver treatment.
― henry s, Monday, 16 September 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
Did anybody pick up the deluxe box set?
― Soundslike, Saturday, 9 November 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
Yes. I haven’t opened it yet but two metallic foil printed flexis if the alternate versions came in the package as well.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 9 November 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
Amazon just notified me that my order is being delayed, with no shipment date in site. What's up with that?
― henry s, Sunday, 10 November 2019 05:06 (four years ago) link
I ended up having to order from Amazon Canada--sold out on the 4AD website and was $300 US on Amazon US! Shipped, but not due to arrive for a couple weeks...
― Soundslike, Sunday, 10 November 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
I am holding out for a standalone Blu-Ray release. One of the mix engineers on QQ said he hopes it happens as well.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 10 November 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
On the title track when that crystal meth bass first comes in and slides down the neck, it’s pure molasses
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Sunday, 10 November 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
the new remaster of this is excellent, record's never sounded better
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 11 November 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link