No Other - Gene Clark

"I explain to a lot of people that "No Other" is
not the complete "No Other" album on that record. It was originally a
thirteen-track album, but we weren't able to do a double-record and so the
rest of the songs were left unfinished. Because of the length of the cuts
we couldn't include them."

I WANT TO HEAR THOSE 5 UNFINISHED TRACKS!
were they released anywhere?

(taken from an interview with Clark: http://geneclark.com/echoesinter.html)

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.

that recording of "train leaves here this morning" was among the bonus tracks on the 2003 reissue.

thanks

maybe he eventually recorded them fot Two Sides?!

from the tribute show, good cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgClfS-zz0Y

documentary on bbc4 tonight

loving this record lately. silver raven is so incredible.

record is definitely next level, lyrics go into some weird places

yeah this has become one of my favourites

love Clarke's weirdo spiritual parable lyrics

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.

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

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.

seems like he had an expectation of what he should write w/ the byrds and then suddenly he figured he could do whatever

Some Misunderstanding is one of my alltime favorite songs

Three words:
Strength of Strings

my fave song and lyrics is From a Silver Phial. Not just on No Other, maybe my favorite Gene Clark song.

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.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/gene-clarks-no-other-getting-deluxe-reissue-via-4ad-stream-2-tracks/

This and deluxe "1999" in one year! Holy smokes.

idk extras on this don't look particularly appealing tbh

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.

I'll take the box

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.

the alt "silver raven" is pretty cool as well

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.

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

those wah-wuh-wuh-wah-wuh-wuh-danddangdangdangdangdangdangdang guitars

5.1 is a draw for me, but ... $140?!? Gah.

idk extras on this don't look particularly appealing tbh

― 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

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'.

It would seem to be challenging to mix a record for surround sound with no multitracks.

can’t stop listening to this

FYI this was one of the projects whos masters were apparently burnt up on the UMG backlot

We all need a fix
At a time like this

Wonder if the packaging will get the full-on Vaughan Oliver treatment.

Did anybody pick up the deluxe box set?

Yes. I haven’t opened it yet but two metallic foil printed flexis if the alternate versions came in the package as well.

Amazon just notified me that my order is being delayed, with no shipment date in site. What's up with that?

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...

I am holding out for a standalone Blu-Ray release. One of the mix engineers on QQ said he hopes it happens as well.

On the title track when that crystal meth bass first comes in and slides down the neck, it’s pure molasses

the new remaster of this is excellent, record's never sounded better

(now pls go back and do this to white light which has a godawful remaster)

the drumming on this album especially on the title track deserves its own thread

the remaster does sound realllllly good. what a great, weird record.

"Strength of Strings" was my first exposure to Clark, on a mixtape that also had my first tastes of Can, Autechre, Julian Cope, Dusty Springfield, Laika, Pentangle, A.R. Kane and Nick Drake, plus great Diana Ross and T. Rex deep cuts. So I really associate that song and later that album with having my mind blown repeatedly.

I first learned of him thru the (inferior) This Mortal Coil cover. those records were my gateway to a ton of great stuff.

The remaster makes a huge difference, way more than I thought.