No Other - Gene Clark

Apparently Gene did enough songs for a 2-lp set. Have they been wiped??

Don't think they ever made it to the recording stage.

Does Gene only seem to be better than Gram Parsons because of Parsons fatigue brought on by his over-adoring fans? Or is he actually better? Will Gene fans eventually make us tire of him too?

There was that great quote during the early days of the Byrds, someone complaining that Clark hadn't written a song for while, when they still depended on him, and Crosby says something like "oh don't worry, that girl he's seeing will split and he'll write something."

(PS / Nothing against O.Nate - I've met him, he's fine.)

Beacause of this thread, No Other is one of my fave records. But I'm wondering if the sound on the reissue w/bonus jams is that much better than the previous CD reissue.

whoah - this record!

I am totally repping for "From a Silver Phial" on my show tonight. What a chorus!

hella spare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kb-FB_08M

whoah

rick danko on bass! also check the eight miles high from that same performance (though the tape is glitched to fuck). there's a very nice solo version of silver raven from the 1978 mcguinn, clark and hillan tour of nz/australia performed in wellington up on youtube as well.

^hillman, too.

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)

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No Other is the 1974 album by Gene Clark, a founding member of the the Byrds. At the time of its release, it was viewed as a critical and commercial failure, but over time, it's become a cult favorite. Next month, that album will be celebrated on a brief tour where it'll be performed note-for-note by a supergroup featuring Beach House, plus members of Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, the Walkmen, and more.

The band will include Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally. Lead vocal duties will be handled by Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen, the Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser, Iain Matthews of Plainsong/Fairport Convention, and Legrand. The rest of the band features Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner, plus members of Lower Dens, Cass McCombs' band, Celebration, and Mt. Royal.

i love how fragile (yet strong) Clark's voice sounds.
like he is about to cry

I can hear jenn wasner do these songs. Dont't know if I'd want to hear the rest of them try, though.

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.

yeah he's the only name in there that I could see doing the songs justice

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.

and whatevers, if these indie rockers wanna play Gene Clark songs, go for it!

What I wanna know is, when is the indie rock Roadmaster tribute show?

i appreciate Beach House enough to not screw things up

"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