The Lost Studio Sessions COMPANION, Part 1
Introduction
September 8, 2016 will see the release of what is without question the single most important posthumous release of Gene Clark's music, The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982.
Featuring 24 previously unreleased, never-before-bootlegged songs on the mothership album, plus six extra songs available across two bonus CDs, this is the largest, most comprehensive archival release ever undertaken of Gene's music.
Over the years, many hardcore fans have resented being put in the position of having to re-purchase songs they've owned for years just to have the opportunity to hear a clutch of previously unreleased tracks (as in the cases of 1998's Flying High compilation or 2007's In Concert set). Such is not the case with The Lost Studio Sessions. Of the 30 songs coming our way, only two have been released before, and in both cases the respective albums are long out of print. That means for even the most-knowledgeable Gene Clark fans out there, there's going to be 28 songs/performances coming our way that most, except the lucky few who attended the Gene Clark Symposium in 2014, have never heard before.
And so what I propose to do over the next few posts is give you a track-by-track breakdown of what's coming our way, along with all the recording details I can scrounge up, personal impressions of the material, plus a generous helping of relevant historical details to put the whole thing in context.
At this point I think it would be helpful to include a brief overview of the various sessions that comprise the set.
1964 Sessions
Produced by Jim Dickson
Recording date: Spring/summer 1964
1967 Sessions
Recorded January 26, 1967, Sound Recorders
Produced by Jim Dickson
Arranged by Leon Russell; Horn Section, Hugh Masekela
1969-1970 Sessions
Produced by Jim Dickson
Liberty/UA Recording Studios
1970 Sessions
Produced by Jim Dickson
Recorded at: The Sound Factory
1972 Sessions
Produced by Chris Hinshaw and Terry Melcher
Recorded July - September 1972, Wally Heider Studio 4
1982 Session
Produced by: Jim Dickson
Recorded July 10, 1982, Criterion Recorders
At the risk of pointing out the pointedly obvious, all songs featured on The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 are studio recordings. So any fears that we are going to be presented with poor-sounding cassette demos or bootleg-quality live recordings needs to be summarily dismissed.
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