Dillard & Clark - Fantastic Expedition & Through the Morning
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Artist: Dillard & ClarkEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-03-08
Music Label: Polygram UK
Soundtracks:
- Out On The Side
- She Darkened The Sun
- Don't Come Rollin
- Train Leaves Here This Mornin
- Why Not Your Baby
- Lyin' Down The Middle
- With Care From Someone
- The Radio Song
- Git It On Brother
- In The Plan
- Something's Wrong
- Don't Be Cruel
- No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine
- Through The Morning, Through The Night
- Rocky Top
- So Sad
- Corner Street Bar
- I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy
- Kansas City Southern
- Four Walls
- Polly
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Don't Let Me Down
Music reviews of Fantastic Expedition & Through the Morning
Music Review: Great music: One great album, one OK album, crammed into a not-so-pretty package
Rating: 4 Stars
As a huge fan of White Light, I decided to check out Gene Clark's earlier and later releases. This Dillard and Clark compilation is great: it contains pretty much all of their material (2 albums plus four bonus tracks). The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark is a great album--it rivals Gene's other masterpieces and marks a unique moment in the evolution of folk and country rock. Through the Morning, Through the Night is OK--some extra group members are added, diluting (in my opinion) the great sound that Dillard and Clark had worked up for themselves on the first album, and playing mostly covers. There's only one problem with this product, and that's the way in which it's packaged--the album art is bland, the liner notes (as other reviews have rightly pointed out) are stinky, and for some bizarre reason, the bonus tracks are inserted at odd places in the middle of the compilation--"Why Not Your Baby" is a great song and an excellent bonus track, but it's plopped smack in the middle of Fantastic Expedition. Not only does this spoil the vibe of the album as a discrete unit, the song is in mono and really interrupts the listening experience. These are pretty minor complaints (I listen to the album after it's been imported into iTunes, so I've correctly resequenced the tracks and given the albums their rightful artwork). Despite these gripes, it's totally worth it, since both albums are packed into one CD--an excellent deal.
The first album is far and away the best. Somehow Gene Clark's songwriting became razor sharp in just a short period of time--he was prolific, to be sure, but the songs of heartbreak on Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers don't hold a candle to the great imagery and mysterious musings of the songwriter who croons on this album and would go on to create White Light and No Other. Gene's great lyrics and achingly emotive vocal delivery are complimented so well by Dillard's banjo/guitar virtuosity and tasteful background vocals. It's the best of both worlds--the acoustic textures of country/bluegrass without sounding too hillbilly, combined with the experimentation of folk rock without the pretense. There are lots of highlights on this album, especially the opener, "Train Leaves Here This Morning," "With Care for Someone," and the ramped-up "Git it on, Brother."
Through the Morning, Through the Night is definitely a pleasant listen--it's got more of a defined country feel, with a lot of pedal steel and up-down bass. There are certainly some highlights, too, such as "No Longer a Sweetheart of Mine" and the duet "Rocky Top." Thing is, Gene Clark is a terrific songwriter, and it's an album of mostly covers. I think he sounds the best when he's wringing the emotion out of his own songs, and though these are well-chosen songs, they don't have the magic of Clark originals. Additionally, other vocalists take the lead on much of the album, which I find kind of disorienting and disappointing--if it's a Gene Clark album, I'd probably prefer to hear him sing lead most of the time.
As it stands, Dillard and Clark's first album is totally essential listening for any fan of the Byrds, Gene Clark, or folk- or country-rock and bluegrass. The fact that it's combined on one disc with the lesser gem Through the Morning... is an added bonus--I don't know if that album is really worth buying on its own, but it makes an excellent supplement for the Expedition, which is indeed Fantastic!
Description of Fantastic Expedition & Through the Morning
Digitally remastered reissue featuring all of the known A&M recordings by this pioneering country rock duo comprised of banjo player/ vocalist Doug Dillard (of early '60s bluegrass outfit The Dillards) & guitarist/ vocalist Gene Clark (one of the founding members of The Byrds). Contains their 1968 debut 'The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark', 1969's 'Through The Morning Through The Night' and all four of t he tracks from the two singles they released between the two LPs. 23 tracks total --the first time their entire A&M output has been released on a single CD! 1999 release.Country CDs
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