The Byrds - "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" (2:31)
Set You Free This Time (with The Gosdin Brothers) (2:46)
Echoes (with The Gosdin Brothers) (3:17)
I Found You (with The Gosdin Brothers) (2:57)
Dillard & Clark - "Train Leaves Here This Mornin'" (3:50)
Dillard & Clark - "The Radio Song" (3:02)
Dillard & Clark - "Why Not Your Baby" (3:39)
Dillard & Clark - "Don't Let Me Down" (3:46)
Dillard & Clark - "Rocky Top" (2:47)
For A Spanish Guitar (5:00)
She's The Kind Of Girl (2:59)
She Don't Care About Time (3:36)
The Byrds - "Changing Heart" (2:41)
Life's Greatest Fool (4:44)
Strength Of Strings (6:30)
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - "Don't You Write Her Off" (3:18)
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - "Backstage Pass" (4:27)
If You Could Read My Mind (3:50)
Gypsy Rider (with Carla Olson) (4:30)
So You Say You Lost Your Baby (with The Gosdin Brothers - acoustic demo) (2:30)
I Pity The Poor Immigrant (4:55)
That's Alright By Me (3:57)
Wall Around Your Heart (3:08)
Dillard & Clark - "Lyin' Down The Middle" (2:17)
The American Dreamer (1:53)
One In A Hundred (alternative version) (2:52)
She's The Kind Of Girl (alternative version) (3:18)
Del Gato (with Carla Olson - live) (5:07)
Changes (with Carla Olson) (3:33)
Review: Wow, just, wow. There are retrospective compilations, and then there are retrospective compilations. Then there are expertly curated overviews of careers like Gene Clark's, one of the most enigmatic, shapeshifting, and intriguing songwriters in the (modern) history of songwriting. Collected is a fantastic effort at celebrating the life work of this 20th Century master, from The Byrds to country collaborations with Doug Dillard and The Gosdin Brothers.
However, avid fans will relish in the fact that even this 43-track epic album can't really fit everything in, which is only indicative of how much he made, and how much of what he made was great. A folk, Americana, journeyman legend if ever we could call anyone that, this is a time capsule comprising genuinely precious landmark songs everyone should be familiar with.
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