Gene Clark - Flying High [2CD, A&M Records, 1998]⭐

rtist: Gene Clark
Title: Flying High
Year Of Release: 1964-1990/1998
Label: A&M Records
Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks+scans)

Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. You Showed Me (Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn) - 1:54
2. Feel A Whole Lot Better - 2:31
3. Set You Free This Time - 2:50
4. She Don't Care About Time - 2:31
5. Tried So Hard - 2:21
6. So You Say You Lost Your Baby - 2:09
7. The French Girl - 2:38
8. Los Angeles - 2:39
9. I Pity The Poor Immigrant (Bob Dylan) - 4:56
10. That's Alright By Me - 4:00
11. Train Leaves Here This Morning (Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon) - 3:51
12. Why Not Your Baby - 3:42
13. The Radio Song (Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon) - 3:03
14. Git It On Brother (Lester Flatt) - 2:53
15. Something's Wrong (Gene Clark, Doug Dillard) - 2:58
16. Wall Around Your Heart (Don Reno, Red Smiley, James Buddie Smith) - 3:09
17. No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine (Don Reno, Red Smiley, James Buddie Smith) - 3:16
18. Through The Morning, Through The Night - 4:07
19. Kansas City Southern - 3:40
20. Polly - 4:23
21. Dark Hollow (Bill Browning) - 3:04
22. One In A Hundred - 2:48
23. She's The Kind Of Girl - 2:57

CD 2:
1. With Tomorrow (Gene Clark, Jesse Ed Davis) - 2:28
2. Spanish Guitar - 5:01
3. The Virgin - 3:37
4. Opening Day - 4:17
5. Winter In - 3:19
6. The American Dreamer - 1:54
7. Full Circle Song - 2:46
8. In A Misty Morning - 4:58
9. I Remember The Railroad - 2:32
10. Silver Raven - 4:56
11. The True One - 4:01
12. Lady Of The North (Gene Clark, Doug Dillard) - 6:07
13. Hear The Wind - 3:07
14. Silent Crusade - 4:15
15. Past Addresses - 5:39
16. Fair And Tender Ladies (Traditional) - 5:04
17. Changes (Phil Ochs) - 3:31
18. Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) - 5:37

When someone mentions the Byrds in conversation, the names of McGuinn, Crosby, and maybe Hillman pop up, but hardly anyone mentions Gene Clark, the Byrds' first original songwriter and lead singer until a fear of flying caused him to leave the band and strike out on his own. With Flying High, all of that should be put to rest, because the spotlight is finally on Clark and his many contributions to both rock and country. Starting with Byrds cuts like "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "She Don't Care About Time," this two-disc set moves through Clark's early solo career into his fine collaboration with Doug Dillard and onto more mature solo work while attempting to reunite the Byrds on "One in a Million" and "She's the Kind of Girl," which never quite got off the ground. Added here are some otherwise unreleased cuts, such as "Winter In," "That's Alright by Me," and Dylan's "I Pity the Poor Immigrant," which show that Clark had more talent than was released to the public in his lifetime. And while disc two does have waning interest and fewer cuts, it does show that Clark never gave up on trying to restart his career, even if the chips appeared to be down; of special note is his sensitive cover of Phil Ochs' "Changes." Compiled and re-produced for disc by Sid Griffin, Flying High is a fine spotlight on an underappreciated artist. With liner notes by Griffin and Chris Hillman, this has just about everything one needs to know about Gene Clark