The Lost Studio Sessions

Great lost sessions from 1964 until the Flyte group this is real gem of a release. Definitely the 1967 onwards sessions are the real deal but I was very surprised at how good the Flyte songs were and the attempts at Gram Parsons songs, he could interpret other songwriters but I wondered if he had any of his own available.Thus us privy but it is in SACD format.I would hope that there are further jewels to be unearthed like this

a must for fans of Gene Clark

An interesting compilation of unreleased material: definitely very welcome, as virtually any 'new' Gene Clark material is, although it doesn't hold together very well as an album. As there are reportedly hours and hours of demos and outtakes still unreleased, a huge box would be great; this disc seems like a sampler from a larger collection. Great sound and well worth having. Awful artwork though.

The image is that of the 24 track cd Gene Clark lost sessions and the description does not state all you are getting for £10.99p is a bonus 4 track cd. Like everybody else I though I was purchasing the 24 track cd and was amazed to have been sent a bonus cd.Amazon should change the image and make it perfectly clear that it is not the full cd containing 24 tracks but a 4 track bonus listing the tracks .The image on the bonus cd is different to the full cd and this is the one that should have been displayed to avoid confusion.

I thought I was ordering the 24 track album that is shown in the image - Gene Clark: The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982. That is what the posted reviews commented on. The price, £10.99, also led me to believe I was was buying a full album. Instead Amazon sent me a CD titled Bonus Acoustic CD with only four tracks, playing time 12 minutes. This, apparently, was originally a bonus CD that came with the full album shown in the image. To avoid confusion for other customers Amazon need to show the correct image of the CD they are selling.

The best bit of this tracks 7-14, a set of eight spare acoustic songs, sung beautifully and reflecting a path Clark might have taken. The songs are good, not great, but they don't sound embryonic or in development or discarded. They sound forgotten. Many of them could have appeared on on any of Clark's solo releases without embarrassment. That's more than you can say for a lot of Gene Clark posthumous releases. The first six tracks sound like practice--an immature artist uncertain early steps. The remainder are familiar songs, either released previously or by other artists. A few--She's The Kind of Girl and One In A Hundred--benefit from the simple acoustic setting. But the eight tracks 7-14 are gold.

What a ridiculous price. Gene Clark was terrific and I’ve no doubt the music on this cd is well worth hearing and owning, but look at the price tag. If we are stupid enough to pay these robbers ridiculous prices for the music of an artist that is sadly no longer with us so can’t object or collect any royalties, they will doubtless continue to fund their extravagant life styles by charging them. And they wonder why people download music illegally. That is exactly what I suggest you do rather than let these greedy people get away with it. I have no doubt that Gene, if he were around to do so, would say the same thing.