From: Etsuo Eito




CWC New Release Info   THE GOSDIN BROTHERS CD on Big Beat label





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From: "Alec Palao"
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Subject: Gosdins 
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:00:05 -0700 



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THE GOSDIN BROTHERS "SOUNDS OF GOODBYE"
Reissue Producer: Alec Palao
Available: October 2003


Big Beat announces the forthcoming and most eagerly anticipated volume of
its acclaimed vintage country-rock reissue programme, past instalments of
which have anthologised Guilbeau & Parsons and Clarence White. We now take
great pride in presenting the first-ever retrospective devoted to The Gosdin
Brothers, a duo best known as the launch pad for future country superstar
Vern Gosdin, but in hindsight one of the finest and unwittingly cutting edge
acts of the late 1960s Bakersfield country rock renaissance.


The Gosdin Brothers 1968 album "Sounds Of Goodbye" is nowadays regarded as
one of the most satisfying blends of country, pop and folk-rock that the era
produced, yet because at the time it was aimed at the country market rather
than the hip scene, the record, and indeed the acts importance, has been
overshadowed by the frankly more copy-worthy Byrds and Burritos. As charter
members of the country rock brotherhood that included Clarence White, Gib
Guilbeau and Gene Parsons - all of whom provided the sparkling musical
support for the duos studio recordings - Vern and Rex Gosdin brought a
knowing savvy to the music that was tempered by the innocent freshwater
sensibilites of their stunning harmonies, and the unsurpassed warmth of
Verns lead vocal. With its array of fine songs, and sympathetic production
by maverick Gary Paxton, "Sounds Of Goodbye" is a true jewel of early
country rock.


Paxton had steered the Gosdins to success in the country field with the 1967
hit "Hangin' On", but the popularity of this plaintive country ballad
obscured the fact that Vern and Rex had shared management and toured with
the Byrds for two years prior, most famously contributing to Gene Clarks
eponymous solo LP, but also recording superb folk-rock of their own, on
obscure singles and unissued sessions.


This compilation collects together the contents of the "Sounds Of Goodbye"
album and its attendant non-LP Bakersfield International sides, along with
unreleased material and esoteric singles, including the Gosdins legendary
Edict 45. Produced by Chris Hillman, this record was cut in December 1966,
features accompaniment from Hillman, Michael Clarke and Clarence White, and
is thereby tantamount to an outtake from Genes LP or even "Younger Than
Yesterday". Additionally, we are most proud to include a previously unknown
outtake from the session, "Tell Me", the jaw-dropping final thirty seconds
of which are concrete proof that technically and melodically, Clarence was
already in a class of his own on electric guitar. Yep, it's that good.


As with the previous volumes, the package comes with lengthy liner notes
detailing the career of the Gosdins in the mid-1960s, with contributions
from those involved, and plenty of visuals too.


TRACKLISTING


1. SOUNDS OF GOODBYE
2. TELL ME*
3. THERE MUST BE A SOMEONE
4. WOMAN'S DISGRACE
5. MULTIPLE HEARTACHES
6. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
7. THE VICTIM
8. UNCOMMITTED MAN*
9. CATCH THE WIND
10. SHE'S GONE
11. NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO
12. HANGIN' ON
13. WISHIN'*
14. LOUISIANA MAN
15. I'LL LIVE TODAY*
16. FOR US TO FIND
17. ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW
18. BOWLING GREEN
19. I'LL LIVE WITH GOD*
20. THE FIRST TIME
21. LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
22. SHE STILL WISHES I WERE YOU
23. HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS
24. LET IT BE ME*


* previously unissued. All tracks recorded 1966-68

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