GENE CLARK/DILLARD & CLARK FANTASTIC EXPEDITIONS RARE ORIG '68 A&M LP IN SHRINK

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE  MORE THAN 200  LISTED ITEMS

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·       DILLARD AND CLARK (DOUG DILLARD OF THE DILLARDS, AND GENE CLARK OF THE BYRDS, WITH PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE DILLARDS LINEUP; THREE FIFTHS OF THE BYRDS (CLARK,  HILLMAN AND CLARKE) AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS AND THE EAGLES) - FANTASTIC EXPEDITION OF DILLARD AND CLARK - ORIGINAL 1968 A & M RECORDS STEREO LP SP-4158.

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BROWN (TAN) A&M LABEL (late 60s / early 70s style)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1/-1A'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Gene Clark was the greatest underrated singer/songwriter to emerge from the '60s rock explosion, and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Neil Young. This album, his debut as a duo with virtuoso banjoist/guitarist Doug Dillard, is perhaps his most brilliant recording. Out of the ashes of the Byrds and a brilliant false start of a solo career (the excellent Echoes album), the 1968 Dillard & Clark project found Clark collecting some of his finest material (basically the entire album) and putting it in the familiar context of bluegrass and country, a good year before these elements became vogue in the pop world. But Gene Clark was always ahead of his time. Bookended by two exquisite autobiographical explorations into consciousness -- "Out on the Side" and "Something's Wrong" -- the album's other tracks run from mournful ballad statements such as "Radio Song" to joyous celebrations like "With Care from Someone." There is also a very hot cover of the gospel number "Git It on Brother," which features Chris Hillman on mandolin. Doug Dillard's playing on the record is uniformly excellent. Not only a virtuoso musician, Dillard is a truly smart player who never gets in the way of the songs. Graceful, spellbinding, and tasteful all at the same time. Absolutely essential.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MATTHEW GREENWALD, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Classic country-rock album, a very revolutionary work issued at the peak of the back-to-the country revolution of 1968/69. This album is right up there with Byrds' "Sweetheart of Rodeo", Beau Brummels' "Bradley's Farm" or Flying Burrito Brothers' "Gilded Palace of Sin" as one of the most important, and influential specimens of the genre.

Track listing: Out on the side - She darked the sun - Don't come rollin' - Train leaves here this morning - With care from someone - The radio song - Git it on brother (Git in line brother) - In the plan - Something's wrong

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG++, JUST A NOTCH BELOW NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions (probably just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly  insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1   (front side) and 2 (back side)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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