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Track Listings

1	Tambourine Man
2	Vanessa
3	Rain Song
4	C'est La Bonne Rue
5	If You Could Read My Mind
6	Dixie Flyer
7	Feel A Whole Lot Better
8	Rodeo Rider
9	All I Want
10	Something About You Baby
11	Made For Love
12	Blue Raven

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Monster Music
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Monster Music
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001MXN
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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- #4,747 in Soft Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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Gary

This is my favorite Gene Clark album

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015

Besides Gene's real albums, this is my favorite "pieced together" album. "All I Want" is great, and the album kind of goes together.

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Christoph Deschner

Not for completists only

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2004

It's easy to throw dirt at someone's music, once he lost the race of fortune and fame, but it's not fair. This album originally came out in 1984 as an LP on Takoma Records, shortly before John Fahey's own (and fine!) label went broke. It was a damn honest and straightforward attempt to bring back the energy of Folk-Rock to Gene Clark's music, and it surely does! The "Rain Song" alone is well worth buying this album, but furthermore we hear a truly tuneful rendition of "Mr. Tambourine Man" (several verses), the stunning "Something About You Baby", the mystical "Blue Raven", the trucking "Rodeo Rider" and other gems. The only argument against this album could be the lack of a concept and the use of one or the other remake and/or cover version. To a true devotee things like that don't matter: Gene Clark IS the concept!

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Romuald Vandenborne

He could do much better

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2003

This album disappoints. In 1980, with the Mcguinn, Clark and Hillman project already dead, Clark left for Hawaii for about one year in order to get himself back together. He returned to the states and after a year he started the recording for "Fyrebyrd"(This album consists in fact of "Fyrebyrd", supplemented with some bonus tunes). Various problems delayed Fyrebyrd's progress and it wasn't until 1984 that it was finished.
This Byrd has flown has its strong moments like "All I want" (a bonus tune, recorded around 1986), "rain song" (great guitar playing) and "made for love" (great vocal, nice music). Sadly, most of the material is really weak, especially when compared to his usual standards. He covers Mr. Tambourine man for example. Off course, it doesn't match the byrds' version. The same thing for "Feel a whole lot better". Lightfoot's "If you could read my mind" is covered too, but again, it sounds dull and flat. His originals are not much better. They sound uninspired, and the music's often dull. His voice is showing the signs of severe abuse (alcohol). Luckily he proved in 1987 with the "So Rebellious" album that he could still do it. He died in 1991 as a result of severe substance abuse (mainly alcohol), aged 46.

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S. F Gulvezan

GREAT LAST SOLO CD BY BYRD FOUNDER GENE CLARK

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 1999

Originally released in 1984, this was the last solo outing of the legendary Byrds co-founder Gene Clark. True to form, he once again displays his singular songwriting talents and his unmatchable vocal abilities on this CD. Also included are three bonus tracks, two of which, "All I Want" and "C'est La Bonne Rue," are as good as anything on the original release. Highly recommended.

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Byrdman50

Don't Be Fooled by Notions of Remastering

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2011

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I feel no need to do a general review of this album. The first reviewer here does a wonderful and insightful job, to which I could add little.
I am very fond of 'Firebyrd', which I bought on vinyl in the mid-eighties, and later as the Portuguese budget CD, ' Firebyrd '. By then the album being discussed here album had come and gone.
After I read ' Mr Tambourine Man: The Story of the Byrds' Gene Clark ' by John Einarson, I felt the urge to seek out this expanded (and long-deleted) reissue. He described it as a different mix (unless I'm confusing matters with something from ' "Byrds": Timeless Flight Revisited : the Sequel ' by John Rogan). I searched around online for the best price, which STILL turned out to be on Amazon, and only slightly cheaper than the currently advertised price. I was HOPING for a new mix, as the original leaves much to be desired, particularly the clumping artificial snare drum sound, always so high in the sound balance. I was in for a disappointment. This CD uses the same mixes, and the sound quality on some of the tracks is inferior to the cheap Portuguese CD.
There was only ever one other reason to buy this CD, the song 'All I Want'. It is trumpeted in some quarters as a sort of last masterpiece. It is a fine song, recorded with skilled musicians, but Clark's vocals let it down. They are tentative at best, and it is clear that the producer had to make the most of the vocal he had, after Clark had died. There is an outburst, for politeness call it a warble, in the song's coda, which makes my flesh creep (with embarrassment?) every time I hear it. The coda itself comes in on a poor edit, unless the 'clunk' is Geno bumping into the mic. A minor disappointment at the very least.
If 'All I Want' were available as a download, there would be almost no need for this album at all. ' Firebyrd ' is VERY much cheaper, and generally sounds better. I don't much enjoy the other two bonus tracks either. Save the expense and buy 'Firebyrd' instead.
**** for the original album, minus one for the poor job made of this version.

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