This Byrd Has Flown [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Gene Clark

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Monster Music
• ASIN: B000001MXN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,109 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Originally released in 1986 in the UK as Firebyrd, this is now remastered and re-packaged with 3 bonus tracks from the same session. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT LAST SOLO CD BY BYRD FOUNDER GENE CLARK, March 19, 1999

By	S. F Gulvezan (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for completists only, April 9, 2004

By	Christoph Deschner "cherokeemoon" (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: This Byrd Has Flown (Audio CD)

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!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars He could do much better, October 12, 2003

By	"rvdenbor" (Belgium) - See all my reviews

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.