The Gosdin Brothers: "Sounds of Goodbye", Full Album (1968)

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Side 1: 01: Sound of Goodbye (0:00 – 2:29) 02: She’s Gone (2:29 – 4:38) 03: Catch the Wind (4:38 – 7:02) 04: Let It Be Me (7:02 – 9:00) 05: For Us to Find (9:00 – 12:02) 06: The Victim (12:02 – 14:56) Side 2: 07 The First Time (14:56 – 18:02) 08: Woman’s Disgrace (18:02 – 20:43) 09: Bowling Green (20:43 – 22:45) 10: Louisiana Man (22:45 – 25:13) 11: Love of the Common People (25:13 – 28:29) Bonus Tracks: 12: Tell Me (28:29 – 31:34) 13: There Must Be Someone I Can Turn To (31:34 – 34:14) 14: Multiple Heartaches (34:14 – 36:32) 15: Love at First Sight (36:32 – 38:20) 16: Uncommitted Man (38:20 – 41:18) 17: No Matter Where You Go (41:18 – 43:59) 18: Hangin’ On (43:59 – 46:51) 19: Wishing (46:51 – 48:45) 20: I’ll Live Today (48:45 – 51:42) 21: One Hundred Years from Now (51:42 – 54:30) 22: I’ll Live with God (To Die No More) (54:30 – 57:12) 23: She Still Wishes I Were You (57:12 – 01:00:00) 24: Had a Lot of Friends (01:00:00 - 01:01:56) For credit & personnel information, please visit: http://www.burritobrother.com/gb.htm The Gosdin Brothers were another one of the first bona fide Country Rock acts of their day. Their one and only album, “Sounds of Goodbye”, is among the earliest albums in the genre, coming out in 1968, the same year as the seminal “Sweetheart of the Rodeo”. But their association with the genre goes back farther than ’68. Vern and Rex Gosdin got their start in music playing & singing Bluegrass music. Their vocal harmonies were so strong that they often told unknowing bookers that they were the Louvin Brothers so to increase interest in their performances (often times they’d have to run out of clubs unpaid once being found out). In 1963 the brothers formed The Hillmen, a short lived Bluegrass band that served as a showcase for the talents of a then unknown young mandolin wiz Chris Hillman (Vern was the rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist & Rex was the upright bassist/harmony singer). When Chris was invited to join The Byrds, he didn’t forget about his friends the Gosdins. The brothers served as The Byrds’ opening act for many of their US dates. Vern can be heard contributing acoustic rhythm guitar to Hillman’s “Time Between” from The Byrds’ “Younger Than Yesterday” album. Their association with The Byrds opened another door for the brothers in that it allowed them to get close to Gene Clark. Clark’s first solo album after leaving The Byrds featured the Gosdins prominently, warranting the album being credited to “Gene Clark & The Gosdin Brothers”, released in 1967. Around this time, the Gosdin signed with Gary Paxton’s Bakersfield International record label, the label that released some of the first ever Country Rock recordings and served as the home of Country Rock pioneers Gib Guilbeau, Gene Parsons, & Clarence White. They worked sessions with Gib, Gene, Clarence, & Wayne Moore (collectively known as The Reasons or Nashville West) and the collective all became friends. It was under the Bakersfield International label that the duo would release their own album, this album. Among the contributors to this album were many of the names mentioned above; Chris Hillman, Gib, Gene, Clarence, Wayne, & Paxton, along with notable musicians Jerry Scheff and Michael Clarke. In true Country Rock fashion, the album was well received critically, but failed to make a splash commercially, and the duo made no subsequent releases. It’s a darn shame. After they ceased performing as a duo, the brothers took a break from the music business. Rex would go on to work as a songwriter, but stayed out of the limelight. Vern, however, would go on to become a Country music superstar in the late ‘70s early ‘80s, charting numerous hits such as “Set ‘em Up Joe”, “Chiseled in Stone”, “I’m Still Crazy”, and many more. His smooth singing earned him the nickname “The Voice” (during his time as a successful solo artist, Wayne Moore served as his touring bass guitarist). The album itself has strong Folk Rock influences thanks to the early Byrds connection, but is primarily Country Rock in style, thanks to the backing by Nashville West. This is the expanded version of the album, featuring 10 bonus tracks. The official rerelease of the album had the bonus tracks interspersed with the original songs. I have altered the track order here to feature the original two sides and the bonus songs separately. Standout songs are "Sounds of Goodbye", "She's Gone" (which was written by Clarence White), “Catch the Wind”, “Let It Be Me”, Gib Guilbeau covers “Woman’s Disgrace”, “No Matter Where You Go”, & “Multiple Heartaches”, “Tell Me” (which features some of Clarence’s best early rock picking), “There Must Be Someone I Can Turn To” (which would be recorded by The Byrds on their ’69 outing “Ballad of Easy Rider”), “One Hundred Years from Now” (not to be confused with the Byrds song of the same name) & “Had a Lot of Friends”. This is another forgotten piece of history, so yall enjoy and appreciate it.