Not being released on LP until February of next year (though already available on SACD), but available as a pre-order now, is The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, on Intervention Records.
The album was originally released on A & M Records in 1968 (along with the debut of The Flying Burrito Brothers), the duo forming after Gene Clark left The Byrds and Doug Dillard left The Dillards (his replacement was Herb Pedersen, who later teamed up with Chris Hillman of The Byrds in The Desert Rose Band). Also appearing on the album is Bernie Leadon, long before he was a member of The Eagles.
Great album! Along with the aforementioned Flying Burrito Brothers (of which Chris Hillman was of course instrumental in forming) debut, Dylan’s John Wesley Harding, The Byrds Sweethearts Of The Rodeo (Hillman brought in Gram Parsons to replace the departing David Crosby), and Music From Big Pink by of course The Band, these albums ushered in the new, more Country/Hillbilly direction Rock music took on a cult/hip level. If you don’t think those albums resulted in The Grateful Dead making their 1970 Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty albums, well, you're mistaken ;-) .
