Gene Clark rarities collection Back Street Mirror: Revisited out digitally July 19

Back Street Mirror: Revisited adds five additional Gene Clark studio outtakes to the original BSM six-song EP from 2018.

Here's the scoop from Liberation Hall...

Beyond his achievements as a founding member of the Byrds, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gene Clark was one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of the rock era. After his passing in 1991, fans began lobbying for the release of known studio recordings that had been locked away for decades. They eventually got their wish with the release of The Lost Studio Sessions: 1964-1982, a collection of rarities from the personal archives of the Byrds’ first manager, Jim Dickson. This title was released in several limited-edition formats in 2016 by Sierra Records. Mining this same cache of treasures, a six-song EP entitled Back Street Mirror followed in 2018 for Record Store Day. 

This year, Liberation Hall has made most of this material available again. The Lost Studio Sessions: 1964-1982 was reissued on CD and double LP (both featuring 24 tracks) on April 20. The next title up for expansion is Back Street Mirror, now renamed Back Street Mirror: Revisited. The original six-song EP will be joined by five additional tracks, one from 1964, and four from the pre-White Light period in 1970. These five tracks previously appeared on CD as part of the limited-edition The Lost Studio Sessions campaign from 2016. Back Street Mirror: Revisited is a digital-only release that will arrive July 19 from Liberation Hall. All songs were written by Clark and the download will include discographic notes by Gene Clark archivist Tom Sandford. Pre-order Back Street Mirror: Revisited via Bandcamp right here.

Clark’s “Yesterday, Am I Right” is from an August 1967 session produced by legendary South African horn player, Hugh Masekela. This baroque-pop gem sits nicely alongside contemporaneous offerings from the Byrds and the Doors, who were both experimenting with horns and strings. It is the first digital single from Back Street Mirror: Revisited and is available here.

GENE CLARK – Back Street Mirror: Revisited

TRACKLIST: 1. Back Street Mirror (January 1967 session) | 2. Don’t Let It Fall Through (January 1967 session) | 3. Yesterday, Am I Right (August 1967 session) | 4. She Told Me (1966 demo) | 5. If I Hang Around (1966 demo) | 6. That’s What You Want (1965 demo) | 7 Why Can’t I Have Her Back Again (1964 session) | 8. One In a Hundred (1970 session) | 9. 1975 (1970 session) | 10. She’s the Kind of Girl (1970 session) | 11. The Virgin (1970 session) 

Tracks 1-6 previously released as Back Street Mirror vinyl 12” EP, issued in 2018 by Entrée Records.

Track 7 previously released on The Folk Den promotional CD as part of The Lost Studio Sessions: 1964-1982,issued by Sierra Records in 2016.

Tracks 8-11 previously released as The Lost Studio Sessions Bonus Acoustic CD, issued by Sierra Records in 2016.