GLEN CAMPBELL – LIVE 2LP – Nr MINT US 1969  COUNTRY

Glen Campbell – Live
(Capitol Records  1969  STBO268  US Pressing)

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972. He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.

Born in Delight, Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as a studio musician in Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of instrumentalists later known as “The Wrecking Crew”. After becoming a solo artist, he placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts. Among Campbell’s hits are “Universal Soldier”, his first hit from 1965, along with “Gentle on My Mind” (1967), “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (1967), “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife” (1968), “Wichita Lineman” (1968), “Galveston” (1969), “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975), and “Southern Nights” (1977).

In 1967, Campbell won four Grammys in the country and pop categories. For “Gentle on My Mind”, he received two awards in country and western; “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004, 2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music(ACM), and took the CMA’s top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. Campbell played a supporting role in the film True Grit (1969), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also sang the title song, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Glen Campbell Live is the first live album by American musician Glen Campbell, released in 1969. It features all of his hits up to that point, with the exceptions of the noticeably absent “Galveston” and “Wichita Lineman”.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. Medley: “More / Somewhere” (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero/Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
2. “White Lightning” (J. P. Richardson)
3. “Didn’t We” (Jimmy Webb)
4. “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife” (Chris Gantry)
5. “Gotta Travel On” (Paul Clayton)
6. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding)
7. “If You Go Away” (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
8. “Walk Right In” (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods)
9. “The Impossible Dream” (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion)
10. “Gentle on My Mind” (John Hartford)
11. “Where’s the Playground Susie” (Jimmy Webb)
12. “Good Ole Mountain Dew” (Traditional; arranged by Glen Campbell)
13. “You All Come” (Arlie Duff)
14. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (Webb)
15. “For Once in My Life” (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden)
16. “It’s Over” (Jimmie Rodgers)
17. “Yakety Sax” (Boots Randolph, James Rich)
18. “The Lord’s Prayer” (Albert Hay Malotte)

Personnel

• Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bob Felts – drums
• Billy Graham – bass guitar, harmony vocals
• Al Casey – acoustic guitar
• Dennis McCarthy – piano
• The Garden State Arts Center Orchestra

Production

• Producer – Al De Lory
• Arranged by Al De Lory, Marty Paich, Dennis McCarthy
• Conductor – Al De Lory
• Engineers – Bob Arnold, Don Henderson, Joe Polito