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By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1967)

Where the lyrics of By the Time I Get to Phoenix take you, and where it was really made.

A country album became the first of its kind to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, and its lead single had already taken two Grammys a year earlier.

Key places

Recorded at Capitol Studios (1967)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album's studio is listed as Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The exact recording dates are not given in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• By the Time I Get to Phoenix is the seventh studio album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell
• Released November 1967 by Capitol Records
• Lead single "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" released October 1967

Background

• The lead single came out about a month before the album
• Campbell is an American singer-guitarist; this is his seventh studio album
• Al De Lory served as producer, arranger and conductor
• Nick Venet produced "Tomorrow Never Comes"

Recording

• Recording studio listed as Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles
• Mort Garson arranged "Cold December" and "Bad Seed"
• Leon Russell arranged "My Baby's Gone"
• Jimmie Haskell arranged "Tomorrow Never Comes"
• Session players: James Burton on acoustic and electric guitars, Joe Osborn on bass guitar, Jim Gordon on drums, Bud Shank on flute

Cover

• Photography credited to Ed Simpson and Capitol Photo Studio

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released November 1967 by Capitol Records as Glen Campbell's seventh studio album
• Lead single "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" released October 1967, ahead of the album
• Glen Campbell credited on vocals and acoustic guitar
• James Burton played acoustic and electric guitars; Joe Osborn on bass guitar
• Jim Gordon on drums; Bud Shank on flute
• Al De Lory served as producer, arranger and conductor
• Nick Venet produced "Tomorrow Never Comes"
• Mort Garson arranged "Cold December" and "Bad Seed"; Leon Russell arranged "My Baby's Gone"; Jimmie Haskell arranged "Tomorrow Never Comes"

Reappraisal

• In 2004, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
• The honour went to the lead single, a track from this album

Records

• In February 1968, the lead single won Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance at the Grammys (for 1967)
• In March 1969, the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year (for 1968)
• The album was the first country album to win Album of the Year

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was the first country album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, awarded in March 1969 for 1968
• Its lead single was released in October 1967, about a month before the album
• Leon Russell arranged "My Baby's Gone" on the album
• Mort Garson arranged "Cold December" and "Bad Seed"
• Jim Gordon on drums and Bud Shank on flute were among the session players credited on the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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