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Glen Campbell Live (1969)

Where the lyrics of Glen Campbell Live take you, and where it was really made.

The only track not recorded live is a 1968 studio recording of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which had reverb and audience effects added to sound like a live performance.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1969)

Recording site PNC Bank Arts Center — The album was recorded live at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, and the MusicBrainz record lists this venue as PNC Bank Arts Center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Glen Campbell Live: first live album by American musician Glen Campbell
• Released by Capitol Records in 1969
• Features live performances of most of Campbell's hits up to that point
• Entire album recorded live, except "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
• Track listing of 18 songs, including a medley of "More / Somewhere"
• Producer Al De Lory
• Remastered in 2008 by Andrew Thompson at Sound Performance Studios, London, England

Background

• Conspicuously absent: "Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman"
• "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is the same studio version from Campbell's 1968 Wichita Lineman album, with reverb and audience effects added to mimic a live performance
• Personnel credits list The Garden State Arts Center Orchestra
• Arrangers: Al De Lory, Marty Paich, Dennis McCarthy
• Conductor: Al De Lory

Recording

• Recorded at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey
• Engineers: Bob Arnold, Don Henderson, Joe Polito
• Personnel: Glen Campbell (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Bob Felts (drums), Billy Graham (bass guitar, harmony vocals), Al Casey (acoustic guitar), Dennis McCarthy (piano)

Cover

• Gatefold jacket
• Green "target" labels with purple "C"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

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

• Capitol Records released it in 1969 as Glen Campbell's first live album
• It gathered most of his hits up to that point, leaving out "Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman"
• The album was recorded live at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey
• Listed on the Billboard (United States) album chart

Reappraisal

• The 2008 remaster was done by Andrew Thompson at Sound Performance Studios in London
• The studio-recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was given reverb and audience effects to sound live
• All other tracks were recorded live

Records

• Listed on the Billboard album chart in the United States
• Gatefold jacket on release
• 18 tracks in the track listing, with arrangements credited to Al De Lory, Marty Paich and Dennis McCarthy

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Conspicuously absent from the album are "Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman".
• "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is the same studio version from the 1968 album Wichita Lineman, with reverb and audience effects added.
• The Discogs release notes that A1b is called "There's A Place For Us" on the jacket.
• The Garden State Arts Center Orchestra is credited in the personnel list.
• The Discogs release has etched runouts, except for trailing side-indicators and the LA pressing plant symbol, which are stamped.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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