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The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell (1964)

Where the lyrics of The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell take you, and where it was really made.

Glen Campbell's album is almost entirely instrumental: only one of its twelve songs has him singing.

Key places

Recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood (1964)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album is credited as recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. The source gives no exact session date, so no date is stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Third studio album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell
• Recorded in stereo and released in 1964 by Capitol Records
• Twelve tracks, almost entirely instrumental
• Campbell plays twelve-string guitar throughout the record
• The only vocal track is "Walkin' Down the Line", where Campbell also sings

Background

• Title puts the twelve-string guitar playing at the front of the record
• Songs by Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Hedy West and others are included
• Side 1 opens with "Lonesome Twelve" and closes with "Walkin' Down the Line"
• Side 2 includes Campbell's own "12-String Special" and "Bull Durham"

Recording

• Recording location credited as Capitol Studios in Hollywood
• Producers credited: Kermit Walter and Nick Venet
• Musicians credited include Glen Campbell on vocals and twelve-string guitar
• Bass guitar credited to Chip Douglas and Carl Tandberg
• Drums credited to Hal Blaine, Donny Cotton and Earl Palmer
• Roy Clark credited on banjo

Cover

• Photography credited to George Jerman 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 in 1964 by Capitol Records, recorded in stereo
• Side 1 tracks: "Lonesome Twelve" (Roy Clark) – 2:30; "Puff the Magic Dragon" (Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton) – 2:25; "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (Paul Henning) – 1:53; "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:26; "500 Miles (Away From Home)" (Hedy West) – 2:20; "Walkin' Down the Line" (Bob Dylan) – 2:05
• Side 2 tracks: "12-String Special" (Glen Campbell) – 1:53; "Green Green" (Barry McGuire, Randy Sparks) – 2:01; "Wimoweh" (arranged and adapted by Paul Campbell) – 2:30; "Bull Durham" (Glen Campbell) – 2:08; "La-Bamba" (adapted by Glen Campbell) – 2:12; "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:15
• Only "Walkin' Down the Line" features Campbell's vocals; the other eleven tracks are instrumental
• Campbell's own compositions on the record are "12-String Special" and "Bull Durham"
• Dylan songs appear twice, "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Walkin' Down the Line"

Records

• The source gives no chart, sales, certification or award information for this album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Roy Clark is credited both as composer of "Lonesome Twelve" and as the banjo player on the record
• Two Bob Dylan songs appear on the album, "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Walkin' Down the Line"
• Kermit Walter – producer and Nick Venet – producer are the two names credited on the production side
• The album's stereo recording and its 1964 Capitol release are the two facts the source gives about its issue
• "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie closes side 2 of the record

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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