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| 1. | Dream Baby
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| 2. | By The Time I Get To Phoenix
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| 3. | Mary In The Morning
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| 4. | Try A Little Kindness
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| 5. | Gentle On My Mind
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| 6. | Ocean In His Eyes
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| 7. | Time In A Bottle
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| 8. | The Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife
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| 9. | Help Me Make It Through The Night
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| 10. | Wichita Lineman
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| 11. | Galveston
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| 12. | Country Boy
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| 13. | Oklahoma Sunday Morning
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| 14. | It Must Be A Sin When You Love Somebody
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| 15. | The Moons A Harsh Mistress
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| 16. | Ain't No Sunshine
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| 17. | Oh Happy Day
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| 18. | By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Wichita Lineman/Galveston/Honey Come Back
Bonus Feature - Medley 1975
with Jimmy Webb |
| 19. | Didn't We
Bonus Feature
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| 20. | Macarthur Park
Bonus Feature
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| 21. | Rhinestone Cowboy
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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| 22. | Trials And Tribulations
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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| 23. | Southern Nights
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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| 24. | Heartache No.3
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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| 25. | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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| 26. | Milk Cow Blues
Bonus Feature -- Live 1978
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A one time member of the Beach Boys, session guitarist for the likes Elvis and Frank Sinatra, a star of Lenny Kaye's legendary Nuggets compilation, a pioneer of New Country, and a harmony singer who could put anyone in tune. Add to that a phenomenal run of US pop and country hit records. Jeff Kruger and his Ember empire have long represented Glen Campbell in the UK, from the time they picked up an option in the 1960's when EMI were slow to move on an offer from Capitol. From promoting live tours and releasing the early records Ember moved into arranging concerts to be filmed in the early 1970's. The first was a recording of a show at The Talk Of The Town in 1972, then through 1975 Campbell recorded a series of six TV shows broadcast by the BBC.
Backed by his then regular band and the BBC Concert Orchestra Campbell performed live his greatest hits plus other favourite songs of his choosing. The performances are consummately professional, the backing very tight, and the sound recording excellent. All filmed in gloriously gaudy 1970's colour schemes !
We have compiled the best of these performances, which include his best known hits, other interesting covers such lesser known Jimmy Webb songs, and some fine examples of his own guitar playing (including a fantastic jazzy instrumental version of Bill Withers' ‘Ain't No Sunshine').
The bonus features are of Campbell and Jimmy Webb performing together, and the highlights of a live show from 1978 that brings in his two big late 70's hits and an example of how great a live performer he was, and still is.
Like John Denver, Glen Campbell was appreciated by his most sizable audience a couple of generations ago, and to quote the very hip Sam the Sham, Campbell's showmanship is about as "L7" -- or square -- as one could get. But calling this artist square isn't totally fair to Campbell's rich history and importance, and there is much on this DVD that rises above his massive appeal to the mainstream. The Best of the Glen Campbell Music Show is chock-full of great material. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," the second song in, is a solid performance with the vocals perfect and more soulful than Campbell displays when he goes into full entertainment mode for his celebrated TV show. There are nuggets like the orchestrated "Mary in the Morning," "Try a Little Kindness," and Jimmy Webb's "Gentle on My Mind," the huge string of hits culled from the program along with lesser-known Webb compositions -- "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" and "It Must Be a Sin." What's missing is narration that tells the story of Campbell, how he worked with Rick Nelson, the Beach Boys, and so many other music legends. It's strictly a music program, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have some extraordinary aspects. A set of performances with songwriter Webb on the piano in 1975 is pure magic. The medley of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" (different renditions than the ones performed earlier on the DVD), and "Honey Come Back" along with Webb classics made popular by Richard Harris, "Didn't We" and "MacArthur Park," runs only 14 minutes, but it is a highlight and most impressive. There's also footage taped in Dublin in 1978, with the latter-day Campbell performing "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights." Of course, the music is very consistent all the way through, the singer performing in his trademark style -- just a guy strumming the guitar or standing on-stage for a solo vocal. You won't get Bob Dylan's wit or Lou Reed's angst; this is homogenized pop for the John Davidson and Mac "Stop and Smell the Roses" Davis set -- for fans of country music and those who like music delivered by television in the days before MTV and VH1. The Best of the Glen Campbell Music Show will satisfy his fan base, but it could have been much more (see Tim Buckley's My Fleeting House DVD as just one example). A four-page insert is included.
---Joe Viglione, Rovi |
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