Tag: Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell: Old Home Town/Letter To Home/It’s Just A Matter Of Time (Morello Records)
After a prolific run with Capitol Records, legendary country crooner Glen Campbell signed to Atlantic America, resulting in three albums that found him being led toward a generic Modern Country sound. Still, for their weaknesses, these albums produced some fantastic singles, returning the fading star to the top reaches of the country charts.
Glen Campbell: Old Home Town/Letter To Home/It’s Just A Matter Of Time (Morello Records)
After a prolific run with Capitol Records, legendary country crooner Glen Campbell signed to Atlantic America, resulting in three albums that found him being led toward a generic Modern Country sound. Still, for their weaknesses, these albums produced some fantastic singles, returning the fading star to the top reaches of the country charts.
Song Of The Day: Glen Campbell, “All I Needed Was The Rain”
Taken from the UMe release, Sings For The King,
Craig Smith: Love Is Our Existence (Maitreya Apache Music)
Love Is Our Existence is a collection of recordings by Craig Smith, a 60s musician who was lost to mental illness and drug use before he could really establish himself as the talent he was. This collection of rough demo and Acetate recordings find him an angelic-voiced singer with a wide-eyed innocence that betrays the dark tragic life he would soon lead.
Craig Smith: Love Is Our Existence (Maitreya Apache Music)
Love Is Our Existence is a collection of recordings by Craig Smith, a 60s musician who was lost to mental illness and drug use before he could really establish himself as the talent he was. This collection of rough demo and Acetate recordings find him an angelic-voiced singer with a wide-eyed innocence that betrays the dark tragic life he would soon lead.
Charlie Byrd: Sixties Byrd: Charlie Byrd Plays Today’s Great Hits (él Records)
Charlie Byrd Sixties Byrd: Charlie Byrd Plays Today’s Great Hits él Records/Cherry Red I have long had the sneaking suspicion that during the Sixties, Easy Listening artists adapted rock and roll and pop hits as a way to build common ground between younger and older music listeners, perhaps in a spirit of fun for older… Read More ›
Charlie Byrd: Sixties Byrd: Charlie Byrd Plays Today’s Great Hits (él Records)
Charlie Byrd Sixties Byrd: Charlie Byrd Plays Today’s Great Hits él Records/Cherry Red I have long had the sneaking suspicion that during the Sixties, Easy Listening artists adapted rock and roll and pop hits as a way to build common ground between younger and older music listeners, perhaps in a spirit of fun for older… Read More ›
Various Artists: Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson (Ace Records)
The belated second volume of Ace Records’ tribute to Brian Wilson is a big heaping helping of great songs from a wide array of styles, proving the point that Wilson was and is one of the best modern pop composers of our time.
Various Artists: Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson (Ace Records)
The belated second volume of Ace Records’ tribute to Brian Wilson is a big heaping helping of great songs from a wide array of styles, proving the point that Wilson was and is one of the best modern pop composers of our time.
The Recoup 