Legacy 1961-2002 (2003) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Capitol Records UPC: 00724359049328 Release Date: 10/7/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60614998 Item#: MQWPHG Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Turn Around, Look At Me ~ Glen Campbell 2. Kentucky Means Paradise - (with The Green River Boys) ~ Glen Campbell 3. Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry ~ Glen Campbell 4. Universal Soldier ~ Glen Campbell 5. Guess I'm Dumb ~ Glen Campbell 6. Burning Bridges ~ Glen Campbell 7. Just To Satisfy You ~ Glen Campbell 8. Less Of Me ~ Glen Campbell 9. Gentle On My Mind ~ Glen Campbell 10. Crying ~ Glen Campbell 11. By The Time I Get To Phoenix ~ Glen Campbell 12. Tomorrow Never Comes ~ Glen Campbell 13. Hey Little One ~ Glen Campbell 14. I Wanna Live ~ Glen Campbell 15. Turn Around, Look At Me - (new version) ~ Glen Campbell 16. Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde, The ~ Glen Campbell 17. Let It Be Me - (with Bobbie Gentry) ~ Glen Campbell 18. Scarborough Fair / Canticle - (with Bobbie Gentry) ~ Glen Campbell 19. Wichita Lineman ~ Glen Campbell 20. Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife ~ Glen Campbell 21. Reason To Believe ~ Glen Campbell Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Galveston ~ Glen Campbell 2. Where's The Playground Susie ~ Glen Campbell 3. If This Is Love ~ Glen Campbell 4. True Grit ~ Glen Campbell 5. Try A Little Kindness ~ Glen Campbell 6. Honey Come Back ~ Glen Campbell 7. One Pair Of Hands ~ Glen Campbell 8. All I Have to Do Is Dream - (with Bobbie Gentry) ~ Glen Campbell 9. Everything A Man Could Ever Need ~ Glen Campbell 10. It's Only Make Believe ~ Glen Campbell 11. Pave Your Way Into Tomorrow ~ Glen Campbell 12. MacArthur Park ~ Glen Campbell 13. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) ~ Glen Campbell 14. Last Time I Saw Her, The ~ Glen Campbell 15. I Say A Little Prayer / By The Time I Get To Phoenix - (with Annie Murray) ~ Glen Campbell 16. Last Thing On My Mind, The ~ Glen Campbell 17. I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) ~ Glen Campbell 18. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ~ Glen Campbell 19. Houston (I'm Comin' To See You) ~ Glen Campbell 20. Bonaparte's Retreat ~ Glen Campbell 21. Moon's A Harsh Mistress, The ~ Glen Campbell Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Rhinestone Cowboy ~ Glen Campbell 2. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L. A.) ~ Glen Campbell 3. Arkansas ~ Glen Campbell 4. Don't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye ~ Glen Campbell 5. Southern Nights ~ Glen Campbell 6. Sunflower ~ Glen Campbell 7. God Only Knows ~ Glen Campbell 8. I'm Gonna Love You ~ Glen Campbell 9. Can You Fool ~ Glen Campbell 10. Highwayman ~ Glen Campbell 11. Something 'Bout You Baby I Like ~ Glen Campbell 12. Any Which Way You Can ~ Glen Campbell 13. I Was Too Busy Loving You ~ Glen Campbell 14. Faithless Love ~ Glen Campbell 15. Lady Like You, A ~ Glen Campbell 16. Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The - (with Steve Wariner) ~ Glen Campbell 17. I Have You ~ Glen Campbell 18. If These Walls Could Speak ~ Glen Campbell 19. Unconditional Love ~ Glen Campbell 20. She's Gone Gone Gone ~ Glen Campbell 21. Show Me Your Way - (with Anne Murray) ~ Glen Campbell 22. Only One Life ~ Glen Campbell 23. Somebody Like That ~ Glen Campbell Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Impossible Dream, The ~ Glen Campbell 2. Lord's Prayer, The ~ Glen Campbell 3. Didn't We ~ Glen Campbell 4. My Way ~ Glen Campbell 5. Try To Remember / The Way We Were ~ Glen Campbell 6. Galveston - (ballad arrangement) ~ Glen Campbell 7. Amazing Grace ~ Glen Campbell 8. Classical Gas ~ Glen Campbell 9. Good Vibrations / Help Me Rhonda / Surfer Girl / Surfin' USA ~ Glen Campbell 10. Mansion In Branson ~ Glen Campbell 11. Let It Be Me - (with Debbie Campbell) ~ Glen Campbell 12. Highwayman, The ~ Glen Campbell 13. William Tell Overture ~ Glen Campbell 14. Still Within The Sound Of My Voice ~ Glen Campbell 15. Time In A Bottle ~ Glen Campbell   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Glenn Campbell (vocals, guitar); Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Rita Coolidge, Steve Wariner, Debbie Campbell (vocals); Leon Russell, Al De Lory, Jimmy Webb, Jack Nitzche, Marty Paich, Dennis McCarthy (arranger); James Burton, Dennis Budimir, Al Casey (guitar); Doug Dillard (mandolin); Joe Osborn, Carol Kaye (bass); Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Earl Palmer (drums). Producers include: Nick Venet, Brian Wilson, Al De Lory, Jimmy Webb, Jimmy Bowen. Compilation producer: Mark Copeland. Recorded between 1961 & 2001. Includes liner notes by Joel Selvin. Given the overwhelming number of Glen Campbell collections released over the years, it comes as a shock to realize that Capitol's 2003 set The Legacy (1961-2002) is the first-ever Campbell box set to be released. There have been plenty of single- and double-disc collections, and while some of them been been excellent, even essential, they also point out one undeniable fact: it's much harder to assemble a good Campbell collection than it appears. Part of the problem is that there is a certain group of hits -- "Galveston," "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Southern Nights" -- that have to be on any hits collection, a large group that nevertheless leaves sizable room to wiggle and add other hits, singles, or album tracks according to the needs of the compilation. Of course, matters are complicated by the fact that he recorded a lot between the mid-'60s and mid-'70s, much of it being released, some of it being shelved or leaked on B-sides and rush-released compilations, and none of it being particularly well documented (one track on The Legacy, a duet with Bobbie Gentry on "All I Have to Do Is Dream," is given the credit of "1970 single; LP unknown"). To complicate matters further, this prolific hitmaker -- who had Top Ten country hits from 1968 to 1989 --often did some of his best work on songs that weren't hits. Compilers have dealt with this situation by filling the space around the five big hits by choosing tracks seemingly at random -- and this doesn't just apply to budget-line collections, it's also true of Capitol's releases, such as the bewildering 2000 collection 20 Greatest Hits, which contained no big hits outside of the Big Five. Of all the Campbell collections, only three stood out from the pack: Razor & Tie's 1997 double-disc compilation The Glen Campbell Collection, the first CD-era attempt to take stock of his entire hitmaking career; EMI's 1999 double-disc collection The Capitol Years: 1965-1977, compiled by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs and focusing on Campbell's lush pop work; and Capitol's 2003 compilation All the Best, the first and only set to have most of his biggest chart hits on one disc. Almost by default, The Legacy joins this list as one of the few serious, ambitious, and successful Campbell retrospectives assembled during the CD era. It contains everything on All the Best and falls somewhere between the overreach of the Razor & Tie set (33 of its 40 tracks are here) and the impeccable, if idiosyncratic song selection on the EMI collection (23 of its 46 tracks are here, if the "Houston (I'm Coming to See You)" variation "London (I'm Coming to See You)" counts). So, the basic song selection is right on the money, but, as in many Campbell collections, the devil is in the details, the biggest being disc four, containing 15 live tracks recorded between 1969 and 2002. While there are some good cuts here, including a Beach Boys medley, it's hampered by too many run-of-the-mill performances and stilted latter-day tracks. Since they're all squared away on one disc, it's easy to ignore it, but it would have been better to either release this as three discs or use all four for his studio recordings, which are superior to live cuts. The other three discs are much better, but they do suffer from the typical box-set tendency to extend the story too far after the quality of the artist's music starts to decline. With Campbell, after 1978's Basic, his music turned too calculatedly adult contemporary, and the last 14 tracks of disc three are devoted to cuts from the '80s and '90s, which, frankly, is too much space. It would have been much better to play up his glory years of 1967-1977. They are still emphasized here, but space should have been made for great album tracks, forgotten singles, and obscurities that have been on other collections. While it is asking too much to see the B-side "Record Collector's Dream" (not on CD until Raven's 2002 two-fer of Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodlines), "See You on Sunday," "Comeback," and the Jimmy Webb masterpiece "Christian No" should have been on here. There are other good idiosyncratic choices, to be sure, but it winds up not being as sharp as The Capitol Years, which remains the best collection because it captures Campbell at his best, regardless of hits. This has its nicely idiosyncratic song selection, and like Razor & Tie's collection runs out of steam toward the end. However, it gets things mostly right, and it is a good, thorough overview, although it doesn't contain every great thing Campbell recorded -- which it could have, if it had thrown out the live disc and concentrated on his peak. Still, it's an admirable box set and a worthy addition to Campbell's prodigious catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Musical Guests Bobbie Gentry Anne Murray Rita Coolidge Steve Wariner Debbie Campbell   Compilation Appearances 60's Hits Country No. 1 70's Hits Country No. 1 Blue Kentucky Girl (Expanded & Remastered (Bonus Tracks) Vol. 2-70's Hits Kings Of Country 1971-20-Original Chart Hits Vol. 1-Singin With Emmylou Har Ultimate Collection Country Classics From The 60's Collection Ultimate Classic Country Collection If These Wals Could Talk 2 Songwriter That's Country Capitol Records: 1942-2002 (Deluxe Edition) (w/ Book) (Limited Edition) Capitol Records: 1942-2002 (Special Edition) (w/ Book) (Limited Edition) Best Of Bluegrass Gospel Folk Years Treasury Of Christmas Tunesmith The Songs Of Jimmy Webb Cash Unearthed (w/ Book) Delta Lady: The Anthology True Grit Country Christmas Hits Great Men Of Rock & Roll: 70s Classic Country: Stars Of Branson Classic Country Gold Latenighttales Latenighttales 32 Country Gospel Favorites Salute To Bob's 100th Birthday From Alamo To Eldorado:vol 2 Complete Sixties CLASSIC COUNTRY: SWEET COUNTRY BALLADS / VARI Anthology Of The Twel0506 Drifting Cowboy: Country Music Tribute To Han Very Best Of Country Billboard No 1's:classic Country Brokeback Mountain - O.s.t. (Hol) Top Hits Of The Seventies:greatest Hi Ode To Billie Joe/touch Em With Love Now That's What I Call Country Christ   Associated Artists and Works Ford, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, Tennessee Ernie Nelson, Rick Original Score Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 10/07/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 90493 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724359049328    Related Videos Lost Highway: Willie Nelson