Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Glen Campbell album)

Summary

Live at the Royal Festival Hall is the third live album by American singer-songwriter Glen Campbell, released in November 1977 by Capitol Records.

Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1977
RecordedApril 2, 1977
VenueRoyal Festival Hall, London
GenreFolk, pop, country pop
LabelCapitol
ProducerGlen Campbell, Gary Klein
Glen Campbell chronology
Southern Nights
(1977)
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1977)
Basic
(1978)

Track listing edit

Side 1
  1. "Stars / Rhinestone Cowboy" (Janis Ian / Larry Weiss) – 6:14
  2. "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (Chris Gantry) – 2:03
  3. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe) / Loving You" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 4:55
  4. "Streets of London" (Ralph McTell) – 3:02
  5. "Try a Little Kindness" (Bobby Austin, Curt Sapaugh) – 1:58
Side 2
  1. "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:16
  2. "Good Vibrations/Help Me Rhonda/Surfer Girl/Surfin' U.S.A." (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Chuck Berry) – 5:26
  3. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 2:59
  4. "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 3:23
  5. "Sunflower" (Neil Diamond) – 2:51
Side 3
  1. "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:51
  2. "Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:05
  3. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:47
  4. "MacArthur Park" (Jimmy Webb) – 7:00
  5. "This is Sarah's Song" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:22
Side 4
  1. "Classical Gas" (Mason Williams) – 2:41
  2. "William Tell Overture" (Gioachino Rossini) – 2:34
  3. "Soliloquy from Carousel" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 7:12
  4. "That's When The Music Takes Me" (Neil Sedaka) – 2:46
  5. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 3:51

Personnel edit

Music
Production
  • Glen Campbell – producer
  • Gary Klein – producer
  • Armin Steiner – engineer
  • Alyn Ainsworth – conductor
  • Jimmy Webb – conductor
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • Brian McLaughlin – photography

Charts edit

Album - Billboard (United States)

Chart Entry date Peak position No. of weeks
Billboard Country Albums 12/17/1977 23 13
Billboard 200 01/07/1978 171 5

References edit

  • Davis, Doug (2 December 1977). "Sound Country". The Prescott Courier: 17. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  • "Rock Soloist Tries It With Philharmonic". The Hour: 14. 16 January 1978. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  • Welles, Robin (29 January 1978). "Records". Reading Eagle: 58. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  • Sharpe, Jerry (26 February 1978). "Live Record Set Shows Campbell's Versatility". The Pittsburgh Press: 65. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  • "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard Magazine. 89: 70. 3 December 1977. Retrieved 21 January 2010.