The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell

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The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell
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ReleasedMarch 1964
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Folk
Length27:57
Label Capitol
Producer Kermit Walter, Nick Venet
Glen Campbell chronology
Too Late to Worry – Too Blue to Cry
(1963)
The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell
(1964)
The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell
(1965)
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The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell is the third album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, recorded in stereo and released in 1964 by Capitol Records. [1] [2] The album is entirely instrumental, with the exception of one cut: "Walkin' Down the Line", on which Campbell also sings.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Lonesome Twelve" (Roy Clark) – 2:30
  2. "Puff the Magic Dragon" (Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton) – 2:25
  3. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (Paul Henning) – 1:53
  4. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:26
  5. "500 Miles (Away From Home)" (Hedy West) – 2:20
  6. "Walkin' Down the Line" (Bob Dylan) – 2:05
Side 2
  1. "12-String Special" (Glen Campbell) – 1:53
  2. "Green Green" (Barry McGuire, Randy Sparks) – 2:01
  3. "Wimoweh" (arranged and adapted by Paul Campbell) – 2:30
  4. "Bull Durham" (Glen Campbell) – 2:08
  5. "La-Bamba" (adapted by Glen Campbell) – 2:12
  6. "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:15

Personnel

Music
Production

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Astounding 12-String Guitar". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  2. Discogs: Glen Campbell – The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell