Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Glen Campbell album)

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Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Glen Campbell Live at the Royal Festival Hall album cover.jpg
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)

Live at the Royal Festival Hall is the thirty-third album by American singer and musician Glen Campbell, released in 1977 by Capitol Records.

Track listing[]

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[]

Music
  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitars and electric guitars, bagpipes
  • George Green – drums
  • Carl Jacksonacoustic guitars and electric guitars, banjo
  • T.J. Kuenster – piano
  • Bill McCubbin – bass guitar
  • Fred Tackettacoustic guitar
  • Billie Barnum, Ann White, Stephanie Spruill – background vocals
  • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Production
  • Glen Campbell – producer
  • Gary Klein – producer
  • Armin Steiner – engineer
  • Alyn Ainsworth – conductor
  • Jimmy Webb – conductor
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • Brian McLaughlin – photography

Charts[]

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[]

  • Davis, Doug (2 December 1977). "Sound Country". The Prescott Courier: 17. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  • "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 2009-12-25.
  • "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard Magazine. 89: 70. 3 December 1977. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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