(2022) VA - Clowns Exit Laughing: The Jimmy Webb Songbook    


Review:
After a period of establishing his credentials as a writer with Motown’s West Coast office, Jimmy Webb really came into his own in the mid-’60s with classic songs like ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘Wichita Lineman’ and ‘Up Up and Away’. Everyone wanted to record a Jimmy Webb copyright, and a great many people did as this CD demonstrates. Although Jimmy has never stopped writing, “Clowns Exit Laughing” naturally concentrates on a time when a new Jimmy Webb classic seemed to appear every other week. As is always Ace’s policy with the Songwriter Series, each featured artist performs only one song but we are sure that inclusions by the likes of Tony Joe White, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and other major names will disappoint nobody. Also included for collectors are several rare, seldom heard original versions of songs primarily associated with other artists, such as Don Ho’s original of ‘Galveston’ and James Darren’s first recording of ‘Didn’t We’. — acerecords.co.uk


   


Track List:
01 - Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
02 - Dionne Warwick - Up, Up And Away
03 - Nocturnes - Carpet Man
04 - The Everly Brothers - When Eddie Comes Home
05 - Shane Martin - I Need You
06 - Chuck Jackson - Honey Come Back
07 - Everything But The Girl - Where's The Playground, Susie
08 - Joey Scarbury - Midnight Mail
09 - The Walker Brothers - The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
10 - Tony Joe White - Wichita Lineman
11 - James Darren - Didn't We
12 - Waylon Jennings & The Kimberleys - MacArthur Park
13 - The Supremes - I Keep It Hid
14 - Nina Simone - Do What You Gotta Do
15 - Don Ho - Galveston
16 - B.J. Thomas - Worst That Could Happen
17 - Mel Tormé - Requiem- 820 Latham
18 - Dusty Springfield - Magic Garden
19 - The 5th Dimension - Rosecrans Blvd.
20 - The Brooklyn Bridge - Which Way To Nowhere
21 - The Fortunes - Clowns Exit Laughing
22 - Rumer - P.F. Sloan
23 - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson - Highwayman
24 - Dee Dee Warwick - If This Was The Last Song (with The Dixie Flyers)


Media Report:
Genre: country, pop, soul
Country: Various
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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