Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2003-11-10
Music Label: Raven [Australia]
Soundtracks:
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- Love Years Coming - Strawberry Children
- I Keep On Keeping On - The Contessas
- Worst That Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge
- How Sweet It Is - The Picardy Singers
- Up, Up And Away - 5th Dimension
- The Girl's Song - Jackie DeShannon
- Tunesmith - Vicki Carr
- Requiem:820 Latham - The Executives
- Magic Garden - Dusty Springfield
- Galveston - Glen Campbell
- Just Another Piece Of Paper - Glen Campbell
- Macarthur Park - Richard Harris
- If Ships Were Made To Sail - Scott Walker
- Where Does Brown Begin? - Scott Walker
- Song Seller - Paul Revere & The Raiders
- Clowns Exit Laughing - The Fortunes
- When It Was Done - Hugo Montenegro
- She Never Smiles Anymore - The Mike Perjanik Complex
- Do What You Gotta Do - Four Tops
- Honey Come Back - Junior Walker & The All Stars
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Stevie Wonder
- My Christmas Tree - Temptations
- Didn't We - Dionne Warwick
- Mixed-Up Girl - Nancy Wilson
- P.F. Sloan - The Association
- Wichita Lineman/By The Time I Get To Phoenix - King Harvest
- All My Love's Laughter - Jennifer Warnes
- The Moon's A Harsh Mistress - Judy Collins
- Parenthesis - Kerry Biddell
- The Name Of My Sorrow - Mark Lindsay
- The Old Man At The Fair - Mark Lindsay
- Met Her On A Plane - Ian Matthews
- All I Know - Art Garfunkel
- 5:30 Plane - The Supremes
- Cheap Lovin' - The Supremes
- Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon - The Three Degrees
- She Moves, Eyes Follow - Kenny Rankin
- Oklahoma Nights - Arlo Guthrie
- The Highwayman - The Highwaymen
- Himmler's Ring - Lowell George
- Lost Generation - Onie J. Holy
- The Last Unicorn - Kenny Loggins
- Where's The Playground Susie? - Everything But The Girl
- Wichita Lineman - R.E.M.
- You Can't Treat The Wrong Man Right - Linda Ronstadt
- Adios - Linda Ronstadt
Free Music Notes for Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
Free Music Review: One for the Road
Hit: 5 Stars
Jimmy Webb's "Tunesmith" is an excellent collection. With long drives to Pennsylvania & Kentucky, I found myself putting "Tunesmith" in the car and having the best time listening to it for many miles on the road. For those of us who love Jimmy Webb as a singer, nothing replaces listening to the master in his own voice. However, this collection by the Australian Raven label is exceptional and well worth seeking out stateside. Any collection of Webb's music will have omissions since he is one of the most recorded songwriters of the last century.
"Love Years Coming" kicks things off with Jimmy singing lead in a band called Strawberry Children. This is a true collector's piece, one I'd never heard before. Some of the gems are lesser-known work like "I Keep On Keeping On" by the Contessas, an r&b girl group. The Picardy Singers are a tight-knit pop harmony band sounding like they could be cousins of the Mamas & the Papas singing in dated 60s vibe on "How Sweet It Is." If you had asked me to list my favorite artists, Vicki Carr probably wouldn't be on the list; however, here she sings the title tune of this set and does a great job. Scott Walker may be better known down under, but he does a journeyman's job on two of Jimmy's most beautiful and thoughtful songs, "If Ships Were Made to Sail" and "Where Does Brown Begin?" Paul Revere & the Raiders rock out on Webb's "Songseller," cleaning up the lyric from Jimmy's use of the "f" word in his "Words & Music" version. Junior Walker & the All Stars cut a nice soulful groove on "Honey Come Back," "I just can't stand these lonely days." Jennifer Warnes sang a version of "All My Loves Laughter" that was one of my favorite tracks before Jimmy Webb was on my radar screen; its inclusion here makes this collection perfectly exquisite! Neither the song "Parenthesis" nor the singer Kerry Biddell were familiar, but this is a classic Webb construction, slightly off-kilter but perfectly fitting into place. This is one I'd love to hear Webb unearth and record. The Three Degrees do a wacky version of "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon" that from the live chatter sounds like it must have been included in the film "The French Connection." It pops. Onie J. Holy is another obscure name for me, a male soul singer who belts out a version of a song that was also unfamiliar to me, "Lost Generation."
Some will enjoy this set for the more obvious choices. Yes, the 5th Dimension sound as crisp on "Up, Up & Away." Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park" still has the cake out in the rain. The package has a charm betraying its Australian roots as Judy Collins' picture is listed as belonging to Australian actress Judy Davis --an honest mistake! "Tunesmith" is a great set because it makes available a wide variety of songs and artists who have participated in the Jimmy Webb legacy. The sound is technically crisp. Hearing R.E.M. do "Wichita Lineman" is a great treat as is Kenny Loggins' version of "The Last Unicorn" that is somewhat hard to find. This collection gets five stars for its breadth and depth. Seek it out! Enjoy!
Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Poster
A lavish tribute to the master songwriter. 47 tracks, over 150 minutes, including both legendary hits, elusive rarities, soundtrack songs, & material previously unavailable on CD. Artists include Richard Harris, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, Everything But The Girl, Kenny Loggins, & many more. Raven. 2003.Featuring Richard Harris, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, REM, Everything but the Girl, Kenny Loggins, Art Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield, Fifth Dimension, Temptations, Four Tops, Glen Campbell, Jennifer Warnes, Highwaymen, Scott Walker and Jackie Deshannon. Includes Rare Singles, Album Tracks and Soundtrack Songs, and Tracks Not Previously Available on CD.
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