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Since going out of print, Capitol Records’ 2003 box set Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2002] has been regularly commanding three-figure sums on the secondhand market.  Yesterday, the label delivered some great news to fans of the late superstar.  On June 21, Capitol and UMe will issue a new, updated version of the box set in slimmer, digipak packaging, and with a completely new Disc Four bringing the story of Campbell’s incredible career to its completion.

The first three CDs of the original box set, reprised here in full, trace the artist’s journey from the 1961 Crest Records single “Turn Around, Look at Me” through the 1993 Liberty album track “Somebody Like That” from the LP of the same name.  Along the way, the 65 slices of powerful country-pop on these three discs encompass Campbell’s enduring hits like “Gentle on My Mind,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife,” “Galveston,” “Where’s the Playground, Susie,” “True Grit,” “Honey Come Back,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.),” and “Southern Nights” plus flawless interpretations of all-time standards like “MacArthur Park,” “Highwayman,” and “God Only Knows.”  The set also includes the Brian Wilson/Russ Titelman-penned-and-produced favorite “Guess I’m Dumb,” and other classics written by Glen’s friend and collaborator Jimmy Webb.  Duets with Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Rita Coolidge, and Steve Wariner are also peppered throughout these discs.  Campbell’s remarkable gifts as both a singer and guitarist are in abundance on these well-chosen selections.

The original fourth disc of The Legacy presented 15 live performances spanning 1968-2000.  The new reissue will jettison the live disc, instead featuring 13 songs highlighting Glen’s late period triumphs Love Is the Answer (2004), Capitol “comeback” Meet Glen Campbell (2008), Ghost on the Canvas (2011), See You There (2013), the Grammy-winning Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me soundtrack (2014), and Adios (2017).  The latter was recorded in 2012-2013 and released just before his passing in August 2017 from complications of Alzheimer’s.

The total for The Legacy is 78 tracks – two shy of the original’s 80 – though it newly presents the final, extraordinary chapter of Glen Campbell’s career.  Joel Selvin’s liner notes for the original box will be included (and perhaps updated) for this release.   Bob Norberg remastered the original iteration at Capitol Studios. Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2017] is due on June 21 from Capitol/UMe and can be pre-ordered at the links below!

Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2017] (Capitol Nashville 72435-90493-2-8, 2003 – reissued Capitol/UMe, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

CD 1

1. Turn Around, Look at Me
2. Kentucky Means Paradise – The Green River Boys featuring Glen Campbell
3. Too Late to Worry – Too Blue to Cry
4. Universal Soldier
5. Guess I’m Dumb
6. Burning Bridges
7. Just to Satisfy You
8. Less of Me
9. Gentle on My Mind
10. Cryin’
11. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
12. Tomorrow Never Comes
13. Hey, Little One
14. I Wanna Live
15. Turn Around and Look at Me
16. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
17. Let It Be Me – with Bobbie Gentry
18. Scarborough Fair/Canticle – with Bobbie Gentry
19. Wichita Lineman
20. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
21. Reason to Believe

CD 2

1. Galveston
2. Where’s the Playground Susie
3. If This Is Love
4. True Grit
5. Try a Little Kindness
6. Honey, Come Back
7. One Pair of Hands
8. All I Have to Do Is Dream – with Bobbie Gentry
9. Everything a Man Could Ever Need
10. It’s Only Make Believe
11. Pave Your Way Into Tomorrow
12. MacArthur Park
13. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
14. The Last Time I Saw Her
15. By the Time I Get to Phoenix/I Say a Little Prayer – with Anne Murray
16. The Last Thing on My Mind
17. I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)
18. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
19. Houston (I’m Comin’ to See You)
20. Bonaparte’s Retreat
21. The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress

CD 3

1. Rhinestone Cowboy
2. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)
3. Don’t Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
4. Southern Nights
5. Sunflower
6. God Only Knows
7. I’m Gonna Love You
8. Can You Fool
9. Highwayman
10. Somethin’ ‘Bout You Baby I Like – with Rita Coolidge
11. Any Which Way You Can
12. I Was Too Busy Loving You
13. Faithless Love
14. A Lady Like You
15. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – with Steve Wariner
16. I Have You
17. If These Walls Could Speak
18. Unconditional Love
19. She’s Gone, Gone, Gone
20. Show Me Your Way – with Anne Murray
21. Only One Life
22. Somebody Like That

CD 4 [new to this edition]

1. You’ll Never Walk Alone
2. People Get Ready
3. Amazing Grace
4. Lean on Me
5. Times Like These
6. These Days
7. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
8. Ghost on the Canvas
9. Waiting on the Comin’ of My Lord
10. I’m Not Gonna Miss You
11. Everybody’s Talkin’
12. It Won’t Bring Her Back
13. Adios

CD 4, Tracks 1-4 from You’ll Never Walk Alone: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love, Universal South B00182502, 2004
CD 4. Tracks 5-7 from Meet Glen Campbell, Capitol 509992 34132 21, 2008
CD 4, Track 8 from Ghost on the Canvas, Surfdog 528496, 2011
CD 4, Track 9 from See You There, Surfdog 233761, 2013
CD 4, Track 10 from I’ll Be Me: Soundtrack, Big Machine BMRAGC0100, 2015
CD 4, Tracks 11-13 from Adios, UMe B0026502-02, 2017