Clowns Exit Laughing - The Jimmy Webb Songbook Various Artists (Songwriter Series)

£13.12

Genre:
Eclectic
Label:
Ace Records
Format:
CD
Catalogue Id:
CDTOP 1620

Ace’s highly regarded and highly popular Songwriter Series continues apace, with several exciting projects in place for release in the second half of 2022 and beyond. This month we welcome Jimmy Webb onto our expanding list with “Clowns Exit Laughing”, a deep dip into this prolific tunesmith’s extensive catalogue of the past six decades.

After a period of establishing his credentials as a writer with Motown’s West Coast office, Jimmy 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’.

As ever, comprehensive annotation and copious illustration are part and parcel of the CD package. We are delighted to bring this magical collection to you, and equally delighted to add this stellar songwriter to our ever-growing series. 

Tony Rounce

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Side 1

  • 01 Preview By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell

  • 02 Preview Up, Up And Away - Dionne Warwick

  • 03 Preview Carpet Man - The Nocturnes

  • 04 Preview When Eddie Comes Home - The Everly Brothers

  • 05 Preview I Need You - Shane Martin

  • 06 Preview Honey Come Back - Chuck Jackson

  • 07 Preview Where's The Playground, Susie? - Everything But The Girl

  • 08 Preview Midnight Mail - Joey Scarbury

  • 09 Preview The Moon's A Harsh Mistress - The Walker Brothers

  • 10 Preview Wichita Lineman - Tony Joe White

  • 11 Preview Didn't We - James Darren

  • 12 Preview Macarthur Park - Waylon Jennings & The Kimberlys

  • 13 Preview I Keep It Hid - The Supremes

  • 14 Preview Do What You Gotta Do - Nina Simone

  • 15 Preview Galveston - Don Ho

  • 16 Preview The Worst That Could Happen - B.J. Thomas

  • 17 Preview Requiem: 820 Latham - Mel Tormé

  • 18 Preview Magic Garden - Dusty Springfield

  • 19 Preview Rosecrans Blvd. - The 5th Dimension

  • 20 Preview Which Way To Nowhere - The Brooklyn Bridge

  • 21 Preview Clowns Exit Laughing - The Fortunes

  • 22 Preview P.F. Sloan - Rumer

  • 23 Preview Highwayman - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson

  • 24 Preview If This Was The Last Song - Dee Dee Warwick With The Dixie Flyers

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