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Tunesmith:
The Songs of Jimmy Webb
Compilation album by
Jimmy Webb
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003
GenrePopular music, country, folk, soul
Length155:23
LabelRaven Records
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Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb is a compilation album of songs written by Jimmy Webb and performed by various artists. Released in November 2003 by Raven Records, this two-disc compilation covers most of Webb's songwriting career, including some of his earliest recordings from the 1960s.[1]

Packaging

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The two-disc compilation contains an insert with liner notes written by Glenn A. Baker.

Track listing

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Disc 1
  1. "Love Years Coming" by Strawberry Children – 2:47
  2. "I Keep On Keeping On" by the Contessas – 2:27
  3. "Worst That Could Happen" by Brooklyn Bridge – 3:05
  4. "How Sweet It Is" by The Picardy Singers – 2:36
  5. "Up, Up and Away" by 5th Dimension – 2:37
  6. "The Girls' Song" by Jackie DeShannon – 1:49
  7. "Tunesmith" by Vicki Carr – 3:07
  8. "Requiem: 820 Latham" by The Executives – 3:08
  9. "Magic Garden" by Dusty Springfield – 2:24
  10. "Galveston" by Glen Campbell – 2:38
  11. "Just Another Piece of Paper" by Glen Campbell – 2:08
  12. "Macarthur Park" by Richard Harris – 7:24
  13. "If Ships Were Made to Sail" by Scott Walker – 2:36
  14. "Where Does Brown Begin?" by Scott Walker – 4:34
  15. "Song Seller" by Paul Revere & The Raiders – 3:32
  16. "Clowns Exit Laughing" by The Fortunes – 3:11
  17. "When It Was Done" by Hugo Montenegro – 3:43
  18. "She Never Smiles Anymore" by The Mike Perjanik Complex – 3:09
  19. "Do What You Gotta Do" by Four Tops – 4:02
  20. "Honey Come Back" by Junior Walker & the All Stars – 4:19
  21. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Stevie Wonder – 4:21
  22. "My Christmas Tree" by Temptations – 3:18
  23. "Didn't We" by Dionne Warwick – 2:47
  24. "Mixed-Up Girl" by Nancy Wilson – 2:30
Disc 2
  1. "P.F. Sloan" by The Association – 4:01
  2. "Wichita Lineman"/ "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by King Harvest (see Leo de Castro) – 4:17
  3. "All My Love's Laughter" by Jennifer Warnes – 3:23
  4. "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" by Judy Collins – 3:05
  5. "Parenthesis" by Kerry Biddell – 2:51
  6. "The Name of My Sorrow" by Mark Lindsay – 4:37
  7. "The Old Man at the Fair" by Mark Lindsay – 3:37
  8. "Met Her on a Plane" by Ian Matthews – 3:35
  9. "All I Know" by Art Garfunkel – 2:25
  10. "5:30 Plane" by The Supremes – 3:56
  11. "Cheap Lovin'" by The Supremes – 4:19
  12. "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon" by The Three Degrees – 4:17
  13. "She Moves, Eyes Follow" by Kenny Rankin – 3:59
  14. "Oklahoma Nights" by Arlo Guthrie – 3:23
  15. "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen – 3:02
  16. "Himmler's Ring" by Lowell George – 2:30
  17. "Lost Generation" by Onie J. Holy – 3:19
  18. "The Last Unicorn" by Kenny Loggins – 3:43
  19. "Where's the Playground Susie" by Everything but the Girl – 2:30
  20. "Wichita Lineman" by R.E.M. – 3:15
  21. "You Can't Treat the Wrong Man Right" by Linda Ronstadt – 3:31
  22. "Adios" by Linda Ronstadt – 3:36[1]

Personnel

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The following is an alphabetical list of the primary artists represented on this compilation.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Unterberger, Richie. "Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb". Allmusic. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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