A Life In Words And Music - The Reprise Seventies

Jimmy Webb is one of the all-time great American songwriters, composers, and singers.

Webb has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including ‘Up, Up and Away’, 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘MacArthur Park’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘Galveston’.

He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of America's most successful and honoured songwriter/composers.

This seven CD set brings together all the albums he recorded for Reprise in the 70s and includes the hard-to-find ‘Outtakes and Demos’ and ‘Live at The Albert Hall’.

Housed In a sturdy box, the booklet includes sleeve notes by John Earls (Classic Pop / Daily Express) who examines the career of one of the most revered song writers the US has produced.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

Words And Music

1  Sleepin' In the Daytime

2  P.F. Sloan

3  Love Song

4  Careless Weed

5  Psalm One-Five-O

Music From an Unmade Movie (In Three Parts)

6  Songseller

7  Dorothy Chandler Blues

8  Jerusalem

Three Songs

9  Let It Be Me

10  Never My Love

11  I Wanna Be Free

12  Once Before I Die

DISC TWO

And So, On

1  Met Her on A Plane

2 All Night Show

3 All My Love's Laughter

4  Highpockets

5  Marionette

6  Laspitch

7  One Lady

8  If Ships Were Made to Sail

9  Pocketful Of Keys

10  See You Then

DISC THREE

Letters

1  Galveston

2  Campo De Encino

3  Love Hurts

4  Simile

5  Hurt Me Well

6  Once In the Morning

7  Catharsis

8  Song Seller

9  When Can Brown Begin

10  Piano

BONUS TRACK

11  Love Hurts - Single Edit

DISC FOUR

Land's End

1  Ocean In His Eyes

2  Feet In the Sunshine

3  Cloudman

4  Lady Fits Her Blue Jeans

5  Just This One Time

6  Crying In My Sleep

7  It's A Sin

8 Alyce Blue Gown

9  Land's End/Asleep on The Wind

DISC FIVE

El Mirage

1  The Highwayman

2  If You See Me Getting Smaller

3  Mixed-Up Guy

4  Christiaan No

5  Moment In a Shadow

6  Sugarbird

7  Where The Universes Are

8  P. F. Sloan

9  Dance To the Radio

10  The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

11  Skylark (A Meditation)

BONUS TRACK

12  The Highwayman - Single Edit

13  If You See Me Getting Smaller - Single Edit

DISC SIX

Outtakes And Demos

1  No Good Indian

2  Jet Lag Rag

3 You Might as Well Smile

4  Whistletown

5  It Will Stand

6  Hot Rod Queen

7  See That Girl

8  It Ain't Raining

9  Vagabond Queen

10  If This Was the Last Song

11  Saturday Suit

12  Cloudman (Demo)

13  Fingerpaint Me

14  Mr. Shuck and Jive (Catharsis)

15  Simile (Demo)

16  Piano (Demo)

17  Love Hurts

18  'Words and Music' Radio Ad

19  'And So: On' Radio Ad

DISC SEVEN

Live At the Royal Albert Hall

1  Overture

2  Sleepin' in the Daytime

3  By the Time I Get to Phoenix

4  Macarthur Park

5  Wichita Lineman (instrumental)

6  Didn't We

7  My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama

8  Pocketful of Keys

9  When Can Brown Begin

10  Once in the Morning

11  Song for My Brother

12  Where's the Playground Susie

13  Jerusalem

14  Galveston

15  Whistletown

16  Piano

17  Wichita Lineman (Vocal)