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