New Glen Campbell album now available on vinyl
[Posted by Dave Haber on Tuesday, 08/12/08 3:42 pm] [Permalink] [Full Blog] [Digg This]Meet Glen Campbell is now avaliable on vinyl from Capitol Records. Not available on CD until next week, this marks the former Beach Boy's return to Capitol Records.
This special limited edition LP includes all ten tracks which will be on the CD, including Glen's cover of John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me", and a bonus track, Glen's original version of his hit song "Galveston". The vinyl edition also includes a digital card for the entire album.
Another Beach Boy returns to Capitol Records this year, with the release of Brian Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun, on vinyl next week and on CD in September.
Glen Campbell honors John Lennon with song on new CD
[Posted by Dave Haber on Wednesday, 08/06/08 4:11 pm] [Permalink] [Full Blog] [Digg This] Country star and former Beach Boy Glen Campbell will include a John Lennon song, "Grow Old With Me", at his upcoming gig in Los Angeles and his next CD of rock 'n' roll covers.
"Grow Old With Me" was one of the final songs written by John Lennon in 1980. It later appeared on the posthumous album, Milk and Honey, in 1984.
Campbell will perform the song at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, part of the promotional tour for his Capitol Records release "Meet Glen Campbell", which will also feature the song.
About "Grow Old With Me" and John Lennon, Glen said, "Isn't that a great song? What a writer he was. He wrote good melodies too."
(Information thanks to Reuters.)
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