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Big Bluegrass Special

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Released
  
November 1962

Artist
  
Glen Campbell

Producer
  
Nick Venet

Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
32:57

Release date
  
November 1962

Label
  
Capitol Records

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Recorded
  
Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA

Big Bluegrass Special (1962)
  
Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry (1963)

Similar
  
Glen Campbell albums, Country music albums

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Big Bluegrass Special is the debut album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1962 by Capitol Records.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Truck Driving Man" (Terry Fell) – 2:00
  2. "There's More Pretty Girls Than One" (Alton Delmore, Arthur Smith) – 2:55
  3. "Weary Lonesome Blues" (Alton Delmore) – 2:15
  4. "No Vacancy" (Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone) – 2:20
  5. "Rainin' on the Mountain" (Alton Delmore) – 2:22
  6. "Kentucky Means Paradise" (Merle Travis) – 2:35
Side 2
  1. "Brown's Ferry Blues" (Alton Delmore) – 2:33
  2. "Lonesome Jailhouse Blues" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 1:32
  3. "One Hundred Miles Away from Home" (Jerry Capehart, Glen Campbell, Nick Venet) – 3:10
  4. "This Old White Mule of Mine" (Bob Nolan) – 2:00
  5. "Poor Boy Lookin' for A Home" (Melvin Schmidt) – 2:10
  6. "Long Black Limousine" (Vern Stovall, Bobby George) – 3:00

Personnel

Music
  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Carl Tanberg – bass
  • Dale Fitzsimmons – banjo
  • James Burton – acoustic guitar
  • David Frost – drums
    • Production
  • Nick Venet – producer
  • Jerry White – photography
  • John Johnson – producer (re-issue)
  • Glenn Meadows – remastering at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (United States)
    Big Bluegrass Special did not chart.

    Singles - Billboard (United States)

    Release history

    The 1996 CD reissue of Big Bluegrass Special included the bonus tracks "Divorce Me C.O.D" and "Dark As A Dungeon".

    Songs

    1Truck Driving Man2:04
    2There's More Pretty Girls Than One2:59
    3Weary Lonesome Blues2:17

    References

    Big Bluegrass Special Wikipedia
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