RICHARD HARRIS
''THE YARD WENT ON FOREVER...''
1969
DUNHILL COMPACT CLASSICS
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1/The Yard Went on Forever/5:46
2/Watermark/4:21
3/Interim/3:29
4/Gayla/2:57
5/The Hymns from the Grand Terrace/9:11
6/The Hive/3:19
7/Lucky Me/2:41
8/That's the Way It Was/3:54
9/One of the Nicer Things/3:27
All Tracks by Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb/Arranger, Producer, Piano
Joe Osborn/Bass
Skip Mosher/Flute
Art Maebe, David Duke, George Price, Bill Henshaw/French Horn
Mike Deasy/Guitar
Fred Tackett, Lance Wakely/Rhythm Guitar
Larry Knechtel/Harpsichord, Organ, Keyboards
Hal Blaine/Percussion
Sid Sharp/Strings
Gary Coleman , Milt Holland/Timpani
Frank Rossalino , Lou Blackburn/Trombone
Bud Brisboy , Fred Tackett , Jules Chaikin/Trumpet
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
"MacArthur Park" off of A Tramp Shining may have been the monster hit, but The Yard Went on Forever is the stronger album. Recorded a year after the hit record, it was conceived by songwriter/producer Webb as a Harris project from the beginning, so the register is right and his singing voice now slips perfectly into each song -- the lyrics are dazzling in their cascading imagery, the music is richer and more vividly conceived and recorded, and the entire album works magnificently, juxtaposing grandeur of expression and intimacy of feeling at different moments, all most effectively. The album was also recorded and engineered better than its predecessor -- speaking of which, little bits of "MacArthur Park" occasionally sneak out in the music, rather playfully. Out of print at present, except as part of Raven Records' Australian import The Webb Sessions.
''THE YARD WENT ON FOREVER...''
1969
DUNHILL COMPACT CLASSICS
DOWNLOAD
1/The Yard Went on Forever/5:46
2/Watermark/4:21
3/Interim/3:29
4/Gayla/2:57
5/The Hymns from the Grand Terrace/9:11
6/The Hive/3:19
7/Lucky Me/2:41
8/That's the Way It Was/3:54
9/One of the Nicer Things/3:27
All Tracks by Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb/Arranger, Producer, Piano
Joe Osborn/Bass
Skip Mosher/Flute
Art Maebe, David Duke, George Price, Bill Henshaw/French Horn
Mike Deasy/Guitar
Fred Tackett, Lance Wakely/Rhythm Guitar
Larry Knechtel/Harpsichord, Organ, Keyboards
Hal Blaine/Percussion
Sid Sharp/Strings
Gary Coleman , Milt Holland/Timpani
Frank Rossalino , Lou Blackburn/Trombone
Bud Brisboy , Fred Tackett , Jules Chaikin/Trumpet
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
"MacArthur Park" off of A Tramp Shining may have been the monster hit, but The Yard Went on Forever is the stronger album. Recorded a year after the hit record, it was conceived by songwriter/producer Webb as a Harris project from the beginning, so the register is right and his singing voice now slips perfectly into each song -- the lyrics are dazzling in their cascading imagery, the music is richer and more vividly conceived and recorded, and the entire album works magnificently, juxtaposing grandeur of expression and intimacy of feeling at different moments, all most effectively. The album was also recorded and engineered better than its predecessor -- speaking of which, little bits of "MacArthur Park" occasionally sneak out in the music, rather playfully. Out of print at present, except as part of Raven Records' Australian import The Webb Sessions.
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