STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN ART GARFUNKEL - ANGEL CLARE

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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember keyboard player and bassist, Larry Knetchel, best known as a member of the famous group of session musicians The Wrecking Crew, as well as a member of Bread, on this, the 11th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2009, age 69, from a heart attack. With him in mind, we spotlight Art Garfunkel's debut solo record, Angel Clare. Angel Clare, named after a character in Thomas Hardy's novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, was released September 11, 1973 on the Columbia label and was produced by Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee. It is Art's most successful solo effort, peaking at #6 in Canada, #5 on the Billboard 200, and #4 in Sweden. three singles were released; "Traveling Boy" (#102 Bubbling under the Hot 100, #38 Adult Contemporary),"I Shall Sing" (#38 Hot 100, #4 Adult Contemporary), and Garfunkel's highest charting single, a cover of the Jimmy Webb classic, "All I Know" (#9 Hot 100). The musicians list reads like a who's who of seventies era musicians and the cover is one of the big heads cover featuring a close up of Garfunkel's head. It's not a great cover, in my opinion ...

1. "Traveling Boy" Paul Williams, Roger Nichols 4:55

2. "Down in the Willow Garden" Charlie Monroe 3:54

3. "I Shall Sing" Van Morrison 3:30

4. "Old Man" Randy Newman 3:20

5. "Feuilles-Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon?" Traditional/Johann Sebastian Bach, Linda Grossman 3:07


Side B

1. "All I Know" Jimmy Webb 3:43

2. "Mary Was An Only Child" Jorge Milchberg, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood 3:26

3. "Woyaya" Sol Amarfio, Osibisa 3:15

4. "Barbara Allen" Traditional 5:22

5. "Another Lullaby" Jimmy Webb 3:29



Art Garfunkel – vocals

J. J. Cale – guitar
Jerry Garcia – guitar (track 2)

Paul Simon – guitar, vocals (track 2)
Jules Broussard – saxophone (track 3)
Larry Carlton – guitar

Peter Matz – strings
Fred Carter Jr. – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Jim Gordon – drums

Hal Blaine – drums
Stuart Canin – violin
Ernie Freeman – strings
Mark Friedman – recorder
Jimmie Haskell – strings

Milt Holland – percussion

Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Jorge Milchberg – percussion, charango (track 7)

Dorothy Morrison – vocals
Michael Omartian – keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar

Dean Parks – guitar
Carl Radle – bass guitar
Jack Schroer – saxophone
St Mary's Choir – vocals (track 8)
Sally Stevens – vocals

Tommy Tedesco – bouzouki, mandolin
Jackie Ward Singers – vocals


Art Garfunkel – producer
Ron Coro – art direction
Jim Marshall – photography
Mark Friedman – recording
Roy Halee – producer, engineer
George Horn – mastering