Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing, tiny surface abrasions and surface impressions (front/back) slight discoloration with darker spots on back. Inner-sleeve is generic white. Spine is easy-to-read with wear and some thatching. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.)
The best of Glen Campbell's early albums, and also his first real commercial success. The album topped the Country charts and hit No. 5 on the main Billboard Albums Chart. Ironically, Gentle on My Mind (written by John Hartford) which started Campbell on the road to stardom, was never intended for release – he had submitted it as a demo, and Capitol issued it, to everybody's profit. The single was a Top 40 success on the Country chart (in 1967) and the Billboard Hot 100 (in 1968). Campbell's cover of Catch the Wind is one of the finest covers of a Donovan song ever done, stripping away any hint of the composer's sub-Dylan pretensions and bringing out the song's genuine beauty – it's folk-pop, in the same manner that Peter, Paul and Mary's cover of Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Campbell is in excellent voice throughout, most especially on a wonderfully restrained and beautiful rendition of Roy Orbison's Crying.