Any Old Time by Glen Campbell (from Glen Campbell Sings for the King*)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac9-E0owDPw*In an interesting if not quirky footnote of history, one of Campbell’s side projects was recording demos of songs for Elvis Presley during the years 1964-1968. Campbell met Elvis Presley in Albuquerque the year he emerged and a few years later in Los Angeles where Campbell played at the Crossbow on the verge of notoriety. Recently thirty songs were found on reel to reel tapes in storage by Stephen Auerbach whose uncle Ben Weisman was part of the duo with Sid Wayne who combined to write over fifty songs for Presley, the most of any songwriter. And now eighteen tracks have been released as
Glen Campbell Sings For The King (Capitol/Uni).
On the record, there’s a lot of Elvis’ stylings innate in Campbell’s renditions. It’s as if Campbell doesn’t just assimilate Presley’s personality, he is suggestive and anticipates how the king will deliver them. In that sense it’s easy to see why Presley would favor Campbell and find the arrangement to be useful if not instructive.
The demos reveal a plethora of Presley’s sides. There’s the playful banter a la “All Shook Up” inherent on “Anyone Can Play.” In “Easy Come, Easy Go,” Campbell conjures the rhythmic groove of “CC Rider” while on “I Got Love” he plays off the r & b of “I Got a Woman.” Campbell dials up the sleek and sultry side of Elvis in “Cross My Heart,” a period piece that hints of the popular Bobbie Gentry song “Ode to Billie Joe.”
There’s lots of novelty that would reveal itself in the songs Elvis would record. He chose ten in all. “Stay Away Joe” is campy as is “Clambake” that marks the Hollywood years. But it’s the blues shuffle of “Any Old Time” and the sleek and sultry blues of “Cross My Heart” where Campbell nails Presley’s innate soulfulness. Perhaps the best moment of all is where the two duet in the gospel song that begins the album, “We Call On Him.”
https://americanahighways.org/2018/11/16/review-glen-campbell-sings-for-the-king-is-a-quirky-delightful-artifact/A lesser-known chapter of Glen’s career
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SKromXRbFYE
