A Tramp Shining is an album by Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....

, released in 1968. Harris teamed with singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

 for this album. Although Harris sang many numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot

Camelot (film)

Camelot is a 1967 film adaptation of the musical of the same name. Richard Harris stars as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guinevere, and Franco Nero as Lancelot. The film was directed by Joshua Logan.-Plot:...

in the previous year, A Tramp Shining became his first solo album. Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

 wrote all the songs, arranged the musicians, and produced the entire album. "MacArthur Park

MacArthur Park (song)

"MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...

" was one of the biggest singles of that year, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart in the United States

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. The album as a whole was also highly successful, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Album of the Year" in 1969.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Jimmy Webb.

1. "Prelude" – 0:24
2. "Didn't We" – 2:24
3. "Interlude" – 0:29
4. "Paper Chase" – 2:15
5. "Interlude" – 0:31
6. "Name of My Sorrow" – 3:21
7. "Interlude" – 0:27
8. "Lovers Such as I" – 3:36
9. "In the Final Hours" – 2:45
10. "MacArthur Park
    MacArthur Park (song)
    "MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...
    
    " – 7:20
11. "Dancing Girl" – 2:06
12. "Interlude" – 0:19
13. "If You Must Leave My Life" – 3:18
14. "A Tramp Shining" – 2:22

Personnel

• Richard Harris – vocals
• Henry Diltz
  Henry Diltz
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   – photography
• Peter Himmelman – engineer

(original album credits)
With in invaluable assistance of:

• Hal Blaine
  Hal Blaine
  Hal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...
  
   – drums
• Larry Knechtel
  Larry Knechtel
  Lawrence William "Larry" Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with such artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Partridge Family, The Doors, and Elvis Presley, and as a member of the 1970s...
  
   – keyboards
• Joe Osborn
  Joe Osborn
  Joe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. Osborn's work is widely admired by fellow musicians.Osborn began his career working in local clubs, then played on a hit...
  
   – bass guitar
• Sid Sharp
• Jules Chaikin
• Tommy Tedesco
  Tommy Tedesco
  Thomas J. Tedesco was an American master session musician and renowned jazz and bebop guitarist.Tedesco's credits include the iconic brand-burning accompaniment theme from television's Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Vic Mizzy's iconic theme from Green Acres, M*A*S*H, Batman, and Elvis Presley's '68...
  
   – guitar
• Armen Steiner

and our London engineers, John and Peter

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Billboard Pop Albums	4