''Solid Gold 68'' is the thirty-fifth studio album by

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guitarist Chet Atkins, released on RCA Victor LSP-4061. It is the first in a series of three albums providing Chet with the opportunity to interpret some of the pop hits of the year. It reached No. 18 on the Country Album charts.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "a mostly overproduced, perfunctory collection of period pop hits that does neither the guitarist nor the tunes much good."

Track listing

Side one

# "Slick" ( Herb Alpert/Pisano)– 2:57 # "

Lady Madonna "Lady Madonna" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. In March 1968, it was released as a mono single, backed with " The Inner Light". The song was recorded on 3 a ...

" ( Lennon–McCartney) – 2:30 # "Prayer Meetin'" (Smith) – 2:47 # " Sealed with a Kiss" (Peter Udell, Gary Geld) – 2:31 # "Stoned Soul Picnic" ( Laura Nyro) – 2:55 # " The Sounds of Silence" (

Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...

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Side two

# "

Mrs. Robinson "Mrs. Robinson" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, '' Bookends'' (1968). Written specifically for the 1967 film ''The Graduate'', the song was released as a single on April 5, 1968, by Columbia Re ...

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Harper Valley PTA "Harper Valley P.T.A." is a country song written by Tom T. Hall which in 1968 became a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley. Riley's record, her debut, sold over six million copies as a single, and it made her the ...

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) – 2:43 # " Light My Fire" ( Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:05 # "Sleep Safe and Warm (Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby)" (Kusic–Snyder–Komeda) – 3:03 # "Grazing in the Grass" (Harry Elston, Philemon Hou)– 2:38 # "It Never Hurts to Ask" (Saussy) – 2:36

Personnel

*Chet Atkins – guitar *Bill Walker, Cam Mullins – string arrangements

References

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