# 12 String Guitar!

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = 12 String Guitar!
| type       = studio
| artist     = The Folkswingers
| cover      = The FolkSwingers 12 String Guitar! album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1963
| recorded   = 24, 25, 27 May 1963
| venue      =
| studio     = World Pacific Studio, Los Angeles, California
| genre      = [Folk](/source/Folk_music)
| length     =
| label      = World Pacific
| producer   = [Jim Dickson](/source/Jim_Dickson_(producer))
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [12 String Guitar! Vol. 2](/source/12_String_Guitar!_Vol._2)
| next_year  = 1963
}}

'''''12 String Guitar!''''' is an [instrumental](/source/instrumental) [folk](/source/folk_music) album released by the Folkswingers in 1963. The Folkswingers were a studio band with constantly changing personnel. On this album, they consist of [Glen Campbell](/source/Glen_Campbell) on [12-string guitar](/source/Twelve-string_guitar) and [the Dillards](/source/the_Dillards).

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| title1 = [If I Had a Hammer](/source/If_I_Had_a_Hammer)
| writer1 = [Lee Hays](/source/Lee_Hays), [Pete Seeger](/source/Pete_Seeger)
| length1 = 2:43
| title2 = Black Mountain Rag
| writer2 = Traditional
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = [Walk Right In](/source/Walk_Right_In)
| writer3 = Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods
| length3 = 1:54
| title4 = Wildwood Flower
| writer4 = [A.P. Carter](/source/A.P._Carter)
| length4 = 2:12
| title5 = [Blowin' in the Wind](/source/Blowin'_in_the_Wind)
| writer5 = [Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan)
| title6 = Midnight Special
| writer6 = Jim Scott
| length6 = 2:10
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| title1 = Cottonfields
| writer1 = Traditional
| length1 = 2:26
| title2 = Columbus Stockade Blues
| writer2 = [Jimmie Davis](/source/Jimmie_Davis), Eva Sargent
| length2 = 2:21
| title3 = Rye Whiskey
| writer3 = Wils Carter
| length3 = 2:18
| title4 = Bull Durham
| writer4 = Glen Campbell
| length4 = 1:53
| title5 = Wabash Cannonball
| writer5 = John E. Graham
| length5 = 2:09
| title6 = Dark as a Dungeon
| writer6 = [Merle Travis](/source/Merle_Travis)
| length6 = 2:57
| title7 = This Train
| writer7 = Traditional
| length7 = 2:25
}}

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123003|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}

==Personnel==
*[Doug Dillard](/source/Doug_Dillard)&nbsp;– [banjo](/source/banjo)
*Rodney Dillard&nbsp;– [guitar](/source/guitar)
*Dean Webb&nbsp;– [bass](/source/Acoustic_bass_guitar)
*[Glen Campbell](/source/Glen_Campbell)&nbsp;– [12-string guitar](/source/twelve_string_guitar)

==Production==
*Producer&nbsp;– Jim Dickson

==Charts==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Entry date
!align="center"|Peak position
!align="center"|No. of weeks
|-
|align="left"|[''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)
|align="center"|1963
|align="center"|132
|align="center"|?
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p33538|pure_url=yes}} The Folkswingers] at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)

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Category:1963 debut albums
Category:Glen Campbell albums
Category:The Dillards albums
Category:World Pacific Records albums
Category:1960s instrumental albums
Category:Albums produced by Jim Dickson (producer)

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