Essential Classic Hardin,1963-1980: Person to Person

Essential Classic Hardin,1963-1980: Person to Person

Essential Classic Hardin,1963-1980: Person to Person

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Product Description
27 track Australian retrospective for the late folksinger/songwriter whose songs have been covered to great success by Rod Stewart, 'Reason To Believe', Bobby Darin, 'If I Were A Carpenter' and Scott Walker, 'Lady Came From Baltimore' to name a few. This is the only collection to cover his entire career, from 1963 to his untimely death in 1980. 27 original recordings, including his versions of the songs already mentioned along with 'How Can We Hang On To A Dream', 'Misty Roses' and many more. Includes deluxe 12 page booklet with detailed liner notes and rare photos. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Essential Classic Hardin,1963-1980: Person to Person,Tim Hardin,Raven [Australia],Folk,Folk & Traditional,Folk-Rock,Pop,Singer/Songwriter
Person to Person: The Essential, Classic Hardin 1963-1980
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Underrated singer and composer
  • A beautiful introduction
Person to Person: The Essential, Classic Hardin 1963-1980
Tim Hardin
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TDOD
Release Date: 2000-06-19

Tracks:

  1. You Got To Have More Than One Woman
  2. Danville Dame
  3. I Can't Slow Down
  4. Airmobile
  5. How Can We Hang On To A Dream?
  6. Reason To Believe
  7. Misty Roses
  8. Don't Make Promises
  9. It'll Never Happen Again
  10. If I Were A Carpenter
  11. Lady Came From Baltimore
  12. Red Balloon
  13. Black Sheep Boy
  14. Tribute To Hank Williams
  15. Smugglin' Man (Live)
  16. Simple Song Of Freedom
  17. Everything Good Become More True
  18. Once Touched By Flame
  19. Love Hymn
  20. Southern Butterfly
  21. Moonshiner
  22. Hoboin'
  23. Sweet Lady
  24. Do The Do
  25. Never Too Far
  26. Person To Person
  27. Speak Like A Child (Live)

Album Description

27 track Australian retrospective for the late folksinger/songwriter whose songs have been covered to great success by Rod Stewart, 'Reason To Believe', Bobby Darin, 'If I Were A Carpenter' and Scott Walker, 'Lady Came From Baltimore' to name a few. This is the only collection to cover his entire career, from 1963 to his untimely death in 1980. 27 original recordings, including his versions of the songs already mentioned along with 'How Can We Hang On To A Dream', 'Misty Roses' and many more. Includes deluxe 12 page booklet with detailed liner notes and rare photos. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Album Details

This is the Only CD to Bring Together the Entire Tim Hardin Saga.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Underrated singer and composer.......2004-06-06

Although an influential personality on the 1960s folk circuit, Hardin had little success as a recording artist. He's better known as a songwriter since other artists had hits with many of his compositions. In 1962 he recorded This Is Tim Hardin, which established his style: folk with a strong jazz and blues influence. A term like smoky folk comes to mind, a bit like the UK artist Nick Drake.

His third album, the classic Tim Hardin II included the powerful and evocative track Reason To Believe that, as double A Side with Maggie May, toped the British and American charts for Rod Stewart in 1971. The folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary also recorded this song. The other classic on the album, If I Were A Carpenter, was a top ten hit for Bobby Darin. Incidentally Hardin's only hit single was a Darin composition Sing A Simple Song Of Freedom (1969).

Carpenter was revived by The Four Tops in 1968 and by Johnny Cash and June Carter in 1970. Other artists who had hits with Hardin's songs include Johnny Mathis (Misty Roses), Scott Walker (Black Sheep Boy) and The Nice (Hang On To A Dream).

On December 29, 1980, during the recording sessions of his final work, he died of an overdose. Hardin was 39 years old and had survived his one-time contemporaries Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix by a decade.

Besides the aforementioned songs, my other favorite includes the beautiful Red Balloon. My only complaint with this compilation is that it omits Hardin's exquisite interpretation of Leonard Cohen's Bird On A Wire.

There is great beauty in Hardin's subtle but expressive vocal style. Like Nick Drake, he remains an obscure singer-songwriter with roots in the 1960s, who is well worth investigating if you like authentic, moving music.

5 out of 5 stars A beautiful introduction.......2001-02-10

This album is a beautiful introduction to an amazing singer/songwriter. I had never heard the man sing before, but was familiar with many of his songs. This album takes you from his earliest recordings to a last live performance which makes it a great collection for a newcomer to Tim Hardin's talents. The string additions to a couple of the songs are a bit annoying but basically it's a beautiful album. I am now a dedicated Tim Hardin fan and this album will help me to select from his others.

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