Double-CD set of 47 tracks that Hardin recorded for Verve between 1964 and 1966. His expressive, lues-inflected vocals and confessional songwriting are heard on covers and famous compositions like "If I Were a Carpenter," "Lady Came From Baltimore," and "Reason to Believe." The compilation includes every studio recording that Hardin released on the Verve label, as well as two alternate takes and 15 previously unreleased tracks.
Despite decades of record collecting and an intense music-listening habit, there are always those artists who seemed to slip through the cracks. You've read the critics' praise, heard of the drug-induced demise and you've thumbed through the LPs in the racks but never picked one up.After thirty years, I finally picked up Hang On to a Dream which compiles all his early material. Great stuff...pa...
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I bought Tim Hardin 3: Live In Concert today. I had never listened to him before, but have read so many positive things and it was inexpensive and it was so sunny and I just had to step into Looney Tunes on my way home from Cambridge and drop thirty dollars on records. I had previously thought the song "Black Sheep Boy" was written by Okkervil River for their album of the same name. Now that I...
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His songs were, usually, miniature. But classic all the same. "Reason To Believe," "Misty Roses," Don't Make Promises," ""How Can We Hang On To A Dream," ""Black Sheep Boy," "Red Balloon," "The Lady Came from Baltimore." Not one of them is longer than 2 1/2 minutes, and quite a few are under 120 seconds long. It's puzzling to me that Tim Hardin isn't spoken of in the same reverent tones as Nick...
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I bought Tim Hardin 3: Live In Concert today. I had never listened to him before, but have read so many positive things and it was inexpensive and it was so sunny and I just had to step into Looney Tunes on my way home from Cambridge and drop thirty dollars on records. I had previously thought the song "Black Sheep Boy" was written by Okkervil River for their album of the same name. Now that I...
More >
Despite decades of record collecting and an intense music-listening habit, there are always those artists who seemed to slip through the cracks. You've read the critics' praise, heard of the drug-induced demise and you've thumbed through the LPs in the racks but never picked one up.After thirty years, I finally picked up Hang On to a Dream which compiles all his early material. Great stuff...pa...
More >
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