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This collection of Tim Hardin's demos, recorded in 1964 as an audition for Columbia Records, was released in early 1969 by Verve/Forecast as though it were a newly recorded album. This did not amuse Hardin at the time, and the recording did nothing to enlarge his audience. However, the album holds some interest as a historical document. It's a batch of blues songs, highlighted by John Sebastian's harmonica playing, mixing covers of Chess blues classics with Hardin's original, though derivative, blues songs. "Airmobile" sounds like a direct rewrite of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me," and "I Can't Slow Down" borrows from Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues." The arrangements employ an understated, low-key folky mix as opposed to a more overt Chicago electric blues sound. Still, there's more drive to the music than on a typical early-'60s folk album. This is not essential listening by any means, but it's pleasant enough to hear on a lazy, cloud-covered afternoon.
© Jim Newsom /TiVo
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Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1969 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1969 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hardin, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer - BO DIDDLEY, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Erik Jacobsen, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Muddy Waters, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Cox, ComposerLyricist - Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Hardin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This collection of Tim Hardin's demos, recorded in 1964 as an audition for Columbia Records, was released in early 1969 by Verve/Forecast as though it were a newly recorded album. This did not amuse Hardin at the time, and the recording did nothing to enlarge his audience. However, the album holds some interest as a historical document. It's a batch of blues songs, highlighted by John Sebastian's harmonica playing, mixing covers of Chess blues classics with Hardin's original, though derivative, blues songs. "Airmobile" sounds like a direct rewrite of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me," and "I Can't Slow Down" borrows from Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues." The arrangements employ an understated, low-key folky mix as opposed to a more overt Chicago electric blues sound. Still, there's more drive to the music than on a typical early-'60s folk album. This is not essential listening by any means, but it's pleasant enough to hear on a lazy, cloud-covered afternoon.
© Jim Newsom /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:43
- Main artists: Tim Hardin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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