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| 1. Black Sheep Boy |
| 2. It'll Never Happen Again |
| 3. Misty Roses |
| 4. Part of the Wind |
| 5. Red Balloon |
| 6. Speak Like a Child |
| 7. Never Too Far |
| 8. While You're On Your Way |
| 9. How Can we Hang On To A Dream |
| 10. If I Knew |
| 11. You Got A Reputation |
| 12. The Lady Came From Baltimore |
| 13. You Upset The Grace Of Living When You Lie - Live |
| 14. Tribute to Hank Williams |
| 15. Danville Dame |
| 16. Reason To Believe |
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Album Description
Sixties singer-songwriter Tim Hardin possessed a distinctive folk-rock voice, but he often got more recognition through other artists' interpretations of his material. Black Sheep Boy--An Introduction To Tim Hardin gives a fantastic overview of Hardin's awesome songwriting talents and legacy. Cherry-picked from Hardin's Verve and Polydor years, this collection draws together some of his more thoughtful tracks, many of which have since been covered by the likes of Rod Stewart, Paul Weller, Scott Walker, The Four Tops, Ron Sexsmith and Mark Lanegan to name but a few. Hardin is often name-checked as having influenced many of today's contemporary chart acts.
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although this album is called "an introduction", it does in fact include much of the work from Tim Hardin's most creative period - only enthusiasts need go further. Tim's writing was mainly autobiographical and the album mirrors the underlying melancholy evident in his personal life. One of his greatest strengths was the simple, but poignant, love song - "Misty Roses" and "Hang On To A Dream" are prime examples of this. Regret is also a theme, as in "It'll Never Happen Again", tinged with the confessional, as in "Red Balloon". However, it was Tim's pleading voice and minor chord guitar accompaniment which was his defining trademark, and this is well represented. Oddly, "If I Were A Carpenter" is not included on the album, which Tim wrote and which was a hit for Bobby Darin. Otherwise, the collection is an excellent selection from one of the sixties' most talented but most underrated singer songwriters.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Please note that this album features 18 tracks (not 16 as stated.) "Reason to Believe" and "Unforgiven" are included at the end.
Tim Hardin was one of the best singer-songwriters to emerge out of the folk-rock-blues scene of the early sixties. There was always an underlying feeling of sadness in most of his utterly compelling, melodic and deeply felt songs. Although his oeuvre is now largely ignored, it truly deserves, in my opinion, the same respect accorded to Nick Drake or Van Morrison, for instance.
This collection mainly focuses on his first two LP's released on Verve: seven tracks come from "Tim Hardin 1" (1966) while five come from "Tim Hardin 2" (1967.)
A great, live (?) version of "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" comes from "Tim Hardin 3" (Verve, 1968.) I reviewed the latter album somewhere on this website.
Three songs originally appeared on the second CD of Tim Hardin's definitive "Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings" (Polydor, 1994.)
"Danville Dame" is an outtake from "Tim Hardin 1" and it receives a much better interpretation on the "live" "Tim Hardin 3." "You Got a Reputation" obviously uses the same musicians (less John Sebastian); it is pleasant although it does not rank with the very best of Tim Hardin. "If I Knew" is a somewhat non-descript, early demo of a song that would appear, much more convincingly, on "Bird on a Wire" (Columbia, 1971.)
The last selection is the title track of the last studio album that Tim Hardin worked on at the time of his death on December 29, 1980. It harks back to the material on the first two Verve albums. This is not the original version, but one overdubbed with useless back-up vocals.
My criticism is twofold.
First, this collection presents an unbalanced view of Tim Hardin's Verve recordings. It completely eschews the rockier material in Tim's early repertoire (like "Green Rocky Road" or "How Long.") The only tracks representing this aspect of Tim Hardin's work are two of the aforementioned outtakes (tracks 10 and 11.)
Although it emphasizes Tim Hardin's softer, folk-rock side, it manages to "forget" one of Tim's best songs, namely "If I Were a Carpenter." This is an incredible omission as this track is also Tim's best-known composition thanks to hit covers by the like of Bobby Darin (pop #8, 1966), the Four Tops, etc.
If you wish to buy a single disc compilation, the 15-track "Reason to Believe (The Best Of)" (Polydor, 1990) is a better buy (although the sound quality is not quite as good.)
Repertoire Records' "Tim Hardin 1 & 2" CD, which included all the material from his two first studio albums, was the way to go. This CD is, unfortunately, out of print.
Personally, I use the first CD from "Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings" to listen to this material. This 2-CD set, which comes in beautifully remastered sound, is available from Amazon.
Tim Hardin was one of the best singer-songwriters to emerge out of the folk-rock-blues scene of the early sixties. There was always an underlying feeling of sadness in most of his utterly compelling, melodic and deeply felt songs. Although his oeuvre is now largely ignored, it truly deserves, in my opinion, the same respect accorded to Nick Drake or Van Morrison, for instance.
This collection mainly focuses on his first two LP's released on Verve: seven tracks come from "Tim Hardin 1" (1966) while five come from "Tim Hardin 2" (1967.)
A great, live (?) version of "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" comes from "Tim Hardin 3" (Verve, 1968.) I reviewed the latter album somewhere on this website.
Three songs originally appeared on the second CD of Tim Hardin's definitive "Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings" (Polydor, 1994.)
"Danville Dame" is an outtake from "Tim Hardin 1" and it receives a much better interpretation on the "live" "Tim Hardin 3." "You Got a Reputation" obviously uses the same musicians (less John Sebastian); it is pleasant although it does not rank with the very best of Tim Hardin. "If I Knew" is a somewhat non-descript, early demo of a song that would appear, much more convincingly, on "Bird on a Wire" (Columbia, 1971.)
The last selection is the title track of the last studio album that Tim Hardin worked on at the time of his death on December 29, 1980. It harks back to the material on the first two Verve albums. This is not the original version, but one overdubbed with useless back-up vocals.
My criticism is twofold.
First, this collection presents an unbalanced view of Tim Hardin's Verve recordings. It completely eschews the rockier material in Tim's early repertoire (like "Green Rocky Road" or "How Long.") The only tracks representing this aspect of Tim Hardin's work are two of the aforementioned outtakes (tracks 10 and 11.)
Although it emphasizes Tim Hardin's softer, folk-rock side, it manages to "forget" one of Tim's best songs, namely "If I Were a Carpenter." This is an incredible omission as this track is also Tim's best-known composition thanks to hit covers by the like of Bobby Darin (pop #8, 1966), the Four Tops, etc.
If you wish to buy a single disc compilation, the 15-track "Reason to Believe (The Best Of)" (Polydor, 1990) is a better buy (although the sound quality is not quite as good.)
Repertoire Records' "Tim Hardin 1 & 2" CD, which included all the material from his two first studio albums, was the way to go. This CD is, unfortunately, out of print.
Personally, I use the first CD from "Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings" to listen to this material. This 2-CD set, which comes in beautifully remastered sound, is available from Amazon.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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fantastic voice, top quality songs a compilation of the best of in the truest sense the essence of tim hardin
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