The Unforgiven

1981 San Francisco Sound SFS 1081- Only 5000 made in transcription sound, heavy vinyl quality, each individually numbered.

Subsequently issued by Warrior Records (vinyl only) SFS 24810

Front and back covers of Unforgiven's gatefold

Unforgiven

Luna Cariba

Mercy Wind

If I Were Still With You

Judge & Jury

Partly Yours

Sweet Feeling

Secret

 

8 tracks; 20 minutes

Tim Hardin - guitar, piano, vocals

Johnny Lee - guitar

Peter Grant - pedal steel guitar

Reginald Butler - bass

Ricky Fatar, Denny Seiwell - drums

Jim Cuomo - piano, dombra,

Nicky Hopkins, Ken Lauber - piano

Produced by Don & Caroline Rubin
This final album was recorded shortly before his death and only a few tracks were completed. It is obvious from the sound quality that some tracks were recorded at home - the piano is not properly miked up - and more work ought to have been done before release. However, it shows the route that Tim was taking and the desire to get back into the public eye.

The title track was subsequently recorded by Joe Cocker and released as a single. Although the album has never made it to CD (and probably never will), the title track is available on the Polydor compilation CD Black Sheep Boy. Tracks have also made it onto the various artists CDs The San Francisco Sound: Then & Now, Vols 1 & 2.