This is Tim Hardin

Released on vinyl 1968 Atco (Atlantic) 33210 and re-released on CD 1989 Edsel ED309, then 1998 Atlantic WEA 80780-2, then 2006 Collectables 67462. The tracks here are also part of Hang On to a Dream - The Verve Recordings (see below).

 

Track Listings:

I can't Slow Down

Blues on the Ceiling (Fred Neil)

Stagger Lee (Traditional)

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon)

I've Been Working on the Railroad (Traditional)

House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)

Fast Freight (Gilkyson/Hardin)

Cocaine Bill (Traditional)

You Got to Have More Than One Woman

Danville Dame (Hardin/Weber)

10 tracks; 32 minutes

 

Production details:

No personnel information available, but believed to be the same musicians as on Tim Hardin IV.

Produced by Daniel N. Flickinger, although one version of the album has the listing: Produced by Erik Jacobsen.

Believed to have been recorded at CBS studios in 1964 as a demo prior to signing for Verve. Released by Atlantic in 1968, following the success of the two Verve albums.

The re-release in 1998 was part of a series of releases to commemorate Atlantic's fiftieth anniversary.

All songs written by Tim Hardin except where shown.

Tim Hardin IV

Originally released on vinyl, 1969 Verve (vinyl) FTS 3064. Re-released on CD, 1992 Line  LMCD 9.51091 Z

 

Track listings:

Airmobile

Whiskey Whiskey

Seventh Son (Willie Dixon)

How Long

Danville Dame

Ain't Gonna Do Without (Parts 1 & 2)

House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)

Bo Diddley (McDaniel)

I Can't Slow Down

Hello Baby

11 tracks; 39 minutes

 

Production details:

No personnel information available on album cover, but AMG lists:

Tim Hardin - vocals, guitar, keyboards

Warren Bernhardt - keyboards

Eddie Gomez - bass

Daniel Hankin - guitar

Mike Mainieri - backing vocals

Donald McDonald - drums

Produced by Erik Jacobsen (from album cover).

These tracks were recorded in 1974, well before the release of Tim Hardin 1 (around the same time as This Is Tim Hardin) and were issued against his wishes after Tim's move to CBS in 1968.

A Japanese version of the album was issued in the 1970s with these additional tracks, also recorded during the early sessions.

Rolling Stone (Morganfield)

You Got a Reputation

Keep Your Hands Off Her (Traditional)

Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) (Cox)

Hoochie Coochie Man (Dixon)

So Glad You're Mine (Crudup)

You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover (Dixon)

18 tracks; 63 minutes

 

All of these tracks are available on the combined double CD, Hang On to a Dream - The Verve Recordings (see below).

Tim Hardin 1

Originally released on vinyl 1966 Verve  FTS 3004 Re-released on CD 1992 Line  LMCD 9.5113 Z, then 2008 Water 230. The tracks here are also part of Hang On to a Dream - The Verve Recordings (see below).

 

Track listings:

Don't Make Promises

Green Rocky Road

Smugglin' Man

How Long

While You're on Your Way

It'll Never Happen Again

Reason to Believe

Never Too Far

Part of the Wind

Ain't Gonna Do Without

Misty Roses

(How Can We) Hang on to a Dream

12 tracks; 31 minutes

 

Production details:

Tim Hardin - piano, guitar

John Sebastian - harmonica

Gary Burton - vibes

Phil Krauss - vibes, backing vocals

Buddy Saltzman - drums

Earl Palmer - drums

Jon Wilcox - drums

Walter Yost - bass

Bob Bushnell - bass

Art Butler - strings

Produced by Erik Jacobsen

All songs written by Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin 2

Originally released on vinyl 1967 Verve  FTS 3022 Re-released on CD 1992 Line  LMCD 9.51069 Z, then 2006 Lilith 107. The tracks here are also part of Hang On to a Dream - The Verve Recordings (see below).

 

Track listings:

If I Was a Carpenter

Red Balloon

Black Sheep Boy

Lady Came From Baltimore

Baby Close its Eyes

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie

Speak Like a Child

See Where You Are and Get Out

It's Hard to Believe in Love for Long

Tribute to Hank Williams

10 tracks; 23 minutes

 

Production details:

Personnel believed to be:

Tim Hardin - piano, guitar

John Sebastian - harmonica

Gary Burton, Phil Krauss - vibes

Buddy Saltzman, Earl Palmer, Sticks Evans - drums

Walter Yost, Bob Bushnell, Felix Pappalardi - bass

Art Butler - strings

The album was produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin, engineered by Doc Siegel and the musical arrangements were by Donald Peake.

Suite For Susan Moore and Damion - We Are One, One, All in One

Originally released on vinyl 1969 CBS 63571 & Columbia CS9787. Re-released on CD 1990 CBS 1587, then 1999 on a 2-for-1 CD along with Bird On A Wire on BGO (BGOCD470)  (see below).

 

Track Listing:

Implication I:

First Love Song

Everything Good Becomes More True

Implication II:

Question of Birth*

Once-Touched by Flame

Last Sweet Moments

Implication III:

Magician

Loneliness She Knows*

End of Implication:

The Country I'm Living In

One, One, the Perfect Sum

Susan*

10 tracks; 43 minutes

 

Production Details:

Tim Hardin - keyboards, guitar

Warren Bernhardt - keyboards

Gary Klein - keyboards

Donald McDonald - drums

Monte Dunn - guitar

Buzz Linhart - keyboards, vibes

Produced by Gary Klein

All songs and poems written by Tim Hardin

* Spoken word, with musical accompaniment. (Final track along with Susan Hardin.).

Painted Head

Originally released on vinyl 1973 CBS 65209 & Columbia KC31764, then on CD 2007 BGO 778 & in Japan CBS/BMG 1588.

 

Track listing:

You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover (Dixon)

Midnight Caller (Ham)

Yankee Lady (Winchester)

Lonesome Valley (Trad. Arr. Hardin)

Sweet Lady (Dino/Sambello)

Do the Do (Willie Dixon)

Perfection (Ham)

Till We Meet Again (Heppard)

I'll Be Home (Randy Newman)

Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out (Cox)

10 tracks; 46 minutes

 

Production details:

Guitars - Peter Frampton, Alun Davies, Tim Hardin, Alan Ross, Jeff Schwartz

Keyboards - Jean Roussel, Neil Shepherd, Tony Meehan

Bass - Chris Stewart

Harmonica - Don Brooks

Fiddle - Larry Packer

Vibes - Tristan Frye, Tony Meehan

Drums & percussion - Bruce Rowlands, Tony Meehan, Tristan Fry, Tony Carr, Rod Murfield, Dennis Lopez, Reebop Kwakubaah

Vocals - Liza Strike, Cissy Houston, Bobby Whitaker

Produced by Tony Meehan (of The Shadows)

Nine

Originally released on vinyl 1974 GM/Antilles AN-7023, then 1990 (vinyl & CD)  Marquee MQCLP/MQCCD 003. Re-released on CD 1992 See For Miles SEECD 335.

 

Track listing:

Shiloh Town (traditional)

Never Too Far

Rags & Old Iron (Curtis/Brown)

Look Our Love Over

Person to Person (Brown/Hardin)

Darling Girl (Albequerque)

Blues on my Ceiling

Is There No Rest for the Weary (Troiano)

Fire and Rain (Taylor)

While You're on Your Way

Judge and Jury (Previously released as a single & not on Marquee version, but on CD)

10/11 tracks 39/42 minutes.

 

Production details:

Produced by Jimmy Horowitz

Keyboards - John Mealing, Jimmy Horowitz

Guitars - Bob Cohen, Peter Frampton

Bass - Andy Brown

Drums - Mike Driscoll

Violin - David Katz

Vocal chorus Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Madeline Bell, Susan Glover

Unless stated, songs written by Tim Hardin.

Recorded in the UK and funded by Rod Stewart's manager (said to be as a recompense for Reason To Believe).

The Unforgiven

1981 San Francisco Sound SFS 1081- Only 5000 were produced in transcription sound, heavy vinyl quality, each individually numbered. Subsequently issued by Warrior Records (vinyl only) SFS 24810.

 

Track listing:

Unforgiven

Luna Cariba

Mercy Wind

If I Were Still With You

Judge & Jury

Partly Yours

Sweet Feeling

Secret

8 tracks; 20 minutes

 

Production details:

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 Tim's 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.

Tim Hardin 3 - Live In Concert

Originally released on vinyl 1968 on Verve FTS 3049, then on CD on Line LMCD 9.51073. Reissued 1995 Polydor 31452 7448 and 2006 Lilith CD118.

 

Track Listing:

Lady Came From Baltimore

Reason to Believe

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie

Misty Roses

Turn the Page*

Black Sheep Boy

Lenny's Tune

Don't Make Promises

Danville Dame

If I Was a Carpenter

Red Balloon

Tribute to Hank Williams

Smugglin' Man

If I Knew*

Last Sweet Moment*

First Love Song*

Tracks marked * were not released on the original vinyl album, but are on CD.

12/16 tracks; 50/70 minutes

 

Production details:

Tim Hardin - guitar, piano

Warren Bernhardt - piano, clavinet

Daniel Hankin - guitar

Mike Mainieri - vibes

Eddie Gomez - bass

Donald McDonald - drums

Produced by Gary Klein

Recorded live at the Town Hall, New York City on 10 April, 1968.

Songs all written by Tim Hardin.

The Homecoming Concert

Originally released on vinyl 1981 on Kamera Records, then on CD 1987 Line Records LICD 9.00040. Reissued 1995 Line 900040

 

Track listing:

Black Sheep Boy

Misty Roses

Reason to Believe

Lady Came from Baltimore

Old Blue Jeans

Hang On to a Dream

If I Were a Carpenter

Tribute to Hank Williams

Smugglin' Man

Speak Like a Child

Red Balloon

Amen

12 tracks, 39 minutes

 

Production details:

Recorded and produced by Phil Freeman

Engineered by Ed Kashin

Concert held in the Community Centre for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon on 17 January, 1980, eleven months before his death.

Tim Hardin - guitar, piano, vocals

All songs written by Tim Hardin except Amen (traditional, arr. Hardin).

My Life as a Folksinger 1963 - 1980

Released on CD by Hiwatt. Manufactured in Japan, but no production date given and no CD number printed on cover.

 

Track listing:

 

Production details:

So far as I can establish, this double CD is issued by a label known for their bootleg CDs. It is therefore not a legally recognised issue. I have included the details here, purely to provide completion. My thanks to Dave Cliffe of Rochdale for the information.

Tracks 1-15 of CD1 are from a radio show WTBS-FM, Boston MA. January,1963, while 16-23 are, according to the CD cover, from the Centre For  Performing Arts Homecoming Concert, Oregon January 17, 1980. I'm not so sure about that and think they may have been lifted from the video interview that was made at the same time as the concert.

CD2: 1-16 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA February 2,  1970; 17-18 Whiskey A Go Go. Los Angeles, June 5, 1979.

Hang On to a Dream - the Complete Verve Recordings

1994 Polydor CD 314 521 583-2

Double CD containing most of the tracks from the original Verve studio albums along with other tracks recorded before the move to CBS that were re-recorded and released on the Suite for Susan Moore album. Probably the essential CD to have for all the most popular early material.

 

Track listing:

Suite for Susan Moore/Bird On a Wire

Released in 1999 as a 2 for 1 CD by BGO (BGOCD470)

 

Track listing:

First Love Song

Everything Good Becomes More True

Question of Birth*

Once-Touched by Flame

Last Sweet Moments

Magician

Loneliness She Knows*

The Country I'm Living In

One, One, the Perfect Sum

Susan*

Bird on the Wire (Leonard Cohen)

Moonshiner (Trad., Arr. Hardin)

Southern Butterfly

A Satisfied Mind (Hayes/Rhodes)

Soft Summer Breeze

Hoboin' (John Lee Hooker)

Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael)

Andre Johray

If I Knew

Love Hymn

20 tracks; 79 minutes

 

Production details: see individual albums (above).

Tim Hardin 1 & 2

Released 1974 as a 2 for 1 vinyl LP Verve 2683048 and subsequently 1998 on CD Repertoire 7030.

 

Track listing:

Don't Make Promises

Green Rocky Road

Smugglin' Man

How Long

While You're on Your Way

It'll Never Happen Again

Reason to Believe

Never Too Far

Part of the Wind

Ain't Gonna Do Without

Misty Roses

(How Can We) Hang on to a Dream

If I Was a Carpenter

Red Balloon

Black Sheep Boy

Lady Came From Baltimore

Baby Close its Eyes

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie

Speak Like a Child

See Where You Are and Get Out

It's Hard to Believe in Love for Long

Tribute to Hank Williams

22 tracks; 53 minutes

 

Production details: see individual albums (above).

The Best of Tim Hardin a.k.a. Archetypes

Released in 1971 on Verve-Forecast FTS 3078 - vinyl only. Renamed Archetypes in 1974, it was reissued on MGM (M3F-4952) with a different cover.

 

Track listing:

Don't Make Promises

It'll Never Happen Again

Tribute to Hank Williams

Misty Roses

How Can We Hang on to a Dream

If I Were a Carpenter

Reason to Believe

Black Sheep Boy

Red Balloon

Smugglin' Man

Lady Came From Baltimore

11 tracks

A Best of album put out by Verve after Tim moved to Columbia. It features tracks from the first two albums. The running time was less than half an hour, suggesting that this was designed to take away the impact from the release of a studio album - possibly Bird on a Wire.

The Tim Hardin Memorial Album

Released on vinyl & cassette only in 1981 on Polydor PD-1-6333

 

Track listing:

If I Were a Carpenter

Black Sheep Boy

Misty Roses

Green Rocky Road

How Long

Don't Make Promises

Smugglin' Man

Hello Baby

Reason to Believe

How Can We Hang on to a Dream

Lady Came From Baltimore

It'll Never Happen Again

12 tracks

Compilation: Ted Daryll

 

Album released shortly after Tim's death, whether as a genuine memorial to his work or as a quick cash-in on the publicity surrounding his demise. Ironically, the liner notes express regret that his passing was overshadowed by the murder of John Lennon and the album probably didn't get the sales that it might have done.

The Shock of Grace (a.k.a. State of Grace)

Released on vinyl only in 1981 on Columbia PC 37164

 

Track listing:

Magician

Love Hymn

First Love Song

Everything Good Become More True

Yankee Lady

Hoboin'

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Country That I'm Living In

If I Knew

Bird on the Wire

10 tracks

Compilation: Bruce Dickinson

 

Another release following on from Tim's death, this time compiling some of the best material recorded for CBS/Columbia.

Tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8 taken from Suite for Susan Moore

Tracks 2, 6, 9 &10 taken from Bird on a Wire

Tracks 5 & 7 taken from Painted Head.

Reason To Believe - The Best of Tim Hardin

Released 1987 on CD by Polydor 833 954-2

 

Track listing:

Reason to Believe

How Can We Hang on to a Dream

It'll Never Happen Again

Misty Roses

Speak Like a Child*

Don't Make Promises

If I Were a Carpenter*

Red Balloon*

Black Sheep Boy*

Green Rocky Road

How Long^

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie*

Tribute to Hank Williams*

Smugglin' Man

Lady Came from Baltimore*

15 tracks

All tracks taken from Tim Hardin 1, except * (Tim Hardin 2) and ^ (Tim Hardin IV).

For composers of the non-Hardin songs, please see studio albums listings.

Simple Songs of Freedom  - Tim Hardin Collection

Released 1996 on CD by Sony Legacy 485108-2

 

Track listing:

Simple Song of Freedom

Shiloh Town*

Turn the Page*

Playing Cards/The Magician*

First Love Song^

Last Sweet Moments^

If I Knew

Hoboin'

Andre Johray

Southern Butterfly

Bird on the Wire

Midnight Caller

Yankee Lady

Till We Meet Again

I'll Be Home

If I Knew*

Thanks to Gideon*

17 tracks

Track 1 released only as a single. Tracks marked * previously unreleased in that version (although a version of 2 is on Nine, 3 on Live in Concert & 4 on Suite for Susan Moore).  Tracks 5,6 also taken from Suite for Susan Moore, recorded "live" (see biography for explanation). Tracks 7,8,9,10,11 taken from Bird on a Wire. Tracks 12,13,14,15 taken from Painted Head.

Person to Person  -  Essential Classic

Hardin

Released 2000 on CD by Raven Records RVCD-104

 

Track listing:

You Got to Have More Than One Woman

DanvilleDame

I Can't Slow Down

Airmobile

How Can We Hang On To A Dream

Reason to Believe

Misty Roses

Don't Make Promises

It'll Never Happen Again

If I Were a Carpenter

Lady Came From Baltimore

Red Balloon

Black Sheep Boy

Tribute to Hank Williams

Smugglin' Man

Simple Song of Fredom

Everything Good Become More True

Once Touched by Flame

Love Hymn

Southern Butterfly

Moonshiner

Hoboin'

Sweet Lady

Do The Do

Never Too Far

Person to Person

Speak Like a Child

27 tracks

1 & 2 from This is Tim Hardin, 3 & 4 from Tim Hardin 4, 5 - 9 from Tim Hardin 1, 10 - 14 from Tim Hardin 2, 15 from Tim Hardin 3 (live album), 16 released only as a single, 17 & 18 from Suite for Susan Moore, 19 - 22 from Bird on a Wire, 23 & 24 from Painted Head, 25 & 26 from Nine, 27 from Homecoming Concert.

Black Sheep Boy - An Introduction to Tim Hardin

Released 2002 on CD by Polydor/Universal 589 812-2

 

Track listing:

Black Sheep Boy*

It'll Never Happen Again

Misty Roses

Part of the Wind

Red Balloon*

Baby Close It's Eyes*

Speak Like a Child*

Never Too Far

While You're On Your Way

How Can We Hang on to a Dream

If I Knew %

You Got a Reputation %

Lady Came from Baltimore*

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie+

Tribute to Hank Williams*

Danville Dame^

Reason to Believe

Unforgiven@

18 tracks

All tracks taken from Tim Hardin 1, except

* (Tim Hardin 2), + (Tim Hardin 3 - Live in Concert), ^ (Tim Hardin IV) and @ a previously unreleased version of the title song from The Unforgiven album. % - unreleased at the time of recording, but subsequently released on the double CD Hang on to a Dream - The Verve Recordings and more recently on Through the Years (1964-66)

20th Century Masters Millennium Collection

Released 2002 on CD by Sony Legacy 485108-2

 

Track listing:

Don't Make Promises

Green Rocky Road

Reason to Believe

Smugglin' Man

Misty Roses

How Can We Hang on to a Dream

It'll Never Happen Again

If I Were a Carpenter*

Red Balloon*

Black Sheep Boy*

Lady Came from Baltimore*

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie+

12 tracks

All tracks taken from Tim Hardin 1, except * from Tim Hardin 2 and + from Tim Hardin 3 - Live in Concert.

Through the Years - Rare & Unreleased Studio Recordings 1964-66

2007

Released 2007 on CD & vinyl by

Lilith 126

Track listing:

Rolling Stone

You Got a Reputation

Keep Your Hands Off Her

She Ain't Home

You Say You Love Me

How Time Flies

You Can Ruin a Man

If I Knew

She's Up To Something New

Who'll Be The Man

First Love Song

11 tracks

 

What a nerve! The album cover claims rare & unreleased studio recordings, but all of these songs have been available on the Hang On to a Dream CD since 1994.

The CD cover has a photo of Tim at Woodstock in 1969, but these appear to be the tracks recorded in the Columbia studios in 1964 that were rejected when Tim Hardin 4 and This is Tim Hardin were compiled.

Now being marketed (more honestly) as Through The Years 1964-66.

Reason to Believe - The Interview; How Can We Hang On to a Dream - The Songs

Released 2000 by Americam, Seattle

 

This video was recorded 11 months before Tim's death. It consists of an interview by Phil Freeman, with some songs interspersed, then a performance of 8 songs recorded in a rehearsal studio in preparation for his Homecoming Concert.

Although broadcast quality video equipment may have been  used, there was only a single camera and so the whole thing is very static.

After the fascinating Hardin interview, Freeman talks to Don Rubin, who produced several albums, including The Unforgiven. Rubin tends to offer a different interpretation of events.

I understand that the video can be bought by contacting AmeriCAM, 814 - 31 Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144. If this is no longer the case, contact me and I'll try to put you in touch with Phil Freeman to see if he can help.

 

Track listing:

Hang On to a Dream*

Misty Roses

Lady Came From Baltimore

Reason to Believe

Black Sheep Boy

If I Were a Carpenter

Tribute to Hank Williams

Hooked on You*

* Tim accompanies himself on piano - on all other tracks, he plays guitar.

Woodstock Diaries

Released on DVD 2002 by Direct Video Distribution DVDSV3001D

 

Tim's performance of If I Were a Carpenter is captured from his 30 minute Woodstock set. This is a unique chance to see Tim, who was not seen in the original edit of the movie, although he is caught walking through the crowd (but not performing) in the Director's Cut version.

The DVD also has 30 performances by a whole range of people who appeared at Woodstock.

Singles

This is a chronological list of the singles that I know of that have been released over the years. I don't own all of them (I wish!) but I have some and I've seen the others on sale on Gemm and other sellers.

If you are looking to build a collection of singles, Gemm is probably the place to start, but beware: some sellers are asking exorbitant prices (see Values).

 

Various Tim Hardin tracks appear on assorted compilation albums. Here's ones I know of:

 

A Tribute To Tim Hardin - Various Artists

 

A CD of covers of Tim Hardin songs has been released in Holland. The songs are all done by Dutch singers. and the performances are in a fascinating range of styles, as one would expect with a tribute album.

If you want to get hold of a copy of this CD (only a limited edition of 500 copies were made) you should try sending an e-mail to this address: info@lawaaizone.nl

The CD is beautifully packaged, with full lyrics - recommended.

 

Track listing:

Airmobile

How Can We Hang On to a Dream

It'll Never Happen Again

First Love Song

Don't Make Promises

Misty Roses

If I Were a Carpenter

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie

Red Balloon

The Lady Came From Baltimore

Smugglin' Man

You Say You Love Me

Black Sheep Boy

Reason to Believe

Simple Song of Freedom

How Can We Hang On to a Dream