Tim Hardin 1

Infobox Album |
Name = Tim Hardin 1
Type =studio album
Artist = Tim Hardin


Released = July 1966
Recorded = May & November 1964, December 1965
Genre = Folk
Length = 27:21
Label = Verve
Producer = Erik Jacobsen
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allclassical.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifpxqtgldde link]
Last album =
This album = "Tim Hardin 1"
(1966)
Next album = "Tim Hardin 2"
(1967)

"Tim Hardin 1" is the debut album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1966.

It contains one of his most well-known and frequently covered songs, "Reason to Believe" — most notably a hit by Rod Stewart in 1971. Some of the songs were demos that ended up on the final release. Hardin was reportedly displeased with the string arrangements added after principal recording was completed. [ [http://www.zipcon.net/~highroad/hardinbi.htm Rough Guide to Rock bio.] ]

Allmusic stated in their review: "Tim Hardin 1" is one of the most powerful and compelling records of its era... The result is a seminal folk-rock album, every bit as exciting and urgent as it was in 1966, and as important a creative effort as Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home" and "Highway 61 Revisited". And this wasn't even Hardin's best album, though it set the pattern for everything he did after."

"Tim Hardin 1" was re-released on CD in 1998 by Repertoire along with "Tim Hardin 2". [ [http://www.allclassical.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifpxqtgldde Allmusic entry for compilation of Tim Hardin 1 and 2.] ]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Hardin.

ide one

#"Don't Make Promises" – 2:26
#"Green Rocky Road" – 2:18
#"Smugglin' Man" – 1:57
#"How Long" – 2:54
#"While You're On Your Way" – 2:17
#"It'll Never Happen Again" – 2:37

ide

#"Reason to Believe" – 2:00
#"Never Too Far" – 2:16
#"Part of the Wind" – 2:19
#"Ain't Gonna Do Without" – 2:13
#"Misty Roses" – 2:00
#"How Can We Hang On to a Dream?" – 2:04

Personnel

*Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Gary Burton – vibraphone
*Bob Bushnell – bass
*Earl Palmer – drums
*Buddy Salzman – drums
*Jon Wilcox – drums
*John Sebastian – harmonica
*Phil Kraus – background vocals
*Walter Yost – bass
*Artie Butler – string arrangements

References