Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Tim Hardin 2
Company: Verve Forecast
Catalog: FTS-3022
Year: 1967
Grade (cover/record): VG/VG
Comments: wrinkled top right corner; Verve Forecast sticker on front
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4113
Price: $8.00
Cost: $1.00
Tim Hardin's
cleverly titled sophomore release "Tim
Hardin 2" teamed him with producers Charles Koppelman
and Don Rubin. Sporting another set of sensitive singer/songwriter material,
musically introspective material such as "Red Balloon", "See
Where You Are and Get Out" and "You Upset the Grace Of Living When
You Lie" wasn't a major change in direction. Elsewhere the set was
notable for it's brevity; five of the ten tracks clocking in at under two
minutes. The set also included two of Hardin's best known compositions -
"If I Were a Carpenter" and "Lady Came from Baltimore".
Surprisingly funky in it's original arrangement, Bobby Darin's pedestrian
cover of "Carpenter" ended up being the hit.
"Tim Hardin 2" track listing:
(side
1)
1.) If I
Were a Carpenter (Tim Hardin) - 2:41
2.) Red Balloon (Tim Hardin) - 2:37
3.) Black Sheep Boy (Tim Hardin) - 1:58
4.) Lady Came from Baltimore (Tim Hardin) - 1:49
5.) Baby Close It's Eyes (Tim Hardin) - 1:52
(side 2)
1.) You
Upset the Grace Of Living When You Lie (Tim Hardin) - 1:47
2.) Speak Like a Child (Tim Hardin) - 3:15
3.) See Where You Are and Get Out (Tim Hardin) - 1:12
4.) It's Hard To Believe In Love for Long (Tim Hardin) - 2:17
5.) Tribute To Hank Williams (Tim Hardin) - 3:10