Tim Hardin – 1
“Tim had grown up in Oregon, been a marine, come to New York City to learn acting but hadn’t like the school and quit it, hung around Greenwich Village singing and playing, and moved to Boston before I heard his name or heard him sing. I called him there in ’64, listened, thought he was the greatest, and we’ve been trying on and off ever since to get the first album out.
Back in ’64 everyone was playing acoustic guitar except Tim – he’d gone electric and was singing a kind of jazz flavored blues. Before that he’d sung country and wester and folk, and before that his parents were both classical musicians and he’d listened there a lot. The last year or so he’s been living in L.A. and working hard at piano and at writing (most all these selections are his own) and his music has continued to change. Consequently, he still isn’t doing what you can hear other people doing, but it’s hard to listen really closely and not feel he’s at the heart of something.” – E. Jacobsen
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Don’t Make Promises
A2 Green Rocky Road
A3 Smugglin’ Man
A4 How Long
A5 While You’re On Your Way
A6 It’ll Never Happen Again
B1 Reason To Believe
B2 Never Too Far
B3 Part Of The Wind
B4 Ain’t Gonna Do Without
B5 Misty Roses
B6 How Can We Hang On To A Dream
Arranged By [Strings] – Artie Butler
Bass – Bob Bushnell, Walter Yost
Drums – Buddy Saltzman, Earl Palmer
Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
Harmonica – John Sebastian
Liner Notes – E. Jacobsen*, Tim Hardin
Photography By – Lisa Bachelis
Piano, Guitar, Vocals [Uncredited] – Tim Hardin
Producer – Erik Jacobsen
Recording Supervisor [Label Manager] – Jerry Schoenbaum
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Gary Burton, Phil Krauss*
Written-By – Tim Hardin