Tim Hardin 1

Tim Hardin 1 is the debut album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1966 on Verve Records.

Tim Hardin 1
Studio album by Tim Hardin
Released	July 1966
Recorded	May & November 1964, December 1965
Genre	Folk rock[1]
Length	27:21
Label	Verve Forecast
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
Tim Hardin chronology
Tim Hardin 1 (1966) Tim Hardin 2 (1967)

History

Tim Hardin 1 contains one of his most well-known and frequently covered songs, "Reason to Believe"—a notable hit for Rod Stewart in 1971. Some of the songs were demos that ended up on the final release. After principal recording was completed, string arrangements were overdubbed onto some of the tracks without Hardin's consent. Hardin said he was so upset that he cried when he first heard the recordings.^[2][3]

The album photography was shot by Lisa Law (credited as Lisa Bachelis) in the garden of her home, which was known as "The Castle" and where Bob Dylan was staying at the time.^[4] One of the outtakes of this shoot was used for the retrospective, Hang on a to a Dream: The Verve Recordings.

Tim Hardin 1 was re-released on CD in 1998 by Repertoire along with Tim Hardin 2.^[5]

It was voted number 711 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]

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."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Hardin; except where noted

Side one

1. "Don't Make Promises" – 2:26
2. "Green Rocky Road" (Traditional, with lyrics by Len Chandler and Robert Kaufman)^[8][9] - 2:18
3. "Smugglin' Man" – 1:57
4. "How Long" – 2:54
5. "While You're On Your Way" – 2:17
6. "It'll Never Happen Again" – 2:37

Side two

1. "Reason to Believe" – 2:00
2. "Never Too Far" – 2:16
3. "Part of the Wind" – 2:19
4. "Ain't Gonna Do Without" – 2:13
5. "Misty Roses" – 2:00
6. "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 Saltzman – drums
• Jon Wilcox – drums
• John Sebastian – harmonica
• Phil Kraus – background vocals
• Walter Yost – bass
• Artie Butler – string arrangements

Technical

• Val Valentin - engineer
• Lisa Bachelis - photography

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "Tim Hardin 1 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
2. Unterberger, Richie (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 467. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
3. Rough Guide to Rock bio.
4. "Bob Dylan, Los Angeles, 1966 by Lisa Law". Mr Musichead Gallery. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
5. AllMusic entry for compilation of Tim Hardin 1 and 2.
6. Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 228. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
7. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
8. Joop (2015-09-07). "Ackabacka / Icka backa / Hooka Tooka / Green Green Rocky Road (1961)". Joop's Musical Flowers. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
9. Kimpel, Dan (2014-02-12). "Len Chandler: True Tales from The Gaslight". Music Connection Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-02.