TIM HARDIN Bird On A Wire LP CBS 1971 HOL orig+foc S64335 JOE ZAWINUL-TONY LEVIN
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TIM HARDIN
with JOE ZAWINUL, PAUL HORNSBY, RALPH TOWNER, MONTE DUNN, TONY LEVIN,
AL MOUZON, BILL KEITH, COLIN WOLCOTT, MARGARET ROSS, etc.
Talented and innovative folk stylist who widely influenced the singer/songwriter movement with his poetic material and heartfelt
singing. A gentle, soulful singer who owed as much to blues and jazz as folk, Tim Hardin produced an impressive body of work
in the late '60s without ever approaching either mass success or the artistic heights of the best singer/songwriters.
When future Lovin' Spoonful producer Erik Jacobsen arranged for Hardin's first recordings in the mid-'60s, Hardin
was no more than an above-average white blues singer, in the mold of many fellow folkys working the East Coast
circuit. By the time of his 1966 debut, however, he was writing confessional folk-rock songs of considerable grace and emotion
"BIRD ON A WIRE"
1971 LP CBS RECORDS S64335 STEREO
MADE IN HOLLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
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LABEL: CBS - ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) CBS S 64335 (rear) ? S 64335
Catalog on labels: S 64335 (C 30551) S 64335-1 / S 64335 (C 30551) S 64335-2
Matrix / Runout, Side A (Etched): S?64335-1 z
Matrix / Runout, Side B (Etched): S 64335-2 z
On labels: top rim text reads "All Rights..........Prohibited"
bottom rim text reads "Made in Holland"
STEREO
? 1971
STEMRA(boxed)
On inside right panel: Lyrics
NL Printed in Holland
On back cover: Tracklist & Credits
tracklisting
Side 1: BIRD ON THE WIRE - MOONSHINER - SOUTHERN BUTTERFLY
A SATISFIED MIND - SOFT SUMMER BREEZE
Side 2: HOBOIN' - GEORGIA ON MY MIND - ANDRE' JOHRAY - IF I KNEW - LOVE HYMN
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Tim Hardin was mostly known as a singer/songwriter, and a most prolific one at that, based on the number of originals he generated on his albums during the second half of the 1960s. Bird on a Wire was, thus, something of a surprise, turning up as it did with only six originals on it. Perhaps Hardin was in a bad way creatively -- given what fans know now, it's difficult to picture a time in his life after 1966 when he wasn't, at some level -- but as compensation, he did beautifully soulful renditions of the title track (a Leonard Cohen song), Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on My Mind," John Lee Hooker's "Hoboin'," and more. Ironically, Cohen was supposed to be Columbia Records' resident singing literary figure, but in "Andre Johray" and "Moonshiner," Hardin merged serious personal poetry and his compositional and interpretive skills in a startlingly intimate and affecting manner. The singing is exquisite, poignant, and powerful and the production is as tasteful and eloquent as any in Hardin's output. This might not be the place to start listening to Tim Hardin (though there are worse places for that as well) in terms of finding out what he was about, but it's also as essential as anything in his output and a lot closer to the core of who he was than, say, Tim Hardin 4. This was also Hardin's last American studio recording and one of the last records that he made before the physical consequences of his drug problem became obvious...(AllMusic)price rating
