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Tim Hardin James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...

, released in 1967.

History

The original LP release has a long poem on the back cover by Hardin titled "A Question of Birth..." ''Tim Hardin 2'' contains Hardin's most popular and much-covered composition " If I Were a Carpenter", most notably

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, whose version peaked at No. 8 in the US and No. 9 in the UK in 1966. ''Tim Hardin 2'' was re-released on CD in 1998 by Repertoire along with ''Tim Hardin 1''.Allmusic entry for compilation of Tim Hardin 1 and 2.
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Reception

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wrote "''Tim Hardin 2'' is probably his best single album, on which he eschewed blues nearly entirely and forged a distinctive folk-rock voice..." It was voted number 430 in the third edition of

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Track listing

All songs written by Tim Hardin.

Side one

# " If I Were a Carpenter" – 2:41 # "Red Balloon" – 2:37 # "Black Sheep Boy" – 1:58 # " The Lady Came from Baltimore" – 1:49 # "Baby Close Its Eyes" – 1:52

Side two

# "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" – 1:47 # "Speak Like a Child" – 3:15 # "See Where You Are and Get Out" – 1:12 # "It's Hard to Believe in Love for Long" – 2:17 # "Tribute to Hank Williams" – 3:10

Personnel

*Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards *Don Peake – arranger *Other musicians uncredited

Production notes

*Produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin *Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision *

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– director of engineering *Engineered by Doc Siegel *Cover design by David Krieger *Cover photo by Marshall Harmon

References

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