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James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) [1] [2] 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 "The Lady Came from Baltimore" were hits for other artists.
Simple Songs of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection is a compilation album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1996. It includes selections from his three Columbia albums and five previously unreleased tracks.
"Reason to Believe" is a song written, composed, and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965. It has since been recorded by many artists, most notably by the Carpenters on their album Close to You in 1970, and Rod Stewart first for his album Every Picture Tells a Story in 1971 and again for the live album Unplugged...and Seated in 1993.
"If I Were a Carpenter" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s, and re-recorded with commercial success by various artists including Bobby Darin, The Four Tops and Johnny Cash. [1] Hardin's own recording of the piece appeared on his 1967 album Tim Hardin 2 .
Many covers of the song have been recorded by prominent artists of the age, including a 1969 psychedelic rock recording by the short-lived band Gandalf.A cover version with a choral arrangement by Duncan Browne was recorded by The Nice, as "Hang On to a Dream", on their third album, Nice, Ian & Sylvia also as "Hang On to a Dream" on their album Long Long Time, [9] and Nazareth on Snakes 'n ...
It includes all Hardin's studio recordings for the Verve label as well as alternate takes, unreleased tracks, and demos. The songs include all tracks from the albums Tim Hardin 1, Tim Hardin 2 and Tim Hardin 4 (last track not included), the latter a release of demos done by Hardin for Columbia in 1964 which were ultimately rejected at that time ...
Hardin had been sent to Nashville to record his debut album on his new label, Columbia. None of the material was deemed acceptable and remained unreleased until 1996 when they were included in the compilation Simple Songs of Freedom: The Tim Hardin Collection. He began another attempt and the result was few conventional songs, some impromptu ...
The Best of Tim Hardin is a compilation album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1969. All the songs are taken from Tim Hardin 1 and Tim Hardin 2 . The album was released again in 1974 on the Archetypes label and is out of print although all the songs are available on other Hardin compilations.