Tim Hardin 4 is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 artist Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin

James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...

, released in 1969.

These early audition recordings done for Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in 1964 (which were ultimately rejected at that time) were not issued until 1969. The songs are in a straight blues style. A similar release was done by Atco

Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

 on This is Tim Hardin

This is Tim Hardin

This is Tim Hardin is an album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1967.These early recordings from approximately 1964 were not issued until 1967 when Hardin had achieved success with his albums for Verve...

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Reception

In his review for Allmusic, music critic Jim Newsom wrote "... the album holds some interest as a historical document... This is not essential listening by any means, but it's pleasant enough to hear on a lazy, cloud-covered afternoon."

Track listing

All songs by Tim Hardin unless otherwise noted.

1. "Airmobile" – 2:19
2. "Whiskey, Whiskey" – 5:39
3. "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon
   Willie Dixon
   William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
   
   ) – 2:05
4. "Danville Dame" – 2:46
5. "House of the Rising Sun
   The House of the Rising Sun
   "The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans...
   
   " (Traditional) – 3:39
6. "Bo Diddley
   Bo Diddley (song)
   "Bo Diddley" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and sung by Bo Diddley at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary, Checker Records in 1955. It became an immediate hit single that stayed on the R&B charts for a total of 18 weeks, 2 of those weeks...
   
   " (McDaniel
   Bo Diddley
   Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
   
   ) – 2:52
7. "I Can't Slow Down" – 2:28
8. "Hello Baby" – 5:20
9. "Ain't Gonna Do Without" – 3:40

External links

• Unterberger, Richie. Turn, Turn, Turn: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution.