| Originally titled Tim Hardin 3, this set was recorded live in 1968 with 
        a backing band comprised primarily of jazz musicians. The support crew 
        is a bit tentative; it's evident that they hadn't played much with Hardin, 
        and in places the tempo comes close to breaking down. It's still a good, 
        effective performance; Hardin is in good voice (a condition which apparently 
        couldn't be readily counted on, even in his early days), and on the songs 
        that had already been released on his first two albums, the arrangements 
        vary from the recorded versions in interesting fashions. Live in Concert 
        includes renditions of most of his best early compositions ("If I 
        Were a Carpenter," "Red Balloon," "Reason to Believe," 
        "Misty Roses," "Lady Came From Baltimore," "Black 
        Sheep Boy") and half a dozen Hardin originals that didn't make it 
        onto his first pair of albums. The best of these is the Lenny Bruce tribute, 
        "Lenny's Tune," which Nico covered on her first solo album (where 
        it was retitled "Eulogy to Lenny Bruce"). The 1995 CD reissue 
        of this album adds three previously unreleased bonus tracks from the same 
        concert. (by Richie Unterberger, All 
        Music Guide) |