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)
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