Artist: Tim Hardin
Title Of Album: Suite For Susan Moore / Bird On The Wire
Release Date: 1969,70/ 1999
Location: USA
Label: BGO [BGOCD470]
Genre: Folk Rock
Quality: FLAC (*image+ cue)
Length: 01:18:53
Tracks: 20
Total Size: 300Mb(+3%)(covers)
WebSite: discogs.com


Hardin's two decade-bridging albums for Columbia Records are compiled here on one CD. For almost any other artist, these 19 tracks would be considered essential listening, and they're not for Hardin only because of the blazing brilliance of his classic Verve Records output. This is still a must-own disc, with excellent sound and very thorough annotation, and is worth ordering even as a slightly higher-priced import because the chances of either of these albums ever showing up in the domestic Sony Music catalog are next to nonexistent. There's a lot of pain in this disc, to be sure -- it's hard to find a Hardin song that didn't have some -- but also a level of lyrical and musical excellence that one should feel privileged to partake of.

American folk musician, songwriter and composer, born 23 December 1941 in Eugene, Oregon, USA, died 29 December 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
He wrote the Top 40 hit "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Bobby Darin, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, The Four Tops, and Robert Plant; his song "Reason to Believe" has been covered by many artists, including Rod Stewart (who had a chart hit with the song).


Tracklist:
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1969 Suite For Susan Moore:
01. First Love Song - 4:26
02. Everything Good Become More True - 3:51
03. Question Of Birth - 3:33
04. Once-Touched By Flame - 2:54
05. Last Sweet Moments - 6:12
06. Magician - 3:40
07. Loneliness She Knows - 3:14
08. The Country I'm Living In - 4:11
09. One One The Perfect Sum - 9:55
10. Susan - 0:40
1970 Bird On The Wire:
11. Bird On The Wire - 5:29
12. Moonshiner - 3:15
13. Southern Butterfly - 2:56
14. A Satisfied Mind - 2:07
15. Soft Summer Breeze - 2:59
16. Hoboin' - 3:28
17. Georgia On My Mind - 4:33
18. Andre Johray - 2:50
19. If I Knew - 3:55
20. Love Hymn - 4:38

Personnel:
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1969 Suite for Susan Moore:
Tim Hardin – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Warren Bernhardt – Keyboards
Buzz – Keyboards
David – Saxophone
Monte Dunn – Guitar
Keith – Trumpet
Gary Klain – Keyboards
Donald Mcdonald – Drums
1970 Bird on a Wire:
Tim Hardin – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Joe Zawinul – Keyboards
Warren Bernhardt – Keyboards
Sam T. Brown – Guitar
Bill Chelf – Keyboards
Ed Freeman – Guitar, String And Horn Arrangements
Monte Dunn – Guitar
Steve Haas – Drums, Percussion
Paul Hornsby – Keyboards
Bill Keith – Pedal Steel Guitar
Tony Levin – Bass
Glenn Moore – Bass
Richard Bock – Cello
George Ricci – Cello
Margaret Ross – Harp
Ralph Macdonald – Drums, Percussion
Natoga – Drums, Percussion
Alphonse Mouzon – Drums, Percussion
Mike Mainieri – Vibraphone, Background Vocals
Canby Singers – Background Vocals
Robert Popwell – Bass
Rob Rothstein – Bass
Joe Rudd – Guitar
Bill Stewart – Drums, Percussion
Ralph Towner – Guitar
Miroslav Vitous – Bass
Collin Walcott – Vibraphone, Background Vocals

All thanks to original releaser