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Karen Dalton - 1966 LP

Karen Dalton - 1966 LP

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Karen Dalton was a remote, elusive creature. A hybrid of tough and tender with an unearthly voice that seemed to embody a time long past. As is often the case with such fragile beings, she instinctively understood that the only way to survive the harshness of the world around her, was to keep herself hidden.

So it comes as no great surprise that she rarely sang in public or ventured into the unnatural setting of a recording studio. Only twice, for 1969’s "It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best" and then again for 1971’s "In My Own Time", was she coaxed from her habitat into the studio. Other times she made music in casual settings, sitting around a kitchen table or wood burning stove with her friends, singing and playing until daybreak.

In 1966, Carl Baron brought his reel to reel over to her remote cabin in Summerville, Colorado and recorded one of those exquisite musical evenings. Karen and Richard Tucker were rehearsing for a gig when Carl hit the record button. The result is a 45-year-old tape, carefully exhumed, documenting Karen at her most raw and unfiltered. On it are Fred Neil and Tim Hardin songs we’ve never heard Karen give voice to before, as well as traditional songs she uncannily makes her own, including a devastating version of Katie Cruel, that is so powerful, it is as if the ghost of Katie Cruel seeped into her blood.

Karen plays solo on banjo and guitar here, plus four duets with Richard Tucker. Many never heard before covers including Reason to Believe and Don’t Make Promises by Tim Hardin, and Other Side To This Life by Fred Neil, this is KD at her most intimate and unfiltered.

Tracklist:

1. Reason to Believe [Tim Hardin cover]
2. Katie Cruel
3. Cotton Eyed Joe
4. Green Rocky Road
5. Don't Make Promises [Tim Hardin cover]
6. Other Side to This Life [Fred Neil cover]
7. God Bless the Child
8. Little Bit of Rain
9. While You're on Your Way
10. 2:19 Train
11. Misery Blues
12. Mole in the Ground
13. Shiloh Town
14. Hallelujah

About this product: this is pressed on 'Clear Green Rocky Road' vinyl, housed in tip-on jacket with a 4-page heavy insert, exclusive colour portrait and a download card.