Karen Dalton – It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best (Vinyl)
The cultist's cult singer of the 1960s New York folk scene, the late Karen Dalton was a wilful, contrary figure. She loathed the formality of the studio, recording only this 1969 debut, now given a welcome re-release, plus one other album.
Dalton wrote no original material but was a stupendous, visceral interpreter of folk and blues classics. On Fred Neil's Little Bit of Rain, her sultry croon sounds about to dissolve with woe, while her readings of Jelly Roll Mortin's Sweet Substitute and Leadbelly's Down on the Street (Don't You Follow Me Down) ache with a sumptuous melancholy.
Dalton died in 1993, and this striking album is an eloquent testament.
Tracklist:
Little Bit Of Rain 2:30
Sweet Substitute 2:40
Ribbon Bow 2:55
I Love You More Than Words Can Say 3:30
In The Evening 4:29
Blues On The Ceiling 3:30
It Hurts Me Too 3:05
How Did The Feeling Feel To You 2:52
Right, Wrong Or Ready 2:58
Down On The Street 2:17
The cultist's cult singer of the 1960s New York folk scene, the late Karen Dalton was a wilful, contrary figure. She loathed the formality of the studio, recording only this 1969 debut, now given a welcome re-release, plus one other album.
Dalton wrote no original material but was a stupendous, visceral interpreter of folk and blues classics. On Fred Neil's Little Bit of Rain, her sultry croon sounds about to dissolve with woe, while her readings of Jelly Roll Mortin's Sweet Substitute and Leadbelly's Down on the Street (Don't You Follow Me Down) ache with a sumptuous melancholy.
Dalton died in 1993, and this striking album is an eloquent testament.
Tracklist:
Little Bit Of Rain 2:30
Sweet Substitute 2:40
Ribbon Bow 2:55
I Love You More Than Words Can Say 3:30
In The Evening 4:29
Blues On The Ceiling 3:30
It Hurts Me Too 3:05
How Did The Feeling Feel To You 2:52
Right, Wrong Or Ready 2:58
Down On The Street 2:17
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