(2021) Hardin & York – Can’t Keep a Good Man Down: The Hardin & York Anthology
Review: After independently leaving The Spencer Davis Group in late 1968, organist and singer Eddie Hardin and drummer Pete York got back together a few months later to work as that most intriguing of late Sixties rock music concepts: the power duo. Self-described as “the world’s smallest big band”, Hardin & York’s two-man brand of rock, blues, jazz and soul – not a million miles away from the likes of Traffic or Procol Harum – was hugely popular on the Continent. Indeed, they had such a following in Germany that one show was surreptitiously taped, becoming one of the earliest European vinyl bootlegs when it was sneaked out in 1970. Naturally enough, that live set is included on our definitive 6-CD anthology, together with further live performances (including a 1972 show for the BBC now gaining its first-ever commercial release), their trio of 1969-71 albums, various studio out-takes and even a non- UK 1974 reunion LP that was recorded with former Taste bassist Charlie McCracken.
Track Listing: CD1:
1. Tomorrow Today (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (3:22)
2. Candlelight (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (5:17)
3. If I Could (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (3:11)
4. David Difficult (aka Untitled) (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (6:10)
5. Little Miss Blue (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (3:55)
6. Can’t Keep A Good Man Down (Live, BBC Radio Session, 4 June 1969) (6:10)
7. Tomorrow Today (3:31)
8. 100 Years From Now (2:42)
9. I’m Lost (8:19)
10. Drinking My Wine (4:46)
11. Candlelight (4:31)
12. Beautiful Day (2:30)
13. Mountain of Sand (6:41)
14. Can’t Keep a Good Man Down (6:19)
15. Listen Everyone (4:07)
CD2:
1. Mullberry Place (4:30)
2. Sunday Morning (3:34)
3. All I See is You (3:22)
4. Rock ‘N’ Roll (3:51)
5. Just a Case of Time (4:01)
6. I Can’t Find My Way Home (3:37)
7. Love, a Song for You (6:18)
8. Rock’n’Roll Medley: Jailhouse Rock / Mean Woman Blues / Rip It Up (4:50)
9. The Pike (8:59)
10. Northern Medley: Lady Madonna / Norwegian Wood (10:15)
11. I Can’t Find My Way Home (Live, BBC Radio Session, 23 July 1970) (3:18)
12. Just A Case Of Time (Live, BBC Radio Session, 23 July 1970) (4:27)
13. Parking Meters (3:40)
CD3:
1. The Pike (Live, Germany, December 1969) (7:06)
2. Tomorrow Today (Live, Germany, December 1969) (4:46)
3. Cowboy (Bonus Version) (5:17)
4. Everyone I Know (Bonus Version) (4:48)
5. Lady Madonna / Norwegian Wood (Live, Germany) (24:19)
6. Drinking My Wine (Live, Germany) (3:57)
7. I’ll Drown In My Own Tears (Live, Germany) (4:28)
8. The Long Road (Live, Germany) (3:23)
9. Driftin’ Blue (Live, Germany) (6:36)
10. Jailhouse Rock / Mean Woman Blues (Live, Germany) (4:58)
CD4:
1. Freedom Suite: Like A Rolling Stone / Freedom (Live, The Marquee, London, June 1971) (21:36)
2. I Care For You (Live, The Marquee, London, June 1971) (8:47)
3. The Pike (Live, The Marquee, London, June 1971) (33:34)
4. Find Myself Again (Live, The Marquee, London, June 1971) (4:24)
CD5:
1. Deep in My Despair (3:35)
2. Have Mercy Woman (3:56)
3. For the World (2:39)
4. Some Places are Better to Be (2:47)
5. Extension 345 (5:40)
6. Cowboy (4:21)
7. I’ll Be Back Again (3:01)
8. Feeling – Seeing – Hearing (2:35)
9. Natural Gas (2:37)
10. Take Away Today (6:03)
11. Cowboy (Live, BBC Radio In Concert, 1 April 1972) (5:34)
12. Untitled (Live, BBC Radio In Concert, 1 April 1972) (6:47)
13. Everyone I Know (Live, BBC Radio In Concert, 1 April 1972) (5:02)
14. The Pike (Live, BBC Radio In Concert, 1 April 1972) (8:57)
CD6:
1. Ain’t No Breeze (feat. Charlie McCracken) (3:14)
2. Back Row Movie Star (feat. Charlie McCracken) (4:47)
3. Freedom (feat. Charlie McCracken) (10:01)
4. Wish I’d Never Joined a Band (feat. Charlie McCracken) (2:36)
5. Clubtrop (feat. Charlie McCracken) (4:15)
6. Some Sweet Dream (feat. Charlie McCracken) (5:05)
7. Loving You’s so Easy (feat. Charlie McCracken) (5:15)
Media Report: Genre: rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
