Name: It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You the Best
Brand: Karen Dalton

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Catalogue number

 LITA045-1  

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Black

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[r29666761]

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Original 1969 artwork in an expanded gatefold jacket, unseen photos by album photographer Joel Brodsky, and an essay interviewing Karen’s friends and music collaborators, from album producer and bass…

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-23

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Signed copies: No

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826853045100

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Black LP

700213

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2024-04-05

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0600753982273

Artist

Karen Dalton

Genre GB

Folk

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Karen J. Dalton (Jean Karen Cariker) was an American folk blues singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil and the Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan.

Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born in Enid, Oklahoma. She sang blues, folk, country, pop, and Motown. She played the twelve string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo.

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"My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. She had a voice like Billie Holiday's and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed"- Bob Dylan This essential folk/blues classic, originally released in 1969, was the debut album by Karen Dalton. Dalton was discovered by singer/songwriter Fred Neil, who introduced her to producer Nick Venet (the man who signed The Beach Boys and took The Beatles to America). She cut most of the tracks with one take, and all in one night. A perfectionist, Dalton was hard to convince to record, and producers Venet and Neil were only successful by tricking her into thinking the tape wasn't rolling. "Some find Karen Dalton's voice difficult to listen to", wrote Al/Music critic Richie Unterberger. "But Dalton's vocals aren't that hard to take, and they are expressive; like Buffy Sainte-Marie, it just does take some getting used to because of their unconventional timbre." On this album, Dalton covers a wide range of styles, from lim Hardin, Jelly Roll Morton, and Leadbelly to the traditional folk song "Ribbon Bow" and the Eddie Floyd/Booker T. Jones penned soul tune "I Love You More Than Words Can Say." She also sings a couple of Neil tunes. After years of drug abuse, Dalton died in 1993, aged 55. Although she didn't enjoy commercial success during her lifetime, her work has gained significant recognition since her death, and artists like Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, and Joanna Newsom have noted her as an influence.

It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You the Best

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Discover It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You the Best by Karen Dalton. A heart-wrenching and bluesy debut album, now back in print from Light in the Attic. Vinyl records with unseen photos and remastered audio.