Complete anthology of 1968-1971 recordings by highly regarded British singer/songwriter Tim Hollier.
Comprises all three albums from the period, non-LP single cuts, BBC recordings and previously unreleased tracks salvaged from a one-known-copy Apple acetate.
Recorded at the height of the late 60s/early 70s singer/songwriter boom, Tim Hollier's three albums Message To A Harlequin, Tim Hollier and Skysail went largely under the radar at the time but are now extremely collectable.
Guest on the opening night of a Beckenham folk club run by his friend David Bowie, Hollier recorded his first and third albums with the assistance of Donovan arranger John Cameron, while his self-titled second set considered by many pundits to be his strongest featured backing from a small, sympathetic rock group.
Hollier was a regular on London's folk club circuit for several years alongside the likes of Paul Simon, Al Stewart and Nick Drake, but retired from live work after a disastrous, drug-impeded performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 1972.
He continued to record sporadically throughout the remainder of the decade before moving (with great success) into the world of music publishing by which point his trio of late Sixties/early Seventies albums had attracted belated acclaim on the collector network.
A 3CD set, Time Has A Way Of Losing You: The Tim Hollier Anthology naturally includes all three of those albums in full and adds a non-album single, a handful of BBC radio performances and five previously unissued tracks, taped at a March 1969 Wigmore Hall show that was cut to an Apple label acetate.
With some fabulous period-piece photos (including shots of Bowie performing mime at Wigmore Hall as Hollier played), Time Has A Way Of Losing You is an essential purchase for aficionados of vintage singer/songwriter fare.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
MESSAGE TO A HARLEQUIN
BIRD OF PARADISE
HANNE
JIMMY
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
STREETS OF GOLD
AND WHERE WERE YOU THAT MORNING MR CARROLL
FULL FATHOMS FIVE
AND I
IN THE LIGHT OF SADNESS
IN SILENCE
Bonus tracks
BIRD OF PARADISE
SONG TO A ROOM (aka IN THIS ROOM)
AND I (aka NIGEL AND I)
I SEARCH FOR SMALL DISTRACTIONS (aka IN THE LIGHT OF SADNESS)
1-11: The album Message To A Harlequin, United Artist Records SULP 1211, released October 1968
12-15: BBC radio session for John Peel's Night Ride, transmitted November 1968
DISC TWO
SEAGULL'S SONG
LLANSTEPHAN HILL
AND IT'S HAPPENING TO HER
MAN OF GENTLE SUNLIGHT
EVOLUTION
MAYBE YOU WILL STAY
WOULD I SING
LOVE SONG
IT'S RAINING AND IT'S COLD
IN THIS ROOM
EVENING SONG
Bonus tracks
SEAGULL'S SONG
IN THIS ROOM
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
LOVE SONG
EVOLUTION
AND IT'S HAPPENING TO HER
1-11: The album Tim Hollier, Fontana 6309 003, released July 1970
12-16: Previously unreleased tracks from Wigmore Hall, 22nd March 1969, cut to Apple acetate.
17: BBC radio session for Country Meets Folk, transmitted August 1970
DISC THREE
SKYSAIL
BEAUTY OF THE GARDENS
TIME HAS A WAY OF LOSING YOU
AND I WAIT FOR THAT
YOUR QUIET LIFE
TENDERLY STOOPING LOW
FLOWERS IN THE MORNING
SUNSHINE MOONSHINE
YESTERDAY'S DREAMS
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
THROUGH THE DARKNESS
WHILE LONDON'S DAYS INCREASE
Bonus tracks
THE CIRCLE IS SMALL
IN A CORNER OF MY LIFE/ TIME STOOD STILL
1-12: The album Skysail, Philips 6308 044, released February 1971
13-14: Single, Philips 6006 130, released July 1971
time has a way of losing you