Illustrated Karen Dalton discography (original) (raw)
year
of release
title / label / notes
1
1969
Karen Dalton: It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best
@ youtube (full album)
- Little Bit Of Rain (Fred Neil) @ youtube
- Sweet Substitute (Jelly Roll Morton) @ youtube
- Ribbon Bow (P.D., adapt. Karen Dalton) @ youtube
- I Love You More Than Words Can Say (Eddie Floyd / Booker T. Jones) @ youtube
- In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell...) (P.D., adapt. Karen Dalton) @ youtube
- Blues On The Ceiling (Fred Neil) @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too (Meldon London) @ youtube
- How Did The Feeling Feel To You (Tim Hardin) @ youtube
- Right, Wrong Or Ready (Major Wiley) @ youtube
- Down On The Street (Don't You Follow Me...) (Huddie Ledbetter) @ youtube
on DVD (live):
- God Bless The Child
- It Hurts Me Too
- Little Bit Of Rain
- Blues Jumped The Rabbit
rec. 1969 by Nick Venet; Karen Dalton, 12-str g, bj; Dan Hankin, ac g; Kim King, el g; Harvey Brooks, el b; Gary Chester, perc
cover photo by Joel Brodsky
notes by Karen Dalton & Nikolas Venet
Capitol ST-271 (US 1969)
extended notes by Peter Stampfel
= Koch Records KOC-CD-7918 (US 1997)
= Megaphone CD MEGA 03 (UK 1999)
new packaging, new booklet and a dvd with archive footage
new notes by Brian Barr
(=) Megaphone cdmega10 (Fr 2006) (Special edition CD + DVD set)
= Vivid/Capitol VSCD-540 (Jp 2009)
= Light In The Attic LITA 045 (US 2009)
2
11/1969
The Capitol Disc Jockey Album (November 1969)
Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (2:51)
Al De Lory - Theme From "Midnight Cowboy" (2:51)
Salvation Cast - For Ever (3:38)
Howard Roberts - Gasoline Alley (2:35)
Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best) (4:29)
Steve Forman - Pre-Dawn Retrospective Chant (6:40)
Lou Rawls - I Can't Make It Alone (2:51)
Al De Lory - Theme From "Easy Rider" / I Wasn't Born To Follow (3:37)
Salvation Cast - If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You (4:25)
Howard Roberts - Spinning Wheel (2:11)
Karen Dalton - I Love You More Than Words Can Say (3:30)
Steve Forman - Everything I've Got Belongs To You (4:45)
prod. by Howard Goldman
Capitol SPRO-4883 (US 11/1969)
3
1971
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time@ youtube (full album)
- Something On Your Mind (Dino Valenti) @ youtube
- When A Man Loves A Woman (Calvin Lewis / Andrew Wright) @ youtube
- In My Own Dream (Paul Butterfield) @ youtube
- Katie Cruel (Traditional) @ youtube
- How Sweet It Is (Dozier/Holland/Holland) @ youtube
- In A Station (Richard Manuel) @ youtube
- Take Me (George Jones / L. Payne) @ youtube
- Same Old Man (Traditional) @ youtube
- One Night Of Love (Joe Tate) @ youtube
- Are You Leaving For The Country (Richard Tucker) @ youtube
prod. by Harvey Brooks; arrangements by Harvey Brooks & Karen Dalton; Karen Dalton, voc, 12-str. g, bj; Richard Bell, p; Harvey Brooks, b; Marcus Doubleday, tp; Robert Fritz, Belch cl; Amos Garrett, g; John Hall, g (solo on 'In My Own Dream'); Dan Hankin, g; Bill Kieth [sic], steel g; Hart McNee, ten sax; Bobby Notkoff, violin; Ken Pearson, org; Dennis Siewell, dr; John Simon, p; Gregg Thomas, dr; Dennis Whitted, dr
notes by Fred Neil
Paramount/Just Sunshine PAS-6008 [Michael Lang's label]
= Light In The Attic LITA 022 (US 2006)
4
1975
The Holy Modal Rounders: Alleged In Their Own Time
- Low Down Dog # @ youtube
- Don't Seem Right
- New Reuben's Train
- Voodoo Queen Marie
- Chittlin' Cooking Time In Cheatham County
- Nova
- Sally In The Alley
- She's More To Be Pitied
- Rocky Road # @ youtube
- Across The Alley From The Alamo *
- Synergy
- Red Rocking Chair
- Random Canyon
- Monday Morning
- Shoot That Turkey Buzzard
rec. 1973; Peter Stampfel, Steve Weber, voc; Richard Tyler, p; Robin Remaily; Luke Faust; * Hunt Middleton, g; Dave Reich, b; # Karen Dalton, harmony vocals [uncredited]
8-pp. booklet by Peter Stampfel & Antonia
Rounder 3004 (US 1975)
= Vivid Sound VSCD137 (Jp 2004)
5
1998
Original Seeds
16 track Australian exclusive compilation of songs covered by and or which provided inspiration for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Long Time Man - Tim Rose
- Catman - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
- Avalanche - Leonard Cohen
- Katie Cruel - Karen Dalton #
- The Hammer Song - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Weeping Annaleah - Tom Jones
- Sad Dark Eyes - The Loved Ones
- The Big Hurt - Scott Walker
- Tupelo Blues - John Lee Hooker
- The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
- The Folk Singer - Johnny Cash
- Another Man Done Gone - Odetta
- I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge - Blind Willie Johnson
- Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
# inspired "When I First Came To Town" on 1992 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds CD "Henry's Dream"
Rubber/BMG 74321552312
6
2007
Karen Dalton: Cotton Eyed Joe (The Loop Tapes)
Live in Bolder 1962
CD 1:
- It's Alright (Ray Charles) @ youtube
- Everytime I Think Of Freedom (trad.) @ youtube
- Cotton Eyed Joe (trad.) @ youtube
- Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie) @ youtube
- One May Morning (trad.) * @ youtube
- Red Are The Flowers (Fred Neil) @ youtube
- Blues On The Ceiling (Fred Neil) @ youtube
- Run Tell That Major (trad.) @ youtube
- Down And Out (Cox-Feldman) @ youtube
- Fannin' Street (Huddie Ledbetter) @ youtube
CD 2:
- In The Evening (Leroy Carr) @ youtube
- Old Hannah (trad.) @ youtube
- Pallet On Your Floor (Jelly Roll Morton) @ youtube
- Prettiest Train (trad., Lomax Prison Recordings) @ youtube
- Mole In The Ground (trad.) * @ youtube
- Darlin' Corey (trad.) @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too (Mel London) @ youtube
- Katie Cruel (trad.) @ youtube
- Blackjack (Ray Charles) @ youtube
- No More Taters (trad.) @ youtube
- Good Morning Blues (Huddie Ledbetter) @ youtube
rec. October 1962 live at The Attic in Boulder, Colorado by Joe Loop; Karen Dalton, voc, 12-str g, * bj
2 CD set
notes by Joe Loop
Megaphone CDMEGA15 (US/Fr 2007)
= Delmore Recordings SG-10 (Jp 2007)
7
2008
Karen Dalton: Green Rocky Road@ youtube (full album)
The Loop Tapes - Pine Street Recordings
- Green Rocky Road #* @ youtube
- Whoopee Ti Yi Yo * @ youtube
- Ribbon Bow # @ youtube
- Katie Cruel * @ youtube
- Little Margaret * @ youtube
- Red Rockin' Chair * @ youtube
- Nottingham Town * @ youtube
- Skillet Good & Greasy * @ youtube
- In The Evening # [] @ youtube
rec. 1962 and 1963 in Pine Street, Boulder, Colorado by Joe Loop; Karen Dalton, voc, # 12-str. g, * bj; [] Richard Tucker, g; [] Joe Loop, dr; remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Peter Mew
notes (January 1999) by Dick Weissman
Delmore Recordings 71789 (US 2008)
= Megaphone CDMEGA 18
8
2012
Karen Dalton: 1966@ youtube (full album)
Newly Unearthed Folk Recordings
- Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin) (2:24) @ youtube
- Katie Cruel (trad.) (2:46) @ youtube
- Cotton Eyed Joe (trad.) (3:11) @ youtube
- Green Rocky Road (trad.) (3:22) @ youtube
- Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin) (2:19) ## @ youtube
- Other Side To This Life (Fred Neil) (3:45) ## @ youtube
- God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday / Arthur Herzog, Jr.) (2:44) @ youtube
- Little Bit Of Rain (Fred Neil) (2:14) # @ youtube
- While You're On Your Way (trad.) (2:19) @ youtube
- 2:19 Train (Mamie "Desdume", actually Desdunes / J. Morton) (4:08) @ youtube
- Misery Blues (Ma Rainey) (1:17) @ youtube
- Mole In The Ground (trad.) (3:30) ## @ youtube
- Shiloh Town (Tim Hardin) (2:05) ## @ youtube
- Hallelujah (Wm. Walker) (0:40) @ youtube
rec. 1966 by Carl Baron; Karen Dalton, voc, 12-str. g, bj; Richard Tucker, # g, ## voc
notes (essay) by Ben Edmonds
Delmore Recordings DE 023 (US 2011)