It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best is the debut album by American folk blues musician Karen Dalton, originally released in 1969 by Capitol Records (see 1969 in music).
| It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best | ||||
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| Released | 1969 August 19, 1997 (reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Studio | Studio A, The Record Plant, New York City | |||
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| Length | 30:46 | |||
| Label | Capitol Koch Entertainment (reissue) Megaphone (reissue) | |||
| Producer | Nick Venet Nicholas Hill (reissue) | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian |  [3] |
The album was subsequently reissued on CD by the Koch label in 1997. Extended liner notes were written by Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders, who writes:
She was the only folk singer I ever met with an authentic 'folk' background. She came to the folk music scene under her own steam, as opposed to being 'discovered' and introduced to it by people already involved in it."
In 1999, Megaphone issued the album again, this time with new packaging, a new booklet and a DVD with archival footage.
In 2009, Light In The Attic Records, once again, reissued the album on vinyl with new packaging and liner notes.[4]
Track listing edit
- "Little Bit of Rain" (Fred Neil) – 2:30
- "Sweet Substitute" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 2:40
- "Ribbon Bow" (Traditional; adapted by Karen Dalton) – 2:55
- "I Love You More Than Words Can Say" (Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones) – 3:30
- "In the Evening (It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best)" (Leroy Carr) – 4:29
- "Blues on the Ceiling" (Fred Neil) – 3:30
- "It Hurts Me Too" (Mel London) – 3:05
- "How Did the Feeling Feel to You" (Tim Hardin) – 2:52
- "Right, Wrong or Ready" (Major Wiley) – 2:58
- "Down on the Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)" (Lead Belly) – 2:17
Personnel edit
- Karen Dalton - 12-string guitar, banjo, vocals
- Kim King - electric guitar
- Dan Hankin - acoustic guitar
- Harvey Brooks - bass
- Gary Chester - percussion
- Technical
- Lillian Douma, Sandy Fisher - engineers
- Joel Brodsky - photography
References edit
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
...that reedy Appalachian delivery coupled with her ability to elongate words and vowels to their limit has yet to be reproduced by anyone else.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Guardian review
- ^ "It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best Info Page". Light In The Attic.