 Bob Dylan, Karen Dalton and Fred Neil at the Cafe Wha?, February 1961 photographer: Fred W. Darrah | Karen Dalton "Sweet Mother K.D." b. Jean Karen Cariker July 19, 1937 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas grew up in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma d. March 19, 1993 at her home on Eagles Nest Road in Hurley, Ulster County, New York discography | "All I can say is that she sure can sing the shit out of the blues" Fred Neil
 Richard Tucker and Karen Dalton at Gerde's Folk City, September 1963 |
| # | year of release | title / label / notes |
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| 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 extended notes by Peter Stampfel
new packaging, new booklet and a dvd with archive footage
= 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
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| 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 |
| # | year of release | artist / title / label # / notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5/2015 | Remembering Mountains Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton Sharon Van Etten - Remembering Mountains @ youtube Patty Griffin - All That Shines Is Not Truth @ youtube Diane Cluck - This Is Our Love @ youtube Julia Holter - My Love, My Love @ youtube Lucinda Williams - Met An Old Friend @ youtube Marissa Nadler - So Long Ago And Far Away @ youtube Laurel Halo - Blue Notion @ youtube Larkin Grimm - For The Love I'm In @ youtube Isobel Campbell - Don't Make It Easy @ youtube Tara Jane O'Neil - At Last The Night Has Ended @ youtube Josephine Foster - Met An Old Friend @ youtube "Karen Dalton (1937-1993) recorded two studio albums during her lifetime, neither of which contain any songs she wrote. By the good graces of legendary guitarist Peter Walker, who oversees Karen's Estate, we are gifted with these lost lyrics, now given voice by other great women of song." notes by Peter Walker |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Dave Moore, Sandrolin Koppel and Tom Berghan for additional info
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