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| 1. | Wind In The Willows
Main Theme
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| 2. | Good Morning To You
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| 3. | I've Forgotten How To Smile
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| 4. | Fairground Fantasy
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| 5. | The Wild Wood
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| 6. | The Badger
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| 7. | Looking Forward To Tomorrow
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| 8. | The Life We Left Behind
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| 9. | Badgers Theme
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| 10. | Maggie's Theme
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| 11. | Mr. Toad's Theme
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| 12. | Don't Seem Like Progress To Me
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| 13. | Can Dreams Come True
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| 14. | Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
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| 15. | Why Can't We Go Home
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| 16. | Wayfarers All
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| 17. | Wind In The Willows
Reprise
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| 18. | Love Is All
Bonus
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Recorded: 1991 Germany
This DVD release is a minor sensation: for the first time in this format, the complete version of Eddie Hardin's musical interpretation of 'Wind In the Willows', performed live on stage for German Television in 1991, and featuring an all-star cast of British performers.
Eddie Hardin replaced Stevie Winwood in the Spencer Davis Group but left that group in 1969 to form a partnership with drummer Peter York. Their duo Hardin & York received great acclaim during a brief but remarkable career.
Hardin then embarked on a solo career and also got involved in session work with the likes of Deep Purple bass player Roger Glover and his 'Butterfly Ball' project. Eddie co-wrote the hit 'Love Is All'. He also worked as a producer for Iris Williams and Mike D'Abo during this period.
The musician credits on this album reads like a "who's who" of British rock and includes Donovan, Tony Ashton, Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow), Zak Starkey (The Who), Don Airey (Rainbow, Deep Purple), Denny Laine (Moody Blues), Ray Fenwick (Ian Gillan Band, Forcefield), Maggie Bell, and Danny Thompson (Pentangle, John Martyn).
Hardin & York
Active Decades: '70s and '80s
Born: 1968
Genre: Rock
Styles: Blues-Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
The unusual power duo of keyboardist/vocalist Eddie Hardin and drummer Pete York made a few albums in the late '60s and early '70s, and were aptly described as a cross between Traffic and Procol Harum. They leaned closer to Traffic than Procol Harum, with their blend of hard rock, soul, progressive, and jazz influences; the swirl and swell of Hardin's Hammond organ; and Hardin's Stevie Winwood-esque vocals. And they came by that Traffic influence honestly: York had played alongside Winwood in the Spencer Davis Group before Winwood formed Traffic, and Hardin joined the Spencer Davis Group on keyboards and vocals after Winwood's departure.
Both Hardin and York left the Winwood-less Spencer Davis Group in October 1968, and teamed up shortly afterward to form a two-man group, with Hardin on vocals and Hammond C3 organ, and York on drums. The two-man band is unusual in rock to this day, and as far as two-person organ-drum combos go, the only other one of note from that period was used by Lee Michaels, the keyboardist who sometimes performed and recorded only using drummer Frosty for accompaniment. (A much more obscure one, Hanson & Karisson, were also active in Sweden around this time.) Hardin covered the bass parts with the left hand of his organ, and the result was actually a pretty full band sound for just the two members. However, on their three albums, the duo was sometimes augmented by horns, flute, guitar, backup female vocals, and other orchestration.
Although Hardin & York weren't that big in the U.K. or U.S., they had more success on the European Continent, particularly in Germany, where they were big both on record and as a touring act. In fact, they were the last band to play the famous Star Club in Hamburg in 1970 before it closed and were popular enough to be honored by a bootleg recorded in Germany in the early '70s. In 1971 each member started playing with their own bands as well (the Pete York Percussion Band and Hardin/Fenwick/Newman), occasionally playing in those bands on the same bill as live Hardin & York concerts.
Hardin & York's third and final album, For the World (1971), put a greater emphasis on orchestration and slower tracks. One of the session musicians on that record, guitarist Ray Fenwick (who had also played with the Spencer Davis Group in the late '60s), joined Hardin & York in mid-1972, at which point the act's name changed to Hardin, York & Fenwick. In mid-1973, Hardin & York, or Hardin, York & Fenwick if you prefer, disbanded when Hardin and York joined a reunited version of the Spencer Davis Group. Both Hardin and York remained active as session musicians and support players to Deep Purple and solo projects, and Hardin & York reformed their duo act in 1999, primarily for the German audience.
---Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide |
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