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liner notesJohn Hiatt - Demos III (1982)
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- Ain't That Crazy 
- Mexican Lover 
- Put A Little In The Middle 
- Heavy Tears 
- Go Out And Love Somebody 
- Dancing Fool 
- You Never Told Her 
- The Weather's Changing 
- Radio Girl 
- Something Happens 
- I Don't Even Try 
- Here's To You 
- It's Alright 
- Good Place To Hide 
- Saint Mary 
- Sister Woncha 
- On The Road 
- If I Can Love Somebody 
- I'll Get Out Of This 
- Washable Ink 
- A Broken Man 
- Follow The Dolphin 
- Take It Slow 
- Train To Birmingham 
none of the tracks have ever been released officially!
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Liner Notes
John Hiatt - Demos III early 1980's - unknown cassette > cdr(0) > eac > cd wave > flac
These are all pre-Bring The Family songs, good to Very Good quality. You can hear the eramark of early Hiatt: he is trying to sound like he's black (sometimes way too much).
Great variety in the songwriting quality:
A really bad Waits attempt (Here's To You), and way too many acoustic numbers that sound like Mississippi John Hurt retreads (he even dedicates #6 to him) -- now I see why he was on the tribute LP. You Never Told Her -- easily one of the best songs Hiatt ever wrote, period; it's fully orchestrated. Also great: Dave Edmunds' Something's Happening is here, as is Conway Twitty' Heavy Tears. Marti Jones' version of If I Could Love Somebody unfortunately blows Hiatt's away, he does not connect with the song.
80% of this is acoustic solo -- it gives things like Radio Girl and Washable Ink some interesting turns, but you wish for a band on stuff like Follow the Dolphin and I'll get out of this.
This is all I have; I guess no one is going to upgrade this stuff.
shared via DimeADozen by lilpanda - a BIG thank you!
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