Painted Head is an album by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 artist Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin

James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...

, recorded in England and released in 1972. It was Hardin's last release on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

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There are no original songs on Painted Head. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 2007 on CD.

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, music critic James Chrispell wrote "This is a much different album for Tim Hardin, but it is much better than most would have thought... While Painted Head isn't that great an album, it shows that Hardin was trying to reel in his excesses and give his career some much-needed discipline."

Side one

1. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
   You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
   "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" is a 1962 song by rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley. Written by Willie Dixon, the song was one of Diddley's last record chart hits...
   
   " (Willie Dixon
   Willie Dixon
   William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
   
   ) – 4:12
2. "Midnight Caller" (Pete Ham) – 3:09
3. "Yankee Lady" (Jesse Winchester
   Jesse Winchester
   Jesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...
   
   ) – 4:27
4. "Lonesome Valley" (Traditional) – 4:29
5. "Sweet Lady" (Dino, Sambello, Sembello) – 3:47

Side two

1. "Do the Do" (Willie Dixon) – 4:20
2. "Perfection" (Pete Ham) – 3:03
3. "Till We Meet Again" (Sheppard) – 3:13
4. "I'll Be Home" (Randy Newman
   Randy Newman
   Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
   
   ) – 5:43
5. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox
   Jimmy Cox
   Jimmy Cox was an American songwriter famous for his Depression-era hit "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"....
   
   ) – 6:38

Personnel

• Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Peter Frampton
  Peter Frampton
  Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
  
   – guitar
• Don Brooks – harmonica
• Rebop Kwaku Baah
  Rebop Kwaku Baah
  Anthony "Reebop" Kwaku Baah was a Ghanaian percussionist perhaps best known for working with the 1970s rock groups Traffic and Can.-Biography:...
  
   – percussion, conga
• Tony Carr – percussion
• Alun Davies – guitar
• Tristan Fry
  Tristan Fry
  Tristan Fry is a British drummer and percussionist. Fry began his career by joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 17. He was a founder member of a number of ensembles, such as the Nash, Fires of London and the London Sinfonietta...
  
   – vibraphone, background vocals
• Cissy Houston
  Cissy Houston
  Emily "Cissy" Houston is a Grammy Award–winning American soul and gospel singer. She led a very successful career as a backup singer for such artists as Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Wishbone Ash and Aretha Franklin, and is now primarily a solo artist...
  
   – background vocals
• Liza Strike – background vocals
• Bobbie Whitaker – background vocals
• Dennis Lopez – percussion
• Tony Meehan
  Tony Meehan
  Daniel Joseph Anthony "Tony" Meehan was a founder member of the British group The Shadows with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch...
  
   – organ, piano, percussion, chimes, drums, vibraphone, string, horn, choir, woodwind arrangements
• Rod Murfield – percussion
• Larry Packer – fiddle
• Alan Ross – guitar, mandolin
• Jean Roussel – organ, piano, keyboards
• Bruce Rowland
  Bruce Rowland (drummer)
  Bruce Rowland is an English rock drummer best known for his memberships of The Grease Band and folk rock band Fairport Convention. He is also a prolific session musician.-Early career:...
  
   – drums
• Jeff Schwartz – pedal steel guitar
• Neil Shepherd – piano, harmonium
• Chris Stewart
  Chris Stewart (author)
  Christopher 'Chris' Stewart , was the original drummer and a founding member of Genesis. He is now a farmer and an author.-Background and musical career:...
  
   – bass
• Twenty-first Century Singers – choir

Production notes

• Produced by Tony Meehan
• Engineered and mixed by Geoff Emerick
  Geoff Emerick
  Geoffrey Emerick is an English recording studio audio engineer, who is best known for his work with The Beatles' albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles and Abbey Road...
  
  
• Elliot Scheiner – overdub engineer
• Mastered by Cliff Morris