Hardin & Russell RING OF BONE +Insert TOM RUSSELL NM LP

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Hardin & Russell RING OF BONE +Insert TOM RUSSELL NM LP

  Description: HARDIN & RUSSELL
Ring of Bone
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demo records H & R 512
Original 1976 issue • Stereo LP
PRIVATE LABEL (their own)

DISC is NM-
High gloss vinyl has a very few faint sleeve marks that are inaudible. LP plays exceptionally clean throughout. Labels are pristine.
*Note: the photo of label below may look blurred. The print is actually sharp, clear, bold BLACK.

COVER is EX+
Extremely clean cover has no soil, wear, creases, writing or marks.
Very light, small discoloration spot at bottom edge; otherwise NM.
Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits.

INSERT is NM

This private press album has no catalog number on the cover and nothing at all on the spine, just "demo records" on the back at bottom.
Label states "H & R 512" ...and "demo records!".
 
A pure gem of an album... Tom's first collaboration with Patricia Hardin.
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Patricia Hardin speaking about Ring of Bone:
"Tom introduced me to Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams. I introduced him to Bach and Franz Schubert. That’s partly why our songs had that strange blend of folk, country and classical. My artistic concept has always been to create something unique and honest  that will stand the test of time.That’s exactly what Tom and I accomplished with those early recordings. I’m sure that’s what we are still doing today, separate and apart.”

Individually, Hardin and Russell took New Folk awards at the 1975 Kerrville Folk Festival, while in June of that year Hardin won the  Grand Prize at the Kerrville Country & Western Songwriters Competition. Russell was a semi-finalist.

In 1976, the couple cut their first album, Ring of Bone, in Austin. Patricia recalls, “Between high hopes and a low budget, we pulled it off in three days. Mike Mordecai, now a big name in the Austin music scene, helped us put together the right local musicians.” As for the album title, she explains, “Lew Welch, the mystic poet of the Beat Generation, wrote a collection of poems called Ring of  Bone. The preface gives some clue as to what he was after. ‘The shape of Ring of Bone is circular, or back and forth.’ “What Tom and I did in our song ‘Ring of Bone’ and in the concept of our album was to bring to life, lyrically and musically, some of  the possibilities in that image. Circles, cycles, birth and death and rebirth. Patricia’s compositions included “Coffins on the Brazos”, which told of the Texas floods of 1957, and “Look at Us Now”, while she  also penned the music for a number of Tom’s lyrics.

The initial pressing of Ring of Bone sold out quickly. Chet Flippo of Rolling Stone magazine had described it as “A miracle!” and  further favorable reviews appeared in other magazines including Billboard and Crawdaddy. The pair decided to move base to  San Francisco in order to put a band together and gain a wider audience.
 ~From an interview with Patricia Hardin by Arthur Wood and found on Patricia's website.

SIDE 1
1. Mojave
2. Alkali
3. Zane Grey
4. Beneath Canyon Walls
5. The 27th Parable

SIDE 2
1. Old Women Suite
 (a) Mrs Zeelsdorf's Garden
 (b) Old Lady Blues
 (c)Coffins On The Brazos
2. Look At Us Now
3. Denver Wind
4. Ring Of Bone

Vinyl inside a poly lined, anti-static inner sleeve
LP housed in protective poly outer sleeve.


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I package the LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.
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