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Jim Ford: The Sounds Of Our Time - Harlan County...plus (CD)

1-CD-Album with 52-page booklet, 25 tracks, playing time 78:56 minutes. 

Jim Ford - 'In Order To Get To It, You Got To Go Through It'
  • He was Sly Stone's best friend and Nick Lowe's biggest musical influence.
  • Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack and the Temptations have all recorded his songs. After one mythical album, 'Harlan County,' in 1969, he disappeared.
  • Many tried to find Jim Ford without any success, until Swedish music lover, L-P Anderson, tracked him down in the middle of nowhere, California.
  • CD contains the complete, legendary 'Harlan County' album - first time on vinyl! - plus unreleased masters.
Let's rewind to Los Angeles in the spring 1971. The party inside the big house on 783 Bel Air Road had been going for more than four days. Nobody knew what time of day it was because Sly Stone, who rented the house from John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & Papas, didn't allow clocks inside the building. On the living room table there were long lines of white powder, and Ike Turner along with his friend Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, partook. On a sofa Bobby Womack was getting intimate with a young lady who seemed to have traded both school and parents for a more exciting lifestyle in California. Sly Stone placed guards with machine guns and dogs by the entrance just to make sure nothing interfered with his freaked out life. The fifth Beatle, keyboardist Billy Preston, wore a hat that would make the most flamboyant character from 'Shaft' green with envy while Miles Davis mingled among the crowd. It was rock 'n' roll Babylon. Sly Stone was calm, sitting on a sofa listening to a bearded white guy dressed in overalls who spoke with a down home southern drawl. His name was Jim Ford.

In 1969 Jim Ford released his first and only album, 'Harlan County.' Musically, it inhabited the same territory as 'From Elvis In Memphis' or Dan Penn's 'Nobody's Fool,' but Ford's record was every bit their equal. Hot country guitars blended with New Orleans styled piano laid over a bedrock rhythm section of hard-driving, sweat-drenched funk and soul. Jim Ford's vocal style recalls the colourful medicine show acts that toured rural Kentucky at the beginning of last century. Ballads likeLove On My Brainand Changing Colors are enduringly beautiful. Even now, it only seems a matter of time before someone samples the grooves of danceable tracks like I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me or Under Construction

'Harlan County' didn't make big waves back then, but the number of admirers has grown every year…and this in itself is surprising considering how hard it was to find the LP. Many tried to find out what happened to Ford without much success. But then, when English pub rock legend Nick Lowe was in Los Angeles to produce an album with the Blasters in 1981, Jim Ford stepped into the studio with a bag of demo cassettes. Lowe was excited to see his hero and asked what he had been up to. Ford whipped the cassettes back into the bag and left. Since then, few have seen him.

In March 2024, the editors of Rolling Stone (US) compiled a list of the '25 Best Country Soul Albums'. 'The Sounds Of Our Time' landed in 11th place:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-soul-albums-1234991975/carolina-chocolate-drops-genuine-negro-jig-1234992049/


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Ford, Jim - The Sounds Of Our Time - Harlan County...plus (CD) CD 1
01Harlan CountyJim Ford
02I'm Gonna Make Her Love MeJim Ford
03Changing ColorsJim Ford
04Dr Handy's Dandy CandyJim Ford
05Love On My BrainJim Ford
06Long Road AheadJim Ford
07Under ConstructionJim Ford
08Working My Way To L.A.Jim Ford
09SpoonfulJim Ford
10To Make My Life BeautifulJim Ford
11Big Mouth USA (slow version)Jim Ford
1236 Inches HighJim Ford
13Sounds Of Our TimeJim Ford
14Chain GangJim Ford
15I Wonder What They'll Do With TodayJim Ford
16Go Through SundayJim Ford
17She Turns My Radio OnJim Ford
18Mixed GreenJim Ford
19Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell BeerJim Ford
20It Takes Two (To Make One)Jim Ford
21Big Mouth USA (uptempo version)Jim Ford
22Rising SignJim Ford
23Linda Comes RunningJim Ford
24RamonaJim Ford
25Hanging From Your Lovin TreeJim Ford
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"Jim Ford"

Jim Ford

'In Order To Get To It, You Got To Go Through It'

Er ist Sly Stones bester Freund und Nick Lowes größter musikalischer Einfluss. Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack und die Temptations haben alle seine Songs aufgenommen. Aber nach einem mythischen Album,'Harlan County', 1969, verschwand er. Viele versuchten, Jim Ford ohne Erfolg zu finden, bis ich ihn mitten im Nirgendwo in Kalifornien aufspürte.

Zurück nach Los Angeles im Frühjahr 1971. Die Party in dem großen Haus an der 783 Bel Air Road dauerte mehr als vier Tage. Niemand wusste, wie spät es war, denn Sly Stone, der das Haus von John und Michelle Phillips von den Mamas & Papas gemietet hatte, ließ keine Uhren ins Haus. Auf dem Wohnzimmertisch standen lange Reihen von weißem Pulver, und Ike Turner und sein Freund Johnny'Guitar' Watson nahmen teil. Auf einem Sofa wurde Bobby Womack mit einer jungen Dame intim, die sowohl Schule als auch Eltern gegen einen aufregenderen Lebensstil in Kalifornien eingetauscht zu haben schien. Sly Stone stellte Wachen mit Maschinengewehren und Hunden am Eingang auf, nur um sicherzustellen, dass nichts sein ausgeflipptes Leben behinderte. Der fünfte Beatle, Keyboarder Billy Preston, trug einen Hut, der den extravagantesten Charakter aus "Shaft" vor Neid erblassen ließ, während Miles Davis sich unter die Menge mischte. Es war Rock'n' Roll Babylon. Sly Stone war ruhig, saß auf einem Sofa und hörte einem bärtigen, weißen Mann in Overalls zu, der mit einem südlichen Drawl sprach. Sein Name war Jim Ford.

1969 veröffentlichte Jim Ford sein erstes und einziges Album,'Harlan County'. Musikalisch bewohnte er das gleiche Gebiet wie'From Elvis In Memphis' oder Dan Penn's'Nobody's Fool', aber Fords Rekord war ihnen in jeder Hinsicht ebenbürtig. Heiße Country-Gitarren vermischt mit einem Piano im New Orleans-Stil, das über eine Rhythmusgruppe aus hartem, schweißüberflutetem Funk und Soul gelegt wurde. Jim Fords Gesangsstil erinnert an die farbenfrohe Medizinshow, die Anfang des letzten Jahrhunderts durch das ländliche Kentucky führte. Balladen wie Love On My Brain und Changing Colors sind dauerhaft schön. Selbst jetzt scheint es nur eine Frage der Zeit zu sein, bis jemand die Grooves von tanzbaren Tracks wie I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me oder Under Construction probiert.

Harlan County' hat damals keine großen Wellen geschlagen, aber die Zahl der Bewunderer ist jedes Jahr gewachsen.... und das ist schon erstaunlich, wenn man bedenkt, wie schwer es war, die LP zu finden. Viele versuchten ohne großen Erfolg herauszufinden, was mit Ford geschah. Aber dann, als die englische Pub-Rock-Legende Nick Lowe 1981 in Los Angeles war, um mit den Blasters ein Album zu produzieren, trat Jim Ford mit einer Tasche voller Demokassetten ins Studio. Lowe war begeistert, seinen Helden zu sehen und fragte, was er vorhatte. Ford schlug die Kassetten zurück in die Tasche und ging. Seitdem haben ihn nur wenige gesehen.

Nach zwei Jahren fortgeschrittener Detektivarbeit, viel altmodischem Glück und einigen lo-fi transatlantischen Telefonaten fand ich mich an einem Mietwagenschalter am Flughafen von San Francisco wieder mit der Idee, den ganzen Tag den unvergleichlich schönen Highway 1 hinauf zu dem Ort zu fahren, an dem Jim Ford lebt.

An der Nordküste Kaliforniens habe ich in ein Motel eingecheckt, wo die meisten anderen Gäste anscheinend Naturschützer sind, die sich für den Erhalt der umliegenden Mammutwälder einsetzen. In der Touristenbroschüre wird das Gebiet als "The Place To Go When You Want To Get Away From It All" beschrieben und das Dach der örtlichen Post hatte ein Schild mit der Aufschrift "Edge Of The Earth". Der Barkeeper vom örtlichen Honky-Tonk sagte, dass es fast unmöglich ist, dort ein Handy zu benutzen: es ist ständig außer Reichweite.

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Tracklist
Ford, Jim - The Sounds Of Our Time - Harlan County...plus (CD) CD 1
01 Harlan County
02 I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me
03 Changing Colors
04 Dr Handy's Dandy Candy
05 Love On My Brain
06 Long Road Ahead
07 Under Construction
08 Working My Way To L.A.
09 Spoonful
10 To Make My Life Beautiful
11 Big Mouth USA (slow version)
12 36 Inches High
13 Sounds Of Our Time
14 Chain Gang
15 I Wonder What They'll Do With Today
16 Go Through Sunday
17 She Turns My Radio On
18 Mixed Green
19 Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell Beer
20 It Takes Two (To Make One)
21 Big Mouth USA (uptempo version)
22 Rising Sign
23 Linda Comes Running
24 Ramona
25 Hanging From Your Lovin Tree