lp discography - covers & lyrics

JOHN HARTFORD

born on Dec 30, 1937 in New York, NY
died on June 4, 2001 in Nashville, TN

(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country albums/ Top Pop albums
(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country singles/ Top Pop singles
lyrics inside

RCA Victor (1966 - 1970)
LOOKS AT LIFE	RCA Victor LSP-3687	1966
I Reckon, Man Smoking A Cigar, Untangle Your Mind, I Shoulda Wore My Birthday Suit, Tall Tall Grass, Front Porch, Eve Of My Multiplication, When The Sky Began To Fall, Corn Cob Blues, Minus The Woman, Jack's In The Sack.
EARTHWOODS AND MUSIC	RCA Victor LSP-3796	1967
(Good Old Electric) Washing Machine (Circa 1943), Love Song In 2/4 Time, Daytime Of Life, Whose That, There Are No Fools In Heaven (Anyman's Inferno), Earthwords, Gentle On My Mind(60/-), Naked In Spite Of Myself, How Come You're Being So Good To Me, No End Of Love, Left Handed Woman, Baking Soda.
LOVE ALBUM	RCA Victor LSP-3884	1967
Why Do You Do Me Like You Do, Six O'clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes, Springtime All Over Again, This Eye Of Parting, Landscape Grown Cold, I Would Not Be Here, Natural To Be Gone, Empty Afternoon Of Summer Longing, Simple Thing As Love, Windows, Prayer, Love Is Sweeter.
HOUSING PROJECT	RCA Victor LSP-3998	1968
Housing Project, I'm Still Here, Crystallia Daydream, Girl With The Long Brown Hair, I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long, Sailboat Song, Category Stomp, Go Fall Asleep Now, My Face, Big Blue Balloon, In Like Of, Shiny Rails Of Steel.
GENTLE ON MY MIND	RCA Victor LSP-4068	1968
California Earthquake, Gentle On My Mind, Natural To Be Gone, Six O'clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes, Simple Thing As Love, Mouth To Mouth Resuscitation, I Would Not Be Here, Front Porch, Untangle Your Mind, Like Unto A Mockingbird, Tall Tall Grass.
JOHN HARTFORD	RCA Victor LSP-4156	1969
Dusty Miller Hornpipe And Fugue In A Major For Strings Brass And 5-string Banjo, I've Heard That Tearstained Monologue You Do There By The Door Before You Go, Collector, Short Sentimental Interlude, Mr Jackson's Got Nothing To Do, Open Road Ode, Little Piece In D, Poor Old Prurient Interest Blues, Wart, Railroad Street, Another Short (But Not So Sentimental) Interlude, Orphan Of World War Two, Little Old Lonesome Little Circle Song, I Didn't Know The World Would Last Thing Long.
IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOT	RCA Victor LSP-4337	1970
Like Unto A Mockingbird, Meanwhile You Sit, I Won't Know Why, Maybe, Go Home Girl, Natural To Be Gone, Befoe They Tow My Car, Today, Firstrated Bird, Hey Jude.
Warner Brothers (1971 - 1972)
AEROPLAIN(-/193)	Warner Bros WS-1916	1971
Turn Your Radio On, Steamboat Whistle Blues, Back In The Goodle Days, Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie, Boogie, First Girl I Loved, Presbyterian Guitar, With A Vamp In The Middle, Symphony Hall Rag, Because Of You, Steam Powered Aereo Plane, Holding, Tear Down The Grand Ole Opry, Leather Britches, Station Break, Turn Your Radio On.(reissued Rounder 0366)
MORNING BUGLE	Warner Bros BS-2651	1972
Streetcar, Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Anymore, Howard Hughes' Blues, All Fall Down, On The Road, Morning Bugle, Old Joe Clark, My Rag, Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home, Got No Place To Go, Bye Bye.(reissued Rounder 0356)
Flying Fish (1976 - 1991)
MARK TWANG	Flying Fish FF-020	1976
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew, Long Hot Summer Days, Let Him Go On Mama, Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun, Tater Tate And Allen Mundy, Julia Belle Swain, Little Cabin Home On The Hill Waugh Waugh, Austin Minor Sympathy, Lowest Pair, Tryin' To Do Something To Get Your Attention.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU DO	Flying Fish FF-028	1977
You Don't Have To Do That, Don't Want To Be Forgotten, In Tall Buildings, John McLaughlin, Granny Wont'cha Smoke Some Marijuana, False Hearted Tenor Waltz, Joseph's Dream, Down, Golden Globe Award, Sly Feel, Somewhere My Love/We'll Meet Again Sweetheart, Nobody Knows What You Do.
GLITTER GRASS FROM NASHWOODw. The Dillards	Flying Fish FF-036	1977
Don't Come Rollin', Cross The Border Line, Two Hits And The Joint Turned Brown, Don't Lead Me On, Bear Creek Hop, No End Of Love, Biggest Whatever, Lost In A World, High Dad In The Morning, California Is Nicer Than You, Artificial Limitations, Get No Better.
ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE	Flying Fish FF-044	1977
All In The Name Of Love, Cuckoo's Nest, In Sara's Eyes, Gentle On My Mind, Boogie, Six O'clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes, Don't Try To Hide The Tears From Me, Ten Chord Blues, Dancing In The Bathtub, Deck Hand's Waltz, Also Love You For Your Mind.
HEADIN' DOWN INTO MYSTERY TRAIN	Flying Fish FF-063	1978
Mississippi Queen, Mama Plays The Calliope, See The Julia Belle Swain, On Christmas Eve, Natchez Whistle, Kentucky Pool, Miss Ferris, Paducah, Headin' Down Into The Mystery Below, Beatty's Navy, In Plain View Of The Town.
SLUMBERIN' ON THE CUMBERLANDSwith Benny Martin	Flying Fish FF-095	1979
Slumberin' On The Cumberland, Greenback Dollar, Careless Love, Love In Vain, If I Can Stay Away Long Enough, Hillman, Southern Moon, I Can Read Between The Lines, Blue Writin' On White Paper, First Fall Of Snow, Fiddle Faddle, Go Fall Asleep Now.
YOU AND ME AT HOME	Flying Fish FF-228	1981
You And Me At Home, Tonite We're Gonna Boogie, Your Stuff, River Of Life, Ladies Live Such A Long Long Time, Once You've Had The Best, Don't Go Away, I Believe In You, My Love For You, Imagination Fired By Books, You And Me Reprised.
PERMANENT WAVEwith The Dillards	Flying Fish FF-235	1981
Break It To Me Gently, That'll Be The Day, Same Thing, Yakety Yak, Something's Wrong, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Country Boy Rock'n Roll, No Beer In Heaven.
CATALOGUE	Flying Fish FF-259	1982
Sail Away Ladies, Up On The Hill, (Good Old Electric) Washing Machine (Circa 1943), Kiss My Plywood, I Would Not Be Here, Natural To Be Gone, My Face, Jaw Bone, California Earthquake, Simple Thing As Love, Forty Years A Gambler, My Rag.
GUM TREE CANOE	Flying Fish FF-289	1984
I'm Still Here, Way Down The River Road, Gum Tree Canoe, Your Long Journey, Jug Harris, Little Piece Of My Heart, Lorena, Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home, Wrong Road Again, No Expectations.
ME OH MY HOW THE TIME DOES FLY	Flying Fish FF-440	1989
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew, Julia Belle Swain, Natchez Whistle, I Would Not Be Here, Miss Ferris, Bear Creek Hop, Cukoo's Nest, Boogie, Gum Tree Canoe, Slumberin' On The Cumberland, Gentle On My Mind, In Tall Buildings, Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Anymore, On Christmas Eve, Way Down The River Road, Let Him Go On, Mama, Good Old Electric Washing Machine, I'm Still Here.
DOWN ON THE RIVER	Flying Fish FF-515	1989
Here I Am In Love Again, Bring Your Clothes Back Home, I Wish We Had Our Time Again, All I Got Is Gone Away, Delta Queen Waltz, Old Time River Man, Men All Want To Be Hoboes, Right In The Middle Of Falling For You, There'll Never Be Another You, Little Boy, General Jackson.
HARTFORD AND HARTFORDwith Jamie Hartford	Flying Fish FF-70566	1991
Love Grown Cold, Run Little Rabbitt, Killing Floor, When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland, New Love, Sweet Sunny South, Painful Memories, Nobody's Darling, Put All Your Troubles Away, I Know You Don't Know Me No More, She's Still Gonna Break Your Heart.
MCA (1986)
ANNUAL WALTZ	MCA 5861	1986
All In My Love For You, Ohio River Rag, Annual Waltz, Gone Gone Gone, Love Wrote This Song, Learning To Smile All Over Again, Pennington Bend, Here's To Your Dream, Short Life Of Trouble, Living In The Mississippi Valley.(reissued MCA-31287)
Small Dog (1991 - 1996)
CADILLAC RAGwith Mark Howard	Small Dog SD-191	1991
All American Rodeo Reel, Cadillac Rag, Time To Get Together, Old John Hartford's Walkaround, Alaskan Hornpipe, Stones River, Nickajacks Lament, Rose Of Gilroy, Boy Unloading Crossties, Fritz Waltz.
GOIN' BACK TO DIXIE	Small Dog SD-292	1992
Goin' Back To Dixie, Little Girl With Her Hair All Down Behind, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, Heavenly Sunlight, MISIP, Girl I Left Behind, We Did Our Best, Boys From North Carolina, Them Way Long Time Ago Times, Death Of John Henry.
WALLS WE BOUNCE OFF OF	Small Dog SD-394	1994
More Big Bull Fiddle Fun, Queen Of Rock And Roll, Can't Stand To Throw Anything Away, Interstate Waltz, Flea Market Breakdown, Your Tax Dollars At Work, When The Dinner Bell Rings, I Just Wanna Look In There, All Collision All Explosion Song, Fourteen Pole Cat Skins On A Chevy Camaro, Sexual Harrassment, Wonder Woman, Hooter Thunkit.
OLD SPORT	Small Dog SD-494	1995
Miller's Reel, Liverpool Hornpipe, Georgia Boys, Pretty Polly Anna, Midnight On The Water, Salt River, Lady's Fancy, Old Sport, Snowbird On The Ash Bank, Laughing Boy, Bonapart's Retreat, Pretty Little Widder, Jack-O-Diamonds.(live)
LIVE AT COLLEGE STATION PENNSYLVANIA	Small Dog SD-595	1995
Gum Tree Canoe, Gentle On My Mind, In Tall Buildings, Wrong Road Again, Bring Your Clothes Back Home, Run Little Rabbit, Lorena, Girl I Left Behind Me, Learning To Smile, Cacklin' Hen, I Would Not Be Here, Boogie, Old River Men, Piece Of My Heart, Natchez Whistle, Julia Belle Swain, Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew.
NO END OF LOVE	Small Dog SD-696	1996
Dialog, No End Of Love, Dialog, When The Guiding Star Came To Tell City, Dialog, Gentle On My Mind, Railroad Cap, Down On The Levee, My Tears Don't Show, Dialog, Burning Of Grand Republic, Dialog, Uncle Dink, Dialog, Medicine Chest, Goodbye Waltz.
Rounder (1994 - 2002)
CLEMENTS - HARTFORD - HOLLAND	Rounder CD-207	1994
Pea Patch Jig, You Can't Run Away From Your Feet, Memories Of Home, Home Cooking, Ten Past Eleven, Scapin' Out On The Roof, Till Something Better Comes Along, You And The Way You Do, Evening Prayer, Illinois River Rag.
FUN OF OPEN DISCUSSIONwith Bob Carlin	Rounder CD-320	1995
Pea Patch Jig, You Can't Run Away From Your Feet, Memories Of Home, Home Cooking, Ten Past Eleven, Scapin' Out On The Roof, Till Something Better Comes Along, You And The Way You Do, Evening Prayer, Illinois River Rag.
WILD HOG IN THE RED BRUSH	Rounder CD-392	1996
Squirrel Hunters, Birdie, Grandmammy Look At Uncle Sam, Old Virginia Reel, Flannery's Dream, Down At The Mouth Of Old Stinson, Girl With The Blue Dress On, Wild Hog In The Red Brush, Over The Road To Maysville, Bumblebee In A Jug, Bostony, Shelvin' Rock, Molly Put The Kettle On, West Fork Gals, Portsmouth Airs, Coquette, Jimmy In The Swamp, Lady Of The Lake, Natchez Under The Hill.
SPEED OF THE OLD LONG BOW	Rounder CD-438	1998
Hell Up Coal Hollar, Yellow Barber, Lost Indian, Dunbar, Brushy Fork Of John's Creek, Bonaparte's Retreat, Forks Of Sandy, Cattlettsburg, Half Past Four, Blackberry Blossom, Pumpkin Ridge, Brownlow's Dream, Rebel Raid, Boatman, Ida Red.
GOOD OLD BOYS	Rounder CD-462	1999
Good Old Boys, On The Radio, Cross-Eyed Child, Watching The River Go By, Waltz Of The Mississippi, Mike And John In The Wilderness, Owl Feather, Billy The Kid, Dixie Trucker's Home, Waltz Of The Golden Rule, Keep On Truckin'.
HAMILTON IRONWORKS	Rounder CD-4422	2001
Intro, Knockin' At Your Door, Woodchopper's Breakdown, Hamilton Ironworks, Jawbone, Politic, Wooliver's Money Musk, Ragtime Dream, Quail Is A Pretty Bird, Emminence Breakdown, Ragged Bill, Hi Dad In The Morning, Black River, Green Corn, Devil's Hornpipe, Wolves A Howlin', Fiddler's Hornpipe, White River, Greenback Dollar, Comin' Down From Denver On A Trip To Galway Here And There, Chicken Oh Chicken, Goforth's Dusty Miller, Turkey Buzzard.
STEAM POWERED AEREO-TAKES	Rounder CD-4422	2002
Where The Old River Flows, Ruff And Ready, Blame It On Joan, Vamp From Back In The Goodle Days, Emanuel Cant, Bad Music, Dig A Hole, Presbyterian Guitar, Strange Old Man, Lady Jane, Oasis, Because Of You, Morning Bugle, John Henry, Doin' My Time, Keep On Truckin', Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off The Game Babe, Howard Hughes Blues.
Other recordings
BULLIES HAVE ALL GONE TO REST	Whippoorwill 1001	1998
Don't You Want To Go To Heaven Uncle Joe, Bullies Have All Gone To Rest, Lafayette, Cat Came Back, Old Joe, Green Valley Waltz, Jack's Been A Gettin' There, Old Napper, Beech Bottom, Sleepy Lou, Going Across The Sea, Lady Of The Lake, Rattlesnake Bit The Baby, House Of David Blues, Over Yonder, Green Back Dollar, New Five Cents, Possom And Taters.
RETROGRASSw. David Grisman & Mike Seeger	Acoustic ACD-37	1999
My Walking Shoes, Hound Dawg, Maggie's Farm, Memphis, Flint Hill Special, Old Home Place, Uncle Pen, Air Mail Special On The Fly, Rocky Top, Room At The Stop Of The Stairs, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, Jerusalem Ridge, Windy Mountian, Maybellene, Blue Ridge Cabin Home, Rocky Road Blues, When I'm Sixty-Fours.
LIVE FROM MOUNTAIN STAGE	Blue Plate 401	2000
I Wish We Had Our Time Again, Lorena, More Big Bull Fiddle Fun, Fiddle Tune, Bring Your Clothes Back Home And Try Me One More Time, Gum Tree Canoe, Gentle On My Mind, Yellow Barber, My Tears Don't Show, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, Where Does An Old Time River Man Go, Catletsburg, Annual Waltz.
RCA COUNTRY LEGENDS	Buddha 99837	2001
Corn Cob Blues, (Good Old Electric) Washing Machine (Circa 1943), Gentle On My Mind, How Come You're Being So Good To Me, Front Porch, Untangle Your Mind, Category Stomp, Big Blue Balloon, Whose That, I'm Still Here, Girl With The Long Brown Hair, Why Do You Do Me Like You Do, I Would Not Be Here, Natural To Be Gone, Jack's In The Sack, California Earthquake, Mouth To Mouth Resuscitation.
NATURAL TO BE GONE 1967-1970	Raven 138	2002
Tall Tall Grass, Untangle Your Mind, Corn Cob Blues, Minus The Woman, Gentle On My Mind, There Are No Fools In Heaven (Anyman's Lament), Simple Thing As Love, Natural To Be Gone, Six O'clock Train And A Girl With Green Eyes, I Would Not Be There, Windows, Big Blue Balloon, Crystallia Daydream, In Like Of, Shiny Rails Of Steel, Category Stomp, Go Fall Asleep Now, Californian Earthquake, I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long, Dusty Miller Hornpipe And Fugue In A Major For Strings Brass And 5-str Banjo, I've Heard The Tearstained Monologue You Do There By The Door Before You, Little Old Lonesome Little Circle Song, Little Piece In D, Like Unto A Mockingbird, Meanwhile You Sit By My Banjo, I Won't Know Why I Went Till After I Get Back, Maybe, Frustrated Bird.(sampler)