As I mentioned in the recent 'Finished?' post, after Damo Suzuki left Can there were a number of other vocalists who rehearsed and played live with them before they added Rosko Gee and Reebop to the core line up, but there was one that you would never have thought of in a thousand years - folk-singer Tim Hardin. He joined their ranks for a while at the tail end of 1975, and a trio of recordings survive from their time together, one being a rehearsal and the second a live improvised track, both from a gig at the Hatfield Polytechnic on 21 November 1975, while the third is a soundcheck recorded at the Drury Lane Theatre, London two days later. Their collaboration was very short-lived, as according to author Rob Young in the book 'All Gates Open: The Story Of Can', a huge argument between Hardin and Can occurred after the London concert, during which Hardin threw a television set through a car's windshield, and that was the end of their relationship. It's astounding enough that they got together in the first place, but even more so that 40 minutes of music survives after nearly fifty years, and so here it is, titled after one of my worst ever puns.
Track listing
01 Soundcheck (recorded at Drury Lane, London 23 November 1975)
02 Morning Glory (recorded at Hatfield Polytechnic 21 November 1975)
03 Rehearsal (recorded at Hatfield Polytechnic 21 November 1975)
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