Hangin' Around the Observatory/Overcoats

by John Hiatt

Overview

England's Beat Goes On repackages John Hiatt's first two offerings from 1974 and 1975 respectively. There are clues in these albums as to what Hiatt would become at his peak with A&M: the excess in his verbiage and exaggeration of his singing dynamic that would make him a caricature of himself on later records (as on the truly awful Randy Newman rip-off album Living a Little, Laughing a Little in 1996, where it seemed like he was caricaturing Newman but he only really made fun of himself. These records waiver between trying a Van Morrison workout on the former and a James Taylor saccharine on the latter. Only Hiatt diehards will even contemplate this, the rest of his more casual fans should be forewarned. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	09/05/2006
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261207111
Rank:	150962

Tracks

1. Maybe Baby, Say You Do
2. Whistles in My Ears
3. Sure as I'm Sittin' Here
4. Rose
5. Hangin' Around the Observatory
6. Full Moon
7. Wild-Eyed Gypsies
8. It's All Right with Me
9. Little Blue Song for You
10. Ocean
11. One More Time
12. Smiling in the Rain
13. I'm Tired of Your Stuff
14. Distance
15. Down Home
16. Overcoats
17. I Want Your Love Inside of Me
18. I Killed an Ant with My Guitar
19. Motorboat to Heaven
20. The Lady of the Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Hiatt   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Billy Puitt   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Allan Harshman   Viola
Gene Estes   Marimba
Samuel Boghossian   Viola
Norman Ray   Sax (Baritone)
Bobby Emmons   Organ
George Tidwell   Trumpet
Anita Baugh   Vocals (Background)
Irving Kane   Trombone
Tracy Lee Nelson   Vocals (Background)
Jesse Ehrlich   Cello
Larrie Londin   Drums,Congas,kabassa,Percussion
Josh Graves   Dobro
Dianne Davidson   Vocals (Background)
Ted Reynolds   Bass,kabassa

Technical Credits

Ed Hudson   Technical Engineer,Engineer
Gene Eichelberger   Mixing,Engineer,Remix Assistant
Andrew Thompson   Remastering
Charlie Bradley   Engineer,Technical Engineer
Ronnie Dean   Engineer
Mike Figlio   Engineer
Bruce Harris   Liner Notes
Harold Lee   Mixing,Remix Assistant
Glen Spreen   Producer,Remixing,Remix Assistant
Don Cobb   Mixing Assistant
Freeman Ramsey   Engineer,Technical Engineer
Lou Bradley   Remixing
John Hiatt   Design,Arranger,Composer
Lester Glassner   Research,Development
Zac Zeno   Engineer
Mac Evans   Mastering
Stan Hutto   Engineer,Remixing
Selby Coffeen   Engineer
Bob Goodman   Mixing Assistant
John Tobler   Liner Notes
Ron Reynolds   Engineer,Technical Engineer
Richard Heenan   Mixing,Remix Assistant
Slick Lawson   Photography
Jerry Watson   Engineer,Technical Engineer