What a gas and exercise in culling John's recordings down to 25 essential tracks across his career from RCA to Rounder. Hmm, maybe that should be the title. Thanks to Vancouver Co-op Radio In the Pines show for having me as a guest DJ. Click the link below to listen.
→ Hartford: From RCA to Rounder
Here is the track list.
| Album | Track Title | Length | Year / Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looks at Life | Like Unto A Mockingbird | 2:48 | 1967 RCA |
| The Love Album | Natural To Be Gone | 1:45 | 1968 RCA |
| Housing Project | I'm Still Here | 2:46 | 1968 RCA |
| John Hartford | Dusty Miller Hornpipe And Fugue In A Major For Strings, Brass And 5-String Banjo | 2:08 | 1969 RCA |
| Radio John | In Tall Buildings | 3:08 | 1969 RCA |
| Aereo-Plain | Steamboat Whistle Blues | 3:18 | 1971 Warner |
| Aereo-Plain | Steam Powered Aereo Plane | 3:36 | 1971 Warner |
| Morning Bugle | Howard Hughes' Blues | 2:45 | 1972 Warner |
| Morning Bugle | My Rag | 3:36 | 1972 Warner |
| Mark Twang | Skippin In The Mississippi Dew | 2:56 | 1976 Flying Fish |
| Mark Twang | Tater Tate And Allen Mundy | 2:41 | 1976 Flying Fish |
| Headin' Down Into The Mystery Below | The Mississippi Queen | 2:48 | 1978 Flying Fish |
| Cadillac Rag | All American Rodeo | 2:17 | 1992 Small Dog A-Barkin' |
| Goin' Back to Dixie | I Wonder Where You Are Tonight | 3:17 | 1992 Small Dog A-Barkin' |
| Goin' Back to Dixie | M.I.S.I.P. | 2:42 | 1992 Small Dog A-Barkin' |
| No End of Love | No End Of Love | 4:03 | 1996 Small Dog A-Barkin' |
| No End of Love | When The Guiding Star Came To Tell City | 5:26 | 1996 Small Dog A-Barkin' |
| The Speed of the Old Long Bow | Bonaparte's Retreat | 4:43 | 1998 Rounder |
| Retrograss | Rocky Top | 3:16 | 1999 Acoustic Disk |
| Retrograss | When I'm Sixty-Four | 3:14 | 1999 Acoustic Disk |
| Good Old Boys | Keep On Truckin' | 3:41 | 1999 Rounder |
| Live from Mountain Stage | I Wish We Had Our Time Again | 2:44 | 2000 Blue Plate |
| Live from Mountain Stage | Gentle On My Mind | 3:04 | 2000 Blue Plate |
| Hamilton Ironworks | Knockin' At Your Door | 3:37 | 2001 Rounder |
| Steam Powered Aereo-Takes | Dig A Hole | 4:10 | 2002 Rounder |
| Mark Twang | Austin Minor Sympathy | 6:41 | 1976 Flying Fish |