Tiny
Tim, mein musikalisches Juwel, wird fast 10 Jahre nach seinem Tod
gebührend geehrt. Auf dem Edellabel RHINO-Handmade erschien eine
auf 3000 Exemplare limitierte 3-CD-Box, die seinen gesamten Outpot auf
Reprise enthält. Interessant sind vor allem die über 30 Demos,
die enthalten sind. Insgesamt können sich seine Fans auf 107 Tracks,
davon 45 unveröffentlichte freuen. Dazu gibt es ein 28-seitiges reich
bebildertes Booklet.
RHINO schreibt dazu:
"Born Herbert Khaury in 1932 New York City, falsetto-voiced Vaudevillian
cult icon Tiny Tim enjoyed 15 minutes of fame following his hit 1968 version
of “Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips.” He appeared on the debut episode
of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and married Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson's
Tonight Show, attracting the largest audience in that show's history.
He was instantly recognizable with his long, curly hair; prominent nose;
and signature ukulele.
In the mid '60s, after performing for years in New York clubs under such
names as Larry Love and Barry Dover, Tiny Tim recorded some demos with
producer Richard Perry, who would go on to make records for Captain Beefheart,
Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, and Barbra Streisand. After catching
the ear of Reprise Records' Mo Ostin and signing to the label, Tiny was
paired with the producer for what would become 1968's God Bless Tiny Tim,
which contained the above-mentioned breakout single. Crafted to capture
Tiny's Tin Pan Alley charms while also appealing to the mass market, the
album combined old songs with flights of fancy and psychedelic studio
techniques.
Tiny and Perry quickly got to work on the more straightforward Tiny Tim's
2nd Album, but a small-label release of a shoddy 1962 performance arrived
first, putting off fans awaiting the follow-up to God Bless. In any event,
Tiny received a warm welcome at London's Royal Albert Hall in October
of 1968, performing to a crowd that included all four Beatles plus The
Rolling Stones. A children's record, For All My Little Friends, was recorded
and released in 1969, but Tiny's contract with Reprise soon expired and
was not renewed. He went on to build a 25-year post-Reprise discography
that resembles, according to Barry Hansen's liner notes to this release,
a “crazy quilt of one-off albums and singles, including some very
nice work…”
This three-disc Rhino Handmade box contains all three remastered Reprise
albums in their entirety, plus 13 unique Reprise single sides, and an
entire disc of previously unreleased masters, radio spots, and demos.
Includes a full-color 28-page booklet.
God Bless Tiny Tim: The Complete Reprise Recordings is available as an
individually numbered limited edition of 3,000 copies.
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Sicher ist die Box ziemlich teuer, doch über z.B. Amazon Marketplace
bekommt man Angebote zu einem angemessenen Preis.
17.08.2006
Treffender
als im "Rock-Lexikon" von Siegfried Schmidt-Joos und Bary Graves
könnte man Tiny Tim nicht beschreiben. Ich kannte ihn jedenfalls
nur von seinen ersten beiden LPs (die erste ist unten links abgebildet),
war aber von seiner exzentrischen Art, im Falsetto-Sopran bekannte wie
unbekannte Lieder völlig überdreht zu singen, absolut begeistert.
Ihr merkt wieder mal, dass mich solche Charaktere schon immer magisch
angezogen haben (siehe auch die anderen Interpreten bei meinen "Juwelen:
Kabarett, Comedy, Kleinkunst, Verrücktes"... )
Eine
äußerst interessante CD ist in einer bescheidenen Auflage von
3500 Stück erschienen! Da heisst es zugreifen! Fenn-Music.de hat
folgenden englischen Text beigefügt: