{"product_id":"time-has-a-way-of-losing-you-the-tim-hollier-anthology","title":"Time Has A Way of Losing You - The Tim Hollier Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete anthology of 1968-1971 recordings by highly regarded British singer\/songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eTim Hollier\u003c\/strong\u003e. Comprises all three albums from the period, non-LP single cuts, BBC recordings and previously unreleased tracks salvaged from a one-known-copy Apple acetate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the height of the late 60s\/early 70s singer\/songwriter boom, Tim Hollier's three albums – \u003cem\u003eMessage To A Harlequin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTim Hollier\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSkysail\u003c\/em\u003e – went largely under the radar at the time but are now extremely collectable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGuest on the opening night of a Beckenham folk club run by his friend \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/strong\u003e, Hollier recorded his first and third albums with the assistance of Donovan arranger John Cameron, while his self-titled second set – considered by many pundits to be his strongest – featured backing from a small, sympathetic rock group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHollier was a regular on London's folk club circuit for several years alongside the likes of Paul Simon, Al Stewart and Nick Drake, but retired from live work after a disastrous, drug-impeded performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe continued to record sporadically throughout the remainder of the decade before moving (with great success) into the world of music publishing – by which point his trio of late Sixties\/early Seventies albums had attracted belated acclaim on the collector network.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 3CD set, \u003cem\u003eTime Has A Way Of Losing You: The Tim Hollier Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e naturally includes all three of those albums in full and adds a non-album single, a handful of BBC radio performances and five previously unissued tracks, taped at a March 1969 Wigmore Hall show that was cut to an Apple label acetate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith some fabulous period-piece photos (including shots of Bowie performing mime at Wigmore Hall as Hollier played), ‘\u003cem\u003eTime Has A Way Of Losing You\u003c\/em\u003e’ is an essential purchase for aficionados of vintage singer\/songwriter fare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50430300455243,"sku":"2194039","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-04-06_at_07.17.58_b2ea152e_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726846751","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/time-has-a-way-of-losing-you-the-tim-hollier-anthology","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}