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John Hartford: John Hartford [RCA Victor, 1969]
Hartford is an engaging singer and an excellent songwriter, but the production and arrangements on this record are criminal (boo Rock Jarrard! Boo Al Capps!) and the material very thin--nothing near the calibre of, say, "California Earthquake." Songs about warts take you just so far. Unipak. D+