Judy Collins - Hard Times For Lovers (1979) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-4 1. Judy Collins - Hard Times For Lovers (0:00) 2. Judy Collins - Marie (3:57) 3. Judy Collins - Happy End (7:09) 4. Judy Collins - Desperado (10:21) Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. “The nudity on the album cover was totally unnecessary and served no purpose at all. Perhaps the nudity was to infer lovemaking, who knows. But I think it actually effected sales of the album, in a negative way. Despite the disappointment of the cover art, the album was not that bad at all.“ (54music2) .................................................. Hard Times for Lovers is the twelfth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1979. This was Collins’ first new recording since Bread and Roses in 1976; it earned some extra publicity as a result of the back cover of the Francesco Scavullo-photographed sleeve art, depicting most of a nude Collins as seen from the back. The album was still something of a commercial disappointment, however, peaking at No. 54 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. Personnel: Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano Jeff Baxter – guitar, pedal steel Dennis Budimir – guitar Norton Buffalo – harmonica Gary Coleman – percussion Hilda Harris – background vocals Cissy Houston – background vocals David Hungate – bass Jim Keltner – drums Mike Lang – piano Dean Parks – guitar Lee Ritenour – guitar Maretha Stewart – background vocals Fred Tackett – guitar Jai Winding – piano, keyboards David Wolfert – guitar, arranger Sid Sharp – strings, concertmaster Harry Bluestone – strings, concertmaster Production notes: Produced by Gary Klein Charles Koppelman – executive producer Arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge and Nick DeCaro Frank DeCaro - Music Contractor and Album Supervisor Linda Gerrity – production coordination Art direction by Nancy Greenberg Mastered by Bernie Grundman and Zal Schreiber Assistant Engineering by Pete Lewis, Linda Tyler, Don Henderson Engineer, remixing by John Mills, Armin Steiner Photography by Francesco Scavullo