Greetings Earthling!

This Monday, 31 July 2000, at Noon Pacific Daylight Savings Time [1900 UTC], The Archivists at The Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology will begin taking orders for TINY TIM's PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 'Live! At The Royal Albert Hall' 1968 performance.

Herbert Khaury, better known to us all as TINY TIM, was -by any measure- delightfully odd. He usually sang in falsetto, he played a mean ukelele, had an encyclopedic knowledge of music and he just had no trouble at all singing duets all by himself. He was introduced to most of us with his appearances on 'Laugh-In', made internationally famous/notorious for marrying Miss Vicki on late night television and all the while recorded three quirkily scrumptious albums for Reprise Records.

After the success of his first Reprise album, 'God Bless Tiny Tim', and after the recording (but before the release) of his second Reprise album, 'Tiny Tim's 2nd Album', Mr Khaury went to England to headline an evening of musical performances on Wednesday 30 October 1968, held for the benefit of a local charity, at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London. The opening acts for the night were THE BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND, JOE COCKER and PETER STARSTEDT. And for this grand occasion TINY TIM would be performing backed by the thundering might of the 44-piece National Concert Orchestra conducted by Mr Tim's producer, Richard Perry.

No matter what you may have thought of his singing voice, or -to be accurate- his singing voices plural, TINY TIM knew the length and breadth of American Music inside and out. He cherished most of it. And he always found some way to include what he believed to be the best of it in his performances. And, boy howdy, did he know the works of both Diverse and Obscure Songwriters. From Bob Dylan to Noel Coward. From George M Cohan to Lennon/McCartney. From Al Jolson to Sonny Bono. And to a Dozen Composers You Would Never Otherwise Know The Name Of. Their compositions are all represented here. On this splendid night at Royal Albert Hall Mr Tim was given the perfect setting to demonstrate his vast musical knowledge and his unique musical gifts.

TINY TIM performance at The Royal Albert Hall was recorded live to a 4-track master in 1968. The Archivists have used this original 4-track master to create this release. As it was being recorded live, and therefore was unpredictable to a degree, you will hear a few recording mistakes here and there and you will also notice that it takes a few songs before the Recording Engineer gets Mr Tim's vocal mike volume perfectly set.
But knob-twiddling anomalies aside, TINY TIM 'Live! At The Royal Albert Hall' captures Mr Tim at the height of his fame singing songs dear to his heart -many never before released on any TINY TIM album- to the phenomenal accompaniment of full-sized orchestra. And you will hear it from first overture to final applause.

In order to properly present this rarified evening of The History Of Pop Music as seen through the eyes, ears, nose and throat of Mr Tim, the Archivists have also delightfully included a reproduction of the original 28-page concert programme -reduced in size to fit within the heavenly TINY TIM 'Live! At The Royal Albert Hall' packaging, of course- which was given to the audience members that glorious October night.

TINY TIM 'Live! At The Royal Albert Hall' is available in an individually-numbered limited edition of 3,500 (three thousand five hundred) copies.
It is not distributed to any store on the planet.
It is distributed directly from us to you.
It is available only from The Archivists at the Rhino Handmade Website at:
http://www.rhinohandmade.com

The complete track listing for TINY TIM 'Live! At The Royal Albert Hall' is at the bottom of this e-mail.
And sound samples for every track will be available on the Rhino Handmade Website this coming Monday at Noon Pacific.

Up Next From The Archivists Is A Collection Of Recordings From A Composer And Performer You May Have Certainly Heard About But Have Likely Never Had The Opportunity To Actually Hear. For Her Albums Have Been Out Of Print For As Long As Most Of You Have Been Alive. I'll tell you all about it in two weeks...

Always Stereophonically Yours,
R W Hand
Curator
Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology

e-mail: mr.hand@rhino.com [Mr Hand does indeed read each and every e-mail you send but, regretfully, cannot always personally answer each one.]

[Approximately 73:00 Total Time]

1. God Bless Tiny Tim Overture 4:21

2. Welcome To My Dream 1:52

3. Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight 2:36

4. On The Old Front Porch 3:13

5. I Gave Her That 2:34

6. Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime? 3:28

7. Save Your Sorrows For Tomorrow 2:25

8. Love Is No Excuse 3:11

9. As Time Goes By 3:24

10. A Little Smile Will Go A Long, Long Way 1:51

11. I Got You, Babe 2:47

12. Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life 3:07

13. Where Does Daddy Go When He Goes Out? 2:35 Includes Hello Hello

14. You Called It Madness (But I Call It Love) 3:17

15. The Other Side 4:55

16. I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself) 1:24

17. I Wonder How I Look While I'm Asleep 1:08

18. Frisco Flo 2:24

19. Medley: I'm Glad I'm A Boy/My Hero 3:44

20. I Hold Your Hand In Mine 0:43

21. Earth Angel 2:06

22. Mr Tim Recalls His Visit With Mr Dylan 3:47
Includes
Maine Stein Song
I'm Just A Vagabond Lover
Like A Rolling Stone
My Time Is Your Time

23. Mr Tim Recalls His Visit With The Rolling Stones 2:08
Includes
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

24. Nowhere Man 2:17

25. Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me 3:22

26. I'll See You Again 4:18

ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED