Originally relelased on the Moondog label in 1955.
Originally released by Epic in 1953.
From the 1950s, when Moondog was homeless and busking in NYC. ‘His later records may be better known, but this is the real shit’ (Byron Coley, The Wire).
Startlingly remastered at Abbey Road.
Twenty-five interpretations of Hardin’s compositions — from early-1950 songs like All Is Loneliness and Be A Hobo, to canons written in 1968 — by the Dedalus ensemble.
‘The melodic invention, the prodigious rhythms, and the mixture of genres, as original as they are obvious, all come together to form a music that merits consideration strictly as music.’