Karen Dalton's 1971 album- In My Own Time stands as a true masterpiece by one of music's most mysterious enigmatic and enduringly influential artists. Light in the Attic is honored to celebrate the 50th anniversary of In My Own Time with a special edition of this monumental classic. Featuring Dalton's interpretations of songs like "Are You Leaving for the Country" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Katie Cruel" and her posthumously recognized signature performance "Something On Your Mind" will be available in a 50th anniversary Deluxe Edition which expands exponentially upon Light in the Attic's 2006 reissue of the album co-produced by Nicholas Hill. This 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features the newly remastered (2021) In My Own Time album presented on three sides of 45-RPM 180-gram vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc. (RTI) with the fourth side showcasing alternate takes from the album sessions. The set also contains two 7-inch singles featuring previously-unreleased live recordings captured at Germany's Beat Club in 1971 both pressed at Third Man Record Pressing and housed in tip-on jackets. All audio has been newly remastered by Dave Cooley while lacquers were cut by Phil Rodriguez at Elysian Masters. A 20-page booklet-featuring rarely seen photos liner notes from musician and writer Lenny Kaye and contributions from Nick Cave and Devendra Banhart-rounds out the package which comes housed in a special trifold jacket. The Oklahoma-raised Karen Dalton (1937-1993) brought a range of influences to her work. As Lenny Kaye writes in the liner notes one can hear "the jazz of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday the immersion of Nina Simone the Appalachian keen of Jean Ritchie [and] the R&B and country that had to seep in as she made her way to New York.' Armed with a long-necked banjo and a 12-stringed guitar Dalton set herself apart from her peers with her distinctive world-weary vocals. In the early '60s she became a fixture in the Greenwich Village folk scene interpreting traditional material blues standards and the songs of her contemporaries including Tim Hardin Fred Neil and Richard Tucker whom she later married. Bob Dylan meanwhile was instantly taken with her artistry. "My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton" he recalled in Chronicles: Volume One (Simon & Schuster 2004). "Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed." Those who knew Dalton understood that she was not interested in bowing to the whims of the record industry. On stage she rarely interacted with audience members. In the studio she was equally as uncomfortable with the recording process. Her 1969 debut It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best reissued by Light in the Attic in 2009 was captured on the sly when Dalton assumed that she was rehearsing songs. When Woodstock co-promoter Michael Lang approached Dalton about recording a follow-up for his new imprint Just Sunshine she was dubious to say the least. The album would have to be made on her own terms in her own time. That turned out to be a six-month period at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock NY. Producing the album was bassist Harvey Brooks who played alongside Dalton on It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best. Brooks who prided himself on being "simple solid and supportive" understood Dalton's process but was also willing to offer gentle encouragement and challenge the artist to push her creative bounds. "I tried to present her with a flexible situation" he told Kaye. "I left the decisions to her to determine the tempo feel. She was very quiet and I brought all of it to her; if she needed more I'd present options. Everyone was sensitive to her. She was the leader." Dalton who rarely performed her own compositions selected a range of material to interpret-from traditionals like "Katie Cruel" and "Same Old Man" to Paul Butterfield's "In My Own Dream" and Richard Tucker's "Are You Leaving For The Country." She also expanded upon her typical repertoire peppering in such R&B hits as "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "How Sweet It Is." In a departure from her previous LP Dalton's new recording offered fuller more pop-forward arrangements featuring a slew of talented studio musicians. While '70s audiences may not have been ready for Dalton's music a new generation was about to discover her work. In the decades following her death a slew of artists would name Karen Dalton as an influence including Lucinda Williams Joanna Newsom Nick Cave Angel Olsen Devendra Banhart Sharon Van Etten Courtney Barnett and Adele. In the recent acclaimed film documentary Karen Dalton: In My Own Time Cave muses on Dalton's unique appeal: "There's a sort of demand made upon the listener" he explains. "Whether you like it or not you have to enter her world. And it's a despairing world." Peter Walker who also appears in the film elaborates on this idea: "If she can feel a certain way in her music and play it in such a way that you feel that way then that's really the most magical thing [one] can do." He adds "She had a deep and profound and loving soul... you can hear it in her music." - - - 1 Something on Your Mind - 2 When a Man Loves a Woman - 3 In My Own Dream - 4 Katie Cruel - 5 How Sweet It Is - 6 In a Station - 7 Take Me - 8 Same Old Man - 9 One Night of Love - 10 Are You Leaving for the Country - 11 Something on Your Mind (Alternate Take) - 12 In My Own Dream (Alternate Take) - 13 Katie Cruel (Alternate Take) - 14 One Night of Love - Live at Beat Club Germany April 21 1971 - 15 Take Me - Live at Beat Club Germany April 21 1971