If I Were a Carpenter
~ Recording by Tim Hardin
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin 2 | Tim Hardin | Album |
| Verve Forecast (Verve’s folk and smooth-jazz subsidiary) | FTS-3022 |
| 1.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | The Core of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MGM Records | SE-4669 |
| 1.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | ?:?? | Tim Hardin | California Dreamin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | NE 1126 |
| 1.7 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Reason to Believe (The Best Of) | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 833 954-2 |
| 1.7 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Reason to Believe (The Best Of) | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 833 954-2 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | Hang On to a Dream: The Verve Recordings | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 521 583-2 |
| 1.15 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD1541-5 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | 1+2 | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | If I Were A Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | American Pie | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ZYX Music | |
| 2.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Summer of Love: The Spirit of Flower Power, Set II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Polystar (Germany) | 564 197-2 |
| 3.17 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | California Dreams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 9863329 |
| 2.7 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Singers and Songwriters: The Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL SSW/06 |
| 1.8 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | |
| 2.12 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | Pure Genius: 40 of the World’s Greatest Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 0927450012 |
| 4.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Summer of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations) | 584-509-2 |
| 2.17 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Simply the Best Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 0927457502 |
| 2.16 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Songs 2: The Best of the Singer/Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Benelux | 0927 46672-2 |
| 2.17 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:45 | Tim Hardin | Songs: The Best of the Singer Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Germany | |
| 2.11 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Repertoire: 15th Anniversary Sampler 1988-2003 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.17 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Pure Acoustic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Hippie: Music from the 60s Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-7646 |
| 1.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Meet the Fockers | Randy Newman | Album + Soundtrack |
| Colosseum (mainly soundtracks) | VSD-6630 |
| 1.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Meet the Fockers | Randy Newman | Album + Soundtrack |
| Varèse Sarabande | 302 066 630 2 |
| 2.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Alternative Acoustic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club Deluxe | MCDLX030 |
| 1.1 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin 2 | Tim Hardin | Album |
| Lilith Records (Russian reissue label) | LR107 |
| 1.1 | If I Were A Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin 2 | Tim Hardin | Album |
| Verve Forecast (Verve’s folk and smooth-jazz subsidiary) | UICY-93400 |
| 1.15 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | From the Coffeehouse | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Kats Karavan: The History of John Peel on the Radio | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal UMC | 271 415-1 |
| 4.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Summer of Love (reissue) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 600753208649 |
| 1.9 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | The Flower Power Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 060075321673 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin 1 / Tim Hardin 2 | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation |
| Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue) | RVCD-332 |
| 4.18 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Die Super Flower Power Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 533 943-8 |
| 3.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:45 | Tim Hardin | Troubadours: Folk and the Roots of American Music, Part 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | 29102-4, BCD 17226 CP |
| 2.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | The Only Folk Collection You'll Ever Need | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shout! Factory | SF 15476, SF 15477, SF 15478 |
| 2.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:44 | Tim Hardin | Magic Bus (3 CDs of Huge Hits From The Hippie Trail) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5360905 |
| 2.16 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Summer of Love: The Ultimate Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | ULTIM5CD001 |
| 3.5 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Fetenhits: Flower Power - Best Of | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
| 1.12 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Flower Power: Best of Love, Peace and Happiness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.9 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:41 | Tim Hardin | Folk Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Timeless Media Group | 15442 | |
| 1.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:42 | Tim Hardin | Meet The Fockers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Randy Newman | Album + Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| 1.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | Person to Person | Tim Hardin | Album + Compilation | |||
| 2.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:43 | Tim Hardin | The Very Best of Singers‐Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer: | Doc Siegel Val Valentin (task: director of engineering) |
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| producer: | Charles Koppelman (American businessman and musician) Don Rubin |
| arranger: | Donald Peake |
| recording of: | If I Were a Carpenter (live) If I Were a Carpenter (in 1967) |
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Related works
If I Were a Carpenter
| lyricist and composer: | Tim Hardin |
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| publisher: | Allen Stanton Productions Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Faithful Virtue Music |
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| later translated versions: | Kdybych já byl kovářem Om jag vore arbetslös Si j'étais un charpentier (French version) Si yo fuera un carpintero Wenn ich nur ein Trucker wär (If I Were a Carpenter) |
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