Available on vinyl/CD/download from Liberation Hall Records.
The original recording is from a cassette made at the show, now lovingly mastered in 2025 and brought to life for this special release.
CD and digital versions include two brand new songs from the band mixed by Ed Stasium!
MOJO gives it 3 stars and writes "...Barton's eighth solo LP finds him both playing everything bar drums and playing to his traditional strengths: a deep, sonorous voice applied to literate songs with nods to Americana, shanties and Nick Cave..."
Coachella Valley Weekly says "Steve Barton never disappoints. Time Hard Won is by turns, wry, fractious, reflective, dissonant and tender. If your record collection includes Tom Waits, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, The Band, Lou Reed and The Plimsouls, this album deserves a place in that stack..."
Italian music magazine Buscadero raves "If you were looking for an heir to the nonchalance that belonged to certain protagonists of the so-called "new rock" of the 80s (one can also bring up the names of Dan Stuart and Steve Wynn, for example) in Steve Barton - trust me - you will have found it."
Now available for download at Bandcamp and streaming everywhere!