▁on ▁ 5 ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁Within ▁his ▁first ▁week ▁Har per ▁saw ▁John ▁Ren b ourn , ▁Alex is ▁Kor ner , ▁Paul ▁Simon , ▁Alex ▁Campbell ▁and ▁Bert ▁J ans ch ▁play , ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁play ▁and ▁associate ▁with ▁other ▁artists ▁later , ▁including ▁John ▁Mart yn , ▁J oni ▁Mitchell ▁and ▁Nick ▁Dra ke . ▁ ▁Musical ▁career ▁▁ 1 9 6 6 – 6 9 : ▁The ▁first ▁record ▁de als ▁Har per ' s ▁first ▁album , ▁Soph istic ated ▁Beg gar , ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁sp otted ▁at ▁Les ▁C ous ins ▁and ▁signed ▁to ▁St rike ▁Records . ▁The ▁album ▁consisted ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁songs ▁and ▁poetry ▁back ed ▁by ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar , ▁recorded ▁with ▁a ▁Re vo x ▁t ape ▁machine ▁by ▁Pierre ▁T ub bs ▁and ▁with ▁contributions ▁from ▁English ▁guitar ist ▁Paul ▁Bre tt . ▁ ▁Columbia ▁Records ▁recogn ised ▁Har per ' s ▁potential ▁and ▁h ired ▁American ▁producer ▁Sh el ▁Tal my ▁to ▁produce ▁Har per ' s ▁second ▁album , ▁Come ▁Out ▁Fight ing ▁Gh eng is ▁Smith , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁The ▁ 1 1 - min ute ▁track ▁" Circ le ", ▁" a ▁sounds cape ▁of ▁Har per ' s ▁difficult ▁youth ", ▁was ▁notable ▁for ▁mark ing ▁a ▁w iden ing ▁of ▁his ▁musical ▁style ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁more ▁traditional ▁side ▁of