Tim Buckley 2cd

2cd
2011/1966
new
On this first album, Buckley is still only 19 years old, but his voice is already distinctive, plopping down like a fat lady on the bus & sounding closer to Grace Slick than anybody from Greenwich Village. Songs are still pretty straightforward (compared to 'Lorca' or 'Starsailor'), but he's already running rings around the folk-pop sound of the time. Jack Nitzsche's strings & Van Dyke Park's celesta sweeten the arrangements immeasurably, and whoever chose the peculiar dollop of echo for Buckley's voice did the world a service. Mono and stereo versions on the first disc. 2nd disc is all previously unreleased demos, and about half are just Buckley with an acoustic, hanging out with a pal (who likes heavyhanded poetry) & laughing to each other, singing almost to himself. Tracklisting: I Can't See You, Wings, Song of the Magician, Strange Street Affair Under Blue, Valentine Melody, Aren't You the Girl, Song Slowly Song, It Happens Every Time, Song for Jainie, Grief in My Soul, She Is, Understand Your Man, I Can't See You, Wings, Song of the Magician, Strange Street Affair Under Blue, Valentine Melody, Aren't You the Girl, Song Slowly Song, It Happens Every Time, Song for Jainie, Grief in My Soul, She Is, Understand Your Man, Put You Down, It Happens Every Time, Let Me Love You, I've Played That Game Before, She Is, Here I Am, Don't Look Back, Call Me If You Do, You Today, No More, Won't You Please Be My Woman, Come On Over, She Is, Aren't You the Girl, Found at the Scene of a Rendezvous That Failed, Wings, My Love Is For You, Song Slowly Song, I Can't See You, Birth Day, Long Tide.