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TIM BUCKLEY

with LEE UNDERWOOD, DAVID FRIEDMAN, DANNY THOMPSON

One of the great rock vocalists of the 1960s, Tim Buckley drew from folk, psychedelic rock, and progressive jazz to create a considerable body of adventurous work in his brief lifetime. His multi-octave range was capable of not just astonishing power, but great emotional expressiveness, swooping from sorrowful tenderness to anguished wailing. His restless quest for new territory worked against him commercially: by the time his fans had hooked into his latest album, he was onto something else entirely, both live and in the studio. In this sense he recalled artists such as Miles Davis and David Bowie, who were so eager to look forward and change that they confused and even angered listeners who wanted more stylistic consistency

"DREAM LETTER   LIVE IN LONDON 1968"

1990      2 LP     DEMON RECORDS      D FIEND 200

MADE IN ENGLAND   ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + COMPANY CATALOGUE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 014757 002007

LABEL:  DEMON -  GRAY LABEL with RED RIM - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: D FIEND 200

Catalog on labels: DFIEND 200 [DFIEND 200-A, 200-B, 200-C, 200-D]

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DFIEND-200-A1  ?  MAX  (Stamped): TY1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): DFIEND-200-B1  ?  MAX  (Stamped): TY1

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): DFIEND-200-C1  ?  MAX  (Stamped): TY1

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): DFIEND-200-D1  ?  MAX  TY1

On labels: Issue under licence from Enigma Entertainment

Demon Records Ltd.

? 1990 Straight Records

 © 1990 Enigma Records 

Manufactured in England

rim text reads "All Rights.........Made in England"     

On Back Sleeve: Notes by Lee Underwood

Recorded 10 July, 1968 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Show announcer: Pete Drummond of BBC Radio 1

Produced by Bill Inglot and Lee Hammond

tracklisting

Side A: INTRODUCTION - BUZZIN' FLY - PHANTASMAGORIA IN TWO

MORNING GLORY - DOLPHINS - I'VE BEEN OUT WALKING

Side B: THE EARTH IS BROKEN - WHO DO YOU LOVE

PLEASANT STREET / YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON

Side C: LOVE FROM 109 / STRANGE FEELIN' - CARNIVAL SONG / HI LILY, HI LO

HALLUCINATIONS - TROUBADOUR

Side D: DREAM LETTER / HAPPY TIME

WAYFARING STRANGER / YOU GOT ME RUNNIN' - ONCE I WAS

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RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

This, like so many Enigma releases, was literally a dream project, and carries a lot of energy and love with it, in the music and the performance. Recorded in London in 1968, when Buckley was just beginning to be really successful and had yet to move out of his folk-oriented phase. The band he's working with here is simple -- Buckley's voice and fairly simple guitar; Lee Underwood providing subtle, almost jazz-like electric accompaniment; Pentangle's Danny Thompson sitting in on bass (with a minimum of rehearsal); and vibraphone player David Friedman. There's an assortment of songs from the three albums Buckley had released up to then, plus a couple that would turn up on later albums, and six songs that he never released in any form. This album, however, was released for the first time in 1989, and what you get is the complete concert -- no cuts, no edits, no rearranging. It's a spectacular piece of work, too. It's difficult to believe that the tape was made in 1968 -- there's almost no noise, the music seems perfectly recorded, and the ambience is breathtaking. Buckley's voice is right up front, hovering over the acoustic guitar, clear as a bell...(AllMusic)