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[Teasing the Korean]

Let's talk about Tim. Anyone here into his music? What are your favorites?

Mine is "Happy/Sad," but I love nearly every aspect of his career.

[mjzee]

Tim was great. I had the pleasure of seeing him a few times: 1972 at the Felt Forum (opening for Zappa), and 1974 (I think) at both the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park and at Max's Kansas City. Great voice, wonderful feeling to his records. Blue Afternoon was always one of my favorite records (what a mistake it was for him to go to Straight Records...imagine the promo push behind him if he had stayed on Elektra! I'd love to someday read a history of Herb Cohen and how he influenced the artists he managed). Lorca is wonderful (tho it feels cobbled together as an album), Happy Sad is great, and Starsailor is so mysterious and perplexing. The booklet to the compilation on Rhino was so interesting...I had no idea he spent time in Vietnam. He came back a changed man, and obviously on a downward spiral.

I still remember an interview he gave Rolling Stone a little before he died, where he mentioned plans for an album with himself, Jackson Browne and Gregg Allman. I wonder if anything came of that.

[Tony Pusey]

Great idea for a thread!

I only saw Tim once, toward the end at the Knebworth festival with Mahavishnu and the Allmans- a lovely day in the sun.

But his records on Elektra have been my constant companians all my adult life...what a voice!

[Teasing the Korean]

You guys are lucky to have seen him live. I recently picked up the DVD "My Fleeting House" with lots of live TV performances, and it's absolutely essential if you're into Tim.

It's interesting that so many people, including me, love "Blue Afternoon." Tim's guitarist, Lee Underwood, claims that his record label asked him to do that one, even though he'd moved on into Lorca/Starsailor territory. Lee claims that Tim's heart wasn't really in "Blue Afternoon," but you'd never know it.

[mjzee]

I just noticed that Amazon mp3 downloads has added a large part of the Tim Buckley catalog, including Starsailor, Blue Afternoon, and Lorca:

Tim Buckley on Amazon

[Teasing the Korean]

Interesting that Starsailor and Blue Afternoon are available. The CDs have been out of print for years and fetch big bucks.

[Teasing the Korean]

Does anyone have the "Fleeting House" DVD? I was watching it tonight. Some really amazing stuff on there.

[clifford_thornton]

I'd say Happy Sad and Blue Afternoon are my favorites.

Funny, the CD's of the Straight albums probably go for considerably more than the vinyl these days!

[alocispepraluger102]

i have owned (and love very much) since they were new, happy sad, lorca, and starsailor since they were new.

Edited March 22, 2008 by alocispepraluger102

[JSngry]

Always did dig the cat...

Hit Parader, April 1968

[JSngry]

Down Beat 6-16-77

[clifford_thornton]

Interesting - thanks for posting.

[Teasing the Korean]

There is an upcoming Tim Buckley CD, and you can preview the entire thing on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=111966379

It is an early, lost live recording, just Tim's voice and guitar, recorded in New York circa "Goodbye and Hello." It includes a number of tunes not available in other forms. It is a really solid performance and a clear recording.