felser Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Warner/Rhino is releasing one of those 5-CD original album series sets on Tim Buckley. I don't get many of them despite the low price, due to no remastering and cheesy packaging, but this one includes his long out of print Blue Afternoon album (along with his first four albums), and Blue Afternoon is worth the price of admission for that one alone. And his first two albums are great, if you don't already have them. His "Goodbye and Hello" is my all-time favorite rock album (I have an excellent remastered twofer of the first two albums I'll keep, but this set will enable me to pass along my "Lorca" and "Happy Sad", plus recoup "Blue Afternoon", which I sold for a small fortune on ebay many years ago because I needed the cash). Tim Buckley - Original Album Series Spectacular remaster of first two Tim Buckley albums Edited October 18, 2011 by felser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 About three weeks ago, I was lamenting to another board member that I didn't have "Blue Afternoon" on CD. So this is great news for me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Very nice. But no STARSAILOR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 no STARSAILOR? BOOOOO!!!!! That's the one for me! How much is that Blue Afternoon LP worth, anyway? I found it in a cutout bin back in the day & snapped ir right up. Found it a bit boring back then, haven't really revisited it since. Is it really that good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 I prefer the adventurousness of LORCA and STARSAILOR, but BLUE AFTERNOON creates a wonderful atmosphere (I also think it contains some of Buckley's strongest songs: "Happy Time", "I Must Have Been Blind", "Blue Melody", "Cafe".) "Simpler" material, in some sense (IIRC, Larry Becket did not contribute any lyrics to this project), but Buckley probably never sang with quite this much grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 So it's worth, what, 5-6 grand for the LP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) i have the original lorca, star sailor, and happy sad vinyls----------incredible stuff, especially happy sad. Edited October 18, 2011 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 So it's worth, what, 5-6 grand for the LP? I hear ya. Actually is one of those cases where the CD goes for a lot more. About $40 for the CD, about $12 for the vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Yep. The vinyl was plentiful. I have all this stuff already but couldn't possibly recommend it more highly. I also think this one is essential: The early demos are beautiful ("A Song For You" stretches out wonderfully to six minutes) and the 1973 material is actually listenable, unlike the eventual LPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I was visiting Berlin, and SATURN (an electronics store kinda like Best Buy) was selling the Original Album Series of Tim Buckley for 10 Euros (about $14). They had a ton of the Tim Buckley. Guess there's some overstocked sets. Carole King and a few others were 10 Euros too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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