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Dream Letter: Live in London 1968

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Released
  
May 1990

Artist
  
Tim Buckley

Producer
  
Bill Inglot

Genre
  
Experimental rock

Dream Letter Live in London 1968 (1990)
  
Peel Sessions (1991)

Release date
  
15 May 1990

Label
  
Demon Records

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Recorded
  
London, October 7, 1968

Length
  
52:28 (Disc 1) 61:28 (Disc 2)

Similar
  
Tim Buckley albums, Other albums

Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 is a live album by Tim Buckley. The album was recorded in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England on October 7, 1968 (mistakenly credited as being recorded on July 10 due to a confusion between American and British formatting of dates). Due to a lack of available funds Buckley was unable to tour with regular bass player John Miller and conga player Carter "C.C." Collins. The concert instead features bassist Danny Thompson (from British folk group Pentangle), guitarist Lee Underwood and vibraphone player David Friedman.

Contents

The concert features songs from Buckley's second album, Goodbye and Hello and the soon to be released Happy Sad. Also featured are the songs "Happy Time", which appeared on the 1969 album, Blue Afternoon, and a cover of Fred Neil's "Dolphins", which would appear on Sefronia in 1973. The "Carnival Song" which appears here is not the song of the same name from Goodbye and Hello, but an entirely different composition. Five other tracks from this set had, at the time of Dream Letter's release in 1990, never been heard on record before.

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Introduction" (Buckley) – 1:06
  2. "Buzzin' Fly" (Buckley) – 6:13
  3. "Phantasmagoria in Two" (Buckley) – 4:41
  4. "Morning Glory" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:43
  5. "Dolphins" (Neil) – 6:39
  6. "I've Been Out Walking" (Buckley) – 8:18
  7. "The Earth Is Broken" (Buckley) – 6:59
  8. "Who Do You Love" (Buckley) – 9:27
  9. "Pleasant Street (Buckley)/You Keep Me Hanging On" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 7:58

Disc 2

  1. "Love from Room 109/Strange Feelin'" (Buckley) – 12:18
  2. "Carnival Song (Buckley)/Hi Lily, Hi Lo" (Helen Deutsch) – 8:50
  3. "Hallucinations" (Beckett, Buckley) – 7:14
  4. "Troubadour" (Buckley) – 6:04
  5. "Dream Letter/Happy Time" (Buckley) – 9:25
  6. "Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin'" (Buckley) – 13:08
  7. "Once I Was" (Buckley) – 4:29

Personnel

  • Tim Buckley – vocals, 12 string guitar
  • Lee Underwood – guitar
  • Danny Thompson – bass
  • David Friedman – vibraphone

    • Introduction by Pete Drummond of BBC Radio 1.

    Songs

    1Introduction1:06
    2Buzzin' Fly6:13
    3Phantasmagoria in Two4:42

    References

    Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 Wikipedia
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