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Tim Buckley (album)

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Released
  
October 1966

Length
  
34:05

Genre
  
Folk rock

Label
  
Elektra

Recorded
  
August 1966 at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles

Producer
  
Jac Holzman, Paul A. Rothchild

Tim Buckley is the self-titled debut album by Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1966. Most of the songs on it were co-written by Buckley and Larry Beckett while they were in high school. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California.

Contents

The album was later re-released on January 22, 2001 in a compilation with follow up album Goodbye and Hello by WEA/Elektra, then again on November 7, 2005 except this time coupled with Greetings from L.A..

Rhino Handmade Records reissued the album on January 11, 2011 as part of a two-disc set. The first disc contains both the stereo and mono versions of the album. The second disc contains 22 unreleased recordings Buckley made in 1965 with The Bohemians and in 1966 with Larry Beckett.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Side One

  1. "I Can't See You" (Larry Beckett, Buckley) – 2:40
  2. "Wings" – 2:30
  3. "Song of the Magician" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:05
  4. "Strange Street Affair Under Blue" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:10
  5. "Valentine Melody" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:40
  6. "Aren't You the Girl?" – 2:01

Side Two

  1. "Song Slowly Song" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:13
  2. "It Happens Every Time" – 1:49
  3. "Song for Jainie" – 2:43
  4. "Grief in My Soul" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:03
  5. "She Is" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:05
  6. "Understand Your Man" – 3:06

Personnel

  • Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals
  • Lee Underwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Jim Fielder – bass guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks – piano, celesta, harpsichord
  • Billy Mundi – drums, percussion
  • References

    Tim Buckley (album) Wikipedia