Tim Buckley: Blue Afternoon - January 1970

By Mick MacVe

"Albums of such gentleness, beauty and profound sadness are impossible to write about. Each cut is a hymn to a number of different shades and depths of mood." Dick Lawson in "Friends"

This is similar in mood to "Happy/Sad" and very nearly as good. "Chase The Blues Away" and "I Must Have Been Blind" are particularly evocative. As with "Happy/Sad", there is one song ("The Train") which is in a different style; there is less structure and unusual guitar work from Lee Underwood.

Disgracefully not available on CD, six tracks appear on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology".

Side 1:

Happy Time (Buckley)

Released as the "A" side of a single in the UK in February 1970

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

A version appears as "Coming Home To You" on "The Peel Sessions", "Once I Was" and "Morning Glory"

Live version Released on "Dream Letter"

An earlier version appears on "Works In Progress" and "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Chase The Blues Away (Buckley)

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

An earlier version appears on"Works In Progress"

A live version appears on "Live At The Troubadour"

I Must Have Been Blind (Buckley)

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

The River (Buckley)

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

Side 2:

So Lonely (Buckley)

Released as the "B" side of "Happy Time" in the UK in February 1970

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Café (Buckley)

Blue Melody (Buckley)

Released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

A live version appears on "Live At The Troubadour"

The Train (Buckley)

"The Train" is a seminal early indication of things to come and deserves to be heard

© Mick MacVe