Tim Buckley: Dream Letter Live In London 1968
Released 1990

By Mick MacVe

Side 1:

Introduction

Buzzin' Fly (Buckley)

Originally released on "Happy/Sad"

Also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Other live versions have been released on "Honeyman" and "The Copenhagen Tapes"

Two earlier versions of this song appear on "Works In Progress"

One of these versions appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Phantasmagoria In Two (Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello" and also released as the "B" side of "Once I Was" in the U.K. in January 1968

This same live version also appears on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Morning Glory (Beckett/Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello" and also released as the "A" side of a single in the U.S. in 1967 and as the "A" side of a single in the U.K. in November 1967 and again in September 1976

The original version was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

The same live version appears on "The Peel Sessions", "Once I Was" and "Morning Glory"

Dolphins (Neil)

Originally released on "Sefronia" and also released on "The Late Great Tim Buckley" (although this live version was recorded 5 years earlier, it was released 17 years later)

There are two other live versions - one on "Honeyman" and one which has appeared on "Morning Glory" and "Once I Was"

I've Been Out Walking (Buckley)

Also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Side 2:

The Earth Is Broken (Buckley)

Otherwise unreleased

Who Do You Love (Buckley)

Otherwise unreleased

Pleasant Street/You Keep Me Hanging On

"Pleasant Street" is written by Tim Buckley and was Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello"

It was released as the "A" side of a single in the U.S. in October 1968

It was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Another live version was released on "Honeyman"

"You Keep Me Hanging On" was written by Holland/Dozier/Holland and is otherwise unreleased by Tim Buckley

Side 3:

Love From Room 109/Strange Feelin' (Buckley)

"Love From Room 109" was Originally released on "Happy/Sad" where it was called "Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)"

Three earlier versions of the first movement appear as "Ashbury Park" on "Works In Progress"

One of these versions of "Ashbury Park" appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me"

An earlier version of the third movement appears as "Danang" on "Works In Progress" and "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Strange Feelin' (Buckley)

Originally released on Happy/Sad

It has also been released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology", "The Late Great Tim Buckley" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

There are other live versions released on "Live At The Troubadour" and "The Copenhagen Tapes"

Carnival Song/Hi Lily, Hi Lo (Buckley) (Kaper/Deutsch)

"Carnival Song" is not the same song as "Carnival Song" from "Goodbye And Hello" and is otherwise unreleased

A different version of "Hi Lily, Hi Lo" appears on "Works In Progress"

Hallucinations (Beckett/Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello"

It was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Another live version was released on "The Peel Sessions", "Morning Glory" and "Once I Was"

Troubadour (Buckley)

Also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Another live version was released on "The Peel Sessions", "Morning Glory" and "Once I Was"

Side 4:

Dream Letter/Happy Time (Buckley)

"Dream Letter" was Originally released on "Happy/Sad"

The same original version was also released on "Works In Progress"

"Happy Time" was Originally released on "Blue Afternoon"and was also released as the "A" side of a single in the UK in February 1970

It was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

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

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

Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin' (Buckley)

Another version of "Wayfaring Stranger" can be found on "Works In Progress"

Once I Was (Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello"

Aso released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Original version also released as the "B" side of "Morning Glory" in the U.S. in 1967 and in the U.K. in September 1976

Original version also released as the "A" side of a single in the U.K. in January 1968

The same live version appears on "The Peel Sessions", "Once I Was" and "Morning Glory"

© Mick MacVe