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Tim Buckley: Works In Progress

Studio Sessions 1968

By Mick MacVe

The Fiddler was recorded in 1967.

Released September 1999
An individually numbered, limited edition of 7,500 copies from Rhino Handmade


Danang (Buckley)

This is an early version of the third movement of "Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)" which was originally released on "Happy/Sad"

This version also appears on "The Dream belongs To Me"

Sing A Song For You (Buckley)

This is an early version of the song which was originally released on "Happy/Sad" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

The version which was originally released on "Happy/Sad" also appears later on "Works In Progress" (track 6)

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

Buzzin' Fly (Buckley)

This is an early version of the song which was originally released on "Happy/Sad" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Three different live versions were released on "Dream Letter", "The Copenhagen Tapes" and "Honeyman"

Another version of this song appears later on "Works In Progress" (track 9)

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

Song To The Siren (Buckley)

This is an early version of the song which was originally released on "Starsailor" and also on "Best Of Tim Buckley" and "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Another version is available on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" (taken from "The Monkees" tv programme)

This version also appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Happy Time (Buckley)

Originally released on "Blue Afternoon" and also 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"

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

Live version released on "Dream Letter"

This also appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Sing A Song For You (Buckley)

This is the same version which appears on "Happy/Sad" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

An earlier version of this song is on "Works In Progress" (track 2)

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

This version also appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Chase The Blues Away (Buckley)

Originally released on "Blue Afternoon" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

A live version appears on "Live At The Troubadour"

Hi Lily, Hi Lo (Kaper/Deutsch)

A live version appears on "Dream Letter"

Buzzin' Fly (Buckley)

This is an early version of the song which was originally released on "Happy/Sad" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Three different live versions were released on "Dream Letter", "The Copenhagen Tapes" and "Honeyman"

Another version of this song appeared earlier on "Works In Progress" (track 3)

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

Wayfaring Stranger (Buckley)

A live version is on "Dream Letter"

Ashbury Park version 1 (Buckley)

Ashbury Park version 2 take 14 (Buckley)

Ashbury Park version 2 take 25 (Buckley)

"Ashbury Park" is an early version of the first movement of "Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)" which was originally released on "Happy/Sad"

Dream Letter (Buckley)

Originally released on "Happy/Sad"

A live version appears on "Dream Letter"

The Father Song (Buckley)

Otherwise unreleased. Not the same song that appeared in the movie "Changes"

The Fiddler (Buckley)

This title is no longer available from Rhino Handmade. However, numbered copies from the original edition may be available at select retailers.


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