Works
In Progress
Rhino/Handmade
Records 1999 Press Release
An individually numbered, limited edition of 7,500 copies
from Rhino Handmade. One of the most talented singer/songwriters
of the late 1960s/early 1970s, Tim Buckley took the experimentation
of the times to new musical heights, his all-too-brief career
dazzling listeners with masterful mixtures of folk, psychedelia,
jazz, avant garde, and funk.
In
the spring and summer of 1968, Tim Buckley and band began
a series of recording sessions for what-would then have been
the follow-up to his 1967 album Goodbye And Hello.
The direction for this particular album evolved midstream,
and the initial session recordings were, for the most part,
set aside.
While two tracks from these various 1968 sessions did end
up being used on his 1968 album Happy Sad, the remainder
of the recordings ended up not being used on anything at all.
The complete sessions themselves seem to have disappeared,
but the best of them had been set aside on compilation reels
which were filed away decades ago, forgotten until their discovery
a few years back.
Tim
Buckley’s Works In Progress is a 16-track collection
of the surviving recordings from these 1968 studio sessions,
along with one survivor from a 1967 session. All tracks, except
those two which ended up more or less intact on Happy Sad,
are previously unreleased. And, because each and every track
on this compact disc was remixed from the original multitracks
in August 1999, even those two later-released tracks have
never before sounded so good.
Works
In Progress contains a 20-page booklet with insightful
liner notes by longtime Buckley guitarist/friend/biographer
Lee Underwood as well as lyrics for all of the performed songs
Tim wrote or co-wrote.
While
many of the song titles will be very familiar to fans, the
versions on Works In Progress will certainly not be.
In addition to showcasing two compositions which have never
before been released, most every other track contains lyrics,
or verses, which appear only in the versions from these 1968
sessions. There are studio recordings of songs which have
only previously been released as live recordings, and versions
of Buckley favorites which you can hear transform from session
to session.
Altogether,
Works In Progress offers astounding insight into the
unique creative process, and the irreplaceable genius, of
both Tim Buckley the writer and Tim Buckley the performer.
Works
In Progress is available as an individually numbered limited
edition of 7,500 copies.
Selection
# 7705 16 Tracks 14 Previously Unreleased Single CD 20-Page
Booklet
Danang
[A Fragment Later The Third Movement Of "Love From Room
108 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast
Sing A Song For You Take 11
Buzzin' Fly Take 3
Song To The Siren Take 7
Happy Time Take 14
"Skies (Let Me Sing A Song For You)"] Take 8
Chase The Blues Away Take 3
Hi Lily, Hi Lo Take 7
Buzzin' Fly Take 9
Wayfaring Stranger Take 4
Ashbury Park Version 1 Take 8
Ashbury Park Version 2 [A Fragment Later The First Movement
Of "Love From Room 108 At The Islander (
13. Ashbury Park Version 2 [A Fragment Later The First Movement
Of "Love From Room 108 At The Island
Dream Letter Takes 17-16 Intercut
The Father Song Take 3
The Fiddler [Instrumental Version Of "Phantasmagoria
In Two"] Rough Mix
© 2001 Michael Goldberg.
insiderone.net,
May 21, 2001
All rights reserved
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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