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Happy Sad (Vinyl)

By: Tim Buckley (Artist)

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Tim Buckley Artist Snapshot:

One of the most remarkable, adventurous artists of the late-1960s/early-'70s singer-songwriter scene, Tim Buckley possessed a superhuman, multi-octave range and a wild imagination. He moved from folkie troubadour-isms to a jazz-inflected sound to the avant-garde to pop/R&B, all in the space of a few years, before his untimely death in 1975. Nearly two decades after his death, his estranged son Jeff Buckley (who bore an uncanny vocal and physical resemblance to his father) became a much-loved recording artist. In tragic irony, the younger Buckley also died at a young age, drowning in the Mississippi river.

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DISC 1 for Happy Sad (Vinyl) Album By Tim Buckley (Artist)
1   Strange Feelin'  
2   Buzzin' Fly  
3   Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)  
4   Dream Letter  
5   Gypsy Woman  
6   Sing A Song For You  
 

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Review

Q (7/93, p.104) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Tim Buckley's third album and perhaps the only record to match in mood and quality Van Morrison's contemporary Astral Weeks..."

Title Note

Personnel: Tim Buckley (vocals, 12-string guitar); Lee Underwood (guitar); David Friedman (vibraphone, bass marimba); John Miller (acoustic bass); Carter C.C. Collins (congas).

Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California.

HAPPY SAD was more than just an album title for Tim Buckley. Troubled in life, he left a legacy of beautiful, hauntingly moving songs. Buckley had a piercing, mournful cry in his pliant voice, complemented by a unique jazz-folk delivery. His soaring, octave-spanning voice created an eerie mood of despair--the darker, moody side of the era. His weren't the happy-go-lucky flower-child songs, nor were they the multi-colored, paisley pop tunes of the time; his was a deep, dark-blue expression of emotion.

His voice was beautiful, well-controlled, and, as exhibited in the breezy "Strange Feelin'," colored throughout by an underlying sadness. "Love From Room 109" is a freewheeling, jazzy track that portrays a man who is as emotionally frayed as he is musically disembodied. The 12-minute "Gypsy Woman" is a raging, gritty, and unbridled epic. Even the more upbeat, pop-oriented "Buzzin' Fly" conveys a sense of melancholy. The closing "To Sing A Song For You" is straightforward, yet rendered complex by Tim's nuances.

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