''Tim Buckley'' is the debut album by Los Angeles based singer-songwriter

Tim Buckley Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years. Buckley began his career based in folk music, but his subsequent albums experimented with ja ...

, released in October 1966. Most of the songs on it were co-written by Buckley and Larry Beckett while they were in high school. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California. The album was re-released in 2001 in a compilation with follow up album '' Goodbye and Hello'' by WEA/ Elektra, then again in 2005, this time coupled with '' Greetings from L.A.''. Rhino Handmade Records reissued the album in 2011 as part of a two-disc set. The first disc contains both the stereo and mono versions of the album. The second disc contains 22 unreleased recordings Buckley made in 1965 with The Bohemians and in 1966 with Larry Beckett.

Legacy

In a retrospective review for

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, Richie Unterberger feels the album is Buckley's most straightforward and accessible, without the experimental touches that characterised his later work, though with an astounding lyrical and musical sophistication for a 19-year-old.

Track listing

All songs by

, except where noted. Side One #"I Can't See You" (

Larry Beckett Larry Beckett (born April 4, 1947) is an American poet, songwriter, musician, and literary critic. As a songwriter and music arranger, Beckett collaborated with Tim Buckley in the late 1960s and early 1970s on several songs and albums, including ...

, Buckley) – 2:40 #"Wings" – 2:30 #"Song of the Magician" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:05 #"Strange Street Affair Under Blue" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:10 #"Valentine Melody" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:40 #"Aren't You the Girl?" – 2:01 Side Two #"Song Slowly Song" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:13 #"It Happens Every Time" – 1:49 #"Song for Jainie" – 2:43 #"Grief in My Soul" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:03 #"She Is" (Beckett, Buckley) – 3:05 #"Understand Your Man" – 3:06

Personnel

*Tim Buckley – guitar, vocals * Lee Underwood – lead guitar *

Jim Fielder Jim Fielder (born October 4, 1947 in Denton, Texas) is an American bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Fielder attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. While at Loara, the young Fielder befrie ...

– bass guitar *

Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle (album), Song Cycle'' and for his ...

– piano,

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Billy Mundi Billy Mundi (born Antonio Salas, September 25, 1942 in San Francisco – March 29, 2014) was an American drummer best known as a member of The Mothers of Invention and Rhinoceros. He also worked as a session musician. He sometimes used the name To ...

– drums, percussion *

Jack Nitzsche Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( '; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spec ...

– string arrangements ;Technical *

Jac Holzman Jac Holzman (born September 15, 1931) is an American music businessman, best known as the founder, chief executive officer and head of record label Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. Holzman commercially helped launch the CD and home video form ...

- recording supervisor *

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- engineer * William S. Harvey - design, photography

References

{{Authority control Tim Buckley albums 1966 debut albums Albums produced by Paul A. Rothchild Albums produced by Jac Holzman Elektra Records albums Albums recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders Albums arranged by Jack Nitzsche