Never really heard Tim before -  he's phenomenal...

Plastic Ono Band

Hold On (Take 2 / Out-take / Ultimate Mix)

Human Crime

Stoned and Dethroned

Sometimes Always

The power of decision
Is my own.
But
It’s the truth 
I belie.
It’s my reality
I deny.
The usurping of 
My perception
A confiscation
Of my ability
To perform.
A true mental detection
Humility in truth
Is the way.
To not abandon
My decision’s ability.
This possibility
Comes from
My responsibility.
To recognize
The futility
Of arrogance
Of an ego’s
Instability.
The susceptibility
Of viability.
Understanding
The versatility
That I am
The decider
Of the outcomes
To be.
I can only die
If I’m not free.
I can only 
Become sick
If I don’t see
The truth in me.
“If I have the gift
Of everything,
Can loss be real?
Can pain be 
A part of peace
Or grief of joy?”
Can I die?
Is the eternal 
Inside?
Can pain
Touch my soul?
Cryptic
Psycho
Analytic
And 
Mystic
Soul.
Existing 
Communicating
As the mind goes
Tic
Tic.
Find your joy
Listen to your soul
Make a decision
And let reality unfold.
Humility
Settles the arrogance.
Created by defense
Of a reaction
Toward 
What the ego mind
Created.

The Decider

Adventure

Days (2003 Remaster)

The Best Of Tim Buckley

Once I Was (2006 Remaster)

Seasons of Your Day

Lay Myself Down

Local Customs: Cavern Sound

End Of The Page

Enter The Vaselines

Son Of A Gun

Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

Tully (Music from the Motion Picture)

Ride Into the Sun (Demo Version)

Tim Buckley is in a long line of true originals that signed to Elektra in the 60s. Jac Holzman signed him on the strength of a six-track demo, smitten by an exquisite voice that simply got better, expanding in its range and scale of expectation. After the introductory Tim Buckley, which glimpsed at what was to come, 1967’s Goodbye And Hello was an intricate, elaborately arranged series of poetic songs capped by the epic title track and haunting “Once I Was” and “Morning Glory.”

By Happy Sad, barely a year later, Buckley's voice had become an instrument in itself, free of convention and set in a more laid back, jazzier context - looser and dreamier. It was Tim Buckley’s equivalent to Miles Davis’ A Kind Of Blue.

Tim Buckley’s ambition was fuelled by a voice that could take him anywhere. His original fans found themselves even more puzzled by the even more daring improvisations of his final Elektra release, Lorca. He had now completely abandoned his folk troubadour beginnings. For Tim Buckley, it was always about the music and even the forward-thinking Jac Holzman admits he failed to understand and appreciate Tim Buckley’s final Elektra masterpiece, Lorca, until years later.

Once I Was (2006 Remaster)

Tim Buckley

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