TIM BUCKLEY Starsailor LP promo folk

$ 76

$ 76 Sold For

Apr 9, 2004 Sold Date

Apr 2, 2004 Start Date

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This is a near mint condition album, a 1970 promotional release on the American Straight/Warner Bros. label by innovative singer/songwriter Tim Buckley, "Starsailor." 9 extended tracks of bittersweet, reflective journeys on tunes like "Come Here Woman," "Song to the Siren," and "Healing Festival." Critic Richie Unterberger writes, "After his beginnings as a gentle, melodic baroque folk-rocker, Buckley gradually evolved into a downright experimental singer/songwriter who explored both jazz and avant-garde territory. Starsailor is the culmination of his experimentation and alienated far more listeners than it exhilarated upon its release in 1970. Buckley had already begun to delve into jazz fusion on late-'60s records like Happy Sad, and explored some fairly "out" acrobatic, quasi-operatic vocals on his final Elektra LP, Lorca. With former Mother of Invention Bunk Gardner augmenting Buckley's group on sax and alto flute, Buckley applies vocal gymnastics to a set of material that's as avant-garde in its songwriting as its execution. At his most anguished (which is often on this album), he sounds as if his liver is being torn out — slowly. Almost as if to prove he can still deliver a mellow buzz, he throws in a couple of pleasant jazz-pop cuts, including the odd, jaunty French tune "Moulin Rouge." Surrealistic lyrics, heavy on landscape imagery like rivers, skies, suns, and jungle fires, top off a record that isn't for everybody, or even for every Buckley fan, but endures as one of the most uncompromising statements ever made by a singer/songwriter." Cover in near mint shape- slight ring, some aging on back, top left corner has bend, with promo timing strip on front. Vinyl in mint condition- white label promo. With original Straight inner sleeve. Currently, I am without a turntable, so all albums are diligently sight graded. However, all are guaranteed- my only negative feedback from a deadbeat who chose not to seek this guarantee. Domestic buyer to pay $3.00 for media mail shipping. Confirmation and insurance at buyer's request and expense. Canadian winners to pay $5.50 for airmail shipping. Overseas winners to pay $12.50 for unregistered airmail postage or $6.00 for surface mail postage. Thanks for reading all of this!

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