Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon 1969 Straight 1st Ed. LP gate-fold STS 1060
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Description
~ 1st Ed. issue in very nice condition
"Blue Afternoon was Tim Buckley's first self-produced record and his debut for Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa's Straight label. Buckley's first two albums were very much of their time and place, with their psychedelically tinged folk-rock compositions; naïve, romantic lyrical content; and moments of earnest protest. The introduction of acoustic bass and vibes into the arrangements on Happy Sad signaled a change in direction, however, and Blue Afternoon displayed similar jazz tendencies, using the same group of musicians plus drummer Jimmy Madison. Several tracks on Blue Afternoon are songs Buckley had intended to record on earlier albums but had not completed. The brooding "Chase the Blues Away" and the lighter, more upbeat "Happy Time," for instance, are numbers he had worked on in the summer of 1968 for possible inclusion on Happy Sad. (Demos can be heard on Rhino's Works in Progress album.) Here, as he did on Happy Sad, Buckley takes the folk song as his starting point and expands it, drawing on jazz influences to create new dynamics and to emphasize atmosphere and mood. This approach can be best appreciated on the mournful "The River," as simple acoustic guitar, cymbals, and vibes build a fluid, ebbing, and flowing arrangement around Buckley's beautiful, melancholy vocals. The period between 1968 and 1970 was an intensely creative one for Tim Buckley. Remarkably, during the same four weeks in which he recorded Blue Afternoon, he also recorded its follow-up, Lorca, and material for Starsailor. It's not surprising, then, that Blue Afternoon hints at Buckley's subsequent musical direction. While not in the experimental, avant-garde vein of the more challenging material on those next two albums, "The Train" foregrounds Lee Underwood's quietly intense, jazzy guitar and Buckley's vocal prowess, prefiguring the feeling of tracks like Lorca's "Nobody Walkin'" and Starsailor's "Monterey." " AMG
Grading
nm :::: pretty much like new
nm- ::::::: few hardly noticeable flaws
ex :::: may have some, not many very minor imperfections. clean sound
vg++ :::: close to excellent, might have some hairlines, very subtle interference with sound here and there, slight ring wear on cover, some spotting, a very small seam split or writing are possible
vg+ :::: occasional interference, possibly light surface noise in few spots. There may be ring wear, minor splits on cover.
vg :::: occasional to frequent light surface noise. Cover: pronounced wear and seam splits.
cc - cut corner
srw - slight ring wear
sc - saw cut
toc - tear on cover
woc, wol - writing on cover or label
Vinyl is inspected under direct bright light.
Play-graded if needed.
All records are professionally cleaned on VPI machine.
Shipping records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.
We do combine!
Domestic $4.20 via Media Mail w/ tracking.
50 cents for each additional LP
International - 1st Class Mail (tracking available only to select countries)Worldwide -
$21 for 1-2 LP's.
3-4 LP's $33
5-6 LP's $45
It's likely that over 6 LP's will have to be shipped via more expensive Priority International.
Canada - $16
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