Jeff Buckley - Live at L'Olympia
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Artist: Jeff BuckleyEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Live
CD Release Date: 2001-06-25
Music Label: Sony International
Soundtracks:
- Lover, You Should Have Come Over
- Dream Brother
- Eternal Life
- Kick Out the Jams
- Lilac Wine
- Grace
- That's All I Ask
- Kashmir
- Je N'En Connais Pas la Fin
- Hallelujah
- What Will You Say - Jeff Buckley, Alim Qasimov
Free Music Notes for Live at L'Olympia
Free Music Review: Buckley's greatest live performances miraculously saved from oblivion
Hit: 5 Stars
Fans have rightly complained about too many posthumous Jeff Buckley releases, but this import-only live album is something special. Buckley considered his Summer 1995 performances at the Paris venue L'Olympia, once the haunt of his idol Edith Piaf, to be among the best of his career. Incredibly, Buckley had a cassette tape of the performance which, except for a little hiss and some slightly unideal miking, sounds quite fine.
The first Buckley live release, MYSTERY WHITE BOY, was a mishmash of American concert dates. Though they show Buckley still in fine vocal form--by the L'Olympia dates his voice had been weakened from excessive smoking--the selections for that album are tame and unexciting. On the L'Olympia recordings, however, he really lets loose. The album starts with an extended version of "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" that improves over even that on GRACE. The electric version of "Dream Brother" complements the album version well, and some added lyrics make its allusion to Jeff's father Tim Buckley all the more poignant. "Eternal Life" is played savagely, easily moving into a cover of MC5's "Kick Out the Jams". And the wild performance of "Grace" here lacks the control of the album, but goodness, he's doing such vocal acrobatics live!
There's also a great rapport between singer and crowd here. A brief break has Buckley playing Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" as if it were a 33 RPM record played at 45. In "Hallelujah", he makes a slight change in the lyrics to "I used to live with Leonard before I knew you." And, as insensitive as it might occasionally seem, Buckley taunts the crowd with mentions of Piaf and the little French he knows. And very touching is the way this crowd adored the singer. Buckley found instant fame abroad while he remained an underground figure in the US. At one moment Buckley has to interrupt his sound to say as if overwhelmed, "You people, you crazy people".
I suppose this album was import-only because MYSTERY WHITE BOY was selling sluggishly in the US and the label thought there was insufficient market for Buckley there. Nonetheless, if you are a fan of the singer, you absolutely must seek this out.
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Exclusive live album released through Sony in select International markets. This live album was initiated by Sony France, who believe they have an amazing recording of a particular French concert from 1995. Containing many of the hits from Grace, live favorites, and covers (some here on CD for the first time, some old), Live At La Olympia is a stunning 3 fold, soft-cover recording to add to the collection of Jeff's fans. 24 page booklet with, biography, handwritten track notes and lyrics by the artist and a rare live & studio photograph collection. Features 11 tracks all recorded Live at the La Olympia Theater in France. Includes covers of Led Zeppelin, MC-5 & Leonard Cohen. Tracks, 'Lover, You Should Have Come Over', 'Dream Brother', 'Eternal Life', 'Kick Out The Jams', 'Lilac Wine', 'Grace', 'That's All I Ask', 'Kasmir', 'Je N'en Cnnais Pas La Fin', 'Hallelujah' & 'What Will You Say (Duet With Alim Qasimov)'. 2001 release.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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