Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin-E: Legacy Edition (Bonus Dvd)
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Free Music Notes for Live at Sin-E: Legacy Edition (Bonus Dvd)
Free Music Review: Wow.
Hit: 5 Stars
This set is indecribably beautiful. This is what Jeff Buckley fans have been waiting for. As you know, Jeff performed at the Sin-e, a small coffee place in NYC in the early 90's, and some of it was recorded and released as the Live at Sin-e EP. This is an updated version with....a lot more stuff. The entire package is worth every penny - in fact, I'd pay a lot more for this stuff. You get 2 CD's, full of amazing music and hilarious monologues, and a DVD with an interview and videos of live performances at Sin-e.The songs on the CDs are breathtaking, with great covers, some great blues guitar work on "Strange Fruit", epic versions of "Lover You Should've Come Over", "The Way Young Lovers Do", "Sweet Thing", and "Hallelujah", and hilarious in-between monologues (my favorites include his imitation of Miles Davis, and his "Musical Chairs" song). He even manages to do a good rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Yeh Halka Halka Saroor Hai" (I highly recommend Nusrat's Intoxicated Spirit Album or his Greatest Hits). Almost all of these versions of the songs have never been released before, except for the few from the Live at Sin-e EP.
The DVD contains an interview, which unfortunately is the same as on the Jeff Buckley Live in Chicago DVD, so nothing new there. Also on the DVD are live videos of Jeff performing part of "The Way Young Lovers Do" and his cover of MC5's "Kick Out the Jams". He also reads aloud a beautiful poem he wrote hours before the show.
I cannot recommend this package highly enough.
NOTE: THIS CD PLAYS PERFECTLY IN COMPUTERS AND CAR CD PLAYERS. I have had no problems playing in my car, on my computer, and I easily made a digital copy to my hard drive without any problems. This CD is NOT copy-protected in any way.
Free Music Review: Stumbled into this & fell down, stunned.
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a big fan of Tim Buckley since an acquaintance put on one of his albums at a party (late night, of course - Tim's not really "rockin' good times" music...)and think he's one of the premiere folk singers of his generation. He influenced the way I listen to music, and opened up a whole host of other interests in the "singer/songwriter" arena. A sad loss he died so young.I had heard he had a son named Jeff, and never thought to find him out until the Sin-e cd was featured at a local music store here in Charleston. Two discs, no less. I had my doubts.
Jeff Buckley reaches in on this cd to a place most musicians only delude themselves into thinking they've reached. I was so touched by the emotion of his delivery, the importance of his musical interpretation, and the bravery he had in getting on that stage, alone, to approach this type of material. Classics like "Strange Fruit" (there's a great book out on the history of this song, by the way, which is worth a read) and "Drown in My own Tears," really stand out here. His own songs, quite frankly, I wasn't very familiar with - now that I've gone back to listen to him with his band, I prefer these stripped-down interpretations. The strongest part on this album, I feel, are where he plays his father's songs - a father he barely knew, and never saw perform. It's a weird continuation: Jeff connects to Tim, and through the performance, allows me to connect to him.
This album touched me in a way - and believe me, I listen to a ton of music - that I've never experienced, and gave me a connection with a performer that could only be described as haunting.
Like his father, a sad loss he died so young.
Free Music Review: Finally, a Buckley release that equals Grace.
Hit: 5 Stars
a two disk set of buckley? but i can hear you saying: i feel like i have 'grace' three times already, do i really want five? isn't this just repeating his already limited catelogue?well, yes, in a way, but primarily, it's a no. even where he does repeat music, this is buckley unlike you've ever heard him. this rare, vintage, the reason why there is 'grace'.
the back of the box reveals the many, many songs done by buckley that have not been collected before. they're covers for the most part, but as anyone who has heard a few of buckley's covers before, they'll realise that this is just as good as new music. (buckley's cover of leonard cohen's 'hallelujah' is absolutely brilliant.)
the album was recorded in 1993, before buckley began work on grace, so he doesn't have his band with him. it is essentially buckley in a small cafe with a guitar and his voice, and inbetween songs, he pauses to crack jokes, and to play a few tunes to songs people request. it's an intimate album, perfect for late nights, and professionally recorded--you can't hear the crowd talking over him, and there is no hiss or crack over the music. it's as perfect as one could hope for sound quality in an album like this.
live at sin-e, spread across two disks, contains twenty one songs, and thirteen monologues, and a third disk with live footage. as odd as it might sound, it feels like a new buckley album, a side of him that was stolen in the river he drowned in, and thought forever lost in the murky depths. it's a rare thing, and beautifully packaged, and almost makes you want to say that a giant corporation did a good thing.
Free Music Review: Some of the most beautiful music ever recorded...
Hit: 5 Stars
As great as this recording is, I'm surprised at how look it took for Columbia and Mary Guibert [Jeff's mother] to release it. I'll probably be denounced as a heretic for saying this, but I think this is Buckley's greatest recording -- better than 'Grace', even. Now, before you drag me out into the street and crush my skull against the curb, have a listen. Recorded in the summer of 1993, prior to the release of 'Grace', the appeal of this recording goes beyond just die-hard Buckley fans; this is simply great music. His originals are great, even if some of them aren't as fine-tuned as they ended up being on 'Grace'. The true surprises in this recording, however, are the covers. He reinterprets these songs so well that I find it hard to go back and listen to the originals. Not everybody can improve on Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles, but Buckley comes the closest to meeting, if not exceeding, the expectations set forth by those visionaries. And his versions of "Be Your Husband", "Strange Fruit", and the recently deceased Nina Simone's "If You Knew" are among the most beautiful of his recordings. The onstage banter and attached DVD, featuring an interview with Jeff, also help to illuminate the man behind the genius.
If you are a fan of great popular music, not just a Buckley devotee, pick this up. For us hardcore Jeff fans, though, this is truly one of the most heavenly recordings in the world.
Free Music Review: If you liked "Sketches" you will adore this album.
Hit: 5 Stars
It's been quite some time since the release of the last true Jeff Buckley album which I consider to be "Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk". If you liked that album, you will absolutely love this one. Cover songs like "Yeh Jo Halka Halka Saroor Hai" clearly show the influence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, and exemplify the amazing range that Jeff had in his voice, all this six years before Sting recognized how profound this type of music is. Other covers on the album include selections from Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, and Van Morrison as well as his own original tracks clearly showing Jeff's versatility and maturity as an artist. The monologues included in this set are hilarious, and you will hear Jeff mock everyone from the Doors, to Nirvana. Furthermore, this legacy edition also has a very well put together 12 page insert detailing the relation ship between Jeff and Sin-e (the venue this album was recorded at) with some very nice pictures taken by photographer Merri Cyr. The DVD video included is only 10 minutes long, and it isn't the greatest quality, but if you really want Jeff live in video, you should buy the "Live in Chicago" dvd, (the DVD included in this edition was supposed to only be an extra anyway). In the end I have to say that if you are a Jeff fan, you really have to buy this album, and if you are new to Jeff Buckley, "Grace" is probably the best way to go.