TIM BUCKLEY Starsailor 1970 US STRAIGHT - 1 PLAY - BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL LP - NM
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£ 49
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Sep 14, 2015
Sold Date
Sep 4, 2015
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£ 36
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TIM BUCKLEY Starsailor 1970 US STRAIGHT - 1 PLAY - BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL LP - NM
TIM BUCKLEYStarsailor
1970 US STRAIGHT (WS 1881) PRESSING OF TIM BUCKLEY’S UNCOMPROMISING “Starsailor” LP
AN OUTSTANDING *NEAR MINT* AND PRACTICALLY ‘AS-NEW’ ORIGINAL COPY
THE SLEEVE STILL RETAINS THE SHOP SHRINK-WRAP
AND THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL STRAIGHT RECORDS INNER SLEEVE
MATRIX: WS - 1881 39774 -1 / WS - 1881 39775 -1 - 1
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
Side I:
Come Here Woman (4:09)
I Woke Up (4:02)
Monterey (4:30)
Moulin Rouge (1:57)
Song To The Siren (3:20)
Side II:
Jungle Fire (4:42)
Starsailor (4:36)
The Healing Festival (3:16)
Down By The Borderline (5:22)
RECORD: NEAR MINT like-new - played once, if at all, the surfaces display in-vinyl pressing blemishes common on North American pressings but these have no impact on the sound which is strong and crystal clear with a nice loud cut - a stunning piece of work and one very highly recommended indeed
LABELS: NEAR MINT/MINT clean and unmarked with possibly one light spindle mark on one side, none on the other
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT still in the original shrink-wrap there are some light marks on the exposed edges
INNER SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+ a small split to the centre of the bottom edge otherwise in fine shape
POST & PACKING:
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UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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