Peel Sessions (Tim Buckley album)

Infobox Album | Name = Peel Sessions
Type = Live Album
Artist = Tim Buckley


Released = July 1, 1991
Recorded = London, United Kingdom, April 1, 1968
Genre = Folk
Length = 23:13
Label = Dutch East India/Strange Fruit (1993 Release)
Producer = Bernie Andrews/ Engineer: Pete Ritzema
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifixqq5ldfe~T1 link]
Last album = "" (1990)
This album = "Peel Sessions" (1991)
Next album = "Morning Glory" (1994)

"Peel Sessions" is a live album by Tim Buckley. It was recorded in studio 1 at 201 Picadilly London, UK on April 1, 1968 as a session recording for BBC radio DJ John Peel. The session was subsequently broadcast six days later on April 7, 1968. The session consists of folk-oriented songs from Buckley's "Goodbye and Hello" - "Blue Afternoon" period recorded in a sparse manner with only Tim's vocals, two guitars and percussion. Peel would later comment on this session as one that "defines essential music". Fact|date=April 2008

The five tracks from "Peel Sessions" would later appear on compilations "Morning Glory" and "Once I Was", both supplemented with extra tracks.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Buckley except:(* by Larry Beckett/Tim Buckley)

#"Morning Glory"* - 3:17
#"Coming Home To You (Happy Time)" - 2:56
#"Sing a Song for You" - 2:28
#"Hallucinations/Troubadour"* - 10:35
#"Once I Was" - 3:57

Personnel

*Tim Buckley – Guitar, Vocals
*Lee Underwood – Guitar
*Carter Collins – bongos
*Tony Carr - Drums

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1960s/1968/Apr01timbuckley BBC John Peel Archive]