Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)

Goodbye and Hello
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released	August 1967
Recorded	June 1967 in Los Angeles
Genre	Folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length	42:41
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jerry Yester, Jac Holzman
Tim Buckley chronology
Tim Buckley (1966) Goodbye and Hello (1967) Happy Sad (1969)
Singles from Goodbye and Hello
"Morning Glory" "Once I Was"

Goodbye and Hello is the second album by Tim Buckley, released in August 1967, recorded in Los Angeles, California in June of the same year.

The album was later re-released on January 22, 2001 in a compilation with debut album Tim Buckley by WEA/Elektra.

In 2005 a 180 gram version of the LP was released on the label Four Men With Beards and is being distributed by City Hall Records.

Recording

The album was recorded during June 1967 in Los Angeles, and produced by Jerry Yester and Jac Holzman.

Reception

Matthew Greenwald in a retrospective review for Allmusic felt that it is "an excellent and revolutionary album that was a quantum leap for both Tim Buckley and the audience". ^[1]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

1. "No Man Can Find the War" (Larry Beckett, Buckley) – 2:58
2. "Carnival Song" – 3:10
3. "Pleasant Street" – 5:15
4. "Hallucinations" (Beckett, Buckley) – 4:55
5. "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" – 6:02
6. "Once I Was" – 3:22
7. "Phantasmagoria in Two" – 3:29
8. "Knight-Errant" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:00
9. "Goodbye and Hello" (Beckett, Buckley) – 8:38
10. "Morning Glory" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:52

Personnel

• Tim Buckley – 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, vocals, bottleneck guitar, kalimba, vibraphone
• Lee Underwood – lead guitar
• John Farsha – guitar
• Brian Hartzler – guitar
• Jim Fielder – bass guitar
• Jimmy Bond – double bass
• Don Randi – piano, harmonium, harpsichord
• Henry Diltz – harmonica on "Once I Was"
• Jerry Yester – piano, organ, harmonium
• Carter Collins – congas, percussion
• Dave Guard – kalimba, tambourine
• Eddie Hoh – drums
• Jim Gordon - drums

References

1. Matthew Greenwald. "Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2012. Matthew Greenwald
2. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

External links

• Goodbye and Hello (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)