Post by Baronessa on Oct 2, 2023 0:38:28 GMT
Photo by Jan Persson/Redferns
Timothy Charles Buckley III (14 February 1947 - 29 June 1975)
Vocal Range: F♯2 - B5
The great tragedy of Tim Buckley is his late, posthumous reappraisal, and by virtue the limited reach of his musical lineage. It is somewhat ironic that in the internet age, during which anyone can take influences from anywhere, no one truly does make them like Tim Buckley anymore. His influences were of the prelapsarian music industry: jazz in the wake of vinyl, avant-garde in its uneasy early stages and singer-songwriters of the Great Depression make for just a few of the apparent makers of Buckley's musical destiny. He's been drifting away from this mortal plane for almost fifty years, the distance growing ever greater from the perpetual motion of music and its machinations.
But it does not have to be so. Tim's unrelenting desire to experiment with his artistry resonates within musicians perhaps deeper than ever before, and his unhinged career trajectory which managed to keep spinning just eight years undoubtedly made him a hero to music enthusiasts who would dare tread the waters with him. He may have been doomed to get lost on his orbit, but we can still hear him moaning and howling from way beyond the path he lit for those who would be his acolytes, and the torch is never too far away. Tim's voice being his main instrument, it was emblematic of the hunger he felt for the new frontiers, which he knew we will either find or they will find us. Until next time, we say goodbye and hello to Tim Buckley all over again.
Significant High Notes:
B5 ("Cobra Waltz" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Down by the Borderline" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Gypsy Woman" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Halloween Night" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Monterey")
B♭5 ("Come Here Woman" Boboquivari 1970, "Gypsy Woman" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Jungle Fire" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970, "Venice Mating Call" Venice Mating Call)
A5 ("The Train" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969)
G♯5 ("Come Here Woman" The Show 1970, "Devil Eyes", "Jungle Fire" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Lorca" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Monterey")
G5 ("Ain't It Peculiar", "Come Here Woman" Boboquivari 1970, "Devil Eyes", "Driftin'" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Freeway Blues", "Get on Top" Knebworth Festival 1974, "Gypsy Woman" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "I Just Don't Work Right in the Morning" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970, "Look at the Fool", "Lorca" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Move With Me", "Nighthawkin'" Knebworth Festival 1974, "Nobody Walkin'" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Strange Feelin'" Venice Mating Call, "Troubadour" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968)
F♯5 ("Choral Piece" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Falling Timber", "The Healing Festival" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Honey Man" Knebworth Festival 1974, "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "I've Been Out Walking" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Jungle Fire", "Make It Right", "Monterey", "Nighthawkin'", "Starsailor", "Sweet Surrender" Knebworth Festival 1974, "(I Wanna) Testify" Venice Mating Call, "Wayfaring Stranger" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Who Do You Love" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968)
F5 ("Cobra Waltz" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Down by the Borderline", "Driftin'" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Get on Top", "Gypsy Woman", "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "I Just Don't Work Right in the Morning" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "Make It Right", "Mexicali Voodoo", "Nobody Walkin'", "Song to the Siren", "Starsailor", "Tijuana Moon", "The Train", "Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin'" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Who Do You Love" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "You Can Always Tell a City by Its Graffiti" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970)
E5 ("Bring It on Up", "Buzzin' Fly" Venice Mating Call, "Come Here Woman", "Driftin'", "Green Rocky Road/Rock Island Line" Folklore Center, 6 March 1967, "The Healing Festival", "Helpless Blues", "Honey Man" Knebworth Festival 1974, "I Can't Leave You Lovin' Me", "Improvisation on 'Roll on Rosie'" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Look at the Fool", "Moulin Rouge" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Move With Me", "Nighthawkin'" Knebworth Festival 1974, "Nobody Walkin'", "Pleasant Street" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Quicksand", "Strange Feelin'" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Sweet Surrender", "Tijuana Moon", "Understand Your Man")
E♭5 ("Because of You" The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973, "Devil Eyes", "Down in the Street", "The Dream Belongs to Me", "Dream Letter/Happy Time" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Green Rocky Road; Hush, Little Baby" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Honey Man" Sefronia / Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain", "Improvisation on 'Roll on Rosie'" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Jungle Fire", "Lorca", "Make It Right", "Mexicali Voodoo", "Stone in Love" live 1975, "Once Upon a Time" 1967 single, "Peanut Man", "Pleasant Street" Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "Starsailor", "(I Wanna) Testify" Venice Mating Call, "Wanda Lou", "Who Could Deny You", "You Can Always Tell a City by Its Graffiti" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970)
D5 ("Ain't It Peculiar", "Because of You", "Blue Melody" Boboquivari 1970, "Buzzin' Fly" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Driftin'" Lorca / In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Falling Timber", "Finale" Starwood, Los Angeles, CA, January 1975, "Freeway Dixieland Rocketship Blues", "The Healing Festival" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Honey Man", "I've Been Out Walking" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Look at the Fool", "Once Upon a Time", "Sefronia: The King's Chain", "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", "So Lonely", "Stone in Love" The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973, "Strange Feelin'" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin'" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Who Do You Love" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "You Keep Me Hanging On" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968)
C♯5 ("Bring It on Up", "Choral Piece" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Down by the Borderline", "Green Rocky Road; Hush, Little Baby" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "The Healing Festival", "Helpless Blues", "Hi Lily, Hi Lo" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Improvisation on 'Roll on Rosie'" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Interlude" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Jungle Fire", "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970, "Looks Like Rain" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Monterey", "Starsailor")
C5 ("Carnival Song/Hi Lily, Hi Lo" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Cobra Waltz" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Come Here Woman", "Come on Over" 1965 demo, "Country Boy" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "Devil Eyes", "Down in the Street", "The Dream Belongs to Me", "The Earth Is Broken" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Falling Timber", "The Father Song" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Finale" Starwood, Los Angeles, CA, January 1975, "Freeway Blues", "Freeway Dixieland Rocketship Blues", "Get on Top", "Honey Man", "I Can't Leave You Lovin' Me", "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain", "Nighthawkin'", "Peanut Man", "Quicksand", "Sixface", "So Lonely", "Stone in Love", "Strange Street Affair Under Blue", "Tijuana Moon", "The Train" Mile High Stadium, Denver, 28 June 1969, "Troubadour" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Venice Mating Call" Venice Mating Call, "Wanda Lou", "Who Could Deny You")
B4 ("Carnival Song" Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Acoustic Solo Sessions, "Driftin'", "Goodbye and Hello", "Green Rocky Road; Hush, Little Baby" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Halloween Night" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "I Can't Leave You Lovin' Me", "I've Been Out Walking" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Improvisation on 'Roll on Rosie'" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Just Got Back" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970, "Look at the Fool", "Merry-Go-Round > Strange Feelin' (Reprise)" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 16 June 1968, "Pleasant Street", "Put You Down" 1965 demo, "Understand Your Man", "Sweet Surrender", "What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)" Live at the Folklore Center 1967)
B♭4 ("Because of You", "Big River" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Blue Melody" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Blues, Love" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15 June 1968, "Buzzin' Fly" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Carnival Song", "Come on Over" 1965 demo, "Country Boy" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "Dolphins" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Down in the Street", "The Father Song" take 3, "Freeway Blues", "Honey Man", "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "I Just Don't Work Right in the Morning" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain", "I've Played That Game Before" 1965 demo, "Jungle Fire", "Lady, Give Me Your Key", "Looks Like Rain" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Lorca", "Nobody Walkin'" Lorca / Greetings from West Hollywood, "Once Upon a Time" 1967 single, "Sefronia: The King's Chain", "Stone in Love", "(I Wanna) Testify" Venice Mating Call, "The Train", "Sweet Surrender", "Wayfaring Stranger" take 4, "Who Could Deny You", "Who Do You Love" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968)
A4 ("Aren't You That Girl", "Blue Melody", "Cobra Waltz" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Don't Look Back" 1965 demo, "Dream Letter/Happy Time" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "The Earth Is Broken" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Grief in My Soul", "Gypsy Woman", "I Had a Talk With My Woman" Greetings from West Hollywood, "I've Been Out Walking" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Just Got Back" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Just Please Leave Me" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "Knight-Errant", "Let Me Love You" 1965 demo, "Mexicali Voodoo", "Once I Was" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Once Upon a Time", "Phantasmagoria in Two" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "She's Back Again", "Song for Jainie", "Strange Feelin'", "Strange Street Affair Under Blue", "What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "Who Could Deny You", "Won't You Please Be My Woman" 1965 demo, "You Keep Me Hanging On" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968)
G♯4 ("Because of You", "Big River" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Blues, Love" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15 June 1968, "Bring It on Up", "Buzzin' Fly" take 3 / take 9, "Chase the Blues Away" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Dolphins", "Down by the Borderline", "Freeway Dixieland Rocketship Blues", "Get on Top", "Happy Time", "The Healing Festival", "Helpless Blues", "Here I Am" 1965 demo, "I Know I'd Recognize Your Face", "I Woke Up", "Looks Like Rain" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Lorca", "Moulin Rouge" Boboquivari 1970, "Move With Me", "Nobody Walkin'", "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", "Troubadour" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "Valentine Melody", "You Can Always Tell a City by Its Graffiti" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970)
G4 ("Ain't It Peculiar", "Buzzin' Fly", "Call Me If You Do" 1965 demo, "Contact", "Dolphins", "Don't Look Back" 1965 demo, "The Dream Belongs to Me", "Goodbye and Hello", "Hong Kong Bar", "I Just Don't Work Right in the Morning" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "I Know I'd Recognize Your Face", Intro/Vocal Warmup Knebworth Festival 1974, "It Happens Every Time", "Make It Right", "Morning Glory" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Nighthawkin'", "Phantasmagoria in Two", "Put You Down" 1965 demo, "Quicksand", "Sefronia: After Asklepiades, After Kafka", "Sixface", "Strange Feelin'", "Strange Street Affair Under Blue", "Venice Beach (Music Boats by the Bay)" Boboquivari 1970, "Wanda Lou", "You Today" 1965 demo)
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Aren't You That Girl", "Come Here Woman", "Driftin'", "Happy Time", "The Healing Festival", "I Had a Talk With My Woman", "I've Played That Game Before" 1965 demo, "Just Got Back" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Move With Me", "Song for Jainie", "Sweet Surrender", "What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)" Live at the Folklore Center 1967, "You Today" 1965 demo)
E♭3 ("Aren't You That Girl" 1966 demo, "Ashbury Park Version 1" take 8, "Blues, Love" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15 June 1968, "Cafe", "Chase the Blues Away", "Danang" takes 7 + 8 intercut, "Down by the Borderline", "Dream Letter", "Get on Top", "Goodbye and Hello", "Green Rocky Road; Hush, Little Baby" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Happy Time" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "Here I Am" 1965 demo, "I Must Have Been Blind", "I'll Be the One", "Improvisation on 'Roll on Rosie'" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Look Out Blues" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Looks Like Rain" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Lorca", "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", "No Man Can Find the War", "Song to the Siren", "The Train", "Troubadour" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Wayfaring Stranger" take 4, "Who Could Deny You")
D3 ("Call Me If You Do" 1965 demo, "Dolphins", "The Father Song" take 3, "Hallucinations", "Hallucinations/Troubadour" Once I Was, "The Healing Festival", "Hong Kong Bar", "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Acoustic Solo Sessions, "I Woke Up", "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", "Marigold", "Martha", "Morning Glory" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Pleasant Street", "She Is", "So Lonely", "Song of the Magician", "Song Slowly Song", "Strange Feelin'", "The Train" Top Gear BBC Radio 1 1968, "Who Do You Love" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Wings")
C♯3 ("Anonymous Proposition", "Big River" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Blues, Love" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15 June 1968, "The Father Song" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Helpless Blues", "Hi Lily, Hi Lo" take 7, "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "I Had a Talk With My Woman", "Jungle Fire", "Long Tide" 1966 demo, "Look at the Fool", "Look Out Blues" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Looks Like Rain" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "My Love Is for You" 1966 demo, "Nighthawkin'" live 1975, "No Man Can Find the War", "Nobody Walkin'", "Once I Was", "She Is" 1966 demo, "Sing a Song for You" Happy Sad / take 11, "Song Slowly Song" 1966 demo, "Sweet Surrender", "(I Wanna) Testify" Venice Mating Call)
C3 ("Because of You", "Blue Melody" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "Buzzin' Fly", "Cafe", "Carnival Song/Hi Lily, Hi Lo" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Chase the Blues Away", "Come Here Woman", "Devil Eyes" Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "Dolphins" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Down by the Borderline" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "The Dream Belongs to Me", "Dream Letter", "The Earth Is Broken" Dream Letter: Live in London 1968, "Finale" Starwood, Los Angeles, CA, January 1975, "Freeway Blues", "Get on Top" Starwood, Los Angeles, CA, January 1975, "Goodbye and Hello", "Green Rocky Road; Hush, Little Baby" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Gypsy Woman", "Honey Man", "Hong Kong Bar", "I Just Don't Work Right in the Morning" Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "I Woke Up", "Jungle Fire", "Lorca", "Martha", "Monterey", "Moulin Rouge", "Nighthawkin'" Starwood, Los Angeles, CA, January 1975, "Nobody Walkin'", "Pleasant Street" Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Acoustic Solo Sessions, "The River", "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", "Starsailor", "Stone in Love", "Strange Feelin'", "Tijuana Moon")
B2 ("Big River" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Cafe" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Come Here Woman" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970, "Danang" Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968, "Driftin'", "Halloween Night" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Helpless Blues" Unknown Venue, Detroit, MI, USA, 1 June 1975, Intro/Vocal Warmup Knebworth Festival 1974, "Look at the Fool", "Lorca" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Morning Glory" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Moulin Rouge" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "The Prize", "Song to the Siren" take 7, "The Train" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969)
B♭2 ("Anonymous Proposition", "Buzzin' Fly" take 9, "Chase the Blues Away" The Boarding House 1972, "Dolphins" Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "Driftin'" Greetings from West Hollywood, "I Don't Need It to Rain" Live at the Troubadour 1969, "I Woke Up" The Show 1970, "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", "Morning Glory" The Boarding House 1972, "Nobody Walkin'" Greetings from West Hollywood, "Once I Was" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "Pleasant Street" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969, "The Prize", "The River", "Sefronia: The King's Chain", "Sing a Song for You", "Starsailor", "Sweet Surrender" Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973, "Wayfaring Stranger" take 4, "Who Could Deny You" Unknown Venue, Detroit, MI, USA, 1 June 1975)
A2 ("Gypsy Woman" Happy Sad / Felt Forum, New York, NY, USA, 23 September 1972, "Jungle Fire" Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969)
G♯2 ("Buzzin' Fly" Schaefer Music Festival 1974, "Chase the Blues Away" The Boarding House 1972, "Choral Piece" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970, "Hi Lily, Hi Lo" take 7, "Merry-Go-Round > Strange Feelin' (Reprise)" The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA, 16 June 1968)
G2 ("Hong Kong Bar", "Sally Go 'Round the Roses")
F♯2 ("Hi Lily, Hi Lo" take 7, "The Prize")
{Questionable Notes}Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range.
E6 ("Won't You Please Be My Woman" 1965 demo[1a])
C♯6 ("Halloween Night" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970[1a])
C6 ("Jungle Fire" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970[1b], "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970[1c])
A5 ("Gypsy Woman"[1b])
G♯5 ("Get on Top"[1b], "Nobody Walkin'" Greetings from West Hollywood[1b])
B2 ("Phantasmagoria in Two"[2a])
B♭2 ("Morning Glory"[2a])
A2 ("Song Slowly Song"[2a])
F2 ("Sally Go 'Round the Roses"[2b])
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1. Questionable quality
a. Jesus Christ, what
b. Short yelp
c. Crackled scream
2. Questionable intent
a. Breathy, short anacrusis
b. Okay, so I'll treat you good people to my ruminations on this note, since it actually isn't all that terrible when you take it in a vacuum. I feel like the one F2 in this song (1:08) is at best an incidental trail downwards, and I don't think that's how the melody is supposed to go anyhow. The syllables in the passage don't match with a definite descent to F2, if that makes sense. There would be one other syllable (for example "town" in "downtown") to signify a resolution. He goes on to resolve a few passages down to F3 while singing "downtown", whereas here he intentionally leaves the "town" part of "downtown" out.
E6 ("Won't You Please Be My Woman" 1965 demo[1a])
C♯6 ("Halloween Night" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970[1a])
C6 ("Jungle Fire" In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970[1b], "Lead Me to Bed (Or Let Me Be Eaten by Cattle)" The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA, USA, 25 October 1970[1c])
A5 ("Gypsy Woman"[1b])
G♯5 ("Get on Top"[1b], "Nobody Walkin'" Greetings from West Hollywood[1b])
B2 ("Phantasmagoria in Two"[2a])
B♭2 ("Morning Glory"[2a])
A2 ("Song Slowly Song"[2a])
F2 ("Sally Go 'Round the Roses"[2b])
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1. Questionable quality
a. Jesus Christ, what
b. Short yelp
c. Crackled scream
2. Questionable intent
a. Breathy, short anacrusis
b. Okay, so I'll treat you good people to my ruminations on this note, since it actually isn't all that terrible when you take it in a vacuum. I feel like the one F2 in this song (1:08) is at best an incidental trail downwards, and I don't think that's how the melody is supposed to go anyhow. The syllables in the passage don't match with a definite descent to F2, if that makes sense. There would be one other syllable (for example "town" in "downtown") to signify a resolution. He goes on to resolve a few passages down to F3 while singing "downtown", whereas here he intentionally leaves the "town" part of "downtown" out.
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• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.
{Vocal Range Timeline}Tim Buckley:
Tim Buckley (1966): D3 - E5
Goodbye and Hello (1967): C3 - C5 - E♭5
Happy Sad (1969): A2 - F5
Blue Afternoon (1969): B♭2 - F5
Lorca (1970): B♭2 - F5
Starsailor (1970): B♭2 - G♯5 - B5
Greetings From L.A. (1972): G2 - G5 - G♯5
Sefronia (1973): G2 - E5
Look at the Fool (1974): B2 - G5
Works in Progress (1999): F♯2 - G♯4 - B♭4[1a]
The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973 (2001): B2 - E♭5[1b]
Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Solo Acoustic Sessions (2016): C3 - C5 - E5[1c]
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1. Archival albums
a. Recorded 22 May 1967 - 14 July 1968
b. Recorded 4 March 1968 - 12 February 1973
c. Look at the title. What are you doing?
Tim Buckley (1966): D3 - E5
Goodbye and Hello (1967): C3 - C5 - E♭5
Happy Sad (1969): A2 - F5
Blue Afternoon (1969): B♭2 - F5
Lorca (1970): B♭2 - F5
Starsailor (1970): B♭2 - G♯5 - B5
Greetings From L.A. (1972): G2 - G5 - G♯5
Sefronia (1973): G2 - E5
Look at the Fool (1974): B2 - G5
Works in Progress (1999): F♯2 - G♯4 - B♭4[1a]
The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973 (2001): B2 - E♭5[1b]
Lady, Give Me Your Key: The Unissued 1967 Solo Acoustic Sessions (2016): C3 - C5 - E5[1c]
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1. Archival albums
a. Recorded 22 May 1967 - 14 July 1968
b. Recorded 4 March 1968 - 12 February 1973
c. Look at the title. What are you doing?
Best Vocal Performances:
Studio:
1. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain
2. Nobody Walkin'
3. Jungle Fire
4. The Train
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Sweet Surrender
7. Monterey
8. Devil Eyes
9. Sally Go 'Round the Roses
10. Look at the Fool
Live:
1. Gypsy Woman Live at the Troubadour 1969
2. Come Here Woman The Show 1970
3. Down by the Borderline In The Alley, San Diego, CA, USA, October 1970
4. The Train Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 13 December 1969
5. I've Been Out Walking Dream Letter: Live in London 1968
6. I Don't Need It to Rain Live at the Troubadour 1969
7. Wayfaring Stranger Live at the Electric Theater Co Chicago, 1968
8. (I Wanna) Testify Venice Mating Call
9. Who Do You Love Dream Letter: Live in London 1968
10. Honey Man Honeyman: Recorded Live 1973
also, listening side-by-side with the current highest note, it still sounds higher than fifth octave to me