I have the Tim Buckley Peel Sessions EP, I think he does a couple of songs from Hello and Goodbye on there, much more stripped back. As for this album, I can't remember whether this was the first or second one I heard by him. I do think it's a little dated, but mostly in a good way. The title track is the one let down for me, very baroque, over baroque!, and I think Tim's lyrics might get a bit out of hand on that one ! Otherwise this is an excellent album with some transcendent/iconic songs.
re the 1st album. I don't think anyone has mentioned the "LSD" you can see on Tim's jacket... was it coincidence. If you dont know about this, look at your cover i've gone over in orange
I suspected so, as the UNIPAK design emerged as I recall about the time of 1968's "Waiting For The Sun", and Springfield's "Last Time Around". I do prefer my UNIPAK cover.
track 1) No Man Can Find The War (Buckley/Beckett) One of the best war protest songs of 1967. Hear live versons next... Photographs of guns and flame Scarlet skull and distant game Bayonet and jungle grin Nightmares dreamed by bleeding men Lookouts tremble on the shore But no man can find the war Tape recorders echo scream Orders fly like bullet stream Drums and cannons laugh aloud Whistles come from ashen shroud Leaders damn the world and roar But no man can find the war Is the war across the sea? Is the war behind the sky? Have you each and all gone blind: Is the war inside your mind? Humans weep at human death All the talkers lose their breath Movies paint a chaos tale Singers see and poets wail All the world kows the score But no man can find the war Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Larry Beckett / Tim Buckley
PM me... I have a German CD from 1989 that says nothing about the mix, but sounds mono and is stunning audio.
Rhino Handmade issued a deluxe version of the first album in 2011. It contained both mono and stereo mixes plus a second disc with 22 unreleased demos.
Original uk copies came in a laminated single sleeve. What was inside the USA gatefold was printed on the paper inner sleeve
Elektra album EKL-318 / EKS-7318 GOODBYE AND HELLO Review 30 September 1967 23 March 1968: Shorewood Bows Unipak, New Gatefold Jacket: Costing less than half the price of the normal double fold jacket... (and twice as flimsy) 20 July 1968: Elektra Meet Unveils Fall Program: The six new Elektra pressings include top-selling artists Judy Collins, the Doors, the Butterfield Blues Band and Tim Buckley Stereo Only Elektra album EKS- 74027 Entered Billboard 30 November 1968 74028 GOODBYE AND HELLO 74029 Review 23 November 1968
It is a bit heavy handed with the rather cumbersome lyrics by Beckett. Still, it is a timeless anti war statement.