STONE MINT PROMO 1970 Orig TIM BUCKLEY - BLUE AFTERNOON DARK FOLK PSYCH THRILLS

$

70

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 STRIKING MINT 1970 FOLK-PSYCH GEM on STRAIGHT RECORDS !

                              =ORIGINAL=

    ADVANCED RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL

                  TIM BUCKLEY

             BLUE AFTERNOON

\       USA - STRAIGHT RECORDS - STS 1060 (white label PROMO) 

BEAUTIFUL (((STONE MINT)))TOP COPY!!!' BEST COPY WE'VE EVER SEEN! HARDER THAN HARD  TO FIND THIS CLEAN... it's MINT ALL OVER!!!

...RARE... ADVANCED RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL

          ~FINAL COLLECTION "ARCHIVE" COPY~

ORIGINAL 1970 first pressing in thick gatefold and on the Zappa "Straight Records" label. A noteable hip album excuding in Buckley's earthy but dark tones and stylistic intense vocals that breaths life into his often surreal lyrics, backed by a small but very efficient combo. Blue Afternoon has thee sound...

Contains the original 1970 STRAIGHT Records inner sleeve

Blue Afternoon was Tim Buckley's first self-produced record and his debut for Frank Zappa's Straight label. Buckley's first two albums were very much of their time and place, with their psychedelically tinged folk-rock compositions; naïve, romantic lyrical content; and moments of earnest protest. The introduction of acoustic bass and vibes into the arrangements on Happy Sad signaled a change in direction, however, and Blue Afternoon displayed similar layers & tendencies, using the same group of musicians plus drummer Jimmy Madison. Several tracks on Blue Afternoon are songs Buckley had intended to record on earlier albums but had not completed. The brooding "Chase the Blues Away" and the lighter, more upbeat "Happy Time," for instance, are numbers he had worked on in the summer of 1968 for possible inclusion on Happy Sad. Here, as he did on Happy Sad, Buckley takes the folk song as his starting point and expands it, drawing on jazz influences to create new dynamics and to emphasize atmosphere and mood. This approach can be best appreciated on the mournful "The River," as simple acoustic guitar, cymbals, and vibes build a fluid, ebbing, and flowing arrangement around Buckley's beautiful, melancholy vocals. The period between 1968 and 1970 was an intensely creative one for Tim Buckley. Remarkably, during the same four weeks in which he recorded Blue Afternoon, he also recorded its follow-up, Lorca, and material for Starsailor. It's not surprising, then, that Blue Afternoon hints at Buckley's subsequent musical direction. While not in the experimental, avant-garde vein of the more challenging material on those next two albums, "The Train" foregrounds Lee Underwood's quietly intense, complex guitar licks and Buckley's vocal prowess, prefiguring the feeling of tracks like Lorca's "Nobody Walkin'" and Starsailor's "Monterey"

• Happy Time 3:15
• Chase The Blues Away 5:10
• I Must Have Been Blind 3:40
• The River 5:47
• So Lonely 3:27
• Cafe 5:40
• Blue Melody 4:55
• The Train 7:53

CONDITION: The Cover: The thick gatefold is TOP M- front cover, while the back cover ALWAYS shows shelf wear, here a top M- you NEVER see the back cover THIS clean ... overall a beautiful ARCHIVE collection copy of the 43 year old must own rarity....harder to find this clean than you might imagine.... rich original colors, stiff and solid everywhere = No seam splits, no bends, no writing...promotional copy sticker at bottom raises the value of the unique pre-release promo.... 

The Vinyl: is very clean and all shiny a TOP copy rated at M- all clean, so expect play grade to be beautiful...clean WHITE PROMO Straight labels too makes this a must have collection keeper!

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record