Tim Buckley: Once I Was
Live -1968 and 1974

By Mick MacVe

Released in 2000

The first five songs on "Once I Was" also appear on "Morning Glory" and "Peel Sessions"

"Morning Glory" also has "Dolphins" and "Honey Man"

"Once I Was" has "Dolphins", "Honey Man" and "I Don't Need It To Rain"

Morning Glory (Beckett/Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello" and also released as the "A" side of a single in the U.S. in 1967 and as the "A" side of a single in the U.K. in November 1967 and again in September 1976

The original version was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

There is another live version on "Dream Letter"

Coming Home To You (Happy Time) (Buckley)

Originally released on "Blue Afternoon"and was also released as the "A" side of a single in the UK in February 1970

The original version was also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology" and "Best Of Tim Buckley"

There is another live version on "Dream Letter"

An earlier version appears on "Works In Progress" and "The Dream Belongs To Me"

Sing A Song For You (Buckley)

Originally released on "Happy/Sad" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

An earlier version of this song appears on "Works In Progress" and "The Dream Belongs To Me"

The original version of this song also appears on "Works In Progress"

Hallucinations/Troubadour (Beckett/Buckley)

"Hallucinations" was originally released on "Goodbye And Hello" and also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

another live version of both songs appears on "Dream Letter"

Once I Was (Buckley)

Originally released on "Goodbye And Hello"

Also released on "Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology"

Original version also released as the "B" side of "Morning Glory" in the U.S. in 1967 and in the U.K. in September 1976

Original version also released as the "A" side of a single in the U.K. in January 1968

Another live version appears on "Dream Letter"

Dolphins (Neil)

The original was released on "Sefronia" and also released on "The Late Great Tim Buckley"

There are two other live versions - one on "Dream Letter" and the other on "Honeyman"

Honeyman (Buckley/Beckett)

The original was released on "Sefronia"

There are two other live versions - one appears on "The Dream Belongs To Me" and the other on "Honeyman"

I Don't Need It To Rain (Buckley)

An unedited version (21:37) of this performance (12:14) appears on "The Copenhagen Tapes"

Another live version appears on "Live At The Troubadour"

© Mick MacVe