Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album) explained

Goodbye and Hello
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tim Buckley
Cover:	Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	June 1967
Studio:	Western Recorders & Whitney, Los Angeles
Genre:	Psychedelic folk psychedelic pop^[1] baroque pop soft rock^[2]
Length:	42:41
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Jerry Yester, Jac Holzman
Prev Title:	Tim Buckley
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Happy Sad
Next Year:	1969

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

The album was re-released in 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.

Legacy

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".^[3]

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[4] In 2000, it was voted number 516 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

Side One

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

Side Two

1. "Once I Was" – 3:22
2. "Phantasmagoria in Two" – 3:29
3. "Knight-Errant" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:00
4. "Goodbye and Hello" (Beckett, Buckley) – 8:38
5. "Morning Glory" (Beckett, Buckley) – 2:52

Personnel

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

Technical

• Jac Holzman - production supervisor
• Bruce Botnick - mixing
• William S. Harvey - cover, design
• David Gates - liner photography
• Guy Webster - photography

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Robert Dimery. Michael Lydon. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. 23 March 2010. Universe. 978-0-7893-2074-2.
2. Book: Hunt. Ken. Buckley . Peter . The Rough Guide to Rock . 2003 . . London . 978-1-84353-105-0 . 145. 3rd. Tim Buckley.
3. Web site: Tim Buckley: Goodbye and Hello - Review. Matthew . Greenwald. AllMusic. October 6, 2012.
4. Book: Robert Dimery. Michael Lydon. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. 23 March 2010. Universe. 978-0-7893-2074-2.
5. Book: All Time Top 1000 Albums. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin. Virgin Books. 2000. 3rd. 0-7535-0493-6. 179.