‘Live at the Folklore Center’ is the earliest known recording of a Tim Buckley show, recorded when he was just 20 years old, four months after the birth of his son Jeff.
So although Tim was ever keen to progress his music, leading to controversially jazzy and funky albums in later years, this record is just him and his acoustic guitar, in front of 35 lucky people, performing 16 of his more conventional boho folk cuts.
His famously soaring voice illuminates favourites like ‘Wings’ and ‘Aren’t You The Girl’, but it’s the six previously unreleased tracks that make this an essential purchase for early period Buckley acolytes.
8/10
Words by Ally Brown
