Live à L'Olympia

by Jeff Buckley

Type: Album
Released: 18 June 2001
Label: Columbia Records
Country: United States
Length: 1:06:31
Community rating: 4.1/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Michael Tighe, Mick Grondahl, Mary Guibert, Matt Johnson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Live À L'Olympia is a live album by Jeff Buckley, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). It is the second posthumous live album released since his death in 1997. The CD consists of performances taken from two separate concerts Buckley and his band played on July 6/7, 1995 at Paris Olympia. The French crowd were very receptive as he was well regarded there, as shown when he was awarded France's prestigious "Grand Prix International du Disque" earlier that year. Buckley paused midway in some of the songs to address the crowd and "Hallelujah" features ad-libbed lyrics in response to their enthusiasm. The album also features a version of a song from Nina Simone's repertoire, "That's All I Ask". It is one of two versions of the song officially released, the other appearing on a three-track bonus disc issued with Australian copies of Buckley's Mystery White Boy live album. Buckley played the song at various concerts on his 1995 European tour. In addition to the Olympia concert material, the CD features a unique recorded version of "What Will You Say", performed as a duet with Azerbaijani Mugham singer Alim Qasimov. This recording is from the 1995 "Festival of Sacred Music" held in France (July 18, 1995 in Saint-Florent-Le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire) and features just Buckley on guitar, Qasimov on daf drum and the two taking turns in singing in a competitive vocal performance, which is one aspect of traditional Qawwali.

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Credits

Jeff Buckley - primary artist, guitar, vocals, written-by
Don Devito - a&r
Mick Grondahl - bass, written-by
Jeff Frederick - coordinator [a&r]
Tony Johnson - crew [europe bus driver]
Pete Blasi - engineer [monitor]
Mark Naficy - engineer [production], mixed by [original sound board mix]
Michael J. Clouse - engineer, edited by
Michael Tighe - guitar, producer
Conrad Rippy - legal [special services]
Susan Mindell, Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP - legal [special services]
Michel Duclos - lighting director
Jean-Daniel Beauvallet - liner notes [les inrockuptibles magazine - april 2001]
Vic Anesini - mastered by
Naf Productions - mixed by [original sound board mix]
Matt Johnson - percussion, written-by
Mary Guibert - producer
Alias Production - promotion [concert promotor]
Dominique Revert - promotion [concert promotor]
Jules Frutos - promotion [concert promotor]
Andrew Hodgson - promotion [merchandise]
Benoit Mercier - research [archival documentation & research]
Boo Radley - research [archival documentation & research]
Fun Palace Entertainment - research [archival documentation & research]
Jaqui Maylott - research [archival documentation & research]
Kathryn Grimm - research [archival documentation & research]
Keith Foti - research [archival documentation & research]
Randy Biro - stage manager, production manager
Greg McClements - technician [guitar tech]
Gene Bowen - tour manager
Dennis Tomich - written-by
Fred Smith - written-by
Michael Davis - written-by
Robert Derminer - written-by
Wayne Kambes - written-by
James H. Shelton - written-by
Gary Lucas - written-by
Horace Ott - written-by
Jimmy Page - written-by
John Bonham - written-by
Robert Plant - written-by
Marguerite Monnot - written-by
Raymond Asso - written-by
Leonard Cohen - written-by
Alim Qasimov - featuring
Carla Azar - written-by
Christopher Dowd - written-by