Goodbye and Hello

by Tim Buckley

Goodbye and Hello cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1967
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:52
  • Community rating: 4.16/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing his breathtaking vocal acrobatics and increasingly ambitious songwriting, Tim Buckley's sophomore release is a sprawling masterpiece of psychedelic folk. 'Goodbye and Hello' is incredibly warm and deeply poetic, matching fiercely passionate, slightly cryptic anti-war sentiments with remarkably melodic, beautifully arranged chamber-folk instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, chamber, literate, crooning, male-vocals, folk, orchestral, experimental

Tracklist

  1. No Man Can Find the War (2:59)
  2. Carnival Song (3:12)
  3. Pleasant Street (5:17)
  4. Hallucinations (4:55)
  5. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain (6:04)
  6. Once I Was (3:23)
  7. Phantasmagoria in Two (3:28)
  8. Knight-Errant (1:59)
  9. Goodbye and Hello (8:40)
  10. Morning Glory (2:51)

Credits

  • Tim Buckley - primary artist, guitar [six-string], twelve-string guitar, guitar [bottleneck], kalimba, vibraphone, written-by
  • Jim Fielder - bass
  • Jimmy Bond - bass
  • Carter C.C. Collins - congas, percussion
  • William S. Harvey - cover, design
  • Eddie Hoh - drums
  • Brian Hartzler - guitar
  • John Forsha - guitar
  • Dave Guard - kalimba, tambourine
  • Lee Underwood - lead guitar
  • Larry Beckett - liner notes, written-by
  • Bruce Botnick - mixed by
  • Jerry Yester - organ, piano, harmonium, recording supervisor [recording director]
  • Guy Webster - photography by
  • David Gates - photography by [liner]
  • Don Randi - piano, harmonium, harpsichord
  • Jac Holzman - supervised by [production supervisor]

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