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Happy Sad
Happy Sad cover
Studio album by Tim Buckley
Released 1969
Genre Jazz-Rock, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Length 44:43
Label Elektra Records
Producer Zal Yanovsky, Jerry Yester
Professional reviews
Tim Buckley chronology
Goodbye and Hello
(1967)		 Happy Sad
(1969)		 Blue Afternoon
(1970)

Happy Sad is the third album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1969. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky ( December 19 1944 &ndash December 13 2002) was a Canadian rock musician Jerry Yester (b 1942 ? is an American Folk rock musician Record producer, Arranger. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia Goodbye and Hello is the second Album by Tim Buckley, released in 1967 Blue Afternoon, released in 1969 was Tim Buckley 's first self-produced record and his debut for Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa 's Straight An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia It was recorded at Electra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It marked the beginning of Buckley's experimental period, as it incorporated elements of jazz that he had never used before. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Many of the songs here represent a departure from the binary form that dominated much of his previous work. This article is about the musical form See Binary numeral system for the mathematical term The sound of the album is characterized by David Friedman's vibraphone, an instrument which gives the album a more relaxed tone than Buckley's earlier work. David Friedman may refer to Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman science fiction/fantasy writer political weblogger David Friedman (actor The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family The songs are much longer than on previous releases and this style continued through to later works. The vocals on the album are more drawn out than earlier performances and this represents the beginning of Buckley using his voice like an instrument. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The lyrics on Happy Sad represent a change as Buckley stopped working with Larry Beckett, his lyricist on the two previous albums Tim Buckley and Goodbye and Hello, and began writing the lyrics himself. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing Larry Beckett (born 4 April 1947, Glendale California) is a Poet and Songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Tim Tim Buckley is the self-titled debut album by Los Angeles based Singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1966 Goodbye and Hello is the second Album by Tim Buckley, released in 1967 Buckley's self-penned efforts stand in contrast to Beckett's occasionally political and literary-style work. Revolutionary songs are political songs that advocate or praise Revolutions They are used to boost morale as well as for Political Propaganda or Agitation [1] Buckley would also go on to author all his own material on the following two albums.

Contents

Inspirations and Song Analysis

Happy Sad shares much in common with his later albums, Lorca and Blue Afternoon. Lorca is the fifth Album by Singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1970 Blue Afternoon, released in 1969 was Tim Buckley 's first self-produced record and his debut for Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa 's Straight Much of the material that would appear on those albums was written at the same time as the songs that appear on this album, representing the most productive and prolific period of Buckley' career. Buckley's musical tastes expanded during the period that the album was written and the first track, "Strange Feelin", was directly inspired by Miles Davis' "All Blues" from Kind of Blue and the melody of the song is directly taken from the song. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. "All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue. Kind of Blue is an album by American Jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17 1959 on Columbia Records, in both [1] "Buzzin' Fly" was written much earlier than the rest of the work and was originally performed with a group Buckley had during high school, the Harlequin 3, with bassist Jim Fielder and later lyricist, Larry Beckett. Jim Fielder (born October 4, 1947 in Denton Texas) is an American Bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Larry Beckett (born 4 April 1947, Glendale California) is a Poet and Songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Tim [2]

The third track, "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", is a song composed of various movements and this represents the second time Buckley wrote in this manner, his previous effort being the title track of Goodbye and Hello. Goodbye and Hello is the second Album by Tim Buckley, released in 1967 The segments of the song were written separately as "Danang" and "Asbury Park", as demonstrated on the later released demo sessions, The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased 1968 - 1973. The final version of the song is backed by an 'ocean' sound effect, however this was not originally intended to feature on the song. For the album by The Jam see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced Sounds Buckley and the band were happy with the take of song but due to a recording problem the track had a slight electric buzzing in the background. The producer solved this by muffling the buzzing with the ocean overdub. Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs is a technique used by Recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously recorded [2]

"Dream Letter" is as an ode and apology to his ex-wife, Mary Guibert, and his son Jeff Buckley. Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son [1] This is the second song Buckley wrote about the pair, the first being "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" on his previous LP, Goodbye and Hello. Goodbye and Hello is the second Album by Tim Buckley, released in 1967 In comparison to that song "Dream Letter" has a more apologetic tone, the lyrics reveal this with Buckley lamenting "Does he ever ask about me?" . It would be over five years later that Buckley would meet with his son again. [3] The name of the song would later be used for a live album: posthumous release Dream Letter: Live in London 1968. A live album &ndash commonly contrasted with a Studio album &ndash is a recording consisting of material (usually music recorded during stage performances The following is a list of works that were published or distributed Posthumously (after the parties involved in its creation died Dream Letter Live in London 1968 is a live Album by Tim Buckley. The concert features much of the same personnel from the Happy Sad.

"Gypsy Woman" is a long track highlighting Buckley's vocal acrobatics and on the record has some qualities of a jam session. A jam session is a Musical act where Musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined Arrangements Buckley and his band were disappointed with its recording but the song would remain as part of Buckley's live repertoire for the following years. [1] The closer of the album, "Sing a Song For You", is more similar to Buckley's work on Goodbye and Hello than to the songs on the rest of the album. It shares the verse/chorus style and folk leanings of "Song to the Siren", which though released on Starsailor was written around the same period. Starsailor is a 1970 Album by Tim Buckley (see 1970 in music) released on Frank Zappa 's Straight Records label

Reception

Released at the height of his popularity, Happy Sad was his highest charting album, reaching #81 in the US Pop albums chart,[4] but Buckley's experimentation on this album would alienate some of the fanbase and his mainstream appeal he gained with, 1967 release, Goodbye and Hello. However, this was only the beginning of Buckley's experimentation with sound and genre and subsequent releases would further reduce his mainstream popularity and see his sales take a downturn.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Buckley.

  1. "Strange Feelin'" – 7:40
  2. "Buzzin' Fly" – 6:04
  3. "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)" – 10:49
  4. "Dream Letter" – 5:12
  5. "Gypsy Woman" – 12:19
  6. "Sing a Song for You" – 2:39

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d Underwood, Lee. Retrieved on May 1, 2008 Tim Buckley Biography timbuckley. com
  2. ^ a b Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley, David Browne
  3. ^ Browne, David (October 24, 1993). Dream Brother The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley is a Biography by the American author journalist and former music critic for Entertainment David Browne is an American Journalist and Author of music Biographies. Retrieved on May 1, 2008"The Unmade Star". The New York Times.
  4. ^ All Music Guide Chart data: Happy Sad. Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the

Further reading

Dream Brother The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley is a Biography by the American author journalist and former music critic for Entertainment David Browne is an American Journalist and Author of music Biographies.
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