Tim Buckley - Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology

Buckley whizzed through a bunch of different styles in his approximately decade-long career, and was always an album-oriented artist. That makes the assembly of a best-of collection a difficult task to fulfill without omitting much of the context of what made the singer special. Still, Morning Glory does a pretty good job of touching upon highlights of his work, aided by the generous running time, with two CDs and 33 songs that add up to about two-and-a-half hours of music. It does concentrate on his most accessible tunes, drawing most heavily from his earliest albums and shorter songs, pitching in four tracks from late-'60s live recordings that were not released until long after his death. There is nothing at all, in fact, from his least commercial effort, 1970's Lorca (although "I Had a Talk With My Woman" is identified as coming from Lorca in the track list, it in fact is taken from Live at the Troubadour 1969). As is proper, his final albums, in which both his material and voice were in decline, are lightly represented. There's just one previously unreleased track, though it's a goodie: the legendary solo version of "Song to the Siren" that Buckley performed on an episode of The Monkees, with a much sparer arrangement than was used when it was included on 1970's Starsailor, as well as a different lyric. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alena Dancer Amy Utstein Project Assistant Barry Alfonso Liner Notes Bernie Mysior Bass Bill Inglot Remastering, Producer Billy Mundi Drums, Percussion Brian Hartzler Guitar Bruce Botnick Mixing, Engineer Buddy Helm Drums Buzz Gardner Trumpet Carter C.C. Collins Conga, Percussion Cheryl Fugate Discographical Annotation Chris Huston Engineer Chuck Rainey Bass Clydie King Vocals (Background) Dan Hersch Remastering Daniel Goldmark Editorial Research Danny Thompson Bass David Baker Project Assistant David Blumberg String Arrangements David Browne Session Information David Friedman Vibraphone David Gahr Photography Denny Randell String Arrangements, Producer Dick Kunc Engineer, Producer Don Randi Piano, Keyboards Earl Palmer Drums Ed Greene Drums Fast Eddie Hoh Drums Gary Coleman Percussion Gary Peterson Discographical Annotation Greg Venable Engineer Guy Webster Photography Harry Hyams Viola Henry Diltz Harmonica Herb Cohen Executive Producer Hugh Brown Art Direction Jac Holzman Producer Jack Nitzsche String Arrangements James Austin Compilation Producer, Liner Notes Jerry Goldstein Producer, Handclapping Jerry Yester Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background) Jesse Ehrlich Cello Jim Fielder Bass Jim Gordon Drums Jim Hughart Bass Jimmy Bond Bass Jimmy Madison Drums Jo Motta Project Assistant Joe Falsia Guitar, String Arrangements John Balkin Bass John Miller Bass, Bass (Electric) Julee Stover Editorial Supervision Kerry McNabb Engineer Kevin Kelly Piano King Errisson Conga Larry Hirsch Engineer Lee Tanner Photography Lee Underwood Guitar, Liner Notes Louis Kievman Violin Maria Villar Design, Art Direction Mark Tiernan Keyboards Maury Baker Drums, Tympani [Timpani] Micky Dolenz Introduction Mike Melvoin Organ, Moog Synthesizer, Piano Paul Rothchild Producer Ralph Schaeffer Viola Randy Perry Project Assistant Ray Pohlman Guitar Reinie Press Bass Robert Konrad Violin Roger Dollarhide Engineer Roy Harte Drums Sherlie Matthews Vocals (Background) Sid Sharp Concert Master Stan Agol Engineer Steve Khan Guitar Ted Myers Discographical Annotation Thane Tierney Project Assistant Tim Buckley Vocals, Kalimba, Slide Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Producer Van Dyke Parks Harpsichord Venetta Fields Vocals (Background) William Kurash Violin Zal Yanovsky Producer