LIVE AT THE FOLKLORE CENTER, NYC: MARCH 6TH, 1967

While living In NY for a while and having renewed with pal and lyricist Larry Beckett, Tim hung out at all the folkies' local points and soon got engagements like this one. And we are between the first album's release and the second being a few (my guess is 7) months away from the release of the magnificent G&H. Tim is playing alone here as was still normally the case and his singing is the normal folk kind, but you can hear his unusual power, yet unexplored. So most of this set comes from the debut, but you'll quickly notice four tracks that really stand out from the rest of the set list, stupendous tracks that will propel G&H to national attention.

If tracks like Song for Jainie and What You Do are regulars from his recent debut album, the set features also a bunch of never-heard elsewhere tracks, which were mostly run-of-the-mill stuff tha will never see further work on them past this period. So these 5 curiosities end-up rather deceiving if you were hoping for real gems. Along with the charming Dolphins, the anti- Nam track I Can't See You or No Man Can Find The War, the amazing I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain is certainly one of the stunner of that night, witnessed by a rather small crowd. Sonically speaking, the sound is good considering this sat for almost 40 years on a reel to reel tape. Hardly essential to the Buckley casual fan, but to the enthusiast, no doubt this reissue was 2009's major event.