Come Here Woman
I Woke Up
Monterey
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Song To The Siren
Jungle Fire
Starsailor
The Healing Festival
Down By The Borderline
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Starsailor
Published: 08 Aug 2010, 19:09
Starsailor Is A 1970 Album By Tim Buckley Released On Herb Cohen's Straight Records Label. It Marks The Moment Buckley's Folk Rock Origins Became Invisible As He Fully Incorporated Jazz Rock And Avant-Garde Styles In To His Music. Although It Is Often Regarded As Not Being Accessible To Many People It Also Contains His Best Known Song "Song To The Siren". This More Accessible Song Was Written Much Earlier Than Starsailor's Newer Material Originally In A More Traditional Folk Arrangement As Shown On The Later Released Compilation Album Morning Glory The Tim Buckley Anthology. Bunk Gardner A Former Member Of The Mothers Of Invention Joined Buckley's Normal Band To Record The Album. Also Buckley Began Working Again With Lyricist Larry Beckett After A Three-Album Absence. Leontyne Price Attended A Concert In New York During The Supporting Tour And Told Buckley "Boy I Wish They Were Writing Things Like That For Us Opera Singers " To Which Buckley Responded "Well Do What I Did Get Your Own Band." "Song To The Siren" Has Been Covered By A Variety Of Artists Most Notably This Mortal Coil Which Featured On The 1984 Album It'll End In Tears. John Frusciante In 2009 Covered This Song On His Album The Empyrean. The British Trance Act Lost Witness Also Released A Remix Single "Did I Dream Song To The Siren ". While The Revival Of "Song To The Siren" Renewed Interest In Buckley Amongst Independent Artists In The 1980s The Success Of His Estranged Son Jeff Buckley In The 1990s Inspired Indie Rock Artists To Look At The Career Of His Father. The British Band Starsailor Took Their Name From This Album. The Album Had A Brief Reissue On CD By The Enigma Retro Label But Like The Other Tim Buckley Release On The Straight Records Label Blue Afternoon It Drifted Out Of Print Due To Legal Battles Over Who Owned The Rights To The Music. This Stems Back To A 1976 Separation And Lawsuit Between Herb Cohen And Frank Zappa The Co-Owners Of Straight Records. As A Result Many Of The Albums Released On Straight Including Captain Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off Baby Are Very Difficult To Find On CD. In 2006 The Album Was Released On The ITunes Music Store Making It Available To The General Public Once More. In 2007 4 Men With Beards Reissued The Album On Vinyl As Well As The Rest Of Tim Buckley's Nine-Album Catalogue. However CD Copies Of This And Blue Afternoon Remain Out Of Print And Difficult To Find On The Market. It Was Featured At #50 In Pitchfork Media's Top 100 1970's Album Falling Just Behind Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. In Addition Starsailor Was Selected As The 47th Best Rock Record Of All Time In The 1987 Book The Top 100 Rock 'n' Roll Albums Of All Time.