Jeff Buckley - Fall In Light

(Soundboard)

I probably have about 8 versions of "Lover, You Should've Come Over" by now. Why the hell did I need the one on here? Because, as it turns out, it's unlike any other version I own. Much more soulful, even playful, with Buckley improvising new lyrics. Turns out there's no definitive version of a Jeff Buckley song, beyond acknowledging that the most vital instrument is his voice, ergo it must be one by the man himself. I've heard "Lover" and "Grace" (here played with Gary Lucas, in a very different way to every other version I'm aware of) in many subtly different guises, and it's clear that they grow with the man. I've heard the same is true of Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue", if you trace the bootleg history. What sets this bootleg apart is that Buckley's playing with Sweetheart material here, too, giving us a version of "Everybody Here Wants You" that sounds basically nothing like the album version. "Jewel Box" is introduced as being "Song 21", and "Yard Of Blonde Girls" is called, uh, "Very Sexy", and has 'Billy Corgan distortion'. That's how new the material was at his point. It's fascinating - like seeing high school photographs of your favourite celebrities. The covers are saved until the final 5 tracks, all of which are from different shows, and all of which have signifcantly lower sound quality. "I Know It's Over" is wonderful; "Hymn A L'amour" slightly boring; "Let Time Stand Still" is free of Buckley's guitar and sounds not unlike the Live At Sin-E version of "Be My Wife"; "All Tomorrow's Parties" is slightly more folky than the original, but just as majestic; and "Wild is The Wind" is so badly recorded it's hard to make out exactly what's going on. A mixed bag, then. you don't need me to tell you that this is just for Buckley fanatics/completists. If that's you, then look out for this; it's a notch above most bootlegs about for interest alone.

Tracks 1-8: 4 February 1997 - The Knitting Factory - New York, New York
01 Intro
02 Lover You Should've Come Over
03 Jewel Box
04 Morning Theft
05 Grace
06 The Sky Is A Landfill
07 Everybody Here Wants You
08 Yard Of Blond Girls
Track 9: 05 May 1992 - The Roulette Club - New York, New York
09 Hymn A L'amour (With Gary Lucas)
Tracks 10-12: 11 October 1992 - The Music Faucet - East Orange, New Jersey
10 Let Time Stand Still
11 All Tomorrow's Parties
12 I Know It's Over
Track 13: The Father Demo Show
13 Wild Is The Wind

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