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Jeff Kicks Out The Jams

Craig McAllister

Apart from not going to see The Smiths play my hometown during their 1985 tour of off-the-beaten-track backwaters and one horse towns, my main musical regret is not going to see Jeff Buckley when I had 2 chances. In February 1995 he played the Garage in Glasgow. Two of my pals went. I played football instead. Then on the 20th of June he played Edinburgh Queens Hall. I was working in Edinburgh that whole week. Somehow I only found out about the concert the next day….

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D’oh. And d’oh. Four days after the Queens Hall show Jeff Buckley played Glastonbury. Sandwiched somewhere between Sleeper, Heavy Stereo and a million other Adidas-clad no-marks he put on a performance of such magnitude that ‘Glastonbury Live’ would have made a great official live Jeff Buckley long player. Especially as the BBC were recording it. The tracks below are taken straight from a BBC transcription disc. That means crystal clear sound, about as far removed from that 5th generation D90 recorded outside the venue sound that you often associate with bootlegs. Unfortunately, history shows that Jeff’s performance was somewhat overshadowed that weekend by 2 monobrowed brothers from Burnage. Yep. 1995 was the year of Oasis and the record buying public in the UK didn’t have time for fookin’ sensitive singer-songwriters who were the missing link between the Smiths and Led Zeppelin. Indeed, many people had yet to actually hear Jeff Buckley. ‘Grace’ is now regarded as a stone cold classic album, but you need to bear in mind that it sold slowly while Jeff was alive. It’s hard to explain to any Buckley haters just why he’s so brilliant, especially as he’s partly responsible for awful bands like Starsailor, Scott Matthews or even Muse, but if like me you are a fan, the tracks below from the Glastonbury show are absolutely essential.

Starting with a fantastic 9 minutes + version of ‘Dream Brother’ before going into ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’, Jeff and his band are on sizzling form. In amongst a mixture of released and unreleased songs they do theee heaviest version of ‘Eternal Life‘ you might ever hear. These 3 tracks are all here in crystal clear straight-off-the-mixing-desk quality. If you like them, any requests for the full show in the comments section will be dealt with ASAP. In the meantime, if you’re new to Plain Or Pan? you may not have discovered the other Jeff Buckley downloads here and here.

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Published by Craig McAllister

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6 thoughts on “Jeff Kicks Out The Jams”

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  2. Fantastic quality! Thank you for posting these songs. I’ve also seen a great version of “What Will You Say” from Glastonbury on YouTube. It would be much appreciated if you could post that as well!

  6. ” ‘Dream Brother’ before going into ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’, Jeff and his band are on sizzling form. In amongst a mixture of released and unreleased songs they do theee heaviest version of ‘Eternal Life‘ you might ever hear. These 3 tracks are all here in crystal clear straight-off-the-mixing-desk quality. ”

    I wanted to hear these, but when I clicked on the song titles a box comes up saying that “This user does not have sharing enabled.”

    So…can it be fixed? Please?

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