Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 (1990)

About this title: This, like so many Enigma releases, was literally a dream project, and carries a lot of energy and love with it, in the music and the performance. Recorded in London in 1968, when Buckley was just beginning to be really successful and had yet to move out of his folk-oriented phase. The band he's working with here is simple -- Buckley's voice and fairly simple guitar; Lee Underwood providing subtle, almost jazz-like electric accompaniment; Pentangle's Danny Thompson sitting in on bass (with a minimum of rehearsal); and vibraphone player David Friedman. There's an assortment of songs from the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Introduction [Buckley]
2. Buzzin' Fly [Buckley]
3. Phantasmagoria in Two [Buckley]
4. Morning Glory [Beckett/Buckley]
5. Dolphins [Neil]
6. I've Been Out Walking [Buckley]
7. The Earth Is Broken [Buckley]
8. Who Do You Love [Buckley]
9. Pleasant Street/You Keep Me Hanging On [Dozier/Holland]
10. Love from Room 109/Strange Feelin' [Buckley]
11. Carnival Song/Hi Lily, Hi Lo [Deutch]
12. Hallucinations [Beckett/Buckley]
13. Troubadour [Buckley]
14. Dream Letter/Happy Time [Buckley]
15. Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin' [Buckley]
16. Once I Was [Buckley]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.