The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased 1968 - 1973 is a compilation album

Album

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 by Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley

Timothy Charles Buckley III was an American vocalist, and musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first album was mostly folk oriented, but over time his music incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and an evolving "voice as instrument," sound...

. The album consists of three demo sessions, two recorded in 1968 and the other in 1973.

The first six tracks on the album are 1968 recordings of songs from Buckley's singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 period. They were previously released on Works in Progress

Works in Progress (Tim Buckley album)

Works in Progress is a compilation album by Tim Buckley. The album is a collection of studio recordings dating from early and mid-1968 in addition to one recording dating from a recording session in 1967. The material on this album consists of songs Buckley was working on for a third album, the at...

. The majority of these compositions would later be rerecorded and released on Happy Sad

Happy Sad

Happy Sad is the third album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1969. It was recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. It marked the beginning of Buckley's experimental period, as it incorporated elements of jazz that he had never used before. Many of the songs...

, whilst two others, "Song to the Siren" and "Happy Time", would feature on Starsailor

Starsailor (album)

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...

 and Blue Afternoon

Blue Afternoon

Blue Afternoon, released in 1969, was Tim Buckley's first self-produced record and his debut for Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa's Straight record label. This was Buckley's fourth album after Tim Buckley, Goodbye and Hello, and Happy Sad...

 respectively. "Ashbury Park" and "Danang" are early versions of Happy Sads "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)". Here they appear as stand alone tracks but would later form two interlinked parts upon the final Happy Sad track. The final 8 tracks are demo recordings for Buckley's 1973 album Sefronia

Sefronia

Sefronia is the eighth album by singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, released in 1973. The album was recorded at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California...

. The demos appear much sparser in comparison to the more lushly produced final album versions.

The presentation of these two demo sessions in one album shows a stark contrast in style, from the earlier folk

Folk music

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-influenced material to later funk

Funk

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 and soul

Soul music

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 oriented works, and serves to underline the ever changing nature of Buckley's music.

Track listing

All songs by Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley

Timothy Charles Buckley III was an American vocalist, and musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first album was mostly folk oriented, but over time his music incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and an evolving "voice as instrument," sound...

 except: * by Larry Beckett

Larry Beckett

Larry Beckett is a poet and songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Tim Buckley in the late-1960s.-Early life:...

/Tim Buckley)

1. "Song to the Siren" * – 3:29
2. "Sing a Song for You" - 5:43
3. "Ashbury Park" - 2:48
4. "Danang" - 6:31
5. "Happy Time" - 3:12
6. "Buzzin' Fly" - 6:44
7. "Sefronia" * – 3:36
8. "Because Of You" * – 4:47
9. "The Dream Belongs to Me" – 4:56
10. "Falling Timber" – 4:44
11. "Stone In Love" – 3:00
12. "Freeway Dixieland Rocketship Blues" * – 4:40
13. "Honey Man" * – 2:59
14. "Quicksand" – 5:35

• Tracks 1,2,4,6 Recorded March 4/5, 1968 - Mayfair Sudio New York, NY
• Tracks 3,5 Recorded June 17/18, 1968 - TTG Studios
  TTG Studios
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  Hollywood, CA
• Tracks 7-14 Recorded February 12, 1973 Sunset Recording Studios Hollywood, CA