Eternal Life pt. 2

"Jeff Buckley, Gregorian Punk," Stephen Alcorn

...As promised, enough Jeff Buckley rarities, live cuts, covers, tributes and so on to last you until your tears finally run dry.

Re-Uploaded! Entire Arlene Grocery show From February 9, 1997 in NYC.
(Warning: 1:13:32 long, 67.4MB)
Here's the tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Nightmares by the Sea
3. Witches' Rave
4. So Real
5. Haven't You Heard
6. Lover, You Should Have Come Over
7. Morning Theft
8. Vancouver
9. Snail
10. The Sky Is a Landfill
11. Chocolate/Mojo Pin
12. Grace
13. Last Goodbye

What's great in this complete show is the between-song commentary and banter with the audience. Jeff talk about quitting smoking with the patch (and it failing), he spoofs on Tom Waits in a very "Piano Has Been Drinking" sort of way, and has laughs at his own expense.

• 3 is a Magic Number (Schoolhouse Rock cover, live at the New Year's Eve 1995 show at the Mercury Lounge in NYC)
• Catnip Dream (Shonen Knife cover)
• White Man Trouble (live blues)
• Radio (from the Babylon Dungeon Demos, 1990)
• I Want Someone Badly (with Shudder To Think, from the First Love, Last Rites Soundtrack)
• Dido's Lament (from "Dido and Æneas," the Henry Purcell opera. Performed at the Meltdown Festival, London, July 1, 1995)
• When the Levee Breaks
• Ulalume (Spoken word Edgar Allen Poe poem)
• Alligator Wine (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover, from WFMU's The Music Faucet, October 10, 1994.)
• We All Fall In Love Sometimes (Elton John cover, from same WFMU broadcast)

The above tracks are non-album bootlegs and thusly aren't available to buy anywhere. And as much as I'd like to stick it to Mary Guibert, I'm providing some purchase links. These are albums you need to have:
Grace, the 1994 masterwork that put Jeff on the map. A "Top 10/desert island" album for just about everyone. SHAME ON YOU IF YOU DO NOT OWN THIS.
Mystery White Boy, the album collection of some of Jeff's greatest live performances from 1995-1996.
Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) Jeff at his best. Before Grace, his live solo acoustic performances from a tiny café in New York.

Various covers:

• Howie Day - Secret/New Year's Prayer (live)
• Auto Pilot - Jewel Box (from the Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert Live at Uncommon Ground in 2005)
• Adem - Mojo Pin (from the album Dream Brother: a Tribute to Tim & Jeff Buckley. I don't go much for tribute or cover albums as a rule, but this one was exceptionally well done and heartfelt. Recommended!)
• The Tea Party - Everybody Here Wants You (live)

Rufus Wainwright did a heartbreaking tribute to Jeff on his Want Two album. All too appropriate for today:

Rufus Wainwright - Memphis Skyline