Live at Sin-é :: December, 1993
Jeff Buckley and Columbia Records
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Originally released in December 1993 as a 4-track EP, Tuesday September 02, 2003 marked the release of "Jeff Buckley Live At Sin-e: Legacy Edition". The deluxe 2-CD package also includes an 11-minute DVD featuring 3 live performances filmed at Sin-e and additional interview footage of Jeff. The Live At Sin-e � Legacy Edition is housed in a fold-out Digipak with a customized slipcase, comprehensive track annotations, and new liner note content in a 26 page booklet.

The CD Release Event took place on September 02, 2003 in New York City. Jeff Buckley Music, Inc. and Shane Doyle, owner of Sin-e (www.sin-e.org), presented an evening of music, a documentary film preview, and giveaways to celebrate the end of a 10-year wait for the commercial release of "Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-e � Legacy Edition". There was a screening of the 11-minute Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-e DVD, and a world premiere preview of "Amazing Grace-Jeff Buckley", a passionately crafted documentary five years in the making.

A variety of musical guests who once played with or were influenced by Jeff Buckley over the years performed, including Sandy Bell, the group Maggi,Pierce & EJ, Brendan O� Shea, Sage, Jeffrey Hyde Thompson, Emily Wells and Gilli Moon.

Selections from the new release were played throughout the evening. Attendees took home posters, picks and flaming skull tattoos provided by JBMI and Sony Music Entertainment.


Overview


Summer: 1993. The venue: a small cafe on the lower east side of Manhattan know as Sin-e. Over the course of several months intimate but enthusiastic audiences gathered to listen to a young performer exploring and expressing his heartfelt artistry through a mesmerizing voice and mind-boggling guitar.

With the subsequent release of his Live At Sin-e EP, many would experience what more and more New Yorkers had already known---that Jeff Buckley was going to make a difference.

Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition) features early versions of material that would later appear on Jeff Buckley's monumental full length debut , Grace. In addition to his own material, Jeff also performs numerous songs from the artists that influenced him most (including Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen). This collection of early solo performances recorded during two nights in July and August captures the full experience of a Jeff Buckley show. Sin-e was a venue that Jeff had always felt particularly comfortable in and as a result he was there at his spontaneous, humorous, poetic, creative best. This spectacular live collection spans two CD's and over 2 hours of music and spoken word. In addition, a bonus DVD featuring rare unseen live performances and an intimate interview with Jeff showcases the passion and depth that Jeff always put into his music. Live At Sin-e (Legacy Edition) also includes a deluxe 24 page full color booklet with rare photos and 3 insightful essays providing fans with a fantastic vision of Jeff and one his favorite performing venues, the Sin-e.


Release Information


Release date: December, 1993

CD#: 44K 77296
Australian CD#: 659968 2
K7 #: 44T 77296
vinyl #: 44 77296

Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin was originally performed by Edith Piaf.
The Way Young Lovers Do was originally contained in Van Morrison's ASTRAL WEEKS.

Produced by Jeff Buckley & Steve Berkowitz.
Recorded live at Sin-�, New York City, August 1993.
Jeff Buckley: voice, guitars

Note: The Australian CD is packaged in a slimmer case, but it is musically the same release.