Jeff Buckley You And I—Extended Edition Released

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Jeff Buckley (Photo courtesy of Columbia/Legacy)

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings has released You And I—Extended Edition—a special streaming-only expanded version of Jeff Buckley’s first studio sessions for Columbia Records. The recording was released yesterday, November 16; today, the 17th, would have been Buckley’s 50th birthday. The singer-songwriter, the son of ’60s-’70s artist Tim Buckley, died in 1997 at age 30.

You And I—Extended Edition includes unfiltered studio dialogue as Buckley hones his musical technique on complete, unedited takes of “Everyday People,” “Calling You,” “Dreaming of You and I,” “The Boy With the Thorn In His Side,” and “Night Flight.”

You And I—Extended Edition is now available on all streaming services. Listen on Spotify here.

The original version of You And I, the first studio recordings made by Jeff Buckley for Columbia Records, was released by Columbia/Legacy in March 2016.

Featuring more than 65 minutes of music, You And I—Extended Edition presents 10 fully realized tracks (most of them recorded in Steve Addabbo’s Shelter Island Sound studio in February 1993) that have gone virtually unheard for more than two decades. The recordings were recently discovered in the Sony Music archives during the research for the 20th anniversary edition of Buckley’s Grace album, the performances on You And I.

Jeff Buckley's You and I--Expanded Edition

Jeff Buckley’s You and I–Extended Edition

The covers on the album include Buckley’s interpretations of songs written by Bob Dylan (“Just Like a Woman”); Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone (“Everyday People,” recorded by Sly and the Family Stone); Joe Green (“Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’,” recorded by Louis Jordan, Ray Charles and others); Bob Telson (“Calling You,” recorded by Jevetta Steele for the 1987 film Bagdad Café); Morrissey and Johnny Marr (“The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” and “I Know It’s Over,” recorded by the Smiths); Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White (“Poor Boy Long Way from Home,” from a 1939 “field” recording made by John Lomax) and John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant (“Night Flight,” recorded by Led Zeppelin).

Rounding out You And I—Extended Edition are two pieces of original music: an early studio recording of his signature song “Grace” (which Buckley co-wrote with Gary Lucas) and “Dream of You and I.”

The Columbia/Legacy release of Jeff Buckley’s You and I has been overseen by the artist’s mother, Mary Guibert.

Track List
Just Like A Woman
Everyday People
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Grace
Calling You
Dream Of You And I
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Poor Boy Long Way From Home
Night Flight
I Know It’s Over

Watch Jeff Buckley sing “Grace” on the BBC Late Show