Newport Folk Festival, Festival Field, Newport, RI, 7-25-1968 to 7-28-1968, Part 9 - Janis Ian & Tim Buckley

This is the ninth of ten albums of the 1968 Newport Folk Festival. This was part of the festival's last day, July 28, 1968. There are two sets here, one from singer-songwriter Janis Ian and the other from singer-songwriter Tim Buckley.

Ian was quite young at the time of this concert, just seventeen years old. She'd had a surprise hit the year before with the song, "Society's Child (Baby, I've Been Thinking)," which dealt with interracial romance. The same month as this concert she released her third album, "The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink." It was a bad time in her life. She was doing a lot of drugs to cope with her fame, and even attempted suicide. You wouldn't know that from her performance here though, which was fine.

Tim Buckley has become something of a music legend, in part due to dying young (in 1975) as well as having a famous musical son, Jeff Buckley, who also died young. As a result, there's a demand for his live recordings. So this is a very welcome addition to his discography. The sound quality is excellent, like everything from this festival. And it took place at an interesting time, when he was moving from folky material to more experimental and jazzy material. 

His first song, "Buzzin' Fly," wouldn't be released until a year later, on his album "Happy Sad." The next two songs were covers. He played them a lot in concert, but he didn't put them on any albums at the time. "The Dolphins" would be released on a studio album, but not until 1973. His final song, "Morning Glory," was from his most recent album at the time, "Goodbye and Hello."

This album is 45 minutes long. The Janis Ian set is 23 minutes long, and the Tim Buckley set is 22 minutes long.

116 talk by George Wein (Janis Ian)
117 Janeys Blues (Janis Ian)
118 Pro-Girl (Janis Ian)
119 Society's Child [Baby, I've Been Thinking] (Janis Ian)
120 New Christ Cardiac Hero (Janis Ian)
121 My Land (Janis Ian)
122 talk by Oscar Brand (Tim Buckley)
123 Buzzin' Fly (Tim Buckley)
124 Wayfaring Stranger (Tim Buckley)
125 talk (Tim Buckley)
126 The Dolphins (Tim Buckley)
127 talk (Tim Buckley)
128 Morning Glory (Tim Buckley)

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The cover art shows Janis Ian on the left and Tim Buckley on the right. Both are from this exact concert. It's a shame I had to edit them down to get both to fit. If anyone wants me to post the full versions, or of any of the others from the concert that I had to split in two, let me know and I'll post them here too. 

UPDATE: On October 5, 2024, I upgraded the photo with the use of the Krea AI program.