Jeff Buckley-Mystery White Boy Live '95-'96 (2000)

 


Artist: Jeff Buckley

Title: Mystery White Boy Live '95-'96

Label: Columbia

Format: CD

Cat #: CK 69592

Year of Release: 2000

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 11/25/25

Sell Price: $3.99

Discogs Last Sold 11/20/25 VG/NM $3.00

Low: $1.40

Median: $3.12

Average: $4.05

High: $9.99

Current low price: $1.52 VG/VG

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26

Have/Want: 1182/123

Where Sold: Montebello, CA

Time it took to sell: 15 years

Where and When Bought: discarded collection

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

The electric posthumous release Jeff Buckley's mother put together, Mystery White Boy, is distinctive as a loud rock record.   Led Zeppelin and the grunge of the day, I'm lookin' at you Stone Temple Pilots, have clear influence on this music.  Yes, Jeff was an "artist", son of Tim and user of Gary Lucas guitar (but not with this band).  Jeff's warble, something that made my skin crawl a little as it rises into falsetto territory and comes back, has more than it's share of influence on modern lesser lights.  

But, I've got to admit as a whole these 77 minutes (now longer with a recently expanded version at least online adding "That's All I Ask") are pretty good.    "I Woke Up In A Strange Place" reminds me of 'Yeah We Know" by Dinosaur Jr.  It was driving me nuts, I thought it was a more left of center 90's noise rock band like Tar or Ed Hall, but I figured it out the "duh duh duhhhhhh" thing. "What Will You Say" is the one that comes up that makes my ears perk up.  That one didn't make Grace.  It's a Led Zeppelin meets, good god Pearl Jam?  I'm pigeonholing him, but yeah I am.  Still a great song with a tangential sitar Beatles "Love You Too" vibe without the sitar.  It is fitting that these songs didn't make it onto a studio record. "Grace" sounds like stoner rock meets the end of Zep's "Kashmir."    Maybe they would've been deballed if they did and I wouldn't like them as much.  "Moodswing Whiskey" is a punishing God.  More punishing than the Beautiful Loser Bob Seger sang about.  Cohen's "Halleujah" seems overkill when it finally comes around at the end.

Even when paired with The Smiths.

 


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