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A remarkable 18 years after the singer’s accidental death, a new Jeff Buckley album is slated for release.
You and I is loaded with covers from Bob Dylan, Sly and The Family Stone, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin and others and will be released in March 2016 through Columbia/Legacy Recordings
The songs were recorded at Shelter Island Sound studio in New York in February 1993, and were uncovered thanks to research being undertaken for the 20th-anniversary reissue of Grace, his 1994 debut album.
A number of Buckley albums have been released since his death in the Mississippi in 1997 – notably 1998's Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, on which Buckley was working when he died – but You and I will include the first previously unheard original Buckley song, Dream of You and I, as well as eight covers and the first ever recording of Grace.
The release of You and I has been overseen by Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert.
"As we began to explore how we might celebrate the 20th anniversary of Jeff Buckley's Grace, the vault," she said in a statement. "As it still occasionally and unexpectedly will -- presented us with an unbelievable gift: this "lost" cache of studio recordings from the period," explains Adam Block, president of Legacy Recordings in a statement. "We quickly realized how remarkable they were.
"They offer an incredible, rare glimpse of an artist, alone, in the sacred space that is the studio. There's an intimacy and an honesty to the performances that's literally breathtaking. You & I is an important addition to Jeff's recorded legacy and will be a thrill for both his devoted long-time fans and newcomers alike."
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan cover)
2. Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone cover)
3. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' (First recorded by Louis Jordan)
4. Grace (original)
5. Calling You (Jevetta Steele cover)
6. Dream Of You And I (original)
7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths cover)
8. Poor Boy Long Way From Home (traditional blues song, Bukka White cover)
9. Night Flight (Led Zeppelin cover)
10. I Know It's Over (The Smiths cover)
