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| recorded = December 1968
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| studio = [[Elektra Sound Recorders|Elektra]], Los Angeles, California
| genre = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic folk]]<ref>{{cite web|date=July 11, 2019|title=10 Essential Psychedelic Folk Albums|url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-psychedelic-folk-albums/|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=Treble}}</ref>|[[jazz fusion]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Starsailor - Tim Buckley {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000653397|access-date=July 26, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>|[[folk jazz]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Gypsy Woman by Tim Buckley - Track Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/gypsy-woman-mt0035332095|access-date=April 2, 2023|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>}}
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==Composition==
The sound of the album is characterized by [[David Friedman (percussionist)|David Friedman]]'s [[vibraphone]], an instrument which gives the album a more relaxed tone than Buckley's earlier work. The songs are much longer than on previous releases and this style continued through to later works. The vocals on the album are more drawn out than earlier performances and this represents the beginning of Buckley using his voice like an instrument. The [[lyrics]] on ''Happy Sad'' represent a change as Buckley stopped working with [[Larry Beckett]], his lyricist on the two previous albums ''[[Tim Buckley (album)|Tim Buckley]]'' and ''[[Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)|Goodbye and Hello]]'', and began writing the lyrics himself. Buckley's self-penned efforts stand in contrast to Beckett's occasionally [[Political song|political]] and literary-style work.<ref name="TimBuckleyBiography">{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Biography - Tim Buckley|url=http://www.timbuckley.com/biography/|access-date=May 1, 2008|publisher=Tim Buckley|archive-date=January 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105094037/http://www.timbuckley.com/biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Buckley would also go on to author all his own material on the following two albums.
==Inspirations and song analysis==
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The third track, "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", is a song composed of various movements and this represents the second time Buckley wrote in this manner, his previous effort being the title track of ''[[Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)|Goodbye and Hello]]''. The segments of the song were written separately as "Danang" and "Ashbury Park", as demonstrated on the later released demo sessions, ''[[The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased 1968 - 1973]]''. The final version of the song is backed by an 'ocean' [[sound effect]], however this was not originally intended to feature on the song. Buckley and the band were happy with the take of song but because of a recording problem the track had a slight electric buzzing in the background. The producer solved this by muffling the buzzing with the ocean [[overdub]].
"Dream Letter" is an ode and apology to his ex-wife, Mary Guibert, and his son [[Jeff Buckley]].<ref name=TimBuckleyBiography/> This is the second song Buckley wrote about the pair, the first being "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" on his previous LP, ''[[Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)|Goodbye and Hello]]''. In comparison to that song "Dream Letter" has a more apologetic tone, the lyrics reveal this with Buckley lamenting "Does he ever ask about me?". It would be over five years later that Buckley would meet with his son again.<ref>{{cite news|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|date=October 24, 1993|title=The Unmade Star|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/24/style/the-unmade-star.html|access-date=2 April 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The name of the song would later be used for a live album
"Gypsy Woman" is a long track highlighting Buckley's vocal acrobatics and on the record has some qualities of a [[jam session]]. Buckley and his band were disappointed with its recording but the song would remain as part of Buckley's live repertoire for the following years.<ref name=TimBuckleyBiography/>
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==Further reading==
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*''[[Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley]]''
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