Hallelujah  (LP Record) 

Music fans can now own a very rare and unique Limited Edition vinyl 45 record of Jeff Buckley's masterpiece "Hallelujah" written by Leonard Cohen. Performed by American Idol contestant Jason Castro last week, the song has exploded once again in popularity across the nation. The cool blue vinyl is sure to be a cherished addition in any music collection. Quantities are very limited. Side A "Hallelujah" 6:55 (Leonard Cohen) Side B "I Know It's Over" 6:28 (Words by Morrisey/Music by Johnny Marr) NOTE: Both songs taken from So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley (Spring 2007) ABOUT THE SONG: Jason Castro sang Hallelujah on Tuesday's American Idol, which made Simon, a fan of Jeff Buckley's cover of the song, a very happy judge. But the irony of the Hallelujah's American Idol-level popularity is that when Canadian singer songwriter Leonard Cohen first recorded the song in 1984 on his Various Positions album, Columbia records opted not to release the record because, at this point, Cohen was not as popular as he once was in America. But Cohen remained popular in Europe and in his native Canada. And Hallelujah wound up being one of his most popular songs ever. It was covered by artists including Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, Regina Spektor, Bono, K.D. Lang, Sheryl Crow, John Cale to name just a few. But it was the late Jeff Buckley's cover which became the most well known, and was ranked #259 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and dubbed "the most perfect song ever" by Q Magazine.