Signed with Columbia Records

Over the next few months, Buckley attracted admiring crowds and attention from record label executives, including Clive Davis . By mid-1992, limos from executives eager to sign him lined the street outside Sin-é. Buckley signed with Columbia Records , home of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen , for a three-album deal for nearly $1 million in October 1992. He spent three days in February 1993 in a studio with the engineer Steve Addabbo and the Columbia A&R representative Steve Berkowitz recording much of his solo repertoire. Buckley sang a cappella and accompanied himself on acoustic and electric guitars, Wurlitzer electric piano , and harmonium. The tapes were released on the posthumous compilation album You and I , and some of the material appeared on Buckley’s debut album, Grace . Recording dates were set for July and August 1993 for what would become Buckley’s recording debut, an EP of four songs, including a cover of Van Morrison’s ” The Way Young Lovers Do “. The live EP Live at Sin-é was released on November 23, 1993.