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               ORIGINAL  1969  RARE  FIRST PRESS
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          TOWNES  VAN  ZANDT

            " Townes Van Zant "

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            USA -POPPY RECORDS - PSY 400007

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" Townes Van Zant "  1969

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VERY SCARCE and highly sought after for good reason!

Although the album was reissued in 1989, this is the hard to find 1969 first print...

These songs spill blood. They shed tears. Simple, unadorned. Often just vocals and a picking guitar, these songs dig deep into your soul. And bring out the loneliness and pain. The loneliness and heartbreak you thought you had buried. From that girl. From this life. There’s a romance to the loneliness of these songs. Of the love that had to end. Had to die.

His growing following advise Townes Van Zandt is one of the greatest singer-songwriter albums of all time. The lyrics being second to none. But it’s the feeling of the songs that make it something special. Songs that make you reach for that whiskey jar to dull the pain and make you forget that special love you once had. Few albums bare your soul like this one, and it vaults all the way to number one.

On his third album, Townes Van Zandt re-cut three crucial tracks from his debut album, "For The Sake Of The Song," "Waiting Around To Die," and "I'll Be Here In The Morning." It was some indication of the obscurity in which he remained enveloped, but no indication of the quality of his work. (Actually, Van Zandt rerecorded songs from his first album on his later ones because he disliked the earlier recordings.) As usual, his closely observed lyrics touched on desperate themes, notably in the mining ballad "Lungs," but they were still highly poetic, especially the album-closing "None But The Rain," which reflected on a failed relationship. Van Zandt's finger-picking was augmented by spare arrangements, usually featuring one added instrument for color, such as a flute.

Recorded and mastered at Bradley's Barn, Nashville, Tennessee. ........................................................

For The Sake Of The Song     5:10
Columbine     2:37
Waiting Around To Die     2:42
Don't Take It Too Bad     2:49
Colorado Girl     3:16
B  Lungs      2:17
I'll Be Here In The Morning     2:54
Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel     5:09
(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria     4:46
None But The Rain     2:19

        

CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG(+) shelf wear (one of those fantastic wear prone covers (esp the impossible to find without wear back cover) ...anyway it's very sound & solid all over just the wear as pictured. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... VERY collection worthy ...

The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY with exception of track 4 side one has a scuff that produces surface, otherwise very nice all the way around despite the fact that POPPY RECORDS are one of the most notorious labels for containing surface in their pressings - even when thee are no marks visual. So this copy is otherwise an exception and overall highly enjoyable despite the one track. Both POPPY labels are perfectly CLEAN- no spindle marks.

      

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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