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             FINAL COLLECTION 1969 ORIGINAL

                  MINT CLEAN EVERYWHERE!

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        TOWNES  VAN  ZANDT

      "My Mother The Mountain"

  

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               USA - POPPY RECORDS - PYS 4004


FANTASTIC TOP COPY with original printed POPPY Records inner sleeve!

VERY SCARCE minty CLEAN 49 years ago artifact as this copy ...
you most likely will NOT find a better copy, realize it or don't, this is a really hard collectible to find in this  'prime' clean condition....(see below)

Old '60s unipack gatefold sleeve - usually very wear-prone, here, a real beauty - FINAL collection copy worthy!!

Our Mother The Mountain was only released the year after For The Sake Of The Song but, in terms of style, there is a world of difference. Gone are the fancy trimmings, the ostentatious arrangements, the flowery backing singers. In their place comes an unobtrusive backing band, a man, his guitar and a stack of the best songs this side of an early Bob Dylan album. Our Mother The Mountain is so stripped back that even "Tecumseh Valley", which first appeared on For The Sake Of The Song, is reborn here as simply "Tecumseh". When even song titles are being subjected to cuts you know someone's serious about toning things down! Mind you, that song, which was one of the highlights of the previous album, has grown a couple of verses and is all the better for it.

Lyrically Van Zandt swings between Dylan and Hank Williams but vocally I'm constantly reminded of Glen Campbell – a strange mix maybe but never an awkward one. Once again the album is populated by a group of misfits, outsiders, losers and dropouts – but this time there's a more pronounced link to love. Love lost, love unrequited, broken hearts, love regretted, love desired – Our Mother The Mountain is a very emotional album.

It begins conventionally enough – both "Be Here To Love Me" and "Kathleen" are beautifully constructed and sung but they give no hint of the fireworks to come. "She Came And She Touched Me" is a tremendous mixture of visual imagery, stunning wordplay and emotional depth. Very rarely do all those elements come together without one dominating the other, but this is one of those exceptions. It's followed by "Like A Summer Thursday" which, for some reason I can't put my finger on, reminds me of Lee Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning". Both have that weird, trippy out-thereness that's difficult to define.

Without going into the pros and cons (not that there are any of those) of every track, suffice it to say Our Mother The Mountain never lets up and never disappoints. Its love of natural imagery, its love of life, its love of love is self-evident. Even though told in a mournful, downbeat and weary kind of way, you never feel that Van Zandt has given up. Our Mother The Mountain is an album that recognizes pain and loss but offers hope and salvation. It's a wonderful album that you'll most likely keep coming back to time and time again.

A - side ::: Be Here to Love Me 2:39 Kathleen 2:47 She Came and She Touched Me 4:04 Like a Summer Thursday 3:04 Our Mother the Mountain 4:21 Second Lovers Song 2:17 B - side ::: St. John the Gambler 3:06 Tecumseh Valley 4:57 Snake Mountain Blues 2:39 My Proud Mountains 5:04 Why She's Acting This Way 5:23

CONDITION: The Cover: rated near M- and that's just fantastic for this rare 1969 first print in uni-pack gatefold sleeve ... strong collection copy with no issues other than careful past handling ... no one interested would put it down ... no bends, no writing, no split seams, no delete marks ... fresh '69 colors... most copies rarely found are well worn, guaranteed(!) ...so don't miss IF interested!

The Vinyl: clear sides, rated : M- looks nice, plays beautiful, along with the cover remains a final collection copy ... clean Poppy labels

   A cool addition to anyone's music library! 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

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