TOWNES VAN ZANDT 1968 SIGNED LP For The Sake of The Song US Poppy Recs PYS 40001
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Description
SIGNED LP
ARTIST: TOWNES VAN ZANDT
TITLE: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG
LABEL + YEAR: Poppy Records PYS 40,001; 1968 USA Press
CONDITION VINYL: VG+ due to some very light surface marks – all plays Excellent throughout with a nice, bright, clear sound
CONDITION SLEEVE: VG+ due to edge wear, (see photo) on this unlaminated sleeve.
However – this is SUPERBLY SIGNED by TOWNES VAN ZANDT!!!
A REALLY LOVELY & RARE ITEM!!!
(This was signed when Townes VZ visited Liverpool in 1989.)
DESCRIPTION:
Side 1:
FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG
TECUMSEH VALLEY
MANY A FINE LADY
QUICK SILVER DAY DREAMS OF MARIA
WAITIN’ AROUND TO DIE
Side 2:
I’LL BE THERE IN THE MORNING
SAD CINDERELLA
THE VELVET VOICES
TALKIN’ KARATE BLUES
ALL YOUR YOUNG SERVANTS
SIXTEEN SUMMERS, FIFTEEN FALLS
For the Sake of the Song is the debut album by country singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt, released in 1968.
Review by Mark Deming
Townes Van Zandt wrote songs with an uncommon grace and poetic clarity, and he sang them with a voice that was at once straightforward, eloquent, and mindful of the arid beauty of his images. A decade after Van Zandt released his first album, there would be dozens of singer/songwriters following his example, but he was a rather unusual commodity when For the Sake of the Song was released in 1968, and the album's production and arrangements occasionally suggest that Jack Clement and Jim Malloy didn't always know what to make of what he brought them. The 11 songs on Van Zandt's debut are all fine stuff (even the throwaway novelty "Talkin' Karate Blues" at least brings a chuckle), and the emotional force with which Van Zandt delivers "(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria," "Tecumseh Valley," and the title tune belies the fact this was his first album. But on several tracks Clement and Malloy attempt to match the elusive mystery of Van Zandt's music with overblown accompaniment and deeply echoey recording, especially the cheesy chorus on "The Velvet Voices," the clichéd Western accompaniment of "I'll Be Here in the Morning," the tinkling keyboards on "Sad Cinderella," and the rattling percussion of "Waitin' Around to Die." In spite of the occasionally misguided production, For the Sake of the Song remains a classic debut. These songs make clear that Van Zandt's genius was already fully formed, and as both a composer and a performer he was a man of rare gifts; even when the backing threatens to drown him out, his gifts come shining through, and For the Sake of the Song was an auspicious debut offering from a talent of the first order
John Townes Van Zandt
Profile:
Folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet
Born: March 7, 1944 in Fort Worth, Texas
Died: January 1, 1997 of cardiac arrhythmia at his home in Smyrna, Tennessee
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