ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1971 on Poppy label, THIS IS THE 1978 US STEREO REPRESSING on TOMATO label. IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + ORIGINAL <TOMATO 12" QUALITY PRODUCE> INNER SLEEVE.  The cover is in EX condition, without any major deterioration BUT discolouration/wear on bottom right corners/front right edge/rear left edge (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable; COMPANY INNER in VG+ condition, normal wear but mild creases; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully. 

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT

Among the most widely admired and influential Texas songwriters, an alt-country godfather with a dry, witty, allusive writing style. Townes Van Zandt's music doesn't jump up and down, wear fancy clothes, or beat around the bush. Whether he was singing a quiet, introspective country-folk song or a driving, hungry blues, Van Zandt's lyrics and melodies were filled with the kind of haunting truth and beauty that you knew instinctively. His music came straight from his soul by way of a kind heart, an honest mind, and a keen ear for the gentle blend of words and melody. He could bring you down to a place so sad that you felt like you were scraping bottom, but just as quickly he could lift your spirits and make you smile at the sparkle of a summer morning or a loved one's eyes -- or raise a chuckle with a quick and funny talking blues. The magic of his songs is that they never leave you alone.

 <reissue, originally published in 1971 on Poppy records>

LP     TOMATO RECORDS      TOM-7013   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.     1978 REPRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

NOTES: with Brown (wrapping paper) inner sleeves with "stamp" Tomato 12" Quality Produce

This version: On this edition the track A2 on label is misspelled "Delta Moma Blues", 

on back cover "Delta Mama Blues" (twice, on tracklist and credits).

Barcode: none

LABEL: TOMATO - BLACK LABEL with RED LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: TOM-7013

Catalog on labels: TOM-7013 A / TOM-7013 B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): TOM-7013-A   J.G.   (Stamped) MASTERDISK

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): TOM-1-7013-B   J.G.   (Stamped) MASTERDISK

On labels: rim text "© The Tomato Music Company, Limited, New York, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."

Produced by Ronald Frangipane

© The Tomato Music Company, Limited, New York, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."

On back cover: Tracklist + Credits

TMK © 1978 The Tomato Music...........Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting (from labels)

Side A: FFV - DELTA MOMA BLUES - ONLY HIM OR ME - TURSTYLED, JUNKPILED - TOWER SONG

Side B: COME TOMORROW - BRAND NEW COMPANION - WHERE I LEAD ME - RAKE - NOTHIN'

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

On Van Zandt's fourth album his voice hasn't yet attained the weary gravitas that made his later albums so shattering, but his dark, skewed visions of life are already in place. "Tower Song" is one of the minor key laments Van Zandt did so well, delivered with sparse guitar and subtle classical harp. The singer is leaving behind his wife and child, blaming her for the break up, although he admits he's a drunk and unable to communicate with her, except in song. "Where I Lead Me" is a dark folk-rocker that takes another jaundiced look at relationships with his characteristic bleak humor. "Rake" has the feel of a British folk song, the familiar story of an old soul adrift looking back on his youth with longing and regret. It has an epic feel augmented by the string section and a lone French horn. "Nothin'" is a bitter kiss off, a guy who doesn't want nothin' from a departing lover who he says gave him nothin', but there's more than a hint of revenge and rage in the lyric, and Van Zandt's flat, dry singing makes the tune chilling. The title track, a country blues, is more lighthearted, and sounds like a ragged jug band tune...(AllMusic)