TOWNES VAN ZANDT “For the Sake of the Song” LP POPPY orig ‘68 nice
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Description
Artist: TOWNES VAN ZANDT
Title: “For the Sake of the Song”
Label: POPPY ~ # PYS 40,001. Label is goldenrod with black text.
Year: 1968.
Condition:
DISC: Vinyl retains 100% of original gloss, has been played a small number of times and handled with care. Grades nice VG+ to VG++ with a couple minor hairline scuffs. There are a few soft tics, but no serious marks or distractions. Plays enjoyably with excellent fidelity. Labels are clean. A very fine playing copy.
JACKET: VG with obvious signs of wear and handling, but still quite serviceable. There is noticeable wear on surfaces, seams, and corners. There are splits on side seam in three places, including at both corners. There is a small drill hole at bottom left corner indicating the record was initially sold as a cutout/deletion. Not the nicest jacket, but probably acceptable for many collectors given the excellent condition of the vinyl and the scarcity of Van Zandt’s debut album. As with all my records, your satisfaction is fully guaranteed.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- For the Sake of the song
- Tecumseh Valley
- Many a Fine Lady
- Quick Silver Daydreams of Maria
- Waitin’ Around to Die
Side Two:
- I’ll Be There in the Morning
- Sad Cinderella
- The Velvet Voices
- Talkin’ Karate Blues
- All Your Young Servants
- Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls
Review:
“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..”
(review courtesy of Mark Deming, allmusic.com.)
Guaranteed to be original and authentic first pressing from 1968. I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.
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