Townes Van Zandt – For The Sake Of The Song – Debut Country Blues Vinyl LP –Mono

$

60

This was the debut album from the legendary country folk/blues singer.  The story of Townes Van Zandt is a sad one, particularly given that he lived his life in near poverty and the world only truly appreciated his wonderful singing and songwriting until he had passed.  This is an album of truly beautiful songs, sung by a singer with an absolutely beautiful voice.  It was released on the Poppy label in 1968, number PYS 40,001.  This is the original promotional release of the album.  It is a mono release, which was never released commercially.  The mono release was only available as a promo.  The vinyl is in beautiful condition with its bright original luster and just a couple of very light surface scratches and scuffs that barely impact play.  It plays with almost no background noise.  The vinyl grades VG+.  The album cover shows light ring wear and some light corner and edge wear including a two inch scrape in the middle of the spine.  All seams are sharp, tight, and intact.  There is a radio station stamp on the front and on the back.  Someone also wrote the word ‘Country’ on the front.  The cover grades VG. 

Album Tracks: 
For The Sake Of The Song
Tecumseh Valley
Many A Fine Lady
Quick Silver Daydreams Of Maria
Waitin’ Around To Die

I’ll Be There In The Morning
Sad Cinderella
The Velvet Voices
Talkin’ Karate Blues
All Your Young Servants
Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls

Grading Information

I only use four grades in my grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition.  My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve.  The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects.  It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static.  On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album.   Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading.  Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there.  That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG.  Very occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G.  This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy. 

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. Canada shipping rates have gone up dramatically. The first album will be shipped for $16.  Additional albums will be shipped for $4 per album, with up to five albums able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping.  At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost. 

The Canada cost determination also applies for all other International shipping, except that the first album is shipped for $21 and each subsequent is just an additional $5.00. 

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.  Payment by PayPal is preferred. 

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