SEALED 69 TOWNES VAN ZANDT The MOUNTAIN Lost Folk Gem
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AMAZINGLY STILL SEALED 1969 ORIGINAL COLLECTIBLE
Townes Van Zandt
Our Mother The Mountain
...USA - POPPY RECORDS - PYS 40,004
AMAZINGLY ***STILL SEALED***Never opened Original 1969 first pressing vinyl of the second album by the highly talented Townes Van Zandt, one who lived on the bent edge fringes of life ...Our Mother The Mountain is rarely found or offered anymore, with the large growing following and all...a never opened original pressing is really special....
Our Mother The Mountain is a bona fide classic. A fully realised, flawless masterpiece from an artist who, in a single bound, forced the cognoscenti to mention his name in the same breath as the elite of the singer-songwriter craft. That Townes Van Zandt could neither sustain the quality and impetus of this album nor garner the same level of commercial support as some of his peers is something of a tragedy and definitely a case of outrageous unfairness.
"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 -– 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, reminds 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. It's love of natural imagery, it's love of life, it's love of love is self-evident. Even though told in a mournful, downbeat and weary lind of way you never feel that Van Zandt has given up. Our Mother The Mountain is an album that recognises pain and loss but offers hope and salvation. It's a wonderful album that gurantees to keep the listener coming back time and time again.
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:
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: STILL SEALED ...a thick, pristine never opened original with 4 sharp corners, no bends, no writing and no split seams ...
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A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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