TOWNES VAN ZANDT DELTA MOMMA BLUES ORIG 1971 POPPY LP FIRST PRESS EX COND VINYL

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT~DELTA MOMMA BLUES~ORIG 1971 POPPY LP~FIRST PRESS~EX COND VINYL TOWNES VAN ZANDT~DELTA MOMMA BLUES~ORIG 1971 POPPY LP~FIRST PRESS~EX COND VINYL

Townes Van Zandt ?– Delta Momma Blues
Poppy ?– PYS-40012

FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC FROM TVZ ON THE POPPY RECORDS LABEL!
COVER IS IN VG CONDITON DUE TO RADIO STATIONS CALL LETTERS WRITTEN ON THE FRONT AND BACK, RADIO STATION ADDRESS STAMPED ON FRONT AND BACK, STICKER RESIDUE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER.
VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS EVER BEEN PLAYED!
LABELS ARE STAMPED AND THERE IS A STICKER ON ONE SIDE.
EXTREMELY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER LP THAT IS 46 YEARS OLD!

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. "Turnstyled, Junkpiled" is in the same vein, a Jimmie Rodgers' style love song; you almost expect to hear Van Zandt break into a yodel, but instead he starts talking like a drunken roadside philosopher. "Only Him or Me" and "Come Tomorrow" could be commercial country songs, but Van Zandt's hopeless poetry and aching melodies make them sound so blue they're hard to listen to. "Brand New Companion" is a boozy 12-bar blues, but something of a throwaway compared to the more chilling tunes on the album.

Tracklist
A1     FFV     3:30
A2     Delta Mama Blues     3:47
A3     Only Him Or Me     2:27
A4     Turnstyled, Junkpiled     3:25
A5     Tower Song     4:00
B1     Come Tomorrow     2:35
B2     Brand New Companion     4:30
B3     Where I Lead Me     2:46
B4     Rake     3:10
B5     Nothin'     2:45