TOWNES VAN ZANDT For Sake of the Song ORIG POPPY LP
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TOWNES VAN ZANDT~For Sake of the Song~ORIG POPPY LP!
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TOWNES VAN ZANDT
"FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG"
POPPY PYS-40,001
VERY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING OF TOWNES' DEBUT ALBUM FROM 1968!
GIVEN TOWNES RELATIVE OBSCURITY, EVEN AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH ALMOST 30 YEARS LATER, THIS DEBUT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. OCCASIONALLY, REISSUE COPIES - ALSO OUT OF PRINT - WILL SHOW UP ON THE TOMATO RECORDS LABEL BUT FINDING AN ORIGINAL POPPY RECORDS PRESSING IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE!!
COVER IS IN VG+ CONDITION WITH MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE SEAMS AND LIGHT RINGWEAR. THERE IS A SMALL DRILL-HOLE (PROMO?) IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.
VINYL IS MINT MINUS WITH VIRTUALLY NO WEAR - UNHEARD OF FOR THIS 40+ YEAR OLD LP!!
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 Songwas an auspicious debut offering from a talent of the first order. -- All Music Guide
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