TOWNES VAN ZANDT For The Sake Of The Song LP POPPY 1968 US orig+DJ copy+stereo

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT

Among the most widely admired and influential Texas songwriters, 

an alt-country godfather with a dry, witty, allusive writing style. 

Townes Van Zandt's music doesn't jump up and down, wear fancy clothes, or beat around the bush. 

Whether he was singing a quiet, introspective country-folk song or a driving, hungry blues, 

Van Zandt's lyrics and melodies were filled with the kind of haunting truth and beauty that you knew instinctively. 

His music came straight from his soul by way of a kind heart, an honest mind, and a keen ear for the gentle blend 

of words and melody. He could bring you down to a place so sad that you felt like you were scraping bottom, 

but just as quickly he could lift your spirits and make you smile at the sparkle of a summer morning 

or a loved one's eyes -- or raise a chuckle with a quick and funny talking blues. 

The magic of his songs is that they never leave you alone

"FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG"

Produced by Jack Clement and Jim Malloy

1968    LP     POPPY RECORDS      PYS-40,001   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.     ORIGINAL PRESSING

PROMOTIONAL / DJ COPY

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

This version: "DJ" sticker on front cover, but not mention of this on labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  POPPY -  BROWNISH LABEL + PINK LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: PYS-40,001

Catalog on labels: PYS 40,001 (Side 1 / Side 2)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): PYS40001   MGS 1562   XSBV131635-1B

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): PYS40001   MGS 1563   XSBV131636-1B

On labels: All Selections Comp. By Townes Van Zandt

All Selections Publ. By Silver Dollar Music (ASCAP)

A 7-11 Prod.

Prod. By Jack Clement And Jim Malloy 

rim text reads "Poppy Records-Distributed by MGM Records-A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.-Made in U.S.A.

On front cover: PYS-40,001 STEREO       POPPY RECORDS

DJ (sticker)

Milton Glaser

®© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc./Printed in U.S.A.

On back cover: Notes by Mickey Newberry

Art Direction and Cover Design: Milton Glaser

Distributed by MGM; A product of MGM Records Division;

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG - TECUMSEH VALLEY - MANY A FINE LADY

QUICK SILVER DAYDREAMS OF MARIA - WAITIN' AROUND TO DIE

Side B: I'LL BE THERE IN THE MORNING - SAD CINDERELLA - THE VELVET VOICES

TALKIN' KARATE BLUES - ALL YOUR YOUNG SERVANTS

SIXTEEN SUMMERS, FIFTEEN FALLS

  grading

RECORD  from NEAR EX to VG(+) but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

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, 

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. hese 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...(AllMusic)